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60 The LandReport | S P R I N G 2 0 1 7 LANDREPORT.COM A typical day at the saltwater plantation starts before sunrise with a soft knock on your door. It's time for a light breakfast, one that gets you out into the field. Not an hour passes before you're listening to your guide call in some hungry gobblers. Then you down a hot breakfast back at the lodge. In no time, you grab your gun and get ready to spend the rest of the morning quail hunting. If you time your seasons right, the afternoon has been booked stalking deer or wild boar. By the time you finish cleaning up, cocktails are being served. And if Sidney Hawkes is your host, the sumptuous dinner you are about to enjoy will be followed by a trip to the dock and a little night fishing. By the time you make it back to your cabin, more than likely, you'll fall asleep before your head hits the pillow. "It's a sportsman's paradise," says LandVest Executive Vice President Joseph Taggart, who has the $55 million listing on the historic retreat which dates back to 1827. Originally known as the Camden Hunt Club, the property belonged to the Floyd family— a prominent clan with extensive financial and political ties. The Floyds built the first structures at Cabin Bluff and brought a sense of plantation prosperity to a region that was once the homeland and hunting grounds of the Timucuan Indians. Invitational hunts and boat races were staged at the Camden Hunt Club. One notable competition boasted a purse of $10,000, an enormous sum at that time. Who knows what type of call this guest's guide used to lure this white-tailed deer back to camp.