Recreational & Hunting Land Auctions in Central Ohio
Will Evans sells hunting ground, timber, and recreational acreage at auction across Delaware, Marion, Union, Morrow, Knox, Franklin, and surrounding counties, as-is, on a date you choose, with the buyer's premium covering commission. Recreational land draws a different buyer than a row-crop farm, and it's marketed and valued that way: syndicated to Land.com and LandWatch, in front of hunters, outdoorsmen, and land investors specifically looking for it.
Sell As-Is
No clearing, no cabin repairs, no punch list. Buyers bid on the ground exactly as it stands, with access, features, and condition disclosed up front.
A Date You Choose
Auction day is set before marketing begins. Closing follows on a fixed schedule, typically 30–45 days, no open-ended listing sitting untouched through another hunting season.
No Contingencies
The winning bidder signs the purchase agreement and deposits earnest money the same day, no financing, inspection, or appraisal contingency to fall through.
Curious what your recreational or hunting ground could bring at auction?
How Recreational & Hunting Land Is Valued
A flat per-acre county average tells you almost nothing about what a hunter or outdoorsman will actually pay. A proper valuation looks at what the land offers and what comparable recreational tracts have actually brought at auction nearby.
- Habitat and game sign: cover type, food sources, and evidence of the game the land is bought for
- Timber and topography: maturity and mix of woodland, elevation change, and usable terrain
- Water features: ponds, creek or river frontage, and wetland areas
- Access: road frontage, interior trails, and how the tract is reached
- Existing improvements: a cabin, stands, food plots, or trails already in place
- Proximity to public ground: nearby state land, wildlife areas, or established hunting corridors
Every tract is compared against recent, real auction results for comparable recreational and hunting ground, not a countywide per-acre average built for row-crop farmland.
Marketed to the Buyers Who Actually Want It
A hunter looking for a heavily wooded piece of land isn't searching the same places as a row-crop farmer, and recreational ground is marketed to reach that buyer specifically.
Every recreational listing is syndicated to Land.com and LandWatch alongside the MLS, with photography and drone video built to show terrain, water features, and access rather than just acreage. Multiple tracts can be offered individually, in combination, or as a whole, whichever brings the highest total, the same multi-tract approach used on Will's larger farm auctions. See how that plays out on real farm and land results on the Farmland page →.
What Your Land Auction Includes
- Professional photography and drone video showing terrain, water, and access
- Property signage and boundary reference at the road
- Listing on the Auction Ohio Real Estate platform, the MLS, Land.com, and LandWatch
- Scheduled showings and private previews
- Targeted marketing to the hunting, outdoor, and land-investor community
- Direct mail and email marketing to the registered bidder database
- Full disclosure package: CAUV status, any existing lease, and known land-use restrictions
- Multi-tract coordination when a property splits well into individual parcels
You pay no commission and no marketing fees: commission is collected as a buyer's premium added to the winning bid. Standard closing costs still apply, the same as any land sale in Ohio.
Recent Land Results
Real land, real outcomes, across Central Ohio.
More Recreational Results Coming
Dedicated hunting and recreational-only tracts are a growing part of Will's auction volume. As more close, they'll be added here. In the meantime, several wooded and multi-tract farm results on the Farmland page include the kind of timbered acreage and building sites recreational buyers look for.