Recreational Land with Home for Sale in Wilkesville, Ohio

Antler Ridge Lodge On a ridgetop in the hills of Vinton County sits an immaculate newly constructed barndominium with unmatched panoramic views. Privately sitting on 166-Acres designed by world class wildlife enthusiasts. The lodge is located on a private gravel road just five minute drive off of a four lane highway with a private ranch style arch way with custom designed gates. Constructed in 2026 the barndominium is 68x30 in size, this custom build was thoughtfully designed. Walking into an open concept living, dining and kitchen the main level also features 2 private bedrooms and one bathroom with laundry hookups, premium kitchen cabinetry, countertops, high ceilings and a beautiful staircase leading to the loft which is comfortably staged with four twin size beds that could accommodate more or stackables. Heated and cooled by energy efficient units, public water, AEP electric and private septic. The lodge is also equipped with an attached 34x30 shop. If you are a hunter, you know this is the real memory maker area, staged and designed for a bar, a hoist and drain as well as a storage loft for off season gear, equipment and accessories. The oversized garage doors and high ceilings give a convenient dry storage option for ATVs, UTVs, Tractors and more. Wrap around front porch with that beautiful smoky mountain like view where you can see hilltops for miles. Additional detailed features of the exterior of the barndominium include hot tub hookup, a firepit, a ranch style cedar post gated entry, yard clearing with plenty of range for archery or firearm targets, professional landscaping and a wide parking apron with loop design to the driveway, convenient for multiple guests or those pulling trailers. Decor is not part of the sale, furniture can be negotiated. If you have watched outdoor tv or are a hunting fanatic you know exactly who designed this property. Terry Peer with Higgins Outdoors came to this property in 2024 and put his boots on the ground and his design to paper to forever change the habitat of this property. But rewind before that there was a long search by a longtime humble and wise hunter, a land professional and a habitat specialist from the area looking for natural features of the property that are irreversible with habitat improvement options, and when the boxes were checked and vision was seen Antler Ridge Lodge was born. Tagged Out Habitat Specialists were able to engineer the plan set forth by Higgins Outdoors. The guys did not cut any corners on making every improvement necessary, many months of labor accumulated to bring this design full circle, this was no weekend hobby project, but truthfully one that took time, manpower and lots of heavy equipment. Design and craftsmanship were in high consideration in a meaningful way throughout the entire establishment, but some things can be changed in the short term and others never change. Features that not every property can use to their advantage and say they have are the two way access this property offers, quality access as many hunters know become one of the most critical make it or break features of hunting a mature whitetail. While maybe just as or even more important are thermals, in the early season morning hunts are a bit more difficult and a lot of hunters rely on evenings to hunt mature whitetail, in evenings thermals rise, which play to your favor having ridgetop food and access. Favorable to conservation, this property had 3 past timber harvests: 20 acres in 2001, 32 acres in 2012 and 30 acres in 2022, leaving nearly 80 acres untouched with a timber evaluation of over 260,000 board feet of marketable timber standing with a value of approximately $150,000 stated by a professional. First year of regrowth does not establish bedding areas like 10 years of regrowth does, each season brings a different level of green to your property and as regeneration evolves it is convenient to have over 25 years of 25 years of this type of management.