Eighteen acres on the Zumbro River, and worth every bit of it. This is a small piece that hunts like a big one.
Here is why. The property shares a line with the RJD Memorial Hardwood State Forest and state DNR ground, so you are not really hunting 18 acres. You are hunting the edge where thousands of acres of public timber feed deer onto a quiet private river bottom. That edge is where the good ones travel, and you own the spot they have to cross.
The Zumbro runs right along the property, which means water, cover, and a natural funnel all in one. Where the river squeezes the timber, the deer have to commit to a route. Hang one good stand on that pinch and you are in business.
The river is a bonus season all its own. When the ducks are working the bottoms, you have real access to throw out a few decoys and hunt the water. Deer in the morning, mallards when they are flying, all from the same little piece of ground. That kind of double duty is rare on a parcel this size.
Pressure is low, and that is the magic. A spot this tight only works when the woods stay quiet, and this one does. One hunter, one wind, one well placed stand. That is all it takes.
This is not about acreage. It is about position. Eighteen acres in the right place beats a hundred in the wrong one, and this is the right place.