The Bell Tower Club
Price:
$2,000,000
Acreage:
2768.71
County:
Cross
State:
Arkansas
Property Description
Bell Tower Club - Exclusive Membership OpportunityLIMITED TO FOUR MEMBERSHIPS
There are properties a person can buy, and there are places a person longs to become part of. Bell Tower was created to be the latter. It is the kind of place imagined long before it is ever found: an expanse of Arkansas land where green timber, flooded fields, managed habitat, private lodging, and generations of sporting tradition come together under one carefully protected vision. A place where the first sound of the morning is a bell marking shooting time, where members return at the end of the day to familiar faces and a fire already burning, and where a child's first timber hunt may become a story told for the rest of his life.
Located near Hickory Ridge in the heart of Arkansas waterfowl country, Bell Tower encompasses approximately 2,768.71 total acres, including 2,366.71 +/- owned, deeded acres and an additional 402 +/- acres of leased refuge. Across that landscape are Arkansas green timber, managed waterfowl impoundments, productive agricultural ground, sloughs, food resources, protected refuge, private cabins, and the infrastructure required to operate a major sporting property at an exceptional level.
Yet acreage alone does not explain Bell Tower. The vision is defined just as much by what has intentionally been left out: crowds, commercial hunting, an ever-expanding membership roster, and the constant competition for access that can slowly erode even the finest club.
LIMITED BY DESIGN
Bell Tower is limited to only four memberships. Not four memberships among twenty or thirty. Four in total.
That restraint is the foundation of the experience. It allows the property to be managed around the quality of the hunting rather than the quantity of participation. It provides members with privacy, familiarity, greater flexibility, and confidence in the people with whom they share the land. It gives the Club the ability to protect its standards instead of diluting them as it grows.
Bell Tower is being presented publicly to reach qualified prospective members, but membership will remain selective. Every candidate will have the opportunity to experience the property and understand the Club, while the existing members will have the opportunity to determine whether there is a genuine mutual fit. At a club limited to four, the people matter every bit as much as the property.
That is part of what makes the opportunity so rare.
THE PRIVILEGE OF TIME
Many successful people can purchase exceptional land. Far fewer have the time required to operate it at an exceptional level.
The reality of traditional recreational ownership is often very different from the dream. The land may be beautiful, but it still requires employees, equipment, water management, farming relationships, habitat work, utilities, insurance, taxes, road maintenance, boats, blinds, repairs, fuel, security, guest coordination, seasonal labor, and a steady stream of decisions.
A property intended to create freedom can gradually become another business to manage. Bell Tower was created as an alternative. Its professionally managed structure allows four members to experience the scale, privacy, and traditions of a major private sporting property without each member individually carrying the full burden of operating one. Water is managed before the season. Habitat is maintained while members are away. Equipment is serviced. Cabins are prepared. Roads, boats, blinds, decoys, and access routes are kept ready. Hunting pressure is evaluated and adjusted with the long-term health of the property in mind.
A member does not have to hire the caretaker. He does not have to repair the pump, manage the tractor, maintain the roads, coordinate the cleaning, stock the decoys, or wonder whether the property will be ready when his family or guests arrive. He simply arrives.
The property is already in motion. That may be Bell Tower's greatest luxury. Not extravagance for its own sake, but the restoration of something increasingly difficult to protect: time.
Time to hunt with a son instead of repairing equipment. Time to sit by the fire instead of coordinating employees. Time to entertain friends without worrying about whether the cabin has been prepared. Time to enjoy the land rather than constantly managing it. The greatest value is not simply what Bell Tower owns. It is what members no longer have to manage.
THE SPORTING PROPERTY
Waterfowl hunting remains the centerpiece of the property. Approximately 500 acres of Arkansas green timber, managed agricultural fields and waterfowl impoundments, protected refuge areas, and more than 200 acres of managed food resources create a broad habitat complex intended to provide food, water, rest, and security throughout the season.
Fifteen deep wells provide substantial control over water conditions and allow the managed impoundments to be artificially flooded, reducing the Club's dependence on seasonal rainfall. Hunting pressure is managed through designated zones, protected refuge, controlled vehicle access, and morning-only use of certain areas when appropriate.
The objective is not simply to hunt the property as often as possible. It is to preserve the anticipation that comes before a morning in the timber and the confidence that the resource is being protected for the mornings that follow.
The property contains dozens of established hunting locations supported by boats, blinds, decoys, access routes, water-control systems, and Club-maintained equipment. Select locations include electricity, cooktops, rocked walking paths, large pit blinds, pumped water, and ice eaters intended to help keep hunting areas accessible and functional during the coldest periods of the season.
Each membership receives 20 designated hunting days during the primary duck season and may bring a group of up to six licensed hunters on its assigned day. Whether one hunter participates or six, the day belongs to that membership. This is not a large club dividing a limited number of guns among many participants. It is meaningful access designed around four member groups.
A PLACE OF ONE'S OWN
Every membership also receives year-round use of a designated four-bedroom private cabin.
The cabin is not intended to feel like temporary lodging. It is a place of one's own - a home away from home where clothing, hunting equipment, family belongings, and personal traditions can remain between visits. Members may share Bell Tower with family, close friends, children, and business associates while still returning to the privacy and familiarity of their own accommodations.
Over time, the cabin should begin to hold more than equipment. It may hold the picture from a son's first duck hunt. A worn pair of waders that no one can bring themselves to throw away. The call a grandfather carried for years. The card game that always seems to begin after dinner. The stories that grow a little better each time they are told.
Bell Tower should feel less like arriving at a commercial lodge and more like returning to a place that remembers you.
BEYOND THE BLIND
Although waterfowl hunting defines the property, the Club is intended to live beyond duck season. Members and their guests may also enjoy fishing, deer and turkey hunting, family recreation, seasonal shooting activities, quiet weekends, and gatherings within the planned clubhouse and member campus.
At the heart of the property will stand the landmark that gives Bell Tower its name. A church bell will mark shooting time in the morning and the close of the day in the evening. The tower will overlook the refuge and the movement of birds across the Arkansas horizon. It is intended to become more than an architectural feature. It will be a gathering place, a shared tradition, and an enduring symbol of the Club.
Years from now, members may remember individual hunts, limits taken, and remarkable mornings in the timber. But they may remember the other moments even more clearly: watching the sun disappear from the tower, hearing the bell at dusk, gathering around a fire, and knowing that their families were part of something exceedingly difficult to recreate.
MEMBERSHIP AND LONG-TERM ALIGNMENT
The initial membership contribution is $2,000,000. In addition to the primary member, each membership may appoint one designated agent per membership year. Similar to the flexibility offered through a private aviation arrangement, the membership is not limited by one individual’s schedule. The designated agent may be a child, close family member, business partner, or another trusted individual who understands the privilege and responsibility of representing the membership. Either the primary member or the designated agent must be present when hosting guests and will remain responsible for their conduct, safety, and respect for Club standards.
Each membership is also expected to include an ownership interest in the membership LLC and its shared assets, together with hunting access, private-use privileges, a designated cabin, and participation in a structure tied to future appreciation of the underlying property above an established initial value. Final ownership, voting, transfer, tax, lease, buyback, and equity-participation provisions will be governed by the definitive legal documents and explained through the accompanying booklet, membership FAQ, and due-diligence materials.
Bell Tower is not intended for every prospective member. It is intended for four individuals or families who recognize the privilege of exceptional land, respect the responsibility of belonging to a small private club, and understand that the rarest luxury Bell Tower offers is not simply the hunting.
It is the opportunity to become part of a place that has already been thoughtfully assembled, professionally cared for, and intentionally protected. A place ready for the traditions that have yet to be created. A place a member can return to year after year. A place his children may one day bring their own children.
There will only be four memberships.
Once those four families have found their place at Bell Tower, the opportunity to become one of them will be gone.
SHOW UP. HUNT WELL. GATHER PRIVATELY.
Property Features
Property & Experience- 2,768.71 +/- total club-controlled acres
- 2,366.71 +/- owned, deeded acres
- Limited to four total memberships
- Four private four-bedroom member cabins
- Planned private clubhouse and entertainment center
- Signature 75-foot Bell Tower overlooking the refuge
- 10 +/- acre fishing lake with dock and pontoon
- Approximately 500 acres of Arkansas green timber
- More than 200 acres of managed wildlife food
- 15 deep wells for dependable water control
- Artificial flooding capability across managed impoundments
- 34 named hunting locations, with more in development
- Green timber, flooded fields, sloughs, pits, and impoundments
- Select blinds with electricity, cooktops, and rocked access
- Pumped water and ice eaters for severe cold
- Year-round deer, turkey, fishing, and family recreation
- Professionally managed habitat, equipment, lodging, and access
- 20 designated duck-hunting days per membership
- Hunting groups of up to six licensed hunters
- One designated agent permitted per membership year
- 365-day access to the property and private cabin
- Expected 25% ownership interest in the membership LLC
- Ability to host family, friends, and business guests
- Participation in future property appreciation, subject to final agreements
- Turnkey management designed to protect the member’s time