Our Farm

Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Locust Hill Farm encompasses 4,600 continuous acres of diverse, wildlife habitat.

History

The ability to hunt the same land as our forefathers is a truly unique experience. Only 90 miles from the center of Washington, D.C., the Locust Hill Farm (LHF) is surrounded by untouched, historic land. The Preserve borders Cedar Mountain where the historic Civil War battle took place in August 9, 1862. Confederate army camps existed on the land so it is not uncommon to find Civil War artifacts such as bullets, belt buckles and cannon balls as you trek the landscape. The Preserve is only 15 miles from Montpelier and 40 miles from Monticello.

Locust Hill Farm

The landscape includes 4 miles of frontage on the Robinson River, open soybean and corn fields, hardwood and pine forest, multiple creeks and ponds. This is truly a wildlife haven for deer, turkeys and geese. The land has been on a Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) since 1989. This management has led to a high population of Trophy whitetail deer and an abundance of wild turkeys. Even though the farm has 1000s of acres of agriculture in and around it, we continue to increase our acreage of foodplots throughout the farm each year.

2010-2011 Deer Season

We had another successful deer season at Locust Hill Farm in 2010-2011. Based on in season data collecting, talks with our neighbors, discussions with our guides and the Virginia state biologist we decided to limit our antlerless deer harvest this past season due to lighter deer densities than past years. Our DMAP harvest for the 2010-2011 deer season was 91 antlerless deer and five bucks. Another encouraging figure was the five bucks we harvested on the farm during the 2010-2011 deer season averaged 140".