Spartan Hunting Preserve

Spartan Hunting Preserve sits on Cumberland Plateau land in Grandview, Tennessee that's been in the Kemmer family since 1806. The operator grew up hunting these woods with his grandfather and father—the same land where his family has pursued wild boar for generations. This isn't a commercial operation bolted onto existing infrastructure. It's a family business doing what the Kemmers have done since the early 1800s.

Your guides bring specific genetics to the hunt. The catch dogs trace back to selective breeding started by the operator's father in the mid-1960s in Mississippi swamps. These dogs are known worldwide for grit and determination. For locating boar, the preserve uses Kemmer Curs—a line maintained by Robert Kemmer that's been in the family since 1806. These aren't generic hunting dogs. A Montana hunter once had "I hunt Kemmer Curs" on his truck bed.

• •Wild Boar - Russian stock from the historic Renegade Hunting Lodge (operated 1960s-1990s) still populates the woods. The preserve added Tellico Plains blood and the Bzikot bloodline. No seasonal rut like deer—boar success rates stay constant year-round.

• •Exotic Rams - Texas Dall, Black Hawaiian, Corsicans, Spanish Billys, Barbarossa, Jacob 4-horn, Desert Paints, and others. Rams hunt year-round. They travel in groups, so when they commit to corn, you're choosing from the entire population. Flat pricing: the biggest ram costs the same as any other ram.

• •Fallow Deer - Antlers fall in late March, hard horned by September 1st. Velvet hunting: first two weeks of August. Rut: mid-October. Hunts occur every month except July.

You start in a box blind—12ft x 16ft to 12ft x 20ft, sized for entire families or groups filming. The guide seats you, ensures your shooting lane doesn't overlap other hunters' lanes, and establishes the golden rule: don't leave the stand without your guide.

Guides then search for animals. For boar, they're looking for mature trophy animals bedded solo away from groups. Once located, the guide returns, gets favorable wind, and transitions to spot-and-stalk. The blind functions as a staging point.

For rams and fallow deer, the preserve spreads corn—they respond better to bait than mature boar. Spot-and-stalk is also available if needed.

Payment options: Credit card over phone (fastest for immediate date lock) or check/money order by mail.

Lodge rooms come in 4 sizes: 1-bed, 4-bed, 6-bed, and 8-bed. Each group gets private room access—no strangers bunking in your space. The 8-bed rooms include private bathrooms; other rooms share lodge bathrooms.

51 Old Gordon Road, Grandview, TN 37337

Easternmost Cumberland County on the Cumberland Plateau, near historic Grassy Cove. Only miles from where the Kemmer family settled in 1806. The preserve operates on land the operator's grandfather acquired in the 1950s—the same woods hunted as a child.

"I have been in the hog woods practically since birth. When I was five years old my mother and father took me hog hunting in Chalmette Louisiana and we caught 10 boars and brought them out alive. These are the kind of stories that have always made up my life. I have been a truly blessed man."

The preserve welcomes non-hunting family members free of charge—wives, children, grandparents. The intent: prepare the next generation for hunting. However, they enforce hard boundaries against abuse. Bachelor parties with 2 hunters and 8 non-hunters get turned away. If your children are destructive or disruptive in the lodge, you'll be asked to leave.

📞 931-456-4643 (24-hour operations) 📧 [email protected] 🏠 51 Old Gordon Road, Grandview, TN 37337

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