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Capron Farms
Capron Farms is premium farm land in southeastern Kansas with exceptional
hunting and fishing. Located in Cherokee County, in the southeastern
corner of Kansas, Capron Farms consists of over
1,100 acres of pampered prime farm land with
950 tillable acres. The remaining acres consists of buildings,
waterways, trees and 5 ponds providing excellent hunting and fishing. The
core of Capron Farms began in 1890 with 160 acres, a farm house, barn and out
buildings were built and maintained until being removed in 1989 to modernize the
farm. Three cedar trees believed to have been planted in 1893 remain as a
land mark of the original farm stead. Over the past 100 years, these three
trees have successfully survived the southeastern Kansas weather showing some
wear from high winds and lighting strikes. At the other end of the section (1
mile) stands the current modern homestead with a modern Miami Stone ranch style
home (approximately 2,400 sq ft) built in 1967. There are three large
steel buildings designed to house the largest of farm equipment, two 50'
by 100' buildings with security features and a 60' by 100' open sided building,
two 10,000 bushel grain bins equipped with stirring and drying apparatus. The
farm underwent an extensive modernization starting in 1989 with the destruction
of old buildings and building new ones, removing all fencing, straggling trees,
3 ponds and maximizing the tillable fields. The first hundred years the
farm was a cattle and grain farm and changed in 1990 to strictly grain.
Lay of the Land
Capron Farms is a tight knitting of farms consisting of the home place of
approximately eight acres of buildings sitting on
480 acres, one mile wide and one mile long. The one mile view directly
south, east and west of the homestead to the three cedar trees is a single 310
acre tillable field. The old cattle lane running north and south of the
property to the buildings was beefed up with layers of rock 1/2 mile long to
support the transport of grain in heavy semi tractor/trailers, even during wet
seasons. This can easily be converted into a landing strip one mile touch
down long with one mile clear approach from the north and 1/2 mile on the south
for whatever you fly! The remaining fifty acres in this 480 acres consists
of waterways, a fishing pond and timber. Across the road is another
80 acres, 79
tillable.
One mile south is
another 160 acres, 152 tillable acres with a creek running on the very south
edge. Neighboring property consists of pasture and timber allowing very
interesting deer and turkey hunting. Many times deer herds numbering up to
a couple of dozen does and bucks are spotted while working the field. Wild
turkey flocks stand out as they feed in the mornings and evenings.
Two miles west of this farm is
79 acres, 57 tillable acres with the
remaining in timber. Many large bucks are harvested each year from the
"hidden" field. This field is surrounded by trees and directly in line
with a tree line extending for several miles allowing cover for deer and turkey
to migrate. The hidden field's five acres, is to small to farm but
maintained as a wildlife feeding area.
One mile west of the farm buildings is
another 159 acres, just across the corner from the 480
acres. 122 tillable acres
are in this farm, the remaining is waterways and two of the five most productive
farm ponds in southeastern Kansas and owned by Capron Farms. One pond is
best for Catfish and the other produces an abundant amount of Crappie and Big
Mouth Bass. A fishing dock has been built on the Crappie/Bass pond so
family members can enjoy fishing. In the winter season, wave after wave of
ducks and geese stop in for a swim and bite to eat in the wheat fields.
Some times there will be acres of very large Snow Whites and Canadian geese
grazing in the wheat fields (....and they are a lot of fun to scare off the
fields!).
One mile
north of the 480 acres is another 160 acre farm.
This farm has 131 tillable acres consisting of two large fields with 29 acres of
waterway, trees and two ponds separating the fields. Surrounding this farm
on 2 sides are pastures and old coal mine strip pits thriving with wild life and
fish.
Hunting and Fishing
With the abundance of grain production, Capron Farms has been known for
it's production of trophy-sized white tailed deer, wild turkey, quail, duck,
geese, rabbit and coyote hunting. Wildlife have adapted well in the areas
modern landscape, finding cover in natural woodland, shelterbelts, grasslands,
and abundant food in the crop fields. The selective management over the
years has created healthy deer herds and turkey flocks.
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