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t’s been a busy and glorious springtime in Texas. Weather has been cool with plenty of rain, and our annual crop of Texas wildflowers jumped out with unusual exuberance. That’s been the glorious part. The busy part has come along with putting together this, our largest summer issue of Texas Farm & Ranch, reflecting the happy fact that our broker clients have saluted the partnership between Farm & Ranch and Texas Monthly by showcasing increasing numbers of their farm and ranch listings. Our website, farmandranch.com, has had a similarly positive reception of its recent redesign. Thank you for that support; we couldn’t have a magazine or website without it. Speaking of our partnership with Texas Monthly, we are pleased to include “King’s Palace,” a story and photo essay by Skip Hollandsworth with photos by Jeff Wilson of the Main House of the King Ranch featured in the February 2016 issue to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its building. Perhaps the most iconic home in the state, the Main House is as mythic and grand as the story of the ranch itself. A ranch best summed up by this quote from the foreword by Bruce S. Cheeseman, (former archivist to the ranch), to Frank Goodwyn’s 1951 classic, “Life on the King Ranch,” which was re-published in 1995 by Texas A&M University Press: “King Ranch, a National Historic Landmark founded in 1853 by steamboat captain Richard King (1824-1885), sprawls across 825,000 acres of South Texas. Recognized as the birthplace of the American ranching industry, the King Ranch produced the first American beef breed of cattle, some of the all-time top running and performance horses, and technology that has led to many significant advances in livestock and wildlife production and management.” Goodwyn dedicated the book to his father, Francis Eppse Goodwyn, who was foreman of the Norias Division of the King Ranch, with the following inscription: “Dedicated to my father who is famous over the King Ranch for his quick brush eye and his fine roping arm.” High praise for any son of the brush country. We hope you enjoy “King’s Palace,” and the rest of our summer issue.
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Nanci Wright Brokerage Craig Gandy, REALTORÂŽ...........................125 craig@etxip.com
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Hodde Real Estate Co...............................109 hoddere.com
Pinnacle 1 Realty LLC................................153 pinnacle1realty.com
Waller County Land Company.................144 wallercountyland.com
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RE/MAX Posh Properties............................91 genkclark@gmail.com
Wilks Ranch Brokers, LLC..........................151 wilksranchbrokers.com
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2............. Freestone........... 118 9............. Dewitt................ 128 10........... Lampasas........... 150 10........... Williamson......... 150 12........... Comal................ 145 46........... Karnes................ 128 54........... Waller................. 144 55........... Lampasas........... 150 55........... Brazos................ 129 66........... Karnes................ 128 70........... Medina............... 129 71........... Karnes................ 129 97........... Travis.................. 103 100......... Medina............... 117 104......... Leon................... 120 110......... Lee..................... 143 112......... McLennan.......... 113 130......... Bexar.................... 52 132......... Lee..................... 143 159......... Lee..................... 143 161......... Hays................... 110 220......... Washington....... 109 232......... Washington....... 133 240......... Leon................... 119 243......... Lavaca.................. 44 250......... Karnes.................. 79 260......... Guadalupe........... 56 270......... Milam................... 45 297......... Washington....... 152 308......... Coryell................ 133 310......... Karnes.................. 79
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355......... Lampasas........... 132 356......... Grimes............... 139 381......... Medina............... 111 385......... Travis.................. 110 388......... Grimes................. 26 415......... Lampasas........... 132 461......... Gonzales.............. 45 486......... Coryell................ 132 503......... Guadalupe........... 49 518......... Medina................. 42 525......... Gonzales............ 126 525......... Bell..................... 114 597......... Washington....... 152 600......... Milam................... 90 686......... Leon................... 121 687......... Leon................... 120 721......... Nedina................. 70 723......... Uvalde.................. 89 734......... Wilson................ 129 769......... Uvalde.................. 89 984......... Lavaca.................. 40 1,040...... Kinney................ 124 1,101...... Mills.................... 136 1,205...... Leon................... 118 1,365...... Leon................... 119 1,541...... Uvalde................ 122 1,558...... Menard.............. 148 1,835...... Uvalde.................. 89 1,947...... Kinney.................. 44 4,127...... San Saba.............. 68 11,889.... Kinney.................. 78 17,132.... Uvalde.................. 22
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7............. Potter................. 143 2,725...... Donley................ 151 2,952...... King.................... 137
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5............. Bandera............. 129 10........... Kerr....................... 82 10........... Hays..................... 57 14........... Gillespie............. 141 14........... Bandera............... 88 15........... Kendall............... 145 16........... Bandera............... 89 18........... Kendall............... 149 21........... Gillespie............. 149 22........... Hayes................... 91 28........... Kendall................. 83 30........... Kendall............... 145 32........... Kendall................. 57 42........... Kerr..................... 145 48........... Kendall................. 57 52........... Gillespie............. 149 61........... Gillespie............. 149 65........... Gillespie............... 30 70........... Bandera............. 129 81........... Comal.................. 53 82........... Kerr....................... 35 85........... Gillespie............... 36 85........... Kerr..................... 116 86........... Bandera............. 128 86........... Bandera............... 88 92........... Gillespie............. 149 99........... Kerr....................... 37 103......... Bandera............... 88
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108......... Kerr....................... 34 116......... Gillespie............. 141 120......... Kendall............... 102 126......... Kimble................ 123 137......... Medina............... 122 165......... Llano.................. 114 187......... Bandera............. 115 197......... Real.................... 128 200......... Real.................... 147 210......... Kendall................. 74 212......... Kimble................ 123 214......... Bandera............... 57 220......... Bandera............. 100 225......... Kerr....................... 81 229......... Gillespie............... 54 237......... Kerr..................... 138 284......... Bandera............... 88 287......... Kerr..................... 101 300......... Bandera............. 115 304......... Bandera............... 97 305......... Kerr....................... 98 317......... Bandera............... 56 322......... Edwards............. 147 327......... Bandera............... 57 327......... Bandera............... 86 363......... Burnet................ 115 411......... Kendall............... 102 461......... Real...................... 87 464......... Real...................... 81 481......... Kendall................. 97 500......... Bandera............... 86 552......... Kerr..................... 100 554......... Gillespie............... 33 700......... Gillespie............... 81 734......... Gillespie............... 55 754......... Real...................... 32 808......... Kerr....................... 55 809......... Burnet................ 132 858......... Kerr....................... 80 880......... Real.................... 136 942......... Bandera............... 80 1,000...... Bandera............. 122 1,093...... Mason................ 137 1,180...... Uvalde................ 123 1,200...... Uvalde.................. 96 1,225...... Kendall............... 137 1,330...... Bandera............... 97 1,530...... Edwards............. 123 1,562...... Blanco.................. 46 1,626...... Burnet................ 133 1,708...... Kerr....................... 97 1,900...... Bandera............. 138 1,986...... Kerr....................... 93 2,000...... Medina................. 76 2,005...... Blanco.................. 94 2,408...... Kerr....................... 65 2,416...... Kimble................ 116 2,434...... Edwards............. 147 2,724...... Bandera............... 84 2,728...... Llano.................... 18 3,340...... Kendall................. 79 4,040...... Mason.................. 83 5,784...... Kerr....................... 78
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40........... Henderson......... 125 121......... Van Zandt............. 46 123......... Henderson........... 82 133......... Henderson......... 135 139......... Anderson........... 152 204......... Smith.................. 135 210......... Henderson........... 44 220......... Bowie................. 134 220......... Cass.................... 140 280......... Titus................... 133 520......... Anderson............. 46 747......... Harrison............. 139
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494......... Taylor.................... 54 640......... Taylor.................. 130 1,327...... Taylor.................... 80 2,927...... Clay.................... 134
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8............. Jasper.................. 45 21........... Cameron.............. 47 160......... Atascosa............ 117 293......... Zavala................... 53 312......... Dimmit................. 57 432......... Duval.................... 90 549......... La Salle................. 72 623......... Dimmit................. 73 636......... Dimmit................. 96 700......... Zavala................... 71 839......... Jim Wells........... 146 856......... Zavala................. 147 1,026...... Frio....................... 95 1,032...... Duval.................. 103 1,058...... Frio....................... 47 1,082...... Zavala................... 95 1,169...... Uvalde.................. 95 1,185...... Starr.................... 101 1,300...... Live Oak............. 112 1,309...... Webb................... 47 1,339...... McMullen............. 96 1,456...... Maverick.............. 50 1,877...... Zavala................... 95 2,163...... Dimmit............... 130 2,278...... Bee..................... 122 2,705...... Live oak................ 51 3,015...... Dimmit................. 96 4,432...... Webb................. 112 4,624...... Webb................... 28 5,820...... Maverick.............. 92 7,268...... Maverick.............. 99 8,000...... Frio..................... 131 8,100...... Jim Hog............... 24
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33........... Montgomery..... 153 42........... Jackson.............. 143 48........... Fort Bend........... 148 55........... Matagorda......... 124 130......... Jefferson............ 128 138......... Newton.............. 142 218......... Grimes............... 152 328......... Grimes............... 152 372......... Jasper................ 139
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WEST 75........... Irion.................... 153 80........... Brewster............. 106 106......... Brewster............. 108 173......... Presidio.............. 106 872......... Val Verde.............. 37 911......... Val Verde.............. 90 1,192...... Terrell................. 111 1,296...... Terrell................. 112 1,500...... Presidio.............. 113 1,895...... Val Verde............ 114 2,004...... Crockett............... 66 2,963...... Hudspeth........... 113 3,187...... Presidio.............. 113 4,328...... Val Verde............ 130 4,825...... Terrell................. 110 6,004...... Pecos.................. 113 6,491...... Brewster............. 108 7,336...... Val Verde.............. 48 8,300...... Val Verde............ 112 8,317...... Val Verde............ 130 10,322.... Hudspeth........... 111 12,177.... Pecos.................. 110 13,600.... Presidio.............. 105 14,421.... Culberson.......... 107 16,655.... Jeff Davis............. 41 18,500.... Val Verde............ 117 22,124.... Jeff Davis........... 104 32,000.... Hudspeth........... 111 40,138.... Val Verde.............. 38
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IDAHO 853......... Valley.................. 151 4,664...... Idaho.................. 151 11,240.... Boise.................. 151 30,912.... Adams................ 151
MONTANA 11,827.... Musselshell........ 151
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87 Bandera 1 173 Blanco 158 Burnet 184 Edwards 172 Gillespie 190 Hays 188 Kendall 186 Kerr 171 Kimble 157 Llano 156 Mason 185 Real
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The 2,728±-acre Sandstone Mountain Ranch near Llano is one of Texas’ elite ranches thanks to five years of concerted improvements, repairs and upgrades. The best of Texas ranch living can be found within the game fences of this easily accessible destination for a weekend—or a lifetime. The pastures, all of which have been cleared of cedar, are native. Llano County’s unique sandstone-enriched sandy loam soil is strong and supports 250 acres of seasonal food plots. In the spring, the landscape is dotted with huge patches of bluebonnets, Indian paintbrushes and fire wheels. Many globe-trotting hunters, including “Mr. Whitetail” Larry Weishuhn who has also served as an invaluable consultant on the Sandstone Mountain Ranch, have favorably compared the ranch’s terrain and landscape to that of Africa.
Water
Abundant, well-managed wildlife adds to the natural beauty of the Sandstone Mountain Ranch. Plentiful water and expansive living spaces create an impressive property. Immaculate infrastructure includes more than 130 miles of granite gravel ranch roads. Depending on your goals, Sandstone Mountain Ranch can be an all-inclusive private retreat or residence, a corporate getaway, an income-generating commercial hunting operation or some combination thereof. It’s big enough to accommodate any dream.
Land
The landscape is dominated by Sandstone Mountain. It is the largest of the many sandstone and granite outcrops that give the ranch—and Llano County—its unique character. All exterior and cross fences, totaling more than 15 miles, have been replaced with new 8-foot game fencing. The habitat is a mix of majestic live oaks and other hardwoods. 18 Volume 88 Texas Farm&Ranch
The ranch has the most water of any ranch in Llano County, and with about 80 acres of surface water is one of the “wettest” ranches in the entire Hill Country. Sandstone Mountain Ranch is home to a halfmile of the highly prized Llano River. Within the ranch’s boundaries, the clear, rock-bottomed river is deep enough for tubing and has plenty of holes for catfishing. The presence of six lakes, ranging in size from 5 to 30 acres, is one of the ranch’s most desirable features. Large enough to accommodate small boats, the lakes, some of which have been improved with added structure, provide dream-like fishing on fly rods, spinning reels or trot lines. The lake inventory includes Big Lake (30± acres), Island Lake, (20± acres), House Lake (20± acres), Pier Lake (5± acres), Northeast Lake (5± acres) and Southeast Lake (5± acres). Through the years they have been stocked with Florida black bass, hybrid blue gill and several species of catfish. With the addition of at least 20 stock ponds throughout the ranch, wildlife never has to travel far to get a drink. Sandstone Mountain Ranch is outfitted with 16 wells, a combination of electric and solar pumps as well as a windmill, located throughout the property so each pasture can support wildlife or livestock.
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Wildlife
For more than 30 years, Sandstone Mountain Ranch has been managed for trophy whitetails and exotics. Over the past five years, management has been fine-tuned and intensified, so the ranch team could offer hunters an unsurpassed opportunity to take exceptional pasture-raised game. Today, Sandstone Mountain Ranch operates under an unrestricted MLD-3 level permit from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and participates in the agency’s DMP Program. The latter allows 20 does and a single buck to be darted off the ranch, confined in a pen for a brief breeding period and then released back onto the land. A new DMP/soft release pen is in place. The deliberate, conscientious management program has yielded bucks ranging from 150 to 210 inches. (See
sandstonemountainranch.com for game photos.) In addition to whitetailed deer, the ranch is home to Grant’s zebra, scimitar horned oryx, axis, blackbuck antelope and fallow deer. Fallow bucks roam the pasture, while fallow does are held in breeding pens with a single buck. Of course, the combination of water and well-managed habitat means other wildlife roam the property as well. In the winter, the lakes are covered by a variety of ducks. A flock of Canadian snow geese have taken up year-round residence. A pair of bald eagles fish the lakes. Dove and turkey are abundant and the quail population is growing. Varmints and small game of all types add more diversity and hunting opportunities. To support the wildlife enterprise, the ranch is outfitted with 23 top-of-the-line MB Ranch King Blinds including two trailers, 30 2,000± pound corn feeders, 20 2,000± pound All-Season Protein Feeders and three 28-ton feed silos. All successful hunts culminate in the newly covered game processing facility. It is built on a slab with the convenience of drain system, electric winches, as well as an expansive new walk-in cooler.
Living
Hill Country-style, equal parts comfort and luxury, defines the ranch’s living quarters. They have been designed in complementary style using similar materials such as native stone, log veneer and copper-colored metal roofing so the feel of elegant cohesiveness is throughout. The time-tested combination of wood and stone provides a sense of permanence and security, while the large windows, soaring ceilings and open floor plans keep the space light and livable. Air-conditioning systems in all lodges, houses and outbuildings have been recently replaced. FarmAndRanch.com
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management program is displayed on the walls. A large and intricate stained glass bar adds a touch of functional beauty and fun to the space. A stacked rock fireplace built from native sandstone, quartz and granite from the ranch rises to the ceiling staking a solid claim in the room as do several throughout the house.
Main House
The 2,650± square-foot Main House provides a more intimate living experience that delivers every creature comfort and doesn’t cut corners on livable style. It has two bedrooms, two baths, an office and a two-car garage. Like the other buildings in the residential compound, the Main House’s back wall is floor-to-ceiling glass, which frames the breathtaking view of Sandstone Mountain with 20±-acre House Lake shimmering at its base.
Cabin
New Hunter’s Lodge
The New Hunter’s Lodge, currently used to house hunting guests, is located about a half-mile away from the private residential compound. Completed in 2013, the 4,000± square-foot New Hunter’s Lodge features four bedrooms (one of which is ADAhandicap accessible) with eight queen-sized beds, four and onehalf baths and a huge great room that does triple duty as a trophy room and game room. It has a pool table as well as a poker table to encourage after-hunt fun. The fun can continue outside with washer pitching, corn hole boards or a nearby fire pit.
Old Lodge
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The 850± square-foot Cabin features all of the fine finishes of every other living space on the ranch including custom woodwork and cabinetry and highly polished wood floors. With one bedroom, two and one-half baths, a large living room that is set up to sleep four guests, a kitchenette and a wine cellar, it provides a comfortable destination for “overflow” sleeping.
Man Cave
The 1,600± square-foot Man Cave is a destination for indoor entertaining. With one bath, a kitchenette and a two-car garage, it is set up for parties. The main room is anchored by a huge table and the glass-wall view of Sandstone Mountain and House Lake. The Man Cave also includes a secure, concrete gun vault that can also be used as a storm cellar.
Outdoor Entertaining
Of course, the beauty of life on a ranch is getting outside. All living quarters sport decks perfect for relaxing after a day afield.
Nothing is as refreshing as a dip in a pool. Located next to the Old Lodge, the completely renovated pool features blue glass and pebble finish, a two-tier waterfall and a huge surround made of the native stone.
Big Barn
The 90x100-foot Big Barn, which was completely refurbished, includes a foreman’s office, break room, ranch offices, feed room, and air-conditioned mechanics/storage bay. Deer stalls and working pens adjoin the main barn.
Big Shop
The Big Shop is 60x150 feet with eight bay doors, plywoodlined walls, a concrete drive and parking as well as a storm drain, a sandstone retaining wall and a bathroom. To increase the working area, it is outfitted with 20x30-foot overhangs; one over concrete and the other over dirt to accommodate heavy equipment with tracks.
Mechanics Shop
The three-bay mechanics shop, with plywood-lined walls and built on concrete, is 40x50 feet and features a walk-down pit for oil changes.
RV/Bus Barn
Guests can gather under the Party Pavilion. The covered area includes an outdoor fireplace, a built-in gas grill and extensive native stonework, but the focal point may be the eight-tier waterfall that is bedecked with blooming lily pads and stocked with goldfish. A custom 2017 Marquise spa/hot tub is positioned on the far edge of the stone courtyard to take advantage of the view of the mountain and lake.
Working
A concrete driveway, six inches thick and 18 feet wide, runs for approximately two miles from the rock entrance on Hwy 71 to the main compound. All “bridges” along the driveway feature custom stonework that subtly accentuate the crossings.
The fully insulated 20x65-foot RV/Bus Barn with a concrete drive is climate-controlled. There are water and sewer hook-ups inside. Ranch equipment, including Rangers™, an air-conditioned cab tractor and other tractors, an air-conditioned cab bulldozer, an airconditioned cab motor grader, dump truck, ranch truck, backhoe, feed trailer/blower and assorted attachments and implements are available subject to agreement between the buyer and seller. Sandstone Mountain Ranch is the pinnacle of ranch living situated in the striking sandstone and granite outcrops that make Llano County unlike any other place in Texas. Investing time and energy, the current owners restored the ranch to its former glory, so you don’t have to do anything but enjoy its magnificence. v To experience the Sandstone Mountain Ranch for yourself, call Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815. Available for $31.5 million. FarmAndRanch.com
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RANCHO AGUA GRANDE 17,132± ACRES
UVALDE & KINNEY COUNTIES
AVAILABLE FOR
$100,000,000
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he 17,132-acre Rancho Agua Grande, located 25 miles northwest of Uvalde, is one of largest live water ranches for sale in Texas. Year-round Live Oak Creek, fed by more than 30 springs, bisects the ranch from north to south for about seven miles. The ranch is home to Boiling Mountain, the highest peak in Uvalde County, and Salmon Peak, the highest point in Kinney County. Because three ecoregions converge on the ranch, the vegetation is diverse. Wildlife gathers to drink at Live Oak Creek making it easy to view some of the more than 40 species of exotics that roam the ranch. Native game includes whitetail, turkey, dove and limited quail. Rancho Agua Grande is considered one of the nation’s premier hunting destinations. More than 50 miles of high-fence encircle the perimeter. To see Rancho Agua Grande, contact Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815. Available for $100 million. v
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RANCHO ESTRELLA 8,100± ACRES
JIM HOGG & STARR COUNTIES
AVAILABLE FOR
$30,000,000
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he 8,100¹ acre Rancho Estrella, located 42 miles southwest of Hebbronville, provides incredible hunting and superlative privacy. Rancho Estrella, which has been managed for wildlife for almost 30 years, is divided into four pastures and completely highfenced. Wildlife includes whitetail deer, bobwhite and scaled quail, Rio Grande turkeys, javelina, dove and feral hogs as well as a full complement of desirable exotics. The well-managed brush country habitat, also suitable for cattle, is supplemented with protein feeders and food plots. Rancho Estrella has nine water wells, four stock tanks, and more than 30 wildlife waterers. The ranch has two separate living compounds each featuring a main lodge, apartments and casitas. The four-bedroom, four-bath owner’s home is located in Brush Pasture compound. The ranch has been a hunting destination and a corporate retreat and could easily be a commercial hunting operation. Contact Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815 to schedule a showing. Available for $30 million. v
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LUCKY A RANCH 388±
ACRES
GRIMES COUNTY
AVAILABLE FOR
$7,500,000
Central Texas v Grimes County v Navasota
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ucky A Ranch, located six miles east of Navasota, is 388± acres of thoughtfully customized perfection about 72 miles from Houston. Four-bar pipe fences are prominent. The pastures are improved, with mixed Bahia grass, Coastal Bermuda and mature trees. About 30 percent of the ranch is wooded providing native wildlife habitat. Every pasture has either a lake, stock tank or water trough to provide for livestock and wildlife. The ranch has two spring-fed lakes each five acres or larger, stocked with Florida bass, crappie and blue gills. There are also three spring-fed stock tanks, several springs, and three wells. The turnkey ranch has been a purebred 200-head, cow-calf operation, but could be a horse farm or a country getaway with income generating potential. A fenced lane transects the property so livestock can be moved easily to the lighted and covered central working facility. Most ranch equipment will transfer with the sale. The 5,000± square-foot house exemplifies one-of-a-kind rustic elegance where even the windowsills are granite in the three-bedroom (plus a flex room and office), three-and-a-half-bathroom house. Abundant granite and hand-built, custom wood work featuring light-stained ash make a strong design statement. The wood and granite are offset by natural light, soaring ceilings, open design, neutral color palette, and handcrafted antler chandeliers. The all-electric kitchen, with its custom cabinetry and large walk-in pantry, features Wolf and Subzero appliances. Front and back porches, encompassing 1,625-squarefeet, overlook professionally landscaped grounds. A 24x40 covered patio is outfitted with a wood-burning fireplace, a six-foot Bull barbeque pit, granite bar and nine-foot granite-topped table as well a sink, ceiling fans and hand-crafted cedar ceiling. An attached, oversized threecar garage can accommodate three Ford F-350 pickups. There are seven metal outbuildings including: a hay barn (40x100-foot with a 30-foot lean-to), a combination equipment/hay barn (150x125 with a 20-foot unpaved lean-to provide covered storage for heavy equipment), feed room/storage building (25x80), RV storage building (45x50 with water, sewer and electrical hook-ups inside), air-conditioned workshop (22x30), an air-conditioned, insulated “flex” building (40x25 with a 14-foot rollup door and 36-inch walk-in door that can be used as climatecontrolled storage or a game room), and a “three-sided” storage building (45x50 attached to the back of the flex building.) All are constructed on concrete pads that are at least six inches and reinforced for heavy-duty use. All hay and ranch equipment can be stored beneath a roof. Contact Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815. Available for $7.5 million. v
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JACALON RANCH 4,624± ACRES
WEBB & ZAPATA COUNTIES
AVAILABLE FOR
$1,450/ACRE
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he 4,624± acre Jacalon Ranch, located near Hebbronville, is home to exceptional hunting with abundant whitetails (managed under a MLD Level III permit), quail (both bobs and blues), dove and waterfowl. Jacalon Ranch brings together the Coastal Plains’ red sand, brush motts and savannah grasslands and South Texas’ rolling hills and flatlands. Thanks to the Bordas Escarpment, the ranch also offers stunning views. Water is plentiful with seven stock tanks, several creeks and four wells. A windmill pulls from a well at 200 feet. Two newly drilled wells hit drinking-quality water at 400 feet, offer 4,500 gallons
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of storage and flow at 10–15± gallons per minute each. The fourth well extends 1,050 feet deep and flows at a rate of 40± gallons per minute to sustain wildlife and livestock. FM 649 provides road frontage access. The two-story Jacalon Ranch Lodge, beautifully appointed with Spanish and southwestern furniture and décor, boasts eleven suites, each with a private bath. Designed for a crowd, the lodge includes a modern kitchen, a large dining room and bar area, utility room, full bath in the common area, and modern telecommunications. Guests can enjoy a fire pit and outdoor seating area. An 8,000-gallon rain catchment helps meet water needs. The ranch has a private/restricted 3,900-foot turf runway (TE89). Jim Hogg County Airport is 20 minutes away and Laredo International Airport 40 minutes. To experience the Jacalon Ranch, contact Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815. Available for $1,450/acre. v FarmAndRanch.com
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WOLF CREEK RANCH 65±
ACRES
GILLESPIE COUNTY
AVAILABLE FOR
$3,500,000
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ronting State Hwy 16 between Kerrville and Fredericksburg, Wolf Creek Ranch offers a private, livewater oasis on 65± acres that includes rolling hills, bottom lands and dense patches of hardwoods. Blackbuck antelope, axis deer and whitetails call the high-fenced ranch home. Wolf Creek burbles through the ranch for about 750 feet providing access from both banks. Hardwoods shade the watercourse and custom concrete creekside patio. The pipe fence-lined drive delivers you to the comfortable luxury of a 7,500± square-foot Mediterranean-inspired villa with Spanish tile. The villa juxtaposes the solidity of finely crafted wood, stone and stucco against an open floor plan, soaring ceilings and large light-filled windows. The well-appointed home includes six bedrooms, five full baths, two half baths and seven fireplaces. The master suite, recently remodeled and upgraded, leaves no need unmet with two walk-in closets as well as an expansive master bath featuring a walk-in shower, a
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gorgeous bathtub and his-and-her vanities. The huge kitchen is designed for use and style. A balcony extending across the back of the villa overlooks the oasis featuring the swimming pool and hot tub. The nearby garage accommodates three cars and includes a one-bedroom, one-bath apartment. Wolf Creek Ranch offers all the amenities of Hill Country living on a perfect scale. To experience Wolf Creek Ranch for yourself, contact Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815. Available for $3.5 million. v
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DOUBLE J RANCH 754
ACRES
REAL
COUNTY AVAILABLE FOR
$5,950,000
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Texas Hill Country v Real County v Leakey
he 754-acre, high-fenced Double J Ranch in Real County is a Colorado-like property in the Texas Hill Country. Located on Hwy 337 between Leakey and Vanderpool, the ranch is about 10 minutes from Lost Maples State Park. Dramatic elevation changes, majestic views, crystalline springs and two lakes, one of which is newly constructed and 33 feet deep at the dam, define the landscape. Improvements are nestled in a deep canyon providing complete privacy. Call the three-bedroom, two-bath log cabin and a four-bedroom, two-bath guest lodge home. Entertain in the 19.2 x 19-foot outdoor kitchen and stunning 52.75 x 31.75-foot swimming pool, hot tub and fireplace. Wildlife ranging from whitetail deer and turkeys to aoudad and axis abound. The large barn is outfitted with a walk-in cooler. The ranch is ideally suited as a corporate retreat, family getaway or hunting destination. Contact Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815 to see the Double J, priced at $5.95 million.
DOUBLE B RANCH AND RESORT 554±
ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Gillespie County v Fredericksburg
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he 554±-acre Double B Ranch and Resort, located just 20 minutes from Fredericksburg and 15 minutes from Kerrville, is the best-priced live-water property available in Gillespie County. Three yearround, spring-fed, live-water creeks crisscross the ranch. Double B currently hosts special events and commercial hunts for native, exotic and super African exotics. The ranch includes a 12-stall horse barn. The 10,000-square-foot lodge sleeps up to 45 guests. Beaux Hickey’s, a 5,600-square-foot pavilion, accommodates up to 250 guests. The three-story main house offers 6,000± square-feet of living space. The Ranch House is a three-bedroom, twobath home. Three cabins provide additional accommodations. Contact Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815 to see Double B Ranch and Resort, available for $5.95 million.
GILLESPIE COUNTY
AVAILABLE FOR
$5,950,000
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FLOWING RIVER RANCH 108±
ACRES
KERR
COUNTY PRICE REDUCTION
$3,750,000
Texas Hill Country v Kerr County v Hunt
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he Flowing River Ranch, located about 10 minutes south of Hunt in Kerr County, offers the rare opportunity to purchase 108± acres of undeveloped land on the Guadalupe River’s south fork. The south fork, known for its high water quality and stunning scenery, courses through the ranch for about 1,200 feet, giving the owner private access. The property fronts Highway 39. The ranch, with gently rolling terrain shaded by mature post oaks and live oaks, offers a selection of potential building sites. The native vegetation and plentiful water attract wildlife. To experience Flowing River Ranch, contact Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815. Available for $3.75 million.
ROBIN’S ROCK RANCH 82.44± ACRES
KERR
Texas Hill Country v Kerr County v Kerrville
COUNTY AVAILABLE FOR
$2,495,000
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estled in the beautiful heart of the Texas Hill Country, Robin’s Rock Ranch is located less than 10 minutes from Kerrville and an hour from San Antonio. The ranch is perched on one of the highest elevations in Kerr County creating magnificent views of the Hill Country terrain. While the majority of Robin’s Rock Ranch is manicured, it retains its wild spirit. Several natural springs with numerous dambuilding sites meander through the canyon and provide water for the abundant whitetail deer, turkey and dove. The ranch’s perimeter is encircled by an 8-foot, game-proof fence. Family and guests will enjoy the ease and security of the electric gate and keypad that are the working core of the custom rock entrance, conveniently located 3.4 miles from I-10 and 4.5 miles from Kerrville’s city limits. The 4,150-square-foot custom-built rock home boasts four bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths strategically arranged to enhance the open concept design. The soaring ceilings, whitewashed pine walls, neutral color palette and abundant light create an airy environment with solid focal points like the custom chandeliers, massive rock fireplace and natural architectural features of rock and wood interspersed throughout. The beautifully appointed home includes a dream kitchen with an island and granite countertops; plentiful, spacious closets; an expansive office with a hunting closet and built-in gun cabinet; and a four-car carport with drive through. The ultimate destination for outdoor entertaining is just steps away. The combination of a self-cleaning blue lagoon pool, Jacuzzi and 26x26 cabana with an outdoor kitchen, full bath, rock fireplace, huge barbecue pit, cozy fire pit, surround-sound stereo system and stunning vistas guarantee that every gathering will be memorable. Other amenities include a 60x60 insulated, metal barn with water, electricity and a 21x17 apartment with granite countertops and built-ins that can house guests or an employee; a 20x60 extended carport for RV storage; and 20x33 concrete dog kennel as well as two fenced yards. An insulated well house protects a 500-foot Trinity water well with a 50-gallon/minute output. There is also a 3,000-gallon storage tank. To experience the manicured wildness and convenience that is Robin’s Rock Ranch, call Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815 for a private showing. The owner is a licensed real estate broker. The ranch is available for $2.495 million.
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DOUBLE D RANCH 85
ACRES
GILLESPIE COUNTY
Texas Hill Country v Gillespie County v 15 miles from Kerrville & Fredericksburg
AVAILABLE FOR
$1,250,000
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ouble D Ranch, located in Gillespie County 15 miles north of Kerrville and almost equidistant to Fredericksburg, sits at the intersection of privacy and convenience. The 85-acre ranch is a blend of contoured pastures with mixed coastal and native grasses and live oak mottes interspersed with other native trees and brush. Blackbuck antelope, whitetail deer, turkey and a variety of smaller animals call it home. The three-bedroom main house, encompassing 2,500Âą square-feet, is built from native limestone and appointed for family and friends. The dining room seats 16. It has two full baths and a half bath. The living room features vaulted ceilings and a limestone fireplace. The porch is situated so days end with a striking view of legendary Hill Country sunsets. The 2,100Âą square-foot native limestone guesthouse features four bedrooms with adjoining baths. A shared living area featuring a wood stove inspires camaraderie. The guesthouse porch also provides sunset views and easy access to a landscaped outdoor gathering area. Double D, which is high-fenced on two sides, is outfitted with a barn, working pens and a shop to accommodate a small scale livestock operation. Thanks to three wells, one on a windmill and two with submergible pumps, water is plentiful, and up to 10,000 gallons can be stored. The ranch infrastructure includes a diesel generator large enough to power both houses as well as on-site fuel storage with 500-gallon tanks for diesel, gasoline and propane. Call Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815 to see the Double D Ranch, available for $1.25 million.
LAKE AMISTAD RANCH West Texas v Val Verde County v Del Rio
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icturesque Lake Amistad Ranch, with four miles of lake frontage, is the ultimate recreational water property. Delight in hunting wild game or hiking in the hills of this scenic 872.6± acre property, located only 25 minutes north of Del Rio. Native game include whitetail deer, turkey, quail, dove, and javelina. A four-bedroom, three-bath stucco home with wood-burning fireplace provides true Texas comfort. Other amenities include a barn, one water well, one tank, and perimeter fencing. This property is versatile and well-suited for development, a corporate retreat, recreational camp or a private getaway. Contact Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815. Available for $2.6 million.
872±
ACRES
VAL VERDE COUNTY
AVAILABLE FOR
$2,600,000
V & K RANCH 99±
ACRES
KERR
COUNTY AVAILABLE FOR Texas Hill Country v Kerr County v Kerrville
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$1,695,000
he V&K Ranch, located in Kerr County just minutes from Kerrville, is an ideal place to call home. With two electronically-controlled entrances off of Freedom Trail Road, the 99.38-acre property is easily accessible. The classic Hill Country high-fenced ranch is divided into two 50-acre pastures. The land has been managed so it retains its natural character while providing a home to blackbuck antelope, elk, and Sika deer as well as native whitetail. There are three wells on the property. The 3,274-square-foot adobe house, reminiscent of Santa Fe, features three bedrooms and three baths. A two-bedroom, two-bath guest house is nearby. The ranch also features two barns. To see the V&K Ranch contact Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815. Available for $1.695 million.
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MONARCH RANCH 40,138 + Acres Val Verde County, Del Rio, TX $30,103,500 A rare jewel in the desert, the Monarch Ranch is located on over 5 miles of the pristine Devils River 30 miles upstream from Lake Amistad. Stunning views of the Devils River Basin and deep canyons greet visitors to the ranch as you climb over 300’ from the river. Fantastic hunting and fishing, miles of paved roads and a 6,000’ lighted and paved airport runway make the ranch extremely accessible in this dramatic country. The purported largest volume cave in Texas and remains of Fort Hudson are just a few of the amazing sites to visit on the ranch.
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J FLY LOOSE RANCH 984 + Acres Lavaca County, Speaks, TX $4,740,000 Likely one of the best hunting ranches located less than two hours from Houston on the market today, the J Fly Loose Ranch is a turn-key premier property loaded with huge oaks, great surface and groundwater, and outstanding improvements. Hunting opportunities abound for deer, hogs, turkey, duck, dove and predators on this beautiful ranch, plus multiple lakes offer fine fishing for bass, catfish and sunfish.
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LION MOUNTAIN RANCH 16,655 + Acres Jeff Davis County, Fort Davis, TX $41,637,500 The historic Lion Mountain Ranch is named for one of the many peaks found on the ranch. Lion Mountain is a landmark that can be seen from many places on the ranch and was named by area ranchers for its shape resembling a crouching lion. This is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire an historic ranch in the revered “sky island” Davis Mountains of Far West Texas. Rarely do ranches become available in in these mountains and this ranch is available for only the second time in well over a century. This ranch has the “wow” factor!
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OPEN GATE RANCH 518 + Acres Medina County, Hondo, TX $4,895,000 Motivated Seller!!! Picture yourself relaxing by a cascading pool overlooking your lush, green pastures while the beautiful Texas hill country frames the sun as it slips behind the horizon. Open Gate Ranch is an amazing little piece of heaven where the hill country meets the brush country. This 518 +/- acre luxury estate offers a unique chance to enjoy breathtaking distant views of the surrounding hills, an exquisite custom home, beautiful horse facilities and massive whitetail bucks, all on an income producing ranch less than an hour to downtown San Antonio.
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COOL ACRES RANCH 406 + Acres Fort Bend County, Orchard, TX $7,900,000 Cool Acres is the iconic ranch owned and developed by famous heart surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley as a country escape for himself and his family. The 406 acre property sits 115 feet above the Brazos River on one of the highest banks in Fort Bend county. With almost a mile of river frontage, the ranch is 30 minutes from Houston. The family compound has 5 houses, a pool, a pond, two tennis courts, 2 pavilions, one with a kitchen and 2 bathrooms.
B-B RANCH 1,947 + Acres Kinney County, Bracketville, TX $2,579,775 Located in the transitional zone between the Rio Grande Plains and the Edwards Plateau, this ranch provides a unique blend of the Hill Country and South Texas.
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6 S GENTLEMEN’S RANCH 243 + Acres Lavaca County, Sweet Home, TX $2,250,000 Look no further than the 6 S Gentlemen’s ranch in Lavaca county. The perfect blend of weekend retreat and livestock operation to maximize family enjoyment and income potential…Plus Minerals!!!!
MENEHUNE RANCH 210 + Acres Lake Athens, Athens, TX $10,500,000 Just 90 minutes from the hustle and bustle of Dallas, this spectacular country getaway on 210 pine-studded acres is a true sportsman’s paradise the whole family will enjoy.
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ANGELINA RIVER PROPERTY 8.26 + Acres Jasper County, Jasper, TX $1,200,000 This unique waterfront property is truly one of a kind. Situated on the banks of the Angelina River, just below the gates of the Sam Rayburn Reservoir, this peaceful retreat offers seclusion and beauty in true East Texas style.
BLACK DIAMOND RANCH 270+ Acres Milam County, Cameron, TX $1,790,000 Black Diamond Ranch is a great hunting property named for the Blackjack Oaks that you’ll find throughout the high-fenced property. Situated with Harl Creek running through the property, the ranch is heavily wooded with trails and a few open areas with multiple hunting blinds.
CRIPPLE CREEK RANCH 461 + Acres Gonzales County, Gonzales, TX $4,495,000 Cripple Creek Ranch is an immaculately maintained hunting ranch located in the heart of Gonzales County providing the serious outdoorsman the luxury of fine accommodations, improved whitetail genetics and summer usage with its exotic species.
VAN LAKE RANCH 121 + Acres Van Zandt County, Van, TX $1,450,000 The Van Lake Ranch is a private and highly improved property located only 75 miles from Dallas. This ranch has the potential for hosting events, retreats, or just keeping it personal.
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RIVER VALLEY RANCH 1,562 + Acres Blanco County, Cypress Mill, TX $13,950,000 The stunning Pedernales River valley between Cypress Mill and Johnson City is one of the most idyllic areas in our Texas Hill Country. River Valley Ranch, by all measures, represents the best this area has to offer. Minerals!!!!
CIRLCE S HUNTING RANCH 520 + Acres Anderson County,Palestine, TX $3,475,000 This stunning hilltop ranch is one of a kind. It is high-fenced, infused with superior whitetails, and wooded with a mix of hardwoods and pine plantations.
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TE AMO MAS RANCH 1,058 + Acres Frio County, Pearsall, TX $4,495,000 NOW WITH MINERALS! This ready to go ranch has it all—great topography, big deer, quality browse, good water, lots of quail and dove, fantastic accommodations, and an extraordinarily convenient location.
TATE RANCH 1,309 + Acres Webb County, Freer, TX $1,917,685 This is a great hunting and cattle ranch! This property consists of 1,309 acres situated in one of the best whitetail deer counties in Texas. There are 4 stock tanks, a full corral, and 7 deer blinds.
HACIENDA BAYVIEW 21 + Acres Cameron County,Bayview, TX $1,400,000 Step back in time with a 11,500 sq. ft. hacienda built in the early 1920s surrounded by a 21 acre grapefruit farm, resaca frontage, and lush landscape minutes from South Padre Island.
TEXAS BEST! GAME-FENCED READY-TO-GO OUTDOORSMAN’S DREAM PLACE! 7,336± ACRES
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ocated near Pumpville, Texas, this hilltop compound has nine bedrooms, six full bathrooms, a main gathering area, fireplace, wet bar, fire pit, miscellaneous barns, workshop, game cleaning area, covered shooting area, foreman’s house, grain bins, and 3,000 acres. The high-fenced big whitetail area includes exotics. Another 4,000 acres is low fenced, with four water wells piping water all over ranch. The ranch has MLD Level 3 hunting permits for October 1 through February 28. Whitetail breeder deer in pens, also two new 50-acre mule deer pens, blinds, feeders, tons of ranch equipment, no oil field noise, traffic, or producing wells making this an opportunity for twice the land and half the price compared to most South Texas places! Way too much info to list; look at texasbestranches.com for details of this raw opportunity! Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.
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TEXAS BEST! LIVE-WATER, HILLTOP - GAME CHANGER! 503± ACRES
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Central Texas v Guadalupe county v Sequin
ocated minutes to Sequin, Texas, and only 30 minutes to San Antonio! Fabulous two-story, hilltop rock mansion with cooper roof. Approximately 8,000+ square-feet (excluding all porches) include five luxurious bedrooms, five full baths, two half baths, gourmet kitchen, office, elevator, massive high ceiling in the living fireplace area, game room, and exercise room. The master, with fireplace, tub, walk-thru shower, and sauna, is a must-see. Also featured is a four-car garage with workshop, two bedrooms and a bathroom, a guest house, manager’s house, pool/entertaining area, three water wells, community water, equipment barn, hay barn, RV barn, cattle pens, both sides running mill creek, four stock tanks, one fishing lake, paved electric and gate access. Great deer, turkey, wild hogs, and duck hunting plus fishing. Improved grasses great for horses, cattle, or hay production! Way too many amenities to list! Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.
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TEXAS BEST! GAME-FENCED RARE FIND! 1,456± ACRES
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ust minutes to La Pryor, Texas, and only two hours to San Antonio are 1,456± acres in Maverick County. Electric, gated paved access leads to an awesome four-bedroom, two-bath lodge, and a two-bedroom, two-bath casita with an entertaining fire pit area. Then add nice fishing, duck hunting lakes, a shooting range, Ranch King blinds and Outback feeders, underground water piping throughout the ranch, three water wells, giant ready-to-go whitetail deer herd, and big thick South Texas brush. This property has been game managed for 12 years and is a great ready-to-go ranch! This one won’t last! Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.
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South Texas v Live Oak County v George West utdoorsman’s paradise! Giant whitetail, quail galore, tons of exotics! Quit looking, you will not find a better one! Turnkey and ready to go! Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.
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TEXAS BEST! HOUSTON AREA, GAME-FENCED, TURNKEY, READY-TO-GO OUTDOORSMAN’S PARADISE! 894± ACRES
Southeast Texas v Walker County v Huntsville
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hese 894± acres in Walker County are minutes to Huntsville and only 45 minutes to Houston. Hunting, fishing, cattle, exotics, boating, horses or waterfowl—this fabulous place can do it all! The lakeside lodge is resort-style and quality minded with 7,500± square-feet, six bedrooms, six baths, patio is climate controlled with outdoor cook area and motorized shades. The land has lush wooded areas with many open areas and food plots. Exotics such as red deer, buffalo, water buffalo, water buck, zebra, impala, gemsbok, lechwe, axis, sitka, fallow, blackbuck, transcaspian urail, mouflon, Catalina goat, aoudad, scimitar oryx, and giant scientific whitetail out in the pasture! There is a large covered barn with workshop, carport, equipment area with six horse stalls, walk-in cooler, office, tack room and bathroom. What makes this place so special is the water! Three stocked lakes all ready to go for the outdoorsman, family or company/corporate group! There are also two water wells that supply the whole ranch. You will look a long time to find a better ranch! Location, paved access, great lodge, fabulous exotics and year-round entertainment for the whole family or business. Tons of depreciable assets and write-offs! Equipment list can be provided upon request. Remember…turnkey and ready to go! Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.
TEXAS BEST LOCATION! LIVE-WATER RIO CIBOLO EVENT CENTER! TURNKEY READY-TO-GO! INCOME PRODUCING RANCH AND BUSINESS! - 130± ACRES
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pproximately 20,000-square-foot covered pavilion—a must-see with commercial kitchen with all modern fixtures and appliances, two bar areas, stage for band, outdoor fire pit areas, waterside dining hall with patio overlooking waterfall. Also included is the owner’s house, bride/ groom house or guest house, outbuildings, workshop area, full-blown functional lighted rodeo arena with seating for approximately 700, baseball field, and playground area. There is plenty of room for expansion of many different types of other income opportunities such as hay, cattle, horses, exotics, an orchard, hunting, fishing, boating, or camping. This Texas Best rare find has endless uses all within 30 minutes of downtown San Antonio! Giant trees and manicured park-like areas, but some wild and woolly wooded areas along the crystal clear Cibolo Creek having two dams with waterfalls, deep holes and easy access throughout! WOW and AWESOME describe this rare find! Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.
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TEXAS BEST! LIVE-WATER HILL COUNTRY ESTATE
NEAR NEW BRAUNFELS AND MINUTES TO SAN ANTONIO OR CANYON LAKE! 81 ACRES Texas Hill Country v Comal County v New Braunfels
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omal County 81± acres, majestic creek-side Hill Country Tuscany four-bedroom, five-bath home that is a must-see. It features a bright and open gourmet kitchen, three-car garage, one-bedroom, one-bath guest suite, custom workshop with seven overhead doors, nice RV/equipment barn, and manicured country club-style landscaping and grounds. Then add both sides of a crystal clear, rock bottom dammed-up creek with majestic limestone bluffs and rock formations! It offers great porches with infinity edge pool, spa and outdoor cooking cabana—truly Texas Best for the quality minded to enjoy the best! Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.
SOUTH TEXAS BEST-LIVE WATER-NUECES RIVER! 293± ACRES
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his property is located near Crystal City with approximately one mile of sought after Nueces River. It has a nice fishing lake, two ranch houses, well, electricity, paved access, and giant trees. This is fabulous wildlife habitat for deer, turkey, hogs, plus great fishing! Rare and unique; priced to sell! Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.
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TEXAS BEST! FREDERICKSBURG AREA LIVE-WATER! DEAL! 229± ACRES
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inutes to historic Fredericksburg, Texas, and only one hour to Austin or San Antonio! Both sides of a rock-bottom, crystal clear, spring-fed running creek feature a small dam and possible development potential for another dam! This property includes a paved electric gate access and entry, cozy three-bedroom, two-bath, rock ranch home, barns, pens, guest cabin, greenhouse, nice fields, great hunting, and some free roaming exotics! Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.
TEXAS BEST! GAME-FENCED - TURNKEY READY TO GO OUTDOORSMAN’S PARADISE! $500,000 PRICE REDUCTION-WOW!
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94± acres, hilltop seven-bedroom, two-bath lodge, three-bedroom, two-bath manager’s house, equipment barn, horse barn, dog kennels, storm shelter, game cleaning area. Two nice fishing lakes, several small dove hunting tanks, community water, nice balance of food plots to wooded area, electric gate entry, MLD-level 3, hunting from October 1 through February 28, 30 minutes to Abilene, Texas, airport commercial flights! Great bird hunting, big deer, blackbuck antelope, Russian boar, and fabulous fishing! Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.
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TEXAS BEST! FREDERICKSBURG AREA - LIVE WATER RARE FIND! 734± ACRES
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TEXAS BEST! CAMP VERDE AREA - LIVE WATER! 808± ACRES
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inutes to Kerrville, Camp Verde, Bandera, and only one hour to San Antonio! The property is game fenced, electric, paved access, and has an awesome spring-fed fishing lake. Both sides of crystal clear creek, two other dammed and gunited spring-fed smaller lakes. Chip and seal ranch roads, water well, Ranch King hunting blinds, outback feeders, and several species of exotic animals! Big neighbors! Call Lance Soele, 210-542-6065.
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TEXAS BEST! BIG FISHING LAKE ARROWHEAD HEAVEN! 260± ACRES
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inutes to Sequin and only 45 minutes to San Antonio or Austin! Historic Capote Springs is here with tons of history, paved electric access, giant oak and pecan trees. Included are one big lake, a smaller lake, several springs, cozy ranch house, nice barns, out buildings, two sets cattle pens, pipe horse paddocks, and many Indian mound areas. There are tons of deer, turkey, wild hogs, and great Carrizo sub surface water. Great for cattle, horses, hay production, hunting and fishing! Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.
RARE FIND, BEST LIVE-WATER! 317± ACRES
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TEXAS BEST! LIVE-WATER PARADISE! PRICE DROP - MAKE OFFER!
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GUADALUPE RIVER NEAR COMFORT, TEXAS TEXAS BEST! MEDINA RIVER RARE OPPORTUNITY
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8± acres in Kendall County near the historic community of Comfort, Texas, with water, water, water featuring approximately 2,000± Texas Hill Country v Bandera County v Pipe Creek feet of Guadalupe River! This ag-exempt property won’t last long. Hay inutes to San Antonio, paved access, great trees, big production, water well, electricity, RV hookups are all located in Comfort hilltops, and fabulous crystal clear rock bottom Medina River! between IH-10 and Business 87. Minutes to Boerne and approximately 30 minutes to Loop 1604 in San Antonio. Call Lance Soele, 210-542-6065. Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.
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The King Ranch Main House is one of the most iconic homes in the state. For one hundred years, the private residence of the most powerful cattle family in history has been hidden from public view, but as these exclusive photographs reveal, its interior is every bit as grand and mythic as the land itself.
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more than 35,000 people make their way to a South Texas town about forty miles outside Corpus Christi called Kingsville. They pile into a van or a passenger bus to tour the King Ranch, the largest ranch in Texas. They are driven by pastures where they see cherry-red cows and, if they’re lucky, some cowboys on horseback. They are shown water wells, windmills, corrals, barns, plows, and barbed-wire fences. Then they are taken to the ranch’s headquarters, the centerpiece of which is a two-story, 37,000-squarefoot mansion with white stucco walls, a red-tile roof, arched windows, and a courtyard tower that features three stained glass windows. “You are looking upon King Ranch’s Main House,” the tour guide proudly says. To outsiders who know little about Texas, such a tour must seem utterly unremarkable. Aren’t all ranches, they say, pretty much the same? And doesn’t every big ranch have some sort of main house? For the Texans who come to the King Ranch, however, the trip is nothing less than a pilgrimage. Indeed, along with the Alamo and the Capitol, the 825,000-acre King Ranch, which a Rio Grande steamboat captain named Richard King started as a 15,500-acre cow camp in 1853, remains our state’s most storied landmark. And the Main House, which was built in 1915, is one of our state’s most famous residences: the ancestral home for seven generations of the King family. For decades, reporters and historians have begged to get a look inside the Main House. But they have almost always been turned down. Although no one has lived permanently at the Main House since the seventies, the members of the family, who are now spread throughout the country, still consider it their private residence. Visitors who take the official tour of the ranch are not even allowed to get out of the vehicles and stand on the perfectly manicured Main House lawn. Sitting in
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Opening spread: The front entrance to the King Ranch’s 27-room, 37,000-squarefoot Main House, with its stucco walls, red-tile roof, Italian-style carved friezes, and arched columns, has been described as “a wedding cake feast to the eye.”
their vinyl seats, they can do nothing but imagine what life is like behind those great front doors. To celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the construction of the Main House, the family invited texas monthly to photograph several rooms on the first floor. (The second floor, which consists of the family bedrooms and sleeping porches, remained off-limits.) It was a rare opportunity to get an inside look at the ultimate symbol of the King Ranch’s glamour, power, and wealth. “What I think you’ll find most amazing about the Main House is how little it has changed,” says 69-year-old Tio Kleberg, King’s great-great-grandson who oversaw the ranch’s cattle and agriculture operations from 1977 to 1998. “Every time I walk in there, I feel like I’m walking into history.” fter Captain King started his cow camp, he and his new bride, Henrietta, lived in an adobe hut that was so small she had to hang her pots and pans outside. There seemed little chance the Kings would survive, let alone get a cattle business going. Comanche Indians and border bandits roamed the area at will. During the Civil War, the land was raided by Union soldiers as well as bloodthirsty cattle and horse thieves. Not only did they survive but King zealously kept buying more land and launched massive cattle drives, sending his herds north to the markets in Kansas. As the ranch grew, he and Henrietta built a fiveroom Prairie-style house and, later on, a three-story Victorian home. That dwelling was a marvel, the only residence in that sultry stretch of country for miles around. A driveway of crushed white shells led to the front door. A couple of cannons from King’s riverboats were placed near the house to protect it from attack. By the time King died, in 1885 at the age of sixty, he had become America’s greatest cattle baron, with more than 40,000 cattle roaming his 500,000-acre ranch. He left everything he owned to Henrietta. According to Tom Lea’s family-authorized 1957 history, The King Ranch, she didn’t seem like the type of woman who would want to oversee a massive ranch. The daughter of a Presbyterian minister, she was a Bible-reading teetotaler who was appalled by ostentation. When Captain King once gave her diamond earrings as a present, she had a jeweler cover them with dark enamel “to avoid the vanity
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Above: A painting of Captain Richard King hangs above a Kentucky Derby trophy won by one of the family’s Thoroughbreds. Opposite page: The Main House’s courtyard is paved with New York bluestone. Its centerpiece is the ninety-foot tower, adorned with Tiffany stainedglass windows.
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of their display,” one of her grandchildren would later say. After her husband’s death, she wore nothing but widow’s black. Twice a year, wearing a long black dress, she would tour the ranch in a black carriage, staring solemnly at the cattle. But Henrietta turned out to be as much of a visionary as her husband. She donated land not far from the ranch headquarters to help create the town of Kingsville in hopes of luring businesses there to service the ranch. She had a school built to educate the children of the ranch’s Mexican American cowboys (known as Kineños, “King’s men”). She told her youngest daughter’s husband, Robert Kleberg, whom she chose to manage the ranch after Captain King’s death, to continue buying land. And, wrote Lea, in the early morning hours of January 4, 1912, when the ranch’s Victorian home was being ravaged by a fire that was later thought to have been arson, she “very calmly emerged from the burning house, wearing black and carrying two small bags, one with medicines and another with a few valuables.” She blew a kiss to the house, and within a couple of days, she told Robert that it was time to rebuild. Practical as ever, Henrietta, who was then 79 years old, said that she wanted the new Main House to be so comfortable that the cattlemen who had been working all day would not feel the need to take off their boots when they walked inside. But she also wanted to create a family legacy and make the home a gathering spot for years to
come for her five children, her grandchildren, and her growing brood of great-grandchildren. What’s more, she knew that the Main House needed to be big enough to accommodate the family’s guests and business partners. If they were willing to come all the way to remote South Texas, then the least she could do was feed them and put them up for the night. Robert went to work, asking various architects around the country to submit designs. Although most of them proposed Victorian-style homes, Carl and Carlton Adams, an uncle-nephew team from San Antonio, presented a sketch of a home that looked like a casa grande found at a Mexican hacienda—“a mammoth villa built to stand in the florid light of a hot southern sun,” wrote Lea. They envisioned a large interior courtyard overflowing with tropical plants, and they wanted long, wide hallways and plenty of windows to pull in whatever breeze could be found. Impressed, Henrietta and Robert gave the San Antonio architects the job. They then hired Tiffany Studios, in New York, to design the interior of the Main House, which included installing all the fixtures and selecting the furniture. Henrietta and Robert asked the studio to build a table for the dining room that would seat fifty, and they commissioned an artist, whose name has been lost to history, to produce a gigantic painting of the Alamo, nearly six feet tall and eight feet wide. They also decided to hang paintings of the ranch’s landscape, wildlife, and livestock by James McCan, a San Antonio artist whom Henrietta especially admired. The construction of the home and the work on the interior took two years to complete, at a cost of about $350,000 (adjusted for inflation, that would be more than $8 million in today’s dollars). On May 20, 1915, in an article headlined “Texas’ Largest Ranch Has Finest Ranch House in the World,” the San Antonio Express gushed that the Main House captured “the glory of the sunsets, the restless pulsing of the mighty gulf, the night winds bringing the lowing of thousands of cattle, the melody of the birdhaunted prairies.” Besides the enormous dining room, the first floor included a spacious entrance hall, an expansive grand salon, a library, a music room, a couple of offices, bedrooms for business partners, and a long reception hall that featured mounted heads of cattle and
Opposite page, clockwise from left: The north entrance to the house features art glass inlaid with the letter K above the door and an ornamental gate designed by Tiffany; the famed Tiffany windows contain nine thousand pieces of stained glass; members of the King family sit outside that same north entrance in an undated photo. Below: Images of Richard from 1880 and Henrietta from 1871 appear in the house along with King Ranch family photo albums.
bucks. Lining the marble stairway to the second floor was an ornate Italian bronze balustrade. In the stairwell itself were the eighteen-foot-tall stainedglass windows—a special Tiffany touch. There were twelve bedrooms on the second floor, each of which contained fireplaces and adjoining bathrooms. Henrietta lived in a three-room suite on the second floor. In the mornings, she put on one of her black dresses and walked through the garden, where she pointed out to her cooks the vegetables that should be picked for that day’s meals. She liked to spend her afternoons at one end of the reception hall, sitting in a rocking chair, where she’d sew or read, usually the Corpus Christi newspaper. Early in the evenings, she had a bell rung outside the home to announce that dinner was about to be served. Henrietta would preside at the head of the table while Robert would sit at the other end and carve the meat. Alcohol was, of course, not served, though several of the men would discreetly leave the table throughout the evening to sip from flasks. After dessert, the entertainment would consist of skits, readings, and boisterous singing around the piano. (Dancing and card games were strictly forbidden.) Her favorite hymn, “Rock of Ages,” would almost always close out the night. Everyone would retire to their bedrooms, and at sunrise they’d be awakened by her beloved plumetailed peacocks that strutted on the lawn. Henrietta died in 1925 at the age of 92. Her body lay in state in a bronze casket in the grand salon. Hundreds who knew her arrived to pay their respects, from Northeastern bankers to the residents of Kingsville, the town she had created. Kineños, some of whom had ridden for two days from the ranch’s far divisions, led the funeral procession to the cemetery. They circled the open grave on horseback, holding their hats at their sides. By then, Robert had suffered a stroke and the King Ranch was being run by his son, Robert Junior, who went by Bob. Although he had a squeaky voice and slumped in the saddle when he was on horseback, he proved himself to be a kind of ranching genius. He and his cowboys invented the cattle prod and the root plow. They created the Santa Gertrudis, the first American cattle breed, and they bred the first registered American quarter horse. Bob not only Continued on page 154
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BRANCH RANCH | Located on the southern edge of the Divide approximately 30 minutes west of Kerrville on Highway 39, sits this 2,408± acre hunting and cattle ranch. Improvements include a recently remodeled 6BR/5.5BA 2-story main home, guest home, three hunter/guest cabins, and caretakers home. A large workshop and equipment barn provide plenty of storage. The main entrance road originally doubled as a 3000’ runway suitable for single engine or light twin aircraft. The ranch is game-fenced on the perimeter and much of the cedar has been cleared providing excellent pastureland. Numerous water wells and ponds keep the ranch well-watered for the livestock and abundant native wildlife. The topography of this property includes gentle rolling hills covered in native grasses on the north half of the ranch to steep canyons on the southern edge. Spectacular views from the southern end of the ranch overlook the rugged terrain of the Sabinal and Frio River Canyons. It’s rare to find a large tract in this portion of Kerr County!
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2,004± Acres
Crockett county
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This West Texas Ranch is located approximately 7 miles south of Ozona, Texas in Crockett County. The property features a well-kept 1,800Âą sq/ft ranch house and a hunting camp, which will sleep up to 14 guests. The abundant native wildlife is free to roam the four low-fenced pastures alongside the cattle and goats. Numerous water troughs are strategically placed across the property to provide ample drinking water for the livestock and wildlife. Native West Texas brush provides cover and forage for the wildlife and livestock.
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Marley Creek Ranch
CherOkee, Texas
4,127± Acres
San Saba county
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Located north of Llano, Texas is the Marley Creek Ranch, an excellent Central Texas ranch property. This 4,127Âą acre ranch has been divided into 10 low-fenced pastures. There are two hunting camps on the property. Five ponds, ten wells, and numerous troughs around the ranch provide ample drinking water for the abundant native wildlife and livestock. Wet-weather Marley Creek flows through the southeast portion of the property. This superb ranch will provide endless recreational enjoyment for outdoor enthusiasts, ranchers, and hunters. *Seller will divide property
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Squirrel Creek Ranch
D’hanis, Texas
721±
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Medina
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Awesome unimproved ranch located in Medina County. The property boasts rolling terrain with beautiful views throughout the property. Live Oak trees are scattered throughout the ranch, along with native pastures and underbrush providing excellent cover and forage for wildlife. The ranch has over one mile of wet-weather East Squirrel Creek and over ½ mile of wet-weather West Squirrel Creek with small pools, which provide water to wildlife and livestock.
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700Âą Acres
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This quiet and secluded South Texas property has a gently rolling terrain and great water consisting of four ponds and three water wells. Wildlife is abundant including the releases of superior whitetail deer genetics. The ranch is high fenced and has a great road system in place. There is an older ranch home and a new home site established with water and electricity to build your ultimate home or lodge. This is an ideal ranch for any hunter, rancher or outdoorsman.
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H&H Ranch
COTulla, Texas
549Âą Acres
La Salle
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This excellent South Texas hunting ranch has a 2BR/2BA barndominium style house and a two-bedroom manufactured home with concrete porch and covering, a wildlife processing area, a 40Ă—50 insulated metal barn, covered RV hook-up, two ponds, and more. Wildlife on H&H Ranch is abundant and includes axis, native deer and hogs. This property is blanketed with excellent native brush throughout. This turn-key ranch would make an excellent property and has been set up perfectly for any outdoor or hunting enthusiast!
Mocho Creek Ranch
Big Wells, Texas
623Âą Acres
Dimmit
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Incredible hunting ranch located in the heart of the Golden Triangle of South Texas. This improved hunting retreat offers sleeping arrangements for up to 16 guests, along with many relaxation and entertainment areas. Wildlife is abundant including exotic species and releases of superior whitetail deer genetics. The Mocho Creek Ranch features five stocked ponds along with dozens of strategically placed irrigated water sources. The ranch is truly a turn-key, ready to go ranch for any hunter or outdoorsman.
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GUADALUPE RIVER RANCH 210± ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Kendall County v Sisterdale
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uadalupe River Ranch consist of 210± acres of Hill Country tranquility. This highly improved property offers a great deal of frontage along the cypress-lined river. A very pronounced cliff escarpment and additional cypress trees follow the banks of Jacob Creek and Werner Creek, adding to the property’s appeal. The property is being sold with irrigation rights out of the Guadalupe River. In addition, the property offers three additional wells including a large irrigation well. Approximately 3.5 miles of underground pipelines allows the entire property to be supplied with water. Improvements include multiple homes, Cantina built in the early 1900’s complete with wine cellar, several barns, and out buildings. The main equipment barn encompasses 16,000± square-feet and is immaculately maintained. Nestled in large oak trees lies a large party barn for entertaining guest and hosting the most beautiful events. This Kendall County property is one of the best maintained properties in the area. The property has been recognized by the Texas Forest Service for its devoted forestry. Wildlife, both native and exotic, roams the property with very little pressure. The ranch offers an excellent road system from the entrance to the banks of the Guadalupe River, giving great river access for a fantastic day of floating or just lying in a hammock and listening to the river flow. v 74 Volume 88 Texas Farm&Ranch
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PROVIDENCE SPRINGS RANCH 2,000Âą ACRES
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ocated near the dividing line of the Texas Hill Country and South Texas Plains, these 2,000Âą acres offer more diversification of terrain and rich, deep-soiled valleys than any other property currently on the market. This highly picturesque property lies between Tarpley and Hondo making it a very easy commute to San Antonio. Scenic vistas are accessed high on mountain tops via concrete roads offering breathtaking views of the surrounding landscape. Ranch improvements include a large, centrally located lodge, three guest houses, and multiple garages and carports to store ranch toys. There are also several barns located on this beautiful ranch. The main lodge was truly designed
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DOS ANGELES RANCH 11,889 ACRES
Central Texas v Kinney County v Brackettville
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he life blood of this ranch is provided by three miles of beautiful Pinto Creek which meanders through the property and has three concrete dams strategically placed along the creek. Improvements include a spectacular 6,500-square-foot stucco lodge overlooking the creek and a swimming pool including plenty of room for outdoor entertainment. This 11,889-acre ranch has been high fenced since 1984.
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Texas Hill Country v Kerr County v Kerrville
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310 ACRES
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his 310-acre high-fenced ranch, located just four miles east of Falls City, offers spectacular views, deep soils, diverse habitat, majestic trees, and bountiful water. Gently rolling topography provides a unique canvas as the terrain funnels itself into nearly a half mile of San Antonio River. An abundance of hardwood tree species and underbrush dominate this fertile river bottom providing a diverse habitat for wildlife. Improvements include a newly remodeled four-bedroom home, three water wells, four large ponds with piers, barns, and a soft release pen.
CIBOLO CREEK RANCH 250 ACRES
Central Texas v Karnes County v Falls City he 250-acre Cibolo Creek Ranch is located just 11 miles south of Stockdale, Texas. This highly productive property offers improved Bermuda pasture and 60 acres of land currently in cultivation. Fenced into multiple pastures, the ranch is well watered by three large stock ponds, water troughs, a domestic water well and a Carrizo Aquifer well capable of producing 1,500 gallons-perminute. Cibolo Creek flows along the western boundary of the property for 1,300 feet. The ranch is easily accessed by Hwy 123 frontage.
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ocated 15 minutes from Boerne, Texas, this Kendall County property is accessed off Hwy 1376 between Boerne and Fredericksburg. The ranch consists of 3,340± acres with running water and excellent views. This historic property was originally owned by Hondo Crouch, the Luckenbach legend. Both native and exotic wildlife are abundant on the property. The ranch offers scenic hills, rich soiled fertile valleys with native pecans and other hardwoods. Water on this property could be easily developed creating large lakes for ranching and recreation. The owner is willing to subdivide the property in large tracts.
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WINDMILL GAME RANCH 1,327± ACRES
Northwest Texas v Taylor County v Abilene ill Country terrain with the best West Texas views available in this incomeproducing ranch just southwest of Abilene. Magnificent colonial-style red brick and white column home takes in the finest overlook on Mulberry Canyon. Sixteen royalty producing wind turbines and the extensive, first-rate exotic game program add to the appeal of this property. The vast land contours help provide for the five stock ponds off the wetweather creeks, with the potential to add more. Call to schedule your showing of this prime location, yet private ranch.
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TARPLEY RANCH 942 ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Bandera Co. v Tarpley he 942-acre high-fenced ranch is located just 2.5 miles east of Tarpley and 10 miles from Bandera. The rolling topography, characteristic of this area, provides the canvas for a diversity of native flora. Elevation changes of 460 feet provide breath-taking views of the ranch. Improvements include a barn, cattle corrals, two water wells, and several earthen stock tanks. Wildlife species include whitetail deer, axis deer, aoudad, feral hogs, and Rio Grande turkey.
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Texas Hill Country v Kerr County v Camp Verde
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n the heart of a most coveted Hill Country area, Camp Verde Twin Creeks Ranch possesses abundant surface water including a large lake loaded with fish, the convergence of Fall Creek and Wolf Creek, and one of the most captivating country homes available today. Views are seemingly endless and abundant over the deep ravines from the lofty ridges. Four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, four fireplaces, native stone and wood flooring throughout, Thermador, Kitchenaid, and Sub-Zero appliances, massive exposed beam ceilings in the great room with three separate balconies, large wrap-around porches with cedar pillars and countless other features in this superior home overlooking the water. Incredible ranch improvements include detached two-car garage with two guest suites upstairs, foreman’s home, horse barn and arena. Call today to view this private yet convenient ranch!
HEADWATERS RANCH 700 ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Gillespie Co. v Kerrville xtraordinary land, great location, amazing water, minimal structural improvements, abundant potential. Spring Branch Creek traverses the ranch with one spring-fed lake and numerous sites for additional water features. Ranch access by county road frontage and paved private road. High fenced with native wildlife. Just minutes from Kerrville and Fredericksburg. Build your corporate lodge, year-round estate, or weekend cabin, with creek front and Hill Country views. Development potential.
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LEAKEY RANCH
464± ACRES
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ater, Water, Water! Most ranches require hiking boots to explore, but for this ranch you better bring your water shoes! Almost 1,000 feet of Cypress Creek, plus over a mile of additional spring-fed creeks located just minutes north of Leakey. Huge mountains, native and exotic wildlife, gorgeous main valley and five secluded side valleys—every one of them containing springs and creek. Private water like this will not be available for long!
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QUAIL VALLEY RANCH 123 ACRES
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ocated just eight miles from Athens and under an hour and a half from downtown Dallas. A 17-acre deep-water lake is the centerpiece of this property, spanning over 500 feet in width and over 1,000 feet in length. Towering native hardwood trees line the banks on the east side of the lake, and lush bright green pastures surround the waterway, offering spectacular views of the surrounding land and wildlife. A covered dock with two boat lifts and entertainment deck stand on the west side of the water, a feature that provides enjoyment and access to the water. In addition to the main home, a second foreman’s home is located along the county road on the west side of the property. Paddocks, barns, and arenas provide the infrastructure for equine operations, giving the ranch exceptional potential for horseback rides, steer roping and other pursuits.
GOAT CREEK R&R 10.5± ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Kerr County v Kerrville
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OMING SOON! Rest and relaxation along the banks of Goat Creek are yours in this private 10.5± acre retreat. The two homes, currently being fully remodeled, can serve as full-time residence, B&B’s or quarters for wedding parties. The warehouse could serve as your event center or storage for a winery. From the porches you can take in the serenity of the park-like property, magnificent trees, and the almost 1,300 feet of creek frontage. The water is improved to create a gorgeous swimming area and it is stocked full of fish. Perfect distance from I-10 for easy access yet great peace and quiet. Come visit today to incorporate your dreams into the potential of this superior Hill Country opportunity.
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ock Head Ranch, located just 20 miles southwest of Mason, Texas, offers all the attributes appreciated by ranchers and wildlife enthusiasts alike. This 4,040acre high-fenced ranch is comprised of fertile fields, gently rolling topography, and breathtaking views atop 300-foot plateaus. Edwards Draw meanders through the property in a northerly direction shaping the landscape for centuries while providing numerous springs and watering holes for wildlife use and aquatic recreation. The ranch is cross fenced into seven pastures, including a 350-acre high-fenced exotic pasture. Intensively managed for whitetail deer over the past 18 years, wildlife abounds on the Rock Head Ranch. Other game species include axis deer, fallow deer, aoudad, black 4,040 ACRES buck antelope, feral hogs, doves, turkey, Texas Hill Country v Mason & Kimble Counties v Mason and bobwhite quail. Water is available throughout the ranch via seven earthen stock tanks, numerous springs, and six water wells. Improvements include a six-bedroom, fourand-one-half-bath, 4,309-square-foot lodge. The lodge offers spacious room for entertaining guests and family while provide expansive views overlooking fertile valleys and majestic hilltops. Other improvements include a 1,120-square-foot three-bedroom guest cabin, smoke house, deer cleaning shed with walk-in cooler, five barns, bunkhouse, horse barn with feed and tack room, pipe cattle pens, roping arena, and gun range with covered shooting shed. The property offers 32 deer blinds, 14 protein feeders, and 32 corn feeders.
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PAINTED SKY RANCH Texas Hill Country v Kendall County v Comfort tar quality, one-story, contemporary in the hills of Comfort, Texas. Land your helicopter onsite and step into sleek and minimalist luxury! This property is 28Âą acres, ag exempt with consummate privacy and endless views. The gated home invites you to house your priceless cars in a collector garage for 12, and live life in perfection on one level, appointed with only the finest. Anchored with marble floors and crowned with crystal lighting fixtures, this open concept contemporary is excellent in every way. Easy five minutes off IH-10 and 87.
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SECO SPRINGS RANCH 2,724 ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Bandera County v Utopia/Tarpley
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ruly one of the crown jewels of the Texas Hill Country and arguably the most scenic livewater ranch available in today’s market, Seco Springs offers a buyer the rare opportunity to own a fabulous large ranch just over an hour from San Antonio. Located at the headwaters of beautiful Seco Valley, one the most private and scenic areas of Bandera County, Seco Springs Ranch offers county road access, end-of-the-road privacy, large neighbors and the near perfect mix of hills, spring-fed valleys and incredible hardwood lined canyons. The highlight of ranch is the 4,000+ feet of beautiful Seco Creek that flows through the property and two sections of the creek have been dammed up creating fabulous deep spring-fed lakes that provide incredible fishing and year-round recreational entertainment. The ranch offers more than 15 miles of great roads, all newer game fencing, 14 blinds and feeders, a fantastic five-bedroom lodge, foreman’s house, multiple guest cabins, equipment barns, working pens and three water wells. Hunting on the ranch is fantastic with axis, whitetail, black buck, fallow, turkey, wild hogs and numerous aoudad. $14,171,960. Won’t last; call Morris, 210-415-9850.
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YELLOW ROSE RANCH 500 ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Bandera County v Tarpley
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ellow Rose Ranch is one the most unique live-water ranches available in the Texas Hill Country. The ranch offers paved access, two separate electric entrances, multiple lakes, multiple homes, fantastic road system and up to 5,000+ feet of lake frontage and flowing creek. The ranch and infrastructure are being offered with various housing scenarios that would make it perfect for use as a turnkey hunting/fishing ranch, family or corporate retreat. Hunting on the ranch is exceptional with only management deer being harvested the last several years. Hunting stations are positioned throughout the ranch to maximize safety and include six bulk game feeders, six automatic corn feeders and six blinds. Wildlife includes excellent whitetail, hogs, hundreds of wild turkey, axis, fallow and aoudad. The commercial or private recreational potential is unlimited—hiking, hunting, fishing, bird watching, camping, artifact hunting, kayaking, tubing, swimming and canoeing. Pricing starts at $3,950,000. Call Morris for more details, 210-415-9850.
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his incredible new listing offers 1.3 miles of both sides of crystal clear Bull Head Creek with long deep green holes, waterfalls, rapids, multiple natural dams, and fabulous homesites along the bluffs above the creek. The ranch also offers spring-fed New Creek, huge pecan bottoms, hardwood-lined hills with towering limestone bluffs, cypress trees, a very comfortable ranch-style home, equipment barn/shop, extensive limestone fencing, and irrigation canal. It is loaded with native and exotic game. This is without a doubt one of the finest live-water and recreational ranches available in the Hill Country. Won’t last, $3,950,000. Call Morris Killough, 210-415-9850.
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GRIFFITH RANCH 284 ACRES
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his awesome new listing offers more than 2,300 feet of the beautiful Sabinal River and is only minutes from Lost Maples State Park. The ranch offers tree cover second to none with huge healthy oaks throughout most of the ranch—numerous building sites from under the GIANT oak trees along the Sabinal River to hilltops with gorgeous views of the canyon. Wildlife included whitetail, turkey, axis and hogs. With rich bottom land to low hills to mountain tops, and beautiful Sabinal River you will not find a ranch of this size with this much variety anywhere. $2,595,000. Give Scott a call, 830-591-9509 or Morris, 210-415-9850.
JACKSON CREEK RANCH 86 ACRES
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ocated just east of Vanderpool with frontage on FM 337, this tract offers approximately 400 feet of fabulous cypress-lined Mill Creek, several fantastic homesites with incredible views, electric, phone service, huge healthy oaks, deep tillable soil for orchard or vineyard, and is loaded with native game. Small live-water properties are very rare in this area, don’t miss the chance to own in a very select area. All located in one of the most scenic and desirable areas of the Hill Country. Won’t last. Call Wayne Boyce, 830-591-8590 or Morris Killough, 210-415-9850.
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LOST MAPLES WINERY AT POLVADO VINEYARDS
estled along the banks of the beautiful Sabinal River in one of the most scenic and sought after areas of the Texas Hill Country. 16± ACRES Award-winning Lost Maples Winery is available to qualified buyers that Texas Hill Country v Bandera County v Vanderpool would like a turnkey and operating vineyard and winery. This fabulous vineyard and winery was started in 2009 and has grown into one of the most popular destination vineyards in the state. The setting alone is incredible with 1,200 feet of Sabinal River frontage surrounded by majestic hills and beautiful hardwood-lined canyons. The owners have meticulously taken years of experience in the Polvado Vineyard business and transformed the facility into an upscale vineyard, winery and wine tasting destination. The property has two separate electric entrances with paved roads, and improvements include a 2,400+ squarefoot custom-engineered state-of-the-art winery building with an elegant tasting room, fermentation room, storage and shipping room, lavish bathrooms, outdoor timber pavilion, rain water collection system and an abundant parking area surrounded and shaded by huge oak trees. Other improvements include an event center with indoor and outdoor recreation areas, a beautifully done villa that accommodates overnight guests, fabulous outdoor kitchen and barbeque pavilion, Trinity water well, equipment building with shop area, beautiful stocked fishing pond and manicured park-like area along the river with small dam and swimming hole. The tract offers more than 1,400 producing grape plants that offer a variety of grapes for this award-winning facility. Call Morris for more information and more business specifics, 210-415-9850.
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723± ACRES (HUNTING, LIVE-WATER) Central Texas v Uvalde County v Uvalde
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his exceptional Rio Blanco Creek Ranch has been strictly managed for at least the last 10 years. This includes introducing new genetics that have proven very successful with pasture raised deer that have scored up to 196 inches. Exotics include a great heard of axis (mostly bucks) and Scimitar Oryx. The headquarters sits on the majestic banks of Blanco Creek with a quaint three-bedroom, two-bath home with rock fire place and patio with fire pit. Also included are a two-bedroom guest quarters, screened in cleaning station with walk-in cooler, a two-bay shop, large Pila, five-bulk feed stations with food plots and two deer pens about 2.5 acres each. Blanco Creek offers multiple deep pools and great fishing, waterfowl hand dove 3 hunting. From hunting giant whitetail or axis, to fishing or swimming, unreal dove and quail hunting, and countless other activities, this gem of a ranch will not last long! Give Scott a call, 830-591-9509.
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ocated just east of Uvalde, this new ranch offers a 688-acre gamefenced pasture with fabulous heavy South Texas hunting habitat, multiple food plots and fields, a well-managed deer herd with 200+ inch bucks, exceptional axis deer and an abundance of turkey, plus quail and dove. An Edwards water well tested at 90 gallons-per-minute that provides water to large stocked lake, a smaller pond and numerous water stations scattered throughout the ranch. The fishing in the cypress-lined river and stocked lakes is exceptional and it is very rare to find such a fabulous hunting ranch anywhere in South Texas that provides this additional recreational opportunity and value. The owner has placed numerous high-end hunting blinds and feeders on the ranch that will convey with sell of property and seller will convey owned mineral rights. $4,518,750. Call Chuck Herndon, 830-261-1802 or Morris Killough, 210-415-9850.
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ocated just south of Camp Wood, the sale of JHW Ranch includes this 1,745-acre ranch and a 90-acre tract situated on Lake Nueces. Most of the ranch is easily accessible by two-wheel drive vehicle. A single tour of the 12 miles of road system is like a safari, offering a buyer fantastic views of the Nueces River Valley, hills, beautiful limestone bluffs, several seasonal creeks with small waterfalls, crystal clear water holes, centuries old Indian campgrounds, multiple spring-fed 1,835± ACRES canyons loaded with wildlife and a half Central Texas v Uvalde County v Campwood dozen valleys and canyons encircled with huge hardwoods, limestone bluffs and outcroppings and magnificent Morris Killough, Broker peaks that provide breathtaking views for miles. The hunting is fantastic with whitetail, hogs, 210-415-9850 • KilloughProperties.com turkey, axis, aoudad, sika, fallow, black buck, bobcat and other varmints. Priced to sell, ©2017 BHH Affiliates, LLC. An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates, LLC. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of $6,500,000. Call Morris, 210-415-9850 or Scott, 830-591-9509. HomeServices of America, Inc.® Equal Housing Opportunity.
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SOLEDAD RANCH 432 ACRES
South Texas v Duval County v Freer
ARTAZA RANCH 911 ACRES
West Texas v Val Verde County v Comstock ocated 10 miles north of Comstock, this turnkey ranch is completely game fenced, has a five-acre soft release pen, a deep, strong well that provides water to five tanks, a comfortable three-bedroom, twobath mobile home that will accommodate up to 12 guests, storage building, skinning shed with hoist and walk-in cooler, 1,000-pound ice maker and two 20-foot rail containers. Equipment that the seller is willing to convey include a 85 HP New Holland tractor with bucket and shredder, six protein feeders, ten corn feeders, ten excellent blinds, six quail feeders, and four through feeders. The whitetail herd has been improved throughout the years with superior genetics and has been intensely managed for the last ten years to maintain a quality and trophy herd. The ranch is currently under a MLDP Level 3 P&W permit. The ranch has a herd of some 30-40 axis deer, along with bobwhite and blue quail, turkey, hogs and dove. $989,000. Won’t last; call Morris Killough, 210-415-9850 or Scott Saunders, 830-591-9509.
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ocated just southeast of Freer, Soledad Ranch is an exceptional turnkey ranch and offers fabulous South Texas deer habitat, all game fencing, three breeder deer pens, a shallow water well, 12,000-gallon pila, small pond, a great little 16x24 cabin with loft, kitchen, dining area, bathroom, covered tiled patio and outdoor shower, storage cabin, covered concrete work area with electric hoist and game cleaning area, lighting and camera system. A 40-foot railway container has been modified into a lighted storage, work shop and solar power plant to provide power for tools and equipment. Sellers have been engaged in a high quality breeding operation for three years and have released numerous bucks onto the ranch. Hunting on the ranch is exceptional with only management deer harvested the last several years. The ranch offers numerous high-end blinds and feeders selectively placed throughout the ranch. Rosita Creek and smaller watersheds transverse the ranch offering the potential for numerous lake or pond sites. $1,375,000. Call Morris, 210-415-9850.
GLASER RANCH 600 ACRES
Central Texas v Milam County v Buckholts
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he 600-acre Glaser Ranch is located in the heart of Central Texas just 30 minutes from Temple, and about an hour to Austin, Waco and College Station. The property has almost a mile of frontage on paved FM 1915, and over half a mile of frontage on gravel County Road 150. The ranch offers three rural water meters, a 3,000-square-foot four-bedroom, two and a half bath, brick home, swimming pool, 1,900-feet grass runway listed by the FAA as 06TA, and 50x50 hangar, a nice set of covered working pens and two other sets of smaller pens, fencing and cross fencing. Water is abundant on this property with 18 stock tanks ranging in size with the largest two being about 4.5 acres in size. The property also joins an approximately 13-acre water shed conservation lake. Wildlife on the property consist of whitetail deer, hogs, turkey, and incredible dove and duck hunting. Call Jason Garrett at 512-417-9938 to schedule your showing.
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ncredible estate property in Wimberley, Texas. The perfect potential for a B&B. The main house is two-bedroom, two-bath and the guest suites are six-bedroom, six-bath, each with exterior entrances. More than 22 acres of vast land full of trees and winding creeks! 700+ feet of Blanco River frontage, all private and navigable! Approximately 2,240 square-feet of garages, parking for large equipment and for your guests. The property offers amazing river views, hunting, fishing, paved roads, picnic areas, putting green and a bonfire pit. Gym, large porches, multiple living accommodations and a sport court are included. Comes completely furnished. $3,175,000.
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PICOSA CREEK RANCH 5,820± ACRES
South Texas v Maverick County v Eagle Pass
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ruly rare opportunity to own one of the best low-fence hunting ranches in South Texas, owned and operated by the same family for nearly a century. This private ranch is tucked away among some of the most productive, native whitetail deer country the state has to offer. This area has consistently produced freerange monster bucks year in and year out. This raw canvas has over 3.5± miles of oak tree-lined Picosa Creek and over 1± mile of Dos Chimeneas Creek. Excellent brush diversity and water add to the uniqueness. Robert Dullnig, 210-213-9700.
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TEXANA SPRINGS RANCH 1,986± ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Kerr County v Hunt
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exana Springs Ranch offers the finest of the Texas Hill Country—never ending views, scenic rolling to rugged topography, sparkling live water, great improvements, and superb management! The headwaters of Bear Creek combine with the north fork of the Guadalupe River for some of the most impressive live water seen in a Hill Country ranch. Owned and operated by the same family for more than 30 years. The ranch has two main homes, foreman’s home, vacation home, and bunkhouse offering excellent accommodations for any needs. Robert Dullnig, 210-213-9700.
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RAFTER 7 RANCH 2,005± ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Blanco County v Johnson City
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choice opportunity to own a truly wild, lowfence hunting ranch in a desirable area. Excellent brush, rolling terrain, good tanks, and both Olmos Creek and Gato Creek drainages make this all-natural hunting ranch unique. Headquarters include a handsome lodge overlooking a 3± acre lake, a second home, and large stone barn with quarters. There are large numbers of whitetail deer, turkey, quail, dove, javelina, and hogs, plus fishing and waterfowl hunting on the tanks. Robert Dullnig, 210-213-9700.
BLACK HILL RANCH 1,877± ACRES
South Texas v Zavala County v Uvalde
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his “Hill Country meets South Texas” ranch offers excellent brush, large oak trees, and panoramic views. Well watered, this hunting ranch is stocked with high quality native and exotic wildlife. Impressive headquarters includes three homes, metal barn, exotic game pens, and high-fenced perimeter/cross-fencing. Seven water wells 1,169± ACRES are on the property plus two tanks, one South Texas v Uvalde County v Uvalde with bass fishing. Record-setting whitetail deer, turkey, javelina, quail and dove, plus a valuable exotic herd including black buck, axis, gemsbok, addax, waterbuck, Myala, Kudu, Impala, wildebeest, springbok, Oryx and sable. Robert Dullnig, 210-213-9700.
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T9E RANCH 1,026± ACRES
South Texas v Frio County v Pearsall
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FROZEN ACRES RANCH 1,339± ACRES
South Texas v McMullen County v Tilden
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his is a one-of-a-kind, premier ranch with diverse features and a fascinating history. It is not only an exceptional horse property, but a great entertainment ranch, income producing farm, and outstanding native hunting ranch for whitetail deer, quail, turkey, dove and others. This ranch has 4± miles of Nueces River plus Espantosa Lake frontage, excellent vegetation and tree cover, plus the well-maintained improvements are impressive. Robert Dullnig, 210-213-9700.
PALOMA WEST RANCH 3,015± ACRES
South Texas v Dimmit County v Carrizo Springs
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636± ACRES
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his ranch is located in the heart of the Golden Triangle and is less than 100 miles from San Antonio. It offers great hunting and cattle grazing opportunities. The diverse brush on the ranch provides the nutrition needed to grow large whitetail deer, plus there are turkey, quail, dove, javelina and hogs. Improvements include a very nice home, barn, equipment shed, cattle pens and fencing. Five scattered ponds offer ample water for both livestock and wildlife. Robert Dullnig, 210-213-9700.
VARA RANCH 1,200± ACRES
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ncompassing the finest qualities that the Hill Country has to offer—superb water, expansive views, endless recreational pursuits, along with ultimate privacy and seclusion— the ranch is in the western part of Bandera County, with a portion in Real County. Highfenced, it is offered as a turnkey operation with an impressive, fully furnished residence combining American Indian accents with utmost luxury, and a full complement of ranch equipment. Robert Dullnig, 210-213-9700.
CREEK RANCH 1,330 ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Bandera & Real Counties v Vanderpool
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WHITETAIL SPRINGS RANCH 304± ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Bandera County v Utopia
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his beautifully manicured Hill Country ranch is near historic Kendalia, only 35± miles from San Antonio. The tasteful improvements are move-in ready and the land has been impressively maintained. There are spectacular views and grand oak trees throughout the ranch, plus a great road system is in place making it easy to get around. A great family retreat and/or permanent residence. Robert Dullnig, 210-213-9700.
BOWDEN SPRINGS RANCH 481± ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Kendall County v Boerne
A HISTORIC EDELSTEIN RANCH
1,708± ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Kerr County v Hunt
truly unique and historic offering in beautiful Hunt, this long-time family ranch has been owned and operated by the same family since 1927. Not only historic, but truly rare in size for this desirable area with 1± mile of the crystal clear Guadalupe River plus several springs. Rustic main home, two guest houses, foreman’s house, studio apartment, bath, and several old barns complete the improvements. Robert Dullnig, 210-213-9700.
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Texas Hill Country v Kerr County v Kerrville iver Ridge Ranch is on Hwy 173 approximately four miles south of downtown Kerrville, Texas. It consists of 305 acres with Guadalupe River frontage overlooking and adjoining the Comanche Trace Golf Course. The main house on top of the hill is an eight-bedroom, six-bath home that has spectacular views of downtown Kerrville and the entire ranch itself. The property is divided into seven pipe-fenced pastures with over 160 acres of coastal grass for horses or cattle. Other improvements include three homes, two horse barns, two hay barns, an equipment barn and a workshop all easily accessible by the paved roads within the ranch. Wildlife includes whitetail deer, axis and blackbuck.
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ROSITA CREEK RANCH 7,268 ACRES
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Stephen Stransky 210-254-7700
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WINN TORTUGA RANCH 552 ACRES
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amp Verde Ranch consists of 287 high-fenced acres located in the heart of Camp Verde, at the intersection of Hwy 173 and FM 480, and only 10 miles south of Kerrville. Both sides of Verde Creek and Mico Creek run through the ranch with Mico Creek dammed up creating a great fishing tank and two water falls on the other side. Verde Creek offers a 15-foot swimming hole, perfect for rope swinging from the cypress trees. The property has 240 feet of elevation changes from the coastal fields and creeks to the top of Cedar Ridge which overlooks the entire Camp Verde Valley. Other improvements include 80Âą acres of coastal grass, a 1,300-foot rifle range, paved roads, blinds, feeders and three water tanks. Wildlife includes whitetail deer, red stag, axis and blackbuck.
MONTERREY RANCH 1,185 ACRES
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onterrey Ranch consist of approximately 1,185 acres located in Starr County, Texas, about one hour southwest of Hebbronville, off of FM 2686 and three miles down an easement road, making it very secluded and private. The ranch has been in the same family now for over 60 years and its primary use has been for cattle and hunting. The ranch is 100 percent high fenced with about eight separate low-fence pastures within the high fence. There are two ponds on the property, with one 18 feet deep, and three water wells that average about 900 feet in depth. Other improvements include a good set of cattle working pens and an old camp with three trailer houses. Several strips have also been cut on the ranch making it ideal for quail hunting and providing great buffel grass for the cattle.
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EICHLER RANCH 120± ACRES
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GREAT INVESTMENT! Texas Hill Country v Kendall County v Boerne hese 411 acres are sitting at the Welfare Exit on Interstate 10 West, with over 2,000 feet of frontage. It is just six miles from downtown Boerne in Kendall County, one of the fastest growing counties in Texas. The property has incredible 360-degree views, with elevation changes of over 300 feet from the tops of the hills down to the fields on both sides of Zinke Creek, which cuts through the property. This would make a great ranch to enjoy with the family and an even better investment to sell when Boerne reaches your doorstep in the near future.
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CAUDLE RANCH 1,032Âą ACRES
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audle Ranch is located 11 miles south of Freer, Texas and has about one mile of frontage on Hwy 16 with two separate entrances. This ranch can be bought as a whole or in separate parcels of 616 acres or 416 acres. Both ranches have a house and all necessary items to immediately enjoy your stay. The north portion of the ranch is low fenced and has big neighbors on every side. The south portion is high fenced and has been game managed for six years. These ranches together allow for the best of both aspects of hunting whether your choice is free-range or game-managed hunting in South Texas. There are also three water wells, blinds, feeders, equipment, a game storage cooler, and many other extras that can convey with the sale.
RED SKY RANCH 97 ACRES
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EL PASEO DE SAN ANTONIO RANCH 22,124± ACRES
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yatt Ranches desires to sell this acreage and use the proceeds to acquire more acreage closer to their other ranching divisions in South Texas and consummate a tax free exchange. This is a rare opportunity to own one of the finest cow ranches in the Highlands and Davis Mountains of Texas. This is prime Valentine and Marfa grama grass flats, rolling foothills and mountains of the Davis Mountains along the Scenic Loop on Hwy 166 and the historic San Antonio Pass. The ranch entrance on Hwy 90 has an attractive gate house, state of the art gate and security system. The headquarters’ compound has four attractive Spanishstyle residences with 360-degree views, a 40X60-foot structural steel barn on slab with attached equipment sheds, and an overhead feed silo. The ranch is divided into six major pastures and several traps, all well watered by an extensive water system via four solar and electric wells, cisterns and troughs. Shipping corals are centrally located for easy operation with steel circular chutes and shaded work area. The ranch offers hunting for desert mule deer, aoudad sheep, antelope, javelina, predators and dove and scaled blue quail. Some minerals will convey. Located only 30 minutes away from McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis and Marfa, Texas and two hours from El Paso. $1,495.00 per acre
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STRINGFELLOW RANCH 13,600 ACRES
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BOX CANYON RANCH 80± ACRES
West Texas v Brewster County v Alpine
ALAMITO RANCHETTE 173 ACRES
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his desert oasis located south of Marfa, Texas will catch your attention with the unique upgrades along with the history behind the land. It is a Texas Historical Marker (site of Alamito) dated back to the year 1870. The property has a mile of Alamito Creek frontage along with many ponds. This ranchette features two quaint homes that were renovated/ remodeled. House “A” is 600 square-feet, one bedroom, one bath, nice kitchen, large covered front and back patios and fenced with small fish pond. House “B” is 900 squarefeet, two bedrooms, one bath, TV area/office, with cottonwood beamed ceilings. Other improvements include the original barn with covered horse stalls and carport, 15X28-foot workshop and horse pens. Upgraded utilities include 200AMP underground electrical service, sewer installed in 2013, two water wells (newer well installed in 2014 with submersible pump and 100gpm). Make this your own personal weekend getaway. $489,000.
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John W. Carpenter, Broker/Owner
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KORUS RANCH 106Âą ACRES
West Texas v Brewster & Presidio Counties v Alpine & Marfa pretty mountain canyon ranch of 106.74 acres only 15 minutes from Alpine or Marfa, Texas. This is a beautiful property next to Paisano Encampment. All buildings and water system are off the grid by solar power. 40X50-foot steel building with living quarters. Good well, 19,000-gallon water storage and pond, shop building and horse stalls. Enjoy hunting desert mule deer, aoudad sheep, javelina, and Montezuma quail. $1,200,000.
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STILLWELL RANCH 6,491 ACRES
West Texas v Brewster County v Marathon elcome to the legendary Stillwell Ranch dating back to early 1900s that is rich in history with picturesque mountains and valleys of the Chihuahuan Desert. The ranch offers excellent hunting as well as provides income from a general store, Hallie Stillwell Museum, and 65-unit RV and camping park. This is a historic getaway into Big Bend National Park and the Black Gap Wildlife Management area offering enhanced recreational development and income opportunities. The owner will sell off approximately 6,000 acres without the store, museum or RV park. $4,950,000.
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rare, large acreage ranch in Washington County offering 220Âą acres with a diverse terrain-topography that is managed for wildlife and recreation. There is approximately 100 feet of elevation changes throughout the property and miles of riding/walking trails which are great for Central Texas v Washington County v Brenham horseback or ATVs. The property is mostly wooded with a wet-weather creek and potential for a large lake site. Because of the abundant wildlife, nature is on display every moment of the day! When you are done exploring the property, you can relax in the custom modern country home with superb finishes and details. Features include four bedrooms, three full and two half baths, custom hand-placed iron work details, mesquite wood floors, trim and cabinets, observatory and large porches for entertaining and watching the beautiful Texas sunsets. Other improvements include a twobedroom, one-bath guest home, barn, swimming pool, koi pond with gazebo and resort-style landscaping with flagstone walkways and various species of plants for year-round color and attracting butterflies. There is easy access to Brenham/Bryan/College Station/Houston yet the privacy and seclusion you desire. Located only 33.5 miles to Kyle Field and 81 miles to The Galleria, The Lucky Shamrock Ranch would make the perfect weekend or full time ranch that offers endless hours of outdoor recreation and entertaining family and friends!
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LMC RANCH 161 ACRES
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YATES RANCH 385 ACRES
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PRAIRIE CANYON RANCH 4,825 ACRES
West Texas v Terrell County v Dryden
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he main drainage cutting through the ranch is Prairie Canyon, named for the rich natural grasslands that once dominated this region. In fact, lesser prairie chickens were native to this ranch and the last one was seen in the 1980s, evidence of a rich mix of grassland and brush. Prehistoric people lived in these limestone shelters and a black bear pictograph can be clearly seen there today. The area is a recreation mecca for both whitetail and mule deer hunting or just prowling the canyons in search of adventure. This is a working ranch leased to a neighboring heritage landowner who keeps up the roads and water infrastructure. $1,857,625. View on web.
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he historic Circle Ranch located high in the Diablo Mountains of far West Texas has had only three owners since Obadiah Bounds pioneered the ranch in 1879. He ran the O brand, giving rise to the ranch’s name. Circle Ranch is as unique as it gets, with four distinct geographic regions or habitat providences combined into one ownership. Chihuahuan Desert, Canyonlands, high grasslands, and rolling hills are balanced equally in acreage, providing for a diversity of habitats, plants, animals, and natural beauty. $59,200,000. View on Web.
CIRCLE RANCH 32,000 ACRES
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BEDINGHAUS RANCH 381 ACRES
Central Texas v Medina County v D’Hanis
PRAIRIE CREEK RANCH 1,192 ACRES
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rairie Creek Ranch abounds with hunting and recreation opportunities. The ith San Antonio only an hour’s drive away, the Bedinghaus Ranch is easily accessible area is a mecca for both whitetail and mule from all parts of the state. The ranch is a turnkey hunting, cattle, and recreation ranch deer hunting or just prowling the canyons in uniquely located in the transition zone of the Hill Country and South Texas Brush Country. search of adventure. This is a working ranch Bedinghaus Ranch offers diverse habitat and terrain under one fence with exceptional leased to a neighboring heritage landowner who keeps up the roads and water infrastrucimprovements that allow for day one use and enjoyment. $3,100,100. View on Web. ture over the entire property. This is not only plateau country with dissected canyons, but also an extensive landscape of rolling hills, valleys and long canyons, creating very scenic and amazingly beautiful views. With topography reaching around 2,000 feet, there are many potential building sites with distant vistas of ranch features. $458,920. View on web.
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DIAMOND EAGLE RANCH 10,322 ACRES
West Texas v Hudspeth County v Sierra Blanca
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his is a turnkey opportunity to move right into a world-class hunting and recreation ranch. A custom entertaining lodge with a variety of outbuilding nestled at the foot of Hog Back Mountain is as private and scenic as it gets. There are 42 miles of roads and new water and hunting infrastructure where you can start day one enjoying the amazing amenities this ranch has to offer. The neighborhood around Diamond Eagle Ranch is rich in history as this was Chief Victorio’s and his Mescalero-Warm Spring Mimbres Apaches’ raiding ground where Buffalo Soldiers fought to protect the Overland Trail just a few miles north of the ranch entrance. $9,031,750. View on web.
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his is the “Hill Country of South Texas” with beautiful long views, rolling native brush, meadows, and trees along both sides of Long Hollow. There is a broad diversity of soils from deep sand, caliche hills and deep clays, creating a mix of habitats. The ranch has been managed as an intense hunting operation with three high-fence pastures, several water well-supplied ponds, food 1,300 ACRES plots, excellent roads, and mowed senderos South Texas v Live Oak County v Dinero to maximize hunting opportunities. About half of the ranch is high-fenced. The primary focus has been whitetail deer and upland and migratory game birds. $3,835,000. View on web.
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ecos Canyon Ranch is dominated by the river and canyon lands that drain into it. It is really two ranches, split by the county road, with excellent new fences and entrance gates for privacy and security. The western third has the old headquarters’ ruins with two wells, lots of juniper cover with rolling hills and dense vegetation along Harkell Canyon, perfect for mule deer and blue quail hunting. The eastern two-thirds is dominated by huge slick-rock canyons, high Ceniza mesas, and 1.5 miles of the Lower Pecos River. $6,640,000. View on web.
PECOS CANYON RANCH 8,300 ACRES
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orth Shipp Ranch is the northern pastures of the historic Shipp Ranch, owned and operated by the descendants of Colonel Evan B. Quiros for three generations. Ranching and hunting, resulting from a clear eye on good land management practices, makes this ranch a rare jewel. This is the brush country of South Texas at its best with a diverse mix of mature brush, trees and grasslands located within a pleasant rolling almost Hill County topography on the eastern end, creating long views and excellent wildlife and livestock habitat. $7,534,400. View on web.
NORTH SHIPP RANCH 4,432 ACRES
South Texas v Webb County v Aguilares
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he name of Twin Canyon Ranch comes from two dominate canyons heading east with several hidden side canyons creating secluded private hunting and recreation areas. Broad tops with big valleys create a combination of easy accessible gentle land with deeper soil, limestone bluffs, steep hills, and canyon heads. This creates a perfect mixed-use ranch. This is a working cattle, sheep and goat ranch with great hunting. It has been managed well by the same family for decades. $3,648,000. View on web.
TWIN CANYON RANCH 1,296 ACRES
West Texas v Terrell County v Fort Stockton
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EAGLE PIÑON RANCH 2,963 ACRES
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KENNEDY/SOUTH ALAMITO RANCHES
SUNRISE STABLES
KENNEDY 3,187 ACRES/SOUTH ALAMITO RANCH 1,500 ACRES
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unrise Stables is a quiet and peaceful Central Texas horseman’s paradise. World-class horse facilities and a charming home set in a landscape of rolling hills create a private sanctuary with a convenient location, making access to local amenities and the rest of the state a breeze. Vast improved pastures with tree-lined borders offer room for cattle, horses and recreation. $1,200,000. View on web.
DOS LOMAS 6,004 ACRES
West Texas v Pecos County v Fort Stockton/Ozona
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he name derives from two high limestone mountain tops that dominate the views. Dos Lomas has canyons, mountains, caves, and excellent vegetation creating a diversity of habitats and landforms. Three large pastures and two traps with pens and extensive water infrastructure complete this working ranch. The headquarters is simple but functional with a foreman’s house and owner/hunter camp house, outbuilding, barns and working pens that are located at the headquarters. Some minerals and all solar and wind rights will convey. $3,212,140.
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rare and unique opportunity to own a ranch bordering 37,000 acres of state park! Ghost Creek Ranch is a privately owned ranch comprised of 1,895 acres and offers the rare opportunity to own one of the premier hunting ranches in this beautiful and rugged portion of west-central Texas. Ghost Creek’s fantastic views, rugged beauty, countless wildlife, and comfortable improvements make this a perfect spot to realize your dreams of owning one of the finest hunting ranches in west-central Texas.
GHOST CREEK RANCH 1,895 ACRES
West Texas v Val Verde County v Del Rio
CLEAR CREEK RANCH Central Texas v Bell County 25 acres of stunning views, live water and spacious hilltop lodging with topof-the-world views. The property contains a large main home, two guest homes, horse barn and facilities, equipment barn, three wells, seven-plus-acre spring-fed lake, and 1.5 miles of Clear Creek with concrete dam. It is high fenced with native and exotic game, 50 percent minerals intact, and is ag exempt. This is a great ranch for entertaining, horseback, livestock, deer breeding/hunting, etc. This ranch would also make an excellent retreat center, children’s camp, conference center, addiction rehab center, or just a great ranch for family and friends.
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HORSESHOE BAY 165 ACRES
Texas Hill Country Llano County v Horseshoe Bay his is an amazing opportunity to acquire your own piece of wild Texas only minutes from the world-class golf resorts at Horseshoe Bay, as well as all of the recreational opportunities offered on constant-level Lake LBJ. This incredibly rare ranch is nestled along the south side of Scenic Highway 71 in Llano County just 45 miles to Austin and only 85 miles to San Antonio. Owner may divide.
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BURNET 363 Acres
Texas Hill Country v Burnet County v Burnet
idden in the rolling hills northwest of Burnet, and surrounded by even larger ranches, lies this spectacular first-time offering. Graced by dense and game-filled tree cover, the ranch has been gently transformed to include four miles of new jeep roads, 12 new gorgeous meadows, and three newly reworked wildlife ponds. The views—well, just come see for yourself! Additional beautiful and contiguous property up to 850 acres also available.
TARPLEY 300 ACRES
Texas Hill Country Bandera County v Tarpley ronting RR470 between Bandera and Tarpley, just 11 minutes to the grocery store in Bandera and one hour to the San Antonio Airport. This ranch has excellent high fence, electricity into the interior, roads, an 800-foot deep electric well and pressure tank that feed two concrete water troughs. Game includes axis, fallow, whitetail and turkey, with a wildlife exemption in place. The best part about this ranch is the top-of-theworld views; they are spectacular. Look at the additional photos on the website. This ranch is special.
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MEDINA CANYON 187 ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Bandera County v Medina
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tunning views are perched above an extensively landscaped pond on this 187-acre property with a 4,000-square-foot hillside home. This ranch also features a one-bedroom, one-bath cabin, three-stall stable, large metal barn, two ponds, a hilltop pavilion and entertainment area, and lots of privacy. If you are looking for a wellkept, move in ready ranch with stunning views in a gorgeous setting, you better take a look at this one!
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PANTHER CREEK ESTATES Texas Metroplex Hunt County v Hunt anther Creek Estates is located in Hunt, Texas, off Hwy 39 between the Mystic Crossing and the Panther Crossing, fronting the banks of the South Fork of the Guadalupe River. An exclusive community of only eight properties ranging in size from 12 to 21 acres— six of which front the Guadalupe River, two front Bear Creek.
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HOOT OWL HOLLOW 85 ACRES
Texas Hill Country Kerr County v Kerrville ear-round live water is easily accessible on the Johnson Creek at the Hoot Owl Hollow Ranch. The river bottom is currently designed for raising hay. Located 17 minutes from Kerrville, Texas, this ranch is perfect for entertaining friends and family!
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C & N RANCH
2,416± ACRES
Texas Hill Country Kimble County v Junction et high on the Edwards Plateau in northwestern Kimble County, C&N Ranch comprises 2,416± acres of steep canyons, rolling hills, and savannas marked with native hardwood trees. Views across the hills and valleys of this property span for miles in all directions, and those beautiful Hill Country sunrises and sunsets provide an amazing display of the natural beauty that characterizes this area of the state.
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ardlaw Ranch is 18,500± acres located just outside of historic Langtry, Texas. More than 14 miles of shoreline along the blue and green flowing waters of the Pecos River carve out the boundary of this working Val Verde County ranch. Multiple 160 and 170 B&C whitetail flourish as a result of the current hunters’ efforts to manage the existing herd that descended from the South Texas genetics introduced to the area in the 1960s. Indian mounds, petroglyphs, caves and cliffs lead to expansive views and commanding peaks along the river. Half of the mineral estate to be conveyed to the buyer at closing. Please contact the duPerier Texas Landman to arrange a showing of the property.
PLEASANTON South Texas Atascosa County v Pleasanton eautiful ranch with fully equipped horse barn and covered riding arena, less than an hour from San Antonio! Enjoy this quiet, private escape from one of the covered porches surrounding the main house. A covered walkway allows access to the four-car garage and a onebedroom, one-bath guest quarters with a kitchen. The three-bedroom, two and one-half bath main house is open and light filled with multiple dining and living spaces including a study and oversized utility room.
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RENDON RANCH 100 ACRES
Central Texas v Medina County v Devine
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FINEST PROPERTY ON LAKE RICHLAND CHAMBERS Central Texas v Freestone County v Streetman
1,205 ACRES Central Texas v Leon County v Flynn ,205 acres of prime Leon County real estate. Located just west of Flynn, this property sits in one of the prettiest spots in the county. A great mix of rolling hills and creek bottoms combine to create a diverse ranch suitable to achieve several goals of a property owner. Numerous water features including a five-acre lake, Clear Creek, Tomlin Branch, and several small ponds are conveniently located throughout the ranch to make this an excellent property for running cattle or recreational hunting. There is a three-bedroom, three-bath 3,000-squarefoot owner’s home built on top of a hill with unbelievable views. There is also a foreman’s house for guests or a ranch manager. This is one of the best combination ranches to come on the market in quite a while. $4,995,000.
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premier waterfront estate that is located north of Fairfield, Texas, just a little over an hour south of Dallas. This property has got to be the crown jewel of Lake Richland Chambers. This stately home is custom built from the top to the bottom and has approximately 7,900-square-feet of living area. There are four private suites, each with their own bathroom, and a massive master bedroom suite that affords unparalleled views of the lake. There is a large game room and a private home movie theatre room for entertaining you and your guests. The main attractions of this property, however, are out the back door of this magnificent home. Once off the covered back porch, there is a beautiful custom-built swimming pool for the hot summer days, complete with a full covered outdoor kitchen and dining area with a stunning view to the northwest across the lake. Leaving the pool area and heading down toward the lake, your eye is immediately drawn to the multi-level concrete bulkhead that tames the shore line of the lake along the water frontage of this property. The lower level of the bulkhead is wide enough to easily drive along the water’s edge to easily assist in teaching those little anglers the sport of fishing. At the north end of the bulkhead lies the boathouse, which is quite a piece of work in its own right. It is completely covered and has automated boat lifts for a pair of boats and a pair of jet skis as well. There is also a nice sun deck that goes out over the water. $3,950,000.
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rime Leon County acreage east of Centerville. Opportunities to own a parcel of land this size and quality in this area are extremely rare. The majority of the property is wooded with giant hardwood and pine timber. There are scattered meadows with numerous trails and right of ways that connect them and all are planted in Coastal Bermuda. There are 13 stock tanks and ponds spread evenly across the property providing water for cattle and wildlife. Hardly ever does a place have such potential for raising cattle, hunting or both. The back section of the property has acres and acres of untouched woods teeming with wildlife. The front section has great pasture, cross fencing and a number of operational water wells. Being only 1.5 hours from The Woodlands, this oneof-a-kind property presents the opportunity of a lifetime. Amazing investment potential or land to pass down through the generations; this ranch has it all. $5,118,750.
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ocated between Buffalo and Fairfield, Texas, are 240 acres with easy access off a paved county road. This ranch has so much to offer from both the agricultural and recreational sides of land stewardship. There are several nice, open pastures with cross fencing in place. Wooded sections of the ranch are filled with gorgeous mature hardwood trees of numerous varieties, and include a few pockets of pine timber as well. Improvements on the ranch are elegantly minimal. They easily blend in to the surrounding beauty so as not to distract, but compliment, the idea and purpose for which they were designed. The main living quarters are located on the second level of the 2,400-square-foot barndomimium and are finished out in a modern farmhouse look. This level of the living quarters includes two full bedrooms and bathrooms, full custom kitchen and a living area. There is an enormous deck that spans across the front of the barndomimium and affords breathtaking views. Water is supplied to the ranch improvements via a well approximately 700-feet deep into the Wilcox aquifer and has a six-inch casing with a five-horsepower pump. This well produces approximately 50-gallons-per-minute. Of the 240 total acres, there are 79 acres completely under eight-foot high game fence and provide habitat for several genetically superior deer that were introduced to this section of the ranch. The remainder of the acreage is under low fence with the exception of the entire back fence line, which is also under eight-foot game fence and is home to all different types of wildlife that is typical to this part of the state. This ranch is truly a spectacular place that has something to offer to everyone. $1,100,000.
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one-of-a-kind property of this caliber does not come on the market very often. This is a rare opportunities to own a truly remarkable ranch. 104 acres of pristine rolling hills with breathtaking views comprise this property. Approximately 80 percent is improved Coastal Bermuda pasture with the remaining a mix of giant hardwood trees and piney woods. Water features further the allure of the property. A spring feeds the two-acre lake which drains into North Creek, a year-round, spring-fed creek. Crystal clear water meanders through the ancient red oak trees that line the banks, creating a peaceful feeling that accentuates the country life. The property is fenced and has cross-fences. 104 ACRES Long road frontage with four separate entrances and a portion of black-pipe fence Central Texas v Leon County v Centerville with an automatic gate creates great curb appeal. You are immediately drawn to the 3,100-square-foot farmhouse-style home. Being built in 2006, the home still looks brand new due to the meticulous upkeep of the owners. Inside, the tall ceilings, open concept, and exceptional finishes tie together to create a beautiful home. A large, open kitchen with a huge pantry that can store enough food to feed an army is the central focus of the home. There are four bedrooms, two and one-half baths, two living areas and much more. Upstairs is 988-square-feet of partially finished bonus room with another bathroom. Framing is done and all the electrical and plumbing have been run; it just need sheetrock and flooring. Large front and back porches along with an oversized three-car garage complete this country estate. Other improvements include a 48x30 metal barn on a slab with a 14-foot overhang along one side. There is also a set of Priefert working pens for cattle. $895,000.
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TARPLEY SPRINGS RANCH 1,000 ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Bandera Co. v Tarpley ,000 acres with springs at majestic Tarpley in Bandera County. Great views with elevations up to 2,087 feet, private valleys with springs and two ponds, very nice 1,930± square-foot Hill Country classics three-bedroom, two-bath rock home, nice 1,200-square-foot metal building. A very private ranch at a great buy! $3,750,000. Mark Meek, Broker.
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HONDO CREEK RANCH 137 ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Medina County v Hondo fantastic 137.7 acres with gorgeous Hondo Creek four miles south of Tarpley, Texas or 18 miles north of Hondo in Medina County. There is a very nice ranch house and barn with paved road access on FM 462. Great soil, mature large oak trees, and a great place to hunt or run a few cows. $1,250,000. Mark Meek, Broker.
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MEDIO CREEK RANCH
2,278 ACRES
South Texas v Bee County v Beeville ne of the most scenic and productive wildlife ranches on the South Texas market today. Medio Creek passes through the ranch for several miles and is lined with giant live oaks. The ranch is extremely well watered with multiple water wells and tanks. There is a great location for the construction of a large lake. Very nice improvements including a rustic ranch home, barn, deer blinds, and feeders. The ranch is low fenced and surrounded with good neighbors working together to grow quality wildlife. This ranch will convey with good minerals. A very rare find two hours south of Houston. Contact for price. Joel Meek, Broker.
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PALOMAVILLE - A DOVE HUNTER’S PARADISE 1,541 ACRES
Central Texas v Uvalde County v Sabinal
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EDWARDS/REAL COUNTY HUNTING RANCH - 1,530 ACRES Texas Hill Country v Edwards County v Mountain Home
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ROLLING OAKS RANCH 212 ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Kimble County v Segovia
HARPER GENTLEMAN’S RANCH 126 ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Kimble County v Harper 26 acres of rolling terrain, gentle enough for the whole family to enjoy, in a location known for great hunting. Harper Gentleman’s Ranch is easily accessible from all parts of the Hill Country, located near Hwy 290 and I-10. The custom ranch home compliments the well-groomed land, providing one of the best ranch packages available today. With the desirable location, quality improvements, and exotic hunting opportunity, this ranch won’t last long. $789,000. Marshall Burford, Agent.
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BRUSHY CREEK RANCH 1,180.6 ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Uvalde County v Reagan Wells estled among the hills and springs in the highly desired area between Concan and Reagan Wells. The panoramic views are some of the most spectacular in all of Texas. The turnkey ranch with a 3,000-square-foot, four-bedroom, two-bath home is situated in a valley surrounded by springs, fields and wild game, waiting for the new owner who desires seclusion and peace in today’s hectic world. Seven live springs provide water throughout five fenced pastures for livestock and game. An abundance of vegetation includes a variety of majestic oaks, mountain laurel, black walnut, and ferns growing among the springs. $2,750,000. Bill Barton, Broker-Associate
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ROCKING A RANCH 1,040 ACRES
Central Texas v Kinney County v Uvalde superb hunting ranch. A mixture of South Texas brush along with elevation changes creating magnificent views in the diverse Anacacho Mts. Finely manicured hunting stations strategically dispersed throughout the ranch provide forage to attract the abundant wildlife for your outdoor adventures. The Rocking A is considered free-range hunting with approximately half the ranch bordering high-fenced neighbors creating opportunities for a legitimate B&C whitetail. Whitetail in the 170 to 180 range have been taken. Quail and dove hunting is magnificent. A 3,000-squarefoot metal shed covers the living quarters consisting of two mobile homes, one with a 432-square-foot stick-built addition. Electricity is on site and water is provided by a strong well. $1,872,000.
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ocated on the Intracoastal Waterway five miles east of Matagorda, this 55.1-acre tract with 1,468 feet of waterfront is within sight of the land cut into East Matagorda Bay providing easy access to some of the Texas coast’s premier bay fishing. A short boat ride through the Matagorda jetties to the Gulf of Mexico offers excellent offshore fishing. If you have ever dreamed of building your own secluded waterfront paradise and want to get away from the overcrowding that has become prevalent along the Texas coast, this is the spot. Imagine your compound with enough room for an airstrip, where you can spend time with family and friends, entertain business associates or just relax while watching sea birds at sunset. Owner financing! $1,500,000.
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TWISTED G RANCH Northeast Texas v Henderson County v LaRue
n 2014 this “ranch estate” was designed to incorporate resort-styled amenities while living the country life dream. With more than 3,600-square-feet, the design includes four bedrooms, four and one half baths, a large game room and master that includes office and vanity room. This single story, steel framed, foam insulated home has all the bells and whistles. The large back porch overlooks the 845-square-foot pool with amazing views of irrigated grounds accented with gorgeous flower beds that surround the home. Relax by the fire pit while you listen to nature sing throughout the 25 acres of woods, complete with nature trails, year-round flowing creek, and pond. This gated ranch estate is perfectly nestled on 40 acres for you and your animals to enjoy. Bonus amenities include three-car garage, foam insulated with attic space, carport, palapa covered outdoor kitchen, 52x75 insulated metal shop with tons of storage, 750-foot private well, loafing sheds, three cross-fenced pastures covering over 15 acres, large sandy riding arena, round pen, and piping fencing. Take the virtual tour at https://goo.gl/ie6Dd8
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eautiful spring-fed San Marcos River creates a retreat on this one-of-a-kind incredible and diverse ranch. It is close to I-10 and with an easy drive from Austin, San Antonio or Houston. The 2.4± miles of year-round live water with its large outcroppings of rock formations in and around the river, create a tranquil setting that is almost unbelievable until experienced. Whether running cattle, fishing, hunting, kayaking, swimming, canoeing, rock hunting or taking a quiet hike through the many trails, this versatile ranch has everything you might want to provide the enjoyment of a lifetime. There is an updated ranch house with large patio area for entertaining family and friends or a corporate retreat. There are many diverse areas to explore on the ranch and along the river. There are some park-like areas with sandy beaches and access to the river for relaxing or taking a leisurely canoe ride. There is also hiking along a deep draw which has lush tropical plant areas and unusual fossil rocks. Higher elevations on the ranch provide distant vistas allowing for sensational sunsets. Whitetail deer, turkey, dove, wild hogs and an abundance of wildlife offer endless outdoor enjoyment for your
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JACKSON CREEK - 86 ACRES
PRIME DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY - 9 ACRES
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ice Hill Country getaway with outstanding tree cover, good remium development property located outside Kenedy city fences, and numerous building sites with great access. A limits but near county water, city water, city sewer, and electric must-see property. service. Also has about 1,400 feet of frontage on Business Hwy 181 and about 2,700 feet of frontage on CR 147. All or part. At $19,000 per acre, this is the best priced property in one of the best retail and commercial areas of Karnes County! Broker owner.
70±-ACRE PREMIUM LIVE WATER - 70 ACRES Texas Hill Country v Bandera County v Vanderpool
TURF, CATTLE AND PECAN FARM - 734 ACRES Central Texas v Wilson County v Poth
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BRAZOS VALLEY HUNTING RANCH - 55± ACRES Central Texas v Brazos County v College Station
BRIDLEGATE RESIDENTIAL LOTS - 5.33 ACRES Texas Hill Country v Bandera County v Bandera
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est of Del Rio, along the eastern banks of the Pecos River, lies one of the most unique, historical and pre-historically significant pieces of land in the state of Texas. Along her six miles of Pecos River frontage, and adjacent to the Pecos River High Bridge, you can experience sheer bluffs, numerous documented caves, pictographs, pre-historic and American Indian artifacts, as well as the remains of how the West was won. You owe yourself a trip to the Dead Man’s Canyon Ranch if you are looking for a ranch with “something different.”
DEAD MAN’S CANYON RANCH 8,317 ACRES
Southwest Texas v Val Verde County v Pecos River
BLUFF CREEK RANCH 4,328 ACRES
West Texas v Val Verde County v Del Rio cenic rolling hills and deep arroyos along the Bluff Creek drainage make this ranch very unique for this area. This ranch is well watered and has a good network of roads throughout. Its rich Texas history makes this one you don’t want to miss!
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FLAT CREEK RANCH - 2,163 ACRES Southwest Texas Dimmit County v Carrizo Springs ocated in the heart of the Golden Triangle just northwest of Catarina along Hwy 83, this high-fenced trophy-hunting ranch is one of the finest turnkey South Texas ranches on the market today! The improved whitetailed deer herd, pivot irrigation, plentiful bobwhite quail and dove, and trophy axis deer make this a year-round hunting, fishing, and entertaining center.
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MULBERRY CANYON 640 ACRES
Northwest Texas v Taylor County v Abilene ne of the most diverse ranches located in Central Texas, this property has multiple converging drainages lined with huge trees, and bordered by multiple cultivated fields and well-manicured brush. It has multiple residences and is well watered. Minerals available!
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LAKE TRAVIS RANCH 809.32 ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Burnet County v Marble Falls
COX RANCH 355 ACRES
Central Texas v Lampasas Co. v Kempner his outstanding ranch is loaded with character and variety. The ranch offers breathtaking views and gentle pasture. Whether you rom breathtaking views to Lake Travis shoreline frontage, this property has it all. Great are looking for a hunting/recreational ranch or development potential or kept intact, the ranch has 1,900 feet of lake front and exhibits a home place, the Cox Ranch is worth a look. the upmost of a Highland Lakes/Hill Country perfect spot. Convenient to Austin, Marble A little over an hour from Austin. $1,325,000. Falls and Horseshoe Bay. $11,000,000.
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pproximately 30 minutes west of Waco, the ranch is easily accessible with over 1.3 miles of paved CR 267 frontage. Much of the cedar has been cleared, leaving a park of live oaks, chinkapin, burr, black jack oak, elm, black walnut, and pecan trees. There are approximately 100 acres of improved pasture. The land has varied terrain with over 150-foot elevation change. Over 1.3 miles, both sides of clear-flowing Coryell Creek winds through the ranch and three concrete dams create tremendous fishing and swimming areas. In addition to the creek there is a large lake, stocked with bass and clear enough to swim in. A very nice two bedroom, one bath home makes a great weened residence. $3,900,000.
CREEKSIDE RANCH 486 ACRES
Central Texas v Coryell County v Gatesville
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n excellent hunting/recreation ranch located about an hour from Austin. With more than 100 feet of elevation change, the rolling topography offers outstanding views. Numerous open meadows and the stock tanks surrounded by heavy tree cover, are ideal for food plots or improved grasses. $1,660,000.
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Mike Bacon 512-940-8800
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415 RANCH 415 ACRES
Central Texas v Lampasas County v Lampasas
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pectacular ranch about one hour northwest of Austin. The ranch has over 150 feet in elevation changes and there are big views from numerous locations. Good tree cover consisting of live oak, Spanish oak, pecan, mesquite, and cedar. There is approximately 100 acres of productive river bottom. There is fishing from several ponds, including one around 2.5 acres. An intermittent creek meanders through the property and is an ideal lake site. One mile of Lampasas River frontage provides fishing, kayaking, and swimming 1,626 ACRES opportunities. The ranch is high-fenced and Texas Hill Country v Burnet County v Kempner has been game managed. Seller has added $100,000 of high quality whitetail the last three years. In addition to the deer, there is great dove and turkey hunting. A variety of exotics can be purchased separately. In the river bottom is a multi-acre Indian campground, where arrowheads and artifacts have been found. A four-bedroom, two full and one half bath, limestone house sits on a hill and overlooks the Lampasas River valley. A second home is a neat log home that has four bedrooms and baths. A recently constructed 40x120 metal barn/workshop is fully air conditioned. Other improvements include a metal pole barn, bunkhouse, and working pens. If you are looking for a turnkey ranch with a multitude of uses, come see the Arrowhead Ranch. $8,937,500.
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WESTERN SKIES RANCH 232.6 ACRES
Central Texas v Washington County v Washington
ONEY RANCH - 280Âą ACRES Northeast Texas
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ery scenic ranch only eight miles north of Mt. Pleasant on FM 1402. Consisting of approximately 280 acres, the rolling landscape nly a short drive from Brenham, you will discover this scenic 232.6-acre working ranch. Set amid a stunning countryside and large adjoining tracts, there are spectacular long- is well groomed and dotted with stands of distant views. Cedar framed ranch-style home with large shady porches to watch spectacular huge hardwood trees. Little underbrush sunsets. Made of a rich sandy loam soil, the ranch is perfect for hay and livestock production. remains and is supplanted with thick coastal The pastures are all native and improved grasses, extensively fenced and crossed-fenced and grasses allowing the ranch to carry an optimum number of cattle. Truly a sportsman’s with five stocked lakes. $3,500,000. paradise, there are five large ponds for the fisherman and duck hunter. The owner has placed a very attractive and comfortable Ulrich three-bedroom, two and one-half-bath log home on a central high point that overlooks the ranch. There is also a 40X60 pole barn and the perimeter fence is new. There is paved road frontage on all four sides. Minerals are negotiable. Priced to sell $975,000.
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eon River Ranch is approximately 308.7 acres located in Hamilton and Coryell Counties. Over 80 feet of elevation change offer scenic views of over one mile of The Leon River. The signature feature of the ranch is the magnificent 6,156-square-foot stone home. $2,500,000.
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drew@txranchbrokers.com
Mike Bacon 512-940-8800
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FULL-FEATURED OPERATION 2,927 ACRES
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his 2,927±-acre combination ranch is only 90 minutes from DFW Airport. It boasts approximately 500 acres of cleared and improved pasture, B-Dahl Bluestem, Sprangletop and Tifton Bermuda grass with adequate mesquite cover offering tremendous wildlife habitat. The ranch is currently stocked with 300± animal units and is well watered with a 30-acre lake and more than 10 small lakes. There is new six-wire fencing and cross fencing, two water wells and creek running through, as well as full cattleworking facilities including a tub alley, hydraulic chute, scales, numerous holding pens and more. $6,732,000, Listing 17009
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nder the ownership of the same family for the past 45 years, this 220-acre property would make for a true timber and hunting dream. It has been actively managed to enhance wildlife habitat and establish multiple age classes of loblolly pine plantations. Anderson Creek, with a nearly perennial water channel and mature hardwood riparian zone, runs adjacent to the eastern boundary. The 40-acre wetland reserve easement with duck slough only improves the hunting opportunities. Ride your ATV nearly one mile past the 180-foot well and 70-year-old barn. This is the northeast Texas outdoor getaway you’ve been waiting for. $539,000, Listing 36004
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EAST TEXAS RECREATIONAL RANCH 204 ACRES
Northeast Texas v Smith County v Whitehouse
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ocated just three miles south of town, a pipe gate entry leads through coastal meadows to a magnificent four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath colonial estate home with 4,765 square-feet to enjoy. Situated on 204Âą acres, the ranch features rolling terrain, hardwood timber, pastures and a fishing lake. Just add some food plots to create the perfect wildlife habitat. Seize this opportunity to own a multifaceted ranch with hunting, fishing, horseback riding, and campfires under the stars. $1,800,000, Listing 21806
CATTLE RANCH WITH FISHING LAKE 133 ACRES
Northeast Texas v Henderson County v Poyner
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his cattle ranch for sale in Poyner, Texas, consists of 133.178 acres of rolling pasture land that is fenced and cross fenced. The 1970 well-maintained brick farmhouse has 1,635-square-feet with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The farm has a creek running through the middle of the property which includes a five-acre fishing lake stocked with Florida hybrid largemouth bass, crappie, channel catfish and bream. There is approximately 2,500 linear feet of road frontage and community water, electricity, water well, and a metal pole barn with a workshop. There are approximately six acres of timber in the northeast corner and incredible 20 to 25-mile views to the southwest from the hilltops. Properly managed application of fertilizer and lime provides quality cattle grazing pasture. Hunting includes whitetail deer, hogs, ducks, and dove. Conveniently located 90 minutes from Dallas, 40 minutes to Tyler, and three hours to Houston. $600,000. Listing 21808
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BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN RANCH
Nebraska v Rock County v Bassett
Colorado v Montrose & Ouray Counties v Montrose
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SADDLE MOUNTAIN RANCH
NUECES FALLS RANCH
Colorado v Jefferson County v Conifer
Texas Hill Country v Real County v Barksdale
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SIMMS CREEK RANCH
RSM RANCH
Central Texas v Mills County v Lometa
Colorado v Gilpin v Black Hawk
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RUST RANCH AUSTIN LAKES RANCH 1,225 ACRES
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ROCKING R - VACANT LAND 119 ACRES
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HIGH SPRINGS RANCH 360 ACRES
Colorado v Teller County v Cripple Creek
WATER CANYON RANCH 2,952± ACRES
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MYRTLE CREEK RANCH 1,900 ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Bandera County
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C Ranch sits on the headwaters of Myrtle Creek. This scenic 1,900± acre box canyon ranch has 20 miles of chipsealed and gravel roads that allow access to every hilltop and valley. It offers the unique opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors— hunt whitetail deer, free-range buffalo, turkey, exotic game and fish for trophy bass. The 7± acre lake has been stocked with sun perch, blue catfish and hybrid Florida largemouth bass. There are also nine dammed ponds, two natural spring-fed lakes, and large valleys. The ranch perimeter is high-fenced and has been stocked with exotics and whitetail deer from our closed-herd deer breeding program. The TC-1 deer breeding operation spans 13.9± acres, with 15 pens and breeding facility. The main home has three bedrooms and three baths with an open floor plan and an impressive rock fireplace. The sun room overlooks the water fall and the game room includes pool table, poker table, dart board, flat screen TV and jukebox. The flowing Myrtle Creek offers a tranquil view from the front porch. The guesthouse has three beds and two baths, full kitchen and large front porch and rear porch. A large open-air pavilion with full kitchen and large fireplace is the perfect place for entertaining. MC Ranch is located nine miles from Bandera, 18 miles from Kerrville, 36 miles from Boerne, and 60 miles northwest of San Antonio. Need to fly in? Kerrville is the closest airport with two runways up to 6,000 feet. MC Ranch provides a perfect balance of fertile valleys, rolling hills, rising bluffs for enjoying the scenery, hiking, hunting of trophy game and large lakes for fishing and swimming. This ranch is a must see to fully appreciate all of its beauty! Co-listed with Diana Gonzales, 210-771-3715, diana.gonzalez@sothebysrealty.com.
FALL CREEK RANCH 237 ACRES
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Rick Kuper 210-240-8282
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WASKOM BLOCK 747 ACRES
Northeast Texas Harrison County v Waskom his large Harrison County tract has forestry, recreation, good frontage and internal road access. Rolling topography, with several creek drains, and associated lakes/ponds are prominent. Internal oil/gas sites and pipeline present allow for internal breaks/senderas and ease of access. Rural community close to I-20 near TexasLouisiana border. Good timber, pre-merch and merchantable. $1,942,200.
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DEEP EAST TEXAS 372 ACRES
Southeast Texas v Jasper County v Buna eep East Texas native land features excellent access with major frontage. Wooded with merchantable pine and hard wood. Great home or cabin site. Priced to sell! $742,140.
D BEDIAS RANCH 356 ACRES
Central Texas v Grimes County v Bedias
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his ranch-style property features unique hilltop vistas overlooking highly improved rolling pastures and ponds. Mossy oaks are scattered across the property, fenced and cross-fenced with nine stock tanks. At the front of the property, you will find great access with black top frontage and pipe fencing. There is a brick home, ten-stall horse barn, two hay barns, and equipment barn. Approximately 100 acres are wooded, offering great deer and hog hunting. $2,134,220.
Andy Flack, Broker John Paul Lampson, Broker 936-295-2500 office HomeLandProperties.com HomeLandLand.com
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uck Ridge Ranch is located approximately one mile from Wright Patman Lake in East Texas joining thousands of acres of public land managed by the Army Corp of Engineers. This hunter’s paradise has 220 acres of timberland both plantation and bottom land with two ponds and a 15-acre lake stocked with Florida stain bass. There is a stunning three-bedroom, two-bath log siding home with wrap around porch and huge covered sitting area along with your private outdoor kitchen. Spend the evening by the hilltop fire pit watching the wildlife come to water. The only thing missing is you. Call today to schedule your private showing. $875,000.
Ken Autrey 903-244-5755
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BEASLEY RANCH 116 ACRES
Texas Hill Country Gillespie County v Fredericksburg istoric rock home with a historic marker located near Enchanted Rock. Good deer, turkey and hog hunting with paved country road frontage, small field and pond. A very scenic area with large oak trees. $925,000.
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FREDERICKSBURG CABIN 14.92 ACRES
Texas Hill Country Gillespie County v Fredericksburg ewly built cabin with an outstanding view from the deck. New septic, outside fireplace, and rainwater or water well to be installed. Cabin is fully furnished. A milliondollar view comes with this property. $350,000.
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OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST EAST TEXAS PARADISE!! 138Âą ACRES
East Texas v Newton County v Newton
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emote, four-bedroom, two and one-half-bath home on 138 acres in Newton County, Texas. Approximately 75 acres under high fence with axis deer. Mostly wooded with mature pine and hardwood timber. Approximately two-acre pond serviced with an artesian water well, whole house (22KW) generator. Also included are game feeders, deer stands, a cleaning station, and walk-in cooler. Nice barn with a guest cabin. Newly added on and renovated home with sprawling kitchen and living areas, and an outdoor kitchen area. Located near the Sabine River with gorgeous bottom land, hunting for whitetail deer, ducks, hog, and dove, and spots for fishing. A must-see property! Only $595,000.
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erfectly blending lavish glamour, traditional sophistication and modern flare, this beautiful property was truly crafted for a homeowner with exquisite taste. Past the ample entrance gate, a shower of creamy masonry surrounds this 8,847-square-foot property, located on Club View Drive in Amarillo, Texas. Decked with an impressive collection of indoor and outdoor custom features, this hefty house sits on a seven-acre lot and sets the standard for Texas luxury living. www.1907clubview.com. Christen S. Steen, Broker, 512-589-1315, christen.realtor@hotmail.com.
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CARANCAHUA RIVERFRONT RANCH Southeast Texas v Jackson County v Palacios
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atch redfish, trout, and flounder from the shores of this 42.6 acre coastal hunting property with over 1,000 feet of waterfront. Cruise by boat four miles down the deep, slow waters of the East Carancahua Creek to the legendary Vaes/Carancahua Bay, the northern extension of the Matagorda Bay system. Plenty of wild land game abounds on this heavy-brush ranch including doves, duck, and deer, so enjoy a cast and blast at this true sportsman’s hideout. Private road, water available, and electric utility in place will afford you a secluded hunting/fishing retreat to share with your friends and family.Bethany Weigl, REALTOR, 512-585-4321, bethanyweigl@hotmail.com.
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S4 Ranch is a rare find with a luxurious custom ranch-style home nestled on 54 acres that offers lots of extras! Beautiful gated entry and private drive with controlled access gate give a stately arrival while also providing security. Privacy and flexibility of this property create a truly unique estate and rare opportunity less than an hour from Houston. Additional adjoining 15 acres with working pens and 3.8 acres with foreman’s home are available. The main home is a custom-built masterpiece of indoor and outdoor living with beautiful views of the Central Texas v Waller County v Hempstead pool and surrounding countryside. Mature trees and landscaping along with two stocked ponds add to the allure of this estate. This three-bedroom home with four full baths features oak wood flooring, surround sound throughout, alarm system with video surveillance throughout the grounds, vaulted ceilings, three stone front fireplaces and exposed wood beams. After your evening meal, enjoy family movie night in the media room complete with concession nook. There is an outdoor kitchen by the pool, great for throwing some steaks on the grill and playing basketball, tennis or volleyball on the lighted Sport Court or just a dip in the pool. Want to relax? Take a soak in the hot tub while enjoying the sunset. This unique property comes complete with a cozy two-bedroom, two-bath guest home, 3,750-square-foot car barn/man cave, stable with nine stalls, tack room with full bath, wash rack and fly spray system, 4,000-square-foot equipment barn with two bays and four roll up doors, over 2,000 feet of asphalt driveway, 6,650 feet of three- and four-wire pipe and cable fencing that is horse friendly. Improved grasses include Tifton 85 and Jiggs Bermuda. What are you waiting for? Contact Waller County Land Company to view this amazing property. $2,950,000
JS4 RANCH 54 ACRES
WALLER COUNTY LAND COMPANY
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erfect for horse lovers! More than 12 acres featuring an original windmill and cistern from Ralph Fair Ranch. The 5,400-square-foot home features a bright, open floor plan with spacious living areas, fireplace and wet bar, plus chef’s kitchen with adjoining breakfast area overlooking the sparkling pool. A game/ media room is upstairs. The property also includes a party pavilion, pool, spa, firepit and outdoor fireplace for entertaining, and a pecan orchard, as well as a BarnMaster sixstall horse barn and workshop. Level pastures and arena with soft natural footing make this perfect for riding. Easy access to Fair Oaks Ranch trail system. Priced at $1,890,000.
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his 4,000-square-foot contemporary masterpiece offers exceptional Hill Country living. The home features silver Idaho rock, travertine and wood floors, stone fireplace and chef’s kitchen. Walls of glass showcase spectacular views. Detached studio/guesthouse with adjacent pool and spa backs up to a seasonal creek. Includes a horse barn and grazing pasture plus helipad and helicopter hangar. Priced at $1,395,000.
n the heart of the Texas Hill Country, this three-bedroom, three-bath masterpiece is nestled among trees on 42 magnificent acres with spectacular views. The home features beamed, vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors and interior and exterior walls constructed from Sisterdale stone. There are two master suites with study areas and luxurious private baths—one with a den and balcony. Adjacent to the main home is a two-bedroom guesthouse plus separate sauna and greenhouse/studio. A rock-ledged River Oaks pool and decorative windmill complete this dream property. Priced at $1,700,000.
AWARD-WINNING CONTEMPORARY DESIGN 30 ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Kendall County v Boerne
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Denise Graves 210-260-2176
HORSE LOVER’S DREAM ESTATE
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THE BOOTS RANCH 839Âą ACRES
South Texas v Jim Wells County v Orange Grove
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he Boots Ranch is a shining example of what hard work, attention to detail, and a great piece of South Texas soil can produce! More than 839 acres of prime grazing, stock tanks and fishing lake, new galvanized cross and perimeter fencing, two sets of cattle pens, two big barns, irrigation water well and domestic well, wet weather creek, great bird and deer hunting featured, and to top it off—a beautiful ranch home and barndominium! This ranch is ready to move in and use today. $2,515,000.
Tom W. Davis 361-813-8761
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PSALM XXIII RANCH 2,434 ACRES
Texas Hill Country v Edwards County v Rocksprings
he ranch lies 16 miles southwest of Rocksprings with two miles frontage on FM 674. Water is furnished by five water wells and two miles of seasonal river and creek. Whitetail deer with South Texas genetics, Axis, wild turkey, dove and Blackbuck Antelope are abundant. Improvements include modern three-bedroom, three-bath home, two rock cabins and rock guest house. Ranch sells turnkey with 12 new deer feeders, deer blinds and home furnishings. $1,650 per acre.
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illiams Family Ranch is in the northern Golden Triangle area 15 miles from Crystal City with highway frontage on 1025. It is not unusual to see a hundred deer early morning or late afternoon. 160-200 class bucks, turkey, quail, javelina and dove are abundant throughout the ranch. Improvements include grass airstrip, hanger, residence, bunk house and shop. There is an abundance of water including three water well and two ponds. A good combination cattle and hunting ranch. $3,472 per acre.
WILLIAMS FAMILY RANCH 856 ACRES
South Texas v Zavala County v Crystal City
THE BRYAN RANCH 322 ACRES
Texas Hill Country Edwards County v Barksdale he Bryan Ranch is located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country 5.5 miles north of Barksdale with frontage on State Hwy 55. Terrain is a combination wide valleys covered with knee high grass and high mountain country with 360 degree views. Wild game animals include Siki deer, aoudad, whitetail, axis and wild turkeys. $2,250 per acre.
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Texas Hill Country v Real County v Camp Wood
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M 337 frontage between Camp Wood-Leakey. Retirement/family compound. Custom three-bedroom, two-bath home with a guest house and shop. ATV roads and hunting on flat to rolling to rugged topography. Minutes to Frio and Nueces River. Turnkey. $1,975,000.
Jesse Lockhart, Jr., Broker 830-234-3415 830-591-3235 cell lockhart@swtexas.net jlockhartrealestate.com
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THE RIVERS RANCH
1,558 ACRES
Central Texas v Menard County v Menard he ranch is well located approximately 12 miles southwest of Menard and 20 miles northwest of Junction I-10. Enter the gate off a well-maintained county road providing privacy and solitude. 1,558 acres and first offering since 1982. This fine hunting ranch has great headquarters and a separate hunting lodge a half mile away. Good brush and oak trees provide habitat for deer, turkey, hogs, dove, quail, and varmints. Great working pens and good grass for cattle. The ranch is well watered with four water wells, three with submersible pumps and one windmill. All of the water rights and 25 percent of the minerals owned will convey. Final acreage determined by survey being completed now. Price at $2,250 per acre or $3,505,500.
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THE WINNE RANCH 48 ACRES
Southeast Texas v Fort Bend Co. v Fulshear ocated on the high bank of the Brazos River and at the end of a lightly used, paved county road, this 48-acre ranch is quiet and very private. Giant native pecan trees are scattered throughout the pastures covered in tall grasses for the cattle and horses. The home is a very nice, well-built, one-story ranch-style home of approximately 2,500 square-feet with heated pool, hot tub, outdoor cabana with kitchen and pool bath. Beautiful landscaping completes the fenced homestead area. The Morton horse barn has three interior stalls, office, tack room and overhead mezzanine. Adjacent arena has deep sand and is 140X280 with a return alley and holding pens. A strong water well and large diesel generator with its own fuel tank powered the entire ranch for a week while remaining high and dry, with no flooding, during Hurricane Harvey. All minerals and water rights will convey. A new appraisal is underway. Call for price.
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FRIENDSHIP LANE Texas Hill Country Gillespie County v Fredericksburg ocated within the city limits of Fredericksburg are 21 acres zoned R-2 that features frontage on Friendship Lane, access to city water and sewer, two driveways and a pond. Terrain varies from level to sloping to gently rolling. $1,795,000. Additional land, for a total of 82 acres, is also available for $4,975,000.
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istoric Doebbler Inn property has hospitality heritage. Current owners use the six bedrooms, six and one-half bathrooms to host friends. Main house has two bedrooms, two and one-half bathrooms, great room, library, two offices, wine cellar, and kitchen with Wolf range and soapstone counters. Original is circa 1904 with addition completed in 2003. Large dormitory is upstairs; downstairs is a wine celTexas Hill Country v Kendall County v Fredericksburg lar. The rock and woodwork throughout, and three inside fireplaces, add ambiance along with outside fireplace, two-bedroom, two-bath guesthouse beside pool and patio surround. The old stable near amphitheater/stage was restored into cantina and two casitas. The 18.425 acres boasts a one-acre Tempranilla vineyard. $1,995,000.
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DOSS-CHERRY SPRING AREA Texas Hill Country v Gillespie County v Doss his 52.5 acres near Cherry Spring has paved county road frontage, fourbedroom, two-bathroom home on the hilltop and a metal shop building. The incredible, far reaching Hill Country views are mesmerizing. $925,000.
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CRABAPPLE CREEK Texas Hill Country Gillespie County v Fredericksburg pring-fed, Crabapple Creek meanders through this 61.5-acre ranch creating gorgeous setting with swimming holes and fishing spots. Large trees, including pecans, run along the creek bank. Ranch has paved county road frontage, an old barn, working pens, and old rock fences. $895,000.
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ALBERT, TX Texas Hill Country v Gillespie County v Fredericksburg
For a private ranch tour, call or e-mail Real Estate Advisory Team. info@readvisoryteam.com
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LAMPASAS RIVER 55± ACRES
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ome see this beautiful riverfront tract located on the Lampasas River just north of Lampasas. It is difficult to find this type of diversity with excellent river frontage, huge trees, fertile soil and scenic rolling hills with views. $429,000. Also 37.11 acres with river frontage available at $318,000.
ADAMSVILLE 10± ACRES
Central Texas Lampasas County v Adamsville eat three-bedroom, two-bath remodeled vintage rock ranch house on 10.71 oak covered acres. Located north of Lampasas $324,000.
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Central Texas Williamson County v Liberty Hill eautiful property with scenic views, nice oaks and other trees in Liberty Hill ISD. Easy access to Hwy 29 and not far from 281. Great area to build! $157,324.
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McCULLUM CREEK RANCH
BULL MOUNTAIN RANCH
High Plains v Donley County v Clarendon
Montana v Musselshell County v Musselshell
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ocated in the same canyon formation as Palo Duro Canyon, ith its abundant water and excellent grass for grazing, Bull this ranch is a graciously wooded ranch with large canyons and Mountain Ranch is easily one of the best elk hunting ranches numerous creek bottoms. $3,270,000. on the market. $14,000,000.
BOISE RIDGE MOUNTAIN RANCH
SALMON RIVER MOUNTAIN RANCH
Idaho v Boise County v Idaho City
Idaho v Idaho County v White Bird
11,240± ACRES
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onveniently located 35 miles northeast of Boise, Idaho, Boise almon River Mountain Ranch is a pristine jewel located along Ridge Mountain Range is a one-of-a-kind, stunningly beautiful, the infamous Salmon River and located near the quaint town of private, mountain timber ranch. $10,296,000. White Bird, Idaho. $3,980,000.
McCALL RED RIDGE RANCH
BIG CREEK RANCH
Idaho v Adams & Valley Counties v McCall
Idaho v Valley County v Cascade
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arge timbered mountain range spanning a major drainage divide with ig Creek Ranch consists of 853± acres with approximately three ten major streams and rivers. Overlooks and adjacent to the extensive miles of beautiful, Big Creek frontage. Lush meadows and a tourist town of McCall. Extremely unique first time offering. $1,995/acre. variety of timber create a wonderful wildlife habitat. $2,185,000.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY RANCH - 297± ACRES
MERTIN’S CREEK RANCH - 597± ACRES
Central Texas v Washington County v Washington
Central Texas v Washington County v Brenham Rustic Ranch Home • Wildlife • Working Pens
Custom Home • Barns • Arena • Lakes
HIGH FENCED GAME RANCH - 328± ACRES
NEW WAVERLY RANCH - 498 ACRES
Southeast Texas v Grimes County v Iola
Southeast Texas v Walker County v New Waverly
Barndominium • Lakes • Pavilion • Equipment Barn
Custom Home • Great Location • Wildlife • Will Divide
COTTON VALLEY RANCH - 218 ACRES
PALESTINE CATTLE RANCH - 139 ACRES
Southeast Texas v Grimes County v Bedias
Northeast Texas v Anderson County v Palestine
Renovated 1928 Farmhouse • 2-Acre Lake • Working Pens
Farmhouse • Livestock and Equipment Barns • Arena • Cattle Pens
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Southeast Texas v Montgomery County v Magnolia
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eautiful, private and peaceful wooded 33-acreage property with a wonderfully appointed log cabin home. The home features five bedrooms, three and one-half baths, completely updated with wood beams, tile and wood floors, granite, and vintage style refrigerator. There are multiple outdoor covered decks, complete with hot tub, outdoor kitchen and grill. So many options for this property! Private ranch, retreat center, conference center, subdivision, and many more. No restrictions—timber and mineral rights convey to buyer. Property features home, two lakes, (no alligators) oversized three-bay garage, covered pavilion with kitchen, bathrooms and showers, bedroom, and storage space. Lake has three piers, zip line, deer stands, bird houses, chicken coop, hog trap, etc. Only 22 miles from the Woodlands, 27 miles to Exxon Mobile Campus, 40 miles to George Bush International, and 45 miles to downtown Houston. $2,000,000.
Linda Day 281-851-2273
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SPRING CREEK RANCH
75 ACRES
West Texas v Irion County v Mertzon
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ecreational ranch or working ranch—the potential is unlimited. 700 feet of river frontage is available for your enjoyment to include fishing, kayaking and swimming. Spring Creek is clear, cool and beautiful. Good deer population in addition to turkey, quail and dove. The property offers a great building site for a family home or weekend cabin. Electricity on site and great producing water well. Land was previously cultivated and now has natural grasses with light mesquites. Beautiful oak trees along river bank and a thick oak grove away from water. $536,500.
Nat Barfield, REALTOR® 512-588-9665 nat@pinnacle1realty.com pinnacle1realty.com
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transformed the ranch into the most important beef-producing operation in the United States, but he also raised Thoroughbred racing horses and trained them on the ranch’s sandy soil. In 1946 the King Ranch stallion Assault shocked the sports world by upsetting the best Kentucky Thoroughbreds to win the Triple Crown. Incredibly, Bob became a genuine celebrity and was featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1947—the first rancher to earn such an honor. According to John Cypher, the author of Bob Kleberg and the King Ranch, Bob loved to live big. He kept a suite on the thirty-seventh floor of the Pierre Hotel, in New York City; drank single-malt scotch at the 21 Club; and traveled around the world in a private jet, visiting ranches he had bought in Spain, Morocco, Australia, Venezuela, Brazil, and Argentina. Whenever he was at the South Texas ranch, all sorts of people passed through the front gates just to meet him and get a look at the ranch. Will Rogers showed up to rope cattle with the ranch’s cowboys; Georgia O’Keeffe arrived to admire the landscape and wildlife; and Edna Ferber made her way there to scribble notes for a novel she was writing called Giant. “When the king of Morocco came, he wore a fez,” recalls Bob’s daughter Helenita Groves, who’s now 88, the oldest living member of the King-Kleberg family. (She was born in 1927, the only child of Bob and his wife, Helen, the daughter of a Kansas congressman.) “When King Peter of Romania came, we had the cooks serve him oysters in cream sauce. And we had a practice tea party to prepare for Lord and Lady Halifax when they came over from England. But Lady Halifax only wanted a cup of coffee and Lord Halifax a glass of water.” Needless to say, the rules of the Main House were loosened under Bob’s tenure. Alcohol was served. Card games were played. The kids ran all around the house. “For us, it was like a huge fort,” says Tio Kleberg, Bob’s nephew, who was raised in Kingsville in the fifties and sixties and who spent his weekends and summers living at the Main House. “We’d play hide and seek. We’d climb up on the roof. I used to sneak into the house with my BB gun and shoot at the birds that flew through the open windows. One day, I shot a hole in one of the Tiffany windows, and it got me a huge licking when I lied and said I didn’t know anything about it.” Bob did not allow every visitor into the Main
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House. When Ferber showed up, he invited her to lunch at the small home at the ranch headquarters where he lived with Helen and Helenita. But he found Ferber so nosy that he sent her away at the end of the lunch and refused to give her a tour of the Main House. Nor was Time, in its celebrated cover story on Bob, allowed to photograph the Main House. “Some people thought we should make the Main House into something like a museum,” says Helenita. “But Daddy said, ‘No, this will always be a home for our family. That’s the way Mrs. King would have wanted it.’ ” ccording to Cypher, when Bob died, in 1974, “a thousand or more from all over the country” came to the ranch for his funeral, which was held inside and on the lawn of the Main House. The mourners ate a “camp lunch” and drank from “bottle after bottle of century-old cognacs, rare vintage wines, and private-label bourbons and scotches.” No one needed to be told that Bob’s death marked the end of an era. In fact, as the years passed, a committee of senior family members decided to end his Thoroughbred racing program and sell off all the other ranches he had bought. Knowing they needed to expand their business operations to counteract the up-and-down cycles of the cattle market, the family bought huge sod, cotton, and milo farms, and they purchased 36,000 acres of Florida citrus groves. On the South Texas ranch, they began to lease much of their land to corporations for hunting, and as ranching techniques were modernized, they laid off many of the Kineños. When Texas writer Don Graham took the bus tour of the ranch for his 2003 book Kings of Texas: The 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire, he wrote that the land “had the appearance of a deserted movie studio lot, all the players, all the color and action and purpose strangely absent, leaving only structures and machinery.” Yet when the bus cruised past the Main House, he was as captivated as everyone else who had seen it. “It rises above the trees,” he wrote, “commanding the landscape of brush and pastures stretching away to the southwest.” Today only one of the estimated two hundred lineal descendants of Richard and Henrietta King works and lives full-time on the ranch: 31-year-old James Clement III, whose father, Dallas resident James H. Clement Jr., is the chairman of the King
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Ranch board of directors. James manages the ranch’s horse operations and lives in a bungalow near the ranch headquarters. The others pursue a variety of non-ranching occupations. Those who remain shareholders in the ranch—there are between 75 and 100 who have King Ranch stock—have the right to stay whenever they want at the Main House, which has a permanent staff of twelve employees, including four butlers and three cooks. All they have to do is call the office and make a reservation. (The cost of a bedroom ranges from $100 to $125 a night.) They bring along members of their own families and guests. They ride horses, hunt, swim in a pool behind the house, play tennis on one of the courts across the lawn, peer through binoculars at the abundant wildlife, and work cattle with the ranch’s professional cowboys. At night, they dress up for dinner, just like family members and guests did in Henrietta’s day, and then, at sunrise, they are awakened by the calls of the peacocks.
“Where else in America can you find a onehundred-and-sixty-two-year-old family business that’s still one hundred percent family-owned?” says Bob Kinnan, a ranch executive who, among his many duties, supervises the Main House. “It’s amazing, when you think about it, how this family remains fiercely devoted to its ranch.” The Main House has been updated, of course. There is air-conditioning and Wi-Fi. In the library is a television. (“About the only time someone turns it on is to check football scores,” says Kinnan.) In the late eighties, when the family members agreed to redo the wiring and plumbing, they also decided to restore much of the interior of the house, doing what they could to re-create its original appearance. A company was hired to scrape away all the wallpaper and the coats of paint that had been added to the walls since 1915. The oil paintings were touched up, and all the Tiffany stained-glass windows that had been
This spread, from top left: An arched portal decorates the east porch of the house. The formal dining room, with the table and chairs made by Tiffany, features blue-green tile wainscoting that was specially made at Henrietta’s request. For grand occasions the table can seat fifty. The house includes the original office of Captain King’s son-in-law Robert J. Kleberg Sr., who is pictured in the inset photo.
cracked were replaced. “I still have one of the broken pieces,” says Tio. “I keep it as a constant reminder to do the right thing and always tell the truth.” There is no telling what the King Ranch will look like 162 years from now. There is talk of selling off some of the coastal-area ranchland that butts up against Corpus Christi as residential real estate. There is also talk of purchasing other big ranches around the country that are on the market. The board even took a look at the state’s second-largest ranch, the 520,000-acre Waggoner Ranch, near Wichita Falls, which is currently for sale, but decided not to make an offer—at least not yet. “But regardless what happens, I promise you that one thing will never change,” says Tio. “We’ll never stop being a ranch, and the Main House will always remain standing. And that’s exactly how it should be. We don’t mess with history. We know better.” v
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