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Featured Articles 42 v HOW A NEW GENERATION IS REVIVING SMALL-TOWN TEXAS

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130 v FOR WANT OF A NAIL

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property index Acres± County

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CENTRAL 3............. Lavaca...............129

Acres± County

Page Acres± County

Page Acres± County

72........... Llano...................78

1,330...... Bandera............103

260......... Guadalupe..........69

77........... Gillespie............121

1,900...... Bandera............126

272......... Karnes.................76

80........... Kendall................98

1,972...... Kerr....................100

273......... Colorado.............56

81........... Comal.................68

2,000...... Blanco...............100

282......... Uvalde...............101

82........... Kerr......................34

2,330...... Real.....................32

321......... Leon..................112

85........... Gillespie..............41

2,724...... Bandera..............86

324......... McCulloch........107

91........... Gillespie............140

2,728...... Llano...................28

352......... Gonzales...........125

100......... Bandera..............81

3,360...... Edwards............103

374......... Gonzales.............57

108......... Kerr......................40

381......... Waller..................53

116......... Kerr......................84

388......... Grimes................22

152......... Kerr....................124

403......... Lee....................135

161......... Bandera..............74

445......... Gonzales...........138

162......... Bandera............103

494......... Taylor...................69

184......... Bandera............124

503......... Guadalupe..........68

200......... Bandera............114

532......... Leon..................111 533......... Bell....................116 600......... Milam..................93 910......... Hamilton.............59 921......... Menard...............85 988......... Freestone..........122 1,040...... Kinney...............115 1,102...... Lampasas..........123 1,169...... Uvalde...............101 1,175...... Leon..................113 1,200...... Uvalde...............101 1,390...... Leon....................59 1,541...... Uvalde...............114 1,557...... Medina................75 1,588...... Medina..............101 2,000...... Medina................82

10........... Lampasas..........136

2,830...... Concho.............107

10........... Comal...............134

17,132.... Uvalde.................26

14........... DeWitt..............129

Page Acres± County

260......... McClennan.......121

METROPLEX 12........... Denton..............139 55........... Cooke...............139

SOUTHEAST

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4............. Angelina...........133 10........... Harris.................143 35........... San Jacinto.......141 43........... Jackson.............135 44........... Fort Bend..........138 60........... Tyler.....................57 84........... San Jacinto.......143 130......... Jefferson...........129 130......... Fort Bend............58 145......... Angelina...........133 167......... Walker...............141

NORTHEAST

181......... Walker...............141

40........... Henderson........142

547......... Trinity................133

104......... Cherokee..........139

667......... Tyler...................133

250......... Blanco...............104

164......... Anderson..........141

859......... Matagorda..........56

287......... Kerr......................97

293......... Van Zandt..........139

894......... Walker.................65

305......... Kerr......................94

1,817...... Henderson........110

1,600...... Jackson...............50

317......... Bandera..............67 327......... Bandera..............88

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327......... Bandera..............69

963......... Fisher................121

872......... Val Verde.............41

339......... Bandera..............68

SOUTH

1,313...... Terrell................109

363......... Kendall................79 403......... Mason...............137

66........... Dimmit..............129

1,500...... Val Verde...........115

411......... Kendall................98

148......... Calhoun............141

2,963...... Hudspeth..........108

417......... Kerr....................103

293......... Zavala..................69

4,250...... Tom Green........120

450......... Kerr......................81

508......... Zavala................125

6,004...... Pecos.................107

461......... Real.....................89

584......... Calhoun..............57

6,600...... Val Verde.............66

220......... Bandera..............96 225......... Kerr......................84

463......... Real.....................78 481......... Kendall..............104 493......... Blanco...............122 500......... Bandera..............88

647......... Bee......................58 700......... Bee......................70 820......... Refugio.............138 823......... Dimmit..............105

498......... Walker...............141

1,381...... Brewster............109

6,880...... Presidio.............119 7,296...... Pecos.................108 7,336...... Val Verde.............64 8,459...... Val Verde...........107

HIGH PLAINS

551......... Burnet...............104

4,322...... King...................116

554......... Gillespie..............39

HILL COUNTRY

700......... Kerr......................77

4............. Kerr....................134

734......... Bandera..............82

5............. Kendall..............134

734......... Gillespie..............69

8............. Bandera..............90

750......... Bandera............126

10........... Bandera..............92

754......... Real.....................38

10........... Hays....................66

71........... Karnes...............128

800......... Blanco...............100

20........... Gillespie............140

808......... Kerr......................66

1,933...... Zavala..................68

86........... Lavaca.................58

20........... Bandera............134

880......... Edwards............123

2,278...... Bee....................114

97........... Travis...................99

21........... Gillespie............140

881......... Kendall..............127

2,665...... Hidalgo...............93

104......... Leon..................112

33........... Gillespie............140

942......... Bandera..............83

3,000...... Maverick...........102

133......... Guadalupe..........98

38........... Gillespie..............83

1,000...... Bandera............114

3,000...... Maverick...........102

165......... Bexar.................128

46........... Kerr....................115

1,015...... Real.....................90

3,015...... Dimmit..............105

COLORADO

9,600...... Archuleta..........122

24........... Comal...............127 41........... Uvalde.................91 44........... Washington........56 45........... Comal.................60 48........... Bastrop.............135 55........... Lampasas..........136 57........... Washington......128 62........... Medina................91 66........... Karnes...............129

552......... Kerr......................96

730......... Gillespie..............80

921......... Atascosa.............55 1,000...... Frio......................95 1,026...... Frio....................102 1,032...... Duval...................99 1,085...... Frio....................102 1,185...... Starr.....................97 1,566...... Webb................121 1,600...... Bee......................54 1,835...... Duval.................121

8,604...... Jeff Davis..........106 9,155...... Jeff Davis..........123 9,700...... Terrell..................85 10,322.... Hudspeth..........106 10,800.... Terrell................108 12,177.... Pecos.................108 13,600.... Presidio.............117 14,035.... Val Verde.............52 14,421.... Culberson.........118 18,000.... Val Verde...........105 22,972.... Terrell................109 32,000.... Hudspeth..........106

Outside the Region

192......... Wilson...............127

50........... Kendall..............134

1,073...... Edwards..............59

4,290...... Zavala..................62

200......... Medina................72

54........... Gillespie............140

1,100...... Kendall..............104

4,624...... Webb..................36

38,899.... Moffat...............123

215......... Leon..................111

59........... Kimble...............121

1,180...... Uvalde...............116

8,100...... Jim Hogg............30

240......... Hamilton...........136

65........... Gillespie..............37

1,200...... Blanco...............100

10,000.... Hidalgo.............105

NEBRASKA

250......... Karnes.................80

66........... Kerr....................115

1,276...... Real...................132

10,016.... Calhoun............106

10,343.... Rock..................122

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187 Bandera 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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66 Collin 48 Cooke 85 Dallas 65 Denton 104 Ellis 100 Erath 50 Fannin 49 Grayson 126 Hill 101 Hood 67 Hunt 103 Johnson 105 Kaufman 127 Navarro 82 Palo Pinto 83 Parker 86 Rockwall 102 Somervell 84 Tarrant 64 Wise

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148 Anderson 53 Bowie 89 Camp 73 Cass 129 Cherokee 68 Delta 70 Franklin 108 Gregg 109 Harrison 128 Henderson 69 Hopkins 162 Houston 51 Lamar 91 Marion 72 Morris 149 Nacogdoches 131 Panola 88 Rains Red River 52

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ucky A Ranch, located six miles east of Navasota, is 388Âą 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

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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 5,000Âą square-foot house exemplifies oneof-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 FarmAndRanch.com

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and granite are offset by natural light, soaring ceilings, open design, neutral color palette, and handcrafted antler chandeliers. The allelectric kitchen, with its custom cabinetry and large walk-in pantry, features Wolf and Subzero appliances. Front and back porches, encompassing 1,625-square-feet, 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 three-car 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

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air-conditioned, insulated “flex” building (40x25 with a 14-foot rollup door and 36-inch walk-in door that can be used as climate-controlled 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.

For more information about Lucky A Ranch, Contact Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815. Price reduced to $6.750 million.

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RANCHO AGUA GRANDE 17,132Âą 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 livewater ranches for sale in Texas. Yearround 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 highfence 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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SANDSTONE MOUNTAIN RANCH 2,728± ACRES

LLANO COUNTY

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$29,500,000

Texas Hill Country v Llano County v Llano

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he 2,728± acre game-fenced Sandstone Mountain Ranch near Llano is an elite Texas property dedicated to exceptional wildlife and fine living. A concerted fiveyear plan of restoration and improvement has lifted the property to the pinnacle.

Benefiting from more than 30 years of management, Sandstone has yielded whitetail bucks from 150 inches to 210 inches. An array of exotics including scimitar-horned oryx, zebra, axis and fallow thrive alongside other native species such as dove, turkey and waterfowl. While the land makes a statement, the water makes the ranch, with more than six stocked lakes ranging from 5 to 30 acres. With over 80 acres of surface water, the ranch also fronts the Llano River for more than half a mile. The 4,000± square-foot hunter’s lodge wraps hunting clients in rugged luxury. The main residential compound has four structures—the old lodge (3,570± square feet), the main house (2,650± square feet), cabin (850± square feet), and man cave (1,600 square feet)—all built from native stone and log veneer. Each building is situated to provide a stunning view of the Sandstone Mountain with a 20-acre lake nestled at its base. All outbuildings have either been completely refurbished or built within the past five years including the big barn (90x100), which is the working heart, the big shop (60x150) with eight bay doors, three-bay mechanics shop (40x50) with walk-down oil change pit, and a climate-controlled RV/bus barn (20x65). Call Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815. Price Reduced $29.5 million. v FarmAndRanch.com

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RANCHO ESTRELLA 8,100± ACRES

JIM HOGG & STARR COUNTIES

AVAILABLE FOR

$30,000,000

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he 8,100± 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 high fenced. 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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REWARD RANCH 2,330± ACRES

REAL & EDWARDS COUNTIES

AVAILABLE FOR

$2,650/ACRE

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he 2,330±-acre Reward Ranch, on The Divide near Garven’s Store, is the bestpriced ranch located within 45 minutes of Kerrville. The ranch, which sits in both Real and Edwards Counties, fronts Hwy 41. A paved road runs from the entrance to the headquarters; crushed stone roads throughout the ranch make accessibility easy. The ranch features rolling native-grass pastures and live oaks as well as two fields suitable for hay meadows or food plots. Throughout most of its history, the ranch, founded in the early 1900s, was used as a livestock operation. The ranch infrastructure includes working pens, barns, a cedar stay round pen for horses, and excellent water distribution thanks to two water wells and a windmill. Two additional storage tanks could be hooked up to further develop the water. Most recently though, the low-fenced ranch has focused on wildlife. Native game includes whitetail deer and turkey. Free-ranging exotics such as blackbuck antelope and axis deer come and go. In addition to the ranch infrastructure, the headquarters compound includes two main ranch houses and a wrangler’s house. The original ranch house, which boasts four bedrooms and two baths, was completely updated recently to include granite countertops, wood floors and new heating and cooling system. Reward Ranch offers several potential building sites with memorable Hill Country views. Just an hour and a half from the San Antonio International Airport, Reward Ranch provides the best of the Hill Country along with convenient interstate access to Kerrville and San Antonio. Call Howard W. Hood at 830-739-3815. Reward Ranch is available for $2,650/acre. v

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ROBIN’S ROCK RANCH 82.44± ACRES

KERR

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$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 dam-building 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

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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 Conner W. Hood at 830-928-2317 for a private showing. The owner is a licensed real estate broker. The ranch is available for $2.495 million. v FarmAndRanch.com

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JACALON RANCH 4,624± ACRES

WEBB & ZAPATA COUNTIES

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$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 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.

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WOLF CREEK RANCH 65±

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GILLESPIE Texas Hill Country v Gillespie County v Fredericksburg

COUNTY

AVAILABLE FOR

$3,250,000

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ronting State Hwy 16 between Kerrville and Fredericksburg, Wolf Creek Ranch offers a private, live-water 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 creek-side 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 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. Price Reduced $3.25 million.

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DOUBLE J RANCH 754

ACRES

REAL

COUNTY

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AVAILABLE FOR

$5,950,000

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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, twobath log cabin and a four-bedroom, two-bath guest lodge home. Entertain in the 19.2x19-foot outdoor kitchen and stunning 52.75x31.75-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

GILLESPIE COUNTY

AVAILABLE FOR

$5,950,000

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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 year-round, 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, two-bath 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.

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ACRES

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KERR

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$3,750,000

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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 along the ranch for about 1,700 feet of river frontage, 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.

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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.

LAKE AMISTAD RANCH 872±

ACRES AVAILABLE FOR

$2,600,000

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B Ranch, located in Gillespie County 15 miles north of Kerrville and almost equidistant to Fredericksburg, sits at the intersection of privacy and convenience. The 85.7-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, whitetailed deer, turkey and a variety of smaller animals call it home. The ranch, which is high fenced on two sides, can be purchased in its entirety or divided into two properties. The first property, which includes 78.75 acres, the main house, barn, shop, pens, and two water wells, can accommodate a small-scale livestock operation. The three-bedroom main house, encompassing 2,500± square-feet, is built from native limestone and appointed for family and friends. It has two full baths and two half baths. 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 second property includes 6.95 acres, the guest house and one water well. The 2,100±-square-foot native limestone guest house features four bedrooms with adjoining baths. A shared living area featuring a wood stove inspires camaraderie. The guest house porch also provides sunset views and easy access to a landscaped outdoor gathering area. 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 Conner W. Hood at 830-928-2317 to see the KB Ranch, which is available in separate tracts of 78.75 acres for $995,000 and 6.95 acres for $495,000 or in its entirety for $1.49 million.

AVAILABLE FOR

$1,490,000

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ichard Platt and his wife, Miranda, began plotting their escape in 2008. They had moved to Austin in the early aughts “for the same reasons that most young people were moving to Austin at the time: to play music and experience life,” Richard says.

They had both dropped out of Howard Payne University, in Brownwood, and those first few years in Austin were like a Jerry Jeff Walker song. “We were really living it up, seeing our favorite bands, swimming in Barton Springs, and attending more house parties than you can count,” he recalls. But things changed when other responsibilities crept in. He and Miranda got married, and kids came soon after. They needed more space, and they found themselves bouncing from apartment to apartment, fleeing skyrocketing rents. They both landed good jobs at Whole Foods, but the expenses kept mounting. “I had 42 Volume 91 Texas Farm&Ranch

moved up into management with the company and was doing well financially, but we never seemed to make ends meet in Austin,” he says. “It seemed at the time that all we were doing with our lives was working and paying bills.”

And so he and Miranda and a group of friends bought a parcel of land near Lockhart, about thirty miles south of the city. They had hoped to create a sort of commune—a rural complex combining sustainable housing and permaculture farming—but it never got off the ground. Juggling that project with living and working in Austin proved too much of a burden.

Yet he and Miranda were feeling the pull of Lockhart more keenly than ever. To them, Lockhart was the key to independence, to making their own way in the world.

The town has long cast a curious spell on visitors. Back in 1957 the

Architectural Record, a national trade magazine, published an essay penned by architectural historian and critic Colin Rowe, who was teaching in Austin at the time. He saw Lockhart as an exemplar of a Western American town whose square is comparable to “the piazzas of Italy.” But instead of a church at the center, Lockhart is built around its 1894 courthouse, an “exuberant” and “more than unusually brilliant” edifice. He described towns like Lockhart as “very minor triumphs of urbanity.”

The Platts saw it the same way.

Why not head into Lockhart full bore, they thought? After all, Richard had always dreamed of opening his own restaurant, and there were only a few on the square. The town’s famous barbecue joints—Smitty’s, Black’s, and Kreuz—catered as much to pilgrims as to locals. Surely the locals would enjoy some variety. And start-up costs were

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low compared with what they would be in Austin. “It seemed like there was this whole downtown here nobody was using,” Richard says.

In 2012, while continuing to clock in at their day jobs, they began making plans in earnest, scouting locations and brainstorming potential menus.

Three years later they dove into the deep end. Partnering with a couple of friends, Chris Hoyt and Layne Tanner, they cashed out their 401(k)s and tapped their savings accounts to open a pizzeria called Loop & Lil’s (named after the parakeets who make a cameo in Townes Van Zandt’s “If I Needed You”). At the time, Lockhart’s square looked much like it had when Rowe visited some sixty years earlier. The 1894 limestone-andsandstone Caldwell County courthouse, perhaps the finest expression of small-town civic architecture in all of Texas, still majestically lorded over the

town. And the other curiously elegant buildings were still occupied by the kinds of businesses you might find anywhere from Waxahachie to Pecos: a barbershop, a bank or two, law offices, insurance agencies.

Loop & Lil’s struck out at first; there was an awkward phase. Some of the pizzeria’s ingredients—artichokes, capers, sun-dried tomatoes—were foreign to a populace accustomed to Domino’s. But the Platts got over that hump. The tables started filling up night after night.

Word of their success got out, and others followed. A couple of the Platts’ friends from Austin, Taylor and Austin Burge, opened Chaparral Coffee, for which another friend, Dayna Humbert, supplied the pastries. A Whole Foods buddy, French-trained chef Sutton Van Gunten, opened Market Street Cafe and Apothecary. Next to come was Lockhart

Bistro, opened by Mumbai-born chef Parind Vora. Soon the Caracara Brewing Company, started by Mike Mann, a University of Texas at Austin alum, set up shop, as did bars aplenty. Lockhart native Ronda Reagan opened up one of these watering holes, the Pearl, renovating a Victorian building to house her upscale cocktail lounge.

It’s not that today’s downtown Lockhart is all hip restaurants and bars. It still retains its real estate, insurance, and law offices. There’s the Dr. Eugene Clark Library—built in 1899, it is the oldest continuously operating establishment of its kind in Texas. There remain about a dozen churches within a few blocks of the courthouse. And as with many other small towns, Lockhart had already repurposed its former 1920s movie palace. The Gaslight-Baker Theatre stages plays, vaudeville, and variety shows.

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undergone a striking transformation, something that longtime locals are still taking stock of.

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brick building on the square, it offers artisanal cheeses and charcuterie, serves craft beer and wine, and hosts chef-taught cooking classes. Save for the architecture, it’s the sort of business you’d expect to find in Houston’s River

Oaks or Dallas’s Park Cities. On the town’s bustling Facebook page, longterm Lockhart resident James Bliss, a 45-year-old electrical contractor who lives five blocks from the courthouse, claimed he had a bit of an epiphany

when he attended the grand opening.

“New and different don’t mean scary and bad, it just means different,” he wrote, though he admitted some uneasiness.

“As I walked around the store I realized that I didn’t know anyone there. It almost made me feel like an outsider.”

Robert Parker, a 45-year-old IT architect who lives in nearby McMahan, chimed in. “Get ready for more weirdos, hippies, artists, musicians and freaks in Lockhart because they sure as hell can’t live in Austin anymore,” he opined. “On balance that’s probably a good thing, but change like we’ve never seen is coming and coming rapidly due to the economic conditions just to the north of us.”

Just shy of three years ago, in the pages of Texas Monthly, I wrote an article on the state’s frenzied real estate boom, titled “Can You Afford to Live Here?” To try to ascertain what skyrocketing home prices were doing to our biggest cities, and to the folks living there, I spent a week probing the likes of Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas. My conclusion wasn’t particularly optimistic. “My road trip made me realize that our cities are getting denser and more vibrant, but I worry that the cost is unsustainable,” I wrote. “Home prices and rents are heading nowhere but up. New affordable housing is in short supply. Incomes are flatlining or trending down. When it comes to owning a home in Texas, I’m reminded of that song by James McMurtry: we can’t make it here anymore.”

Little did I know at the time that the “economic conditions” burdening the citizens of our cities were inspiring a renaissance in other parts of Texas— namely, in small towns. In many ways, that shift is counterintuitive. Though many Texans still regard our state as having a rural sensibility, we became city slickers long ago. In 1910 roughly 24 percent of the Texas population resided in urban areas; a century later that number had jumped to 85 percent.

And much like elsewhere in the country, our younger generations are especially drawn to the kinds of amenities offered by cities. From my article three years ago: “According to a 2014 Nielsen survey, 62 percent

of millennials prefer walkable urban environments, which reverses a ninetyyear-old trend favoring the burbs over cities. That same survey found that Austin led the nation in the percentage of millennials who favor a ‘conscious, creative environment,’ with Houston and Dallas–Fort Worth also in the top ten.”

The problem, of course, is that this idealized urban lifestyle is out of reach for most. The culprits? “Student loan debt, wage stagnation, rising rents, insurance costs, and the lingering aftermath of the Great Recession, which many millennials ran right into at a key career stage,” says Jason Dorsey, the president of the Center for Generational Kinetics, an Austin-based research and marketing strategy firm that tracks social trends among millennials and Generation Z. These economic burdens, combined with soaring real estate prices, have meant that many have started looking farther afield for places to settle: according to Zillow, the median home value in Austin is now $346,000; in Lockhart, it is $148,000. And it’s not just millennials; folks of all stripes have found that small towns are a land of opportunity. “Employees, office space, and additional resources are often less expensive in nonurban areas, often making it more cost-efficient to start and build a business,” Dorsey says.

In fact, many small towns are ripe for rejuvenation. The industries that once sustained rural communities have been in a gradual, inevitable decline, creating a vacuum. “While it’s [only] an emerging trend now, we do think that smaller towns, particularly those strategically close to cities, have the ability to attract and keep young entrepreneurs as they build their businesses,” Dorsey says.

Perhaps not so coincidentally, this trend has also corresponded with the rise of Waco’s favorite son and daughter, Chip and Joanna Gaines, whose reality show Fixer Upper was nothing short of a revelation for viewers dealing with daunting real estate markets in metropolitan areas. For many, watching the Gaineses’ dramatic home renovations, completed for a fraction of what you’d pay in the city, felt like wish

fulfillment. And some of those viewers actually decided to chase the dream.

So this summer I embarked on another road trip, this time striking out for the hamlets of Brenham, Alpine, and Lockhart—towns where the rural renaissance is well underway—to see for myself how these shifts are playing out. I wanted to know who these people are. In what ways are they changing the towns they’ve descended upon? And what do locals make of their arrival?

To those of us raised on Blue Bell commercials, Brenham and the surrounding countryside have long represented a Texas Shangri-la, a land filled with tin-roofed farmhouses where kindly grandmothers step out onto the porch and holler for us to come on home. We’d happily do so, of course, trotting through pastures shaded by live oaks and pecans, while Longhorns obliviously stamped bluebonnets and lightning bugs flickered overhead. We’d pass by several family homesteads, including one dating back to Stephen F. Austin’s Old Three Hundred colony, and upon arrival we’d be served a bowl of butter-pecan ice cream.

Of course, that fantasy hasn’t held up these past few years. Blue Bell’s woes are well known: the listeria crisis of 2015 tarnished the image of one of Texas’s most beloved brands and visited real economic consequences on the town.

Two thirds of the company’s workforce was either laid off or furloughed, and the plant in Brenham, which once hosted 225,000 visitors a year on ticketed tours, was temporarily shut down. It’s hard to overstate the effect this disaster had on the town. It bordered on a full-blown existential crisis.

And yet, against all odds, Brenham’s downtown is thriving, perhaps as never before. Once placid and puritanical, it is now merry with wine, beer, and song. Hip murals blanket the walls of several edifices. The dining scene has been upgraded. And much of that development was fostered by Brad and Jenny Stufflebeam.

Brenham’s downtown renaissance began, in part, with a seed planted in the lush and rolling Washington County soil.

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Long ago the Brenham area served back biergarten, serenaded by birdsong as Houston’s breadbasket. On Friday and an alt-country soundtrack, I heard evenings the rough road heading the whole story from Brad, delivered in southeast out of Brenham, toward his good-natured growl of a voice.

Houston (pretty much today’s Highway Brad, 47, grew up in the Dallas burbs 290), was lined with a steady stream and has been running from them ever of rumbling wagons driven by mostly since. After a stint in the Navy in the German “truck farmers,” bringing their early nineties, during which he studied produce to sell in Houston’s teeming horticulture in his limited spare time, he returned home in 1993 and married Jenny, his high school sweetheart.

They spent their nest egg on Greenhouse Gardens, an organic plant nursery in McKinney, which was then still somewhat out in the country.

Such was not to last. Dallas sprawl was on the march, and when a Home Depot popped up across the highway, the Stufflebeams looked to get out. They arrived in the Brenham area in 2004 and settled on 22 acres of prime Washington County farmland.

They started a communityTexas microbrews at Home Sweet Farm. supported Photograph by Matthew Johnson agriculture downtown Market Square. “At first my program, which allows farmers to neighbors didn’t understand the CSA sell their produce to urbanites via a thing,” Brad says. “And I would just tell subscription service. Brad approached ’em, ‘It’s truck farming. I am going into neighboring farmers and persuaded Houston and into neighborhoods and them to join him; soon, a syndicate of delivering food to people down there.’ twelve area farms was providing roughly And they would be like, ‘Oh yeah! That’s 360 Houston families and a handful of what my grandfather used to do!’ ” restaurants with farm-to-table eggs, In 2013 the Stufflebeams made the vegetables, cheeses, honey, poultry, leap to brick-and-mortar, leasing a late beef, and pork. nineteenth century downtown building They were reviving an old way of life.

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and opening an organic grocery. Home Sweet Farm, they named it. “It was time to put our heart in the community we live in instead of feeding people in Houston,” Brad says. “And Brenham kinda needed a kick in the spirit.”

Did it ever.

“When the Blue Bell thing happened, [the city] realized they were putting too many eggs in one basket,” Brad says. “They saw a twenty percent drop in their tourism, and they realized other things were important for the Brenham experience as well.”

To lure more customers, the Stufflebeams threw six Texas craft beer taps on the wall. Business boomed. Home Sweet Farm did well enough for Brad and Jenny to expand into two adjacent buildings, and then they filled in the gap between the structures with a stage improvised from an old loading dock.

They wheeled in some picnic tables, and— voilà—they were now the proud owners of a small music venue and biergarten. “Everybody came out of the woodwork,” Brad says. “We’ll squeeze in 150 people on a weekend night.”

As in Lockhart, one success story created a domino effect, and other new mom-and-pop businesses followed.

There’s Las Americas, a pan-Latin restaurant. There’s also 96 West, a New American comfort-food place offering tapas alongside burgers. And amid much

hoopla from the barbecue cognoscenti, Truth Barbecue popped up on Highway 290 west of town.

Later, Brad walked me around the corner to the Brazos Valley Brewing Company (along the way he showed me a line of small warehouses slated to become art galleries), where I retired to the patio with owner Josh Bass.

Josh laid out the strategic benefits of Brenham’s location. He’d considered Fredericksburg and was briefly enticed by the tourism it attracted, but why put a brewery way out there when you could put one in Brenham, close to two of the state’s thirstiest college towns (Austin and College Station) and also the state’s largest city, Houston? “Brenham also had that vibe going for it,” he says. If the crowds at the bar that afternoon were any indication, the bet paid off.

As I looked around the square, I realized that Brenham is changing, but not so much that you wouldn’t recognize it—the Blue Bell plant has even rebounded. The town is just wearing more fashionable clothes these days.

“We’re embracing the modern of today but still cherishing the heritage,” Brad told me that afternoon. And he let me in on his next big idea. He thinks Brenham could become a music destination.

“We’d catch all these artists between Austin and Houston. It’d be a real, authentic thing. Be unplugged, close to the people.”

That’s about the way Brenham feels now: like a city unplugged. Perhaps a different vision from the Blue Bell commercials we grew up with but an enticing version of the Texas dream nonetheless. “Candy Land for Texas,” Brad terms the area. “The Texas good life, Houston’s Hill Country.”

Nobody ever put to paper a more detailed and specific depiction of the Texas dream than Putnam-bred Larry L. King, the author, journalist, and playwright most widely known for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. In a 1975 essay titled “Playing Cowboy,” he described his Texan dream as an “improbable corner of paradise.” It would be centered on a “rustic, rambling ranch house” with a “clear-singing creek nearby,” and that burbling brook

would be shaded by groves of trees “under which, possibly, the Sons of the Pioneers will play perpetual string-band concerts.” All of this, King wrote, would be located “about one easy hour out of Austin” and “exactly six miles from a tiny, unnamed town looking remarkably like what Walt Disney would have built for a cheery, heart-tugging Texas-based story happening about 1940.”

If Brenham and Lockhart jibe with King’s vision improbably well, Alpine, way out in West Texas, is in a league all its own. The town’s unofficial new slogan, “Austin may be weird, but Alpine is far out,” was borne out for me late one night when I was on a starlit downtown stroll. I suddenly found myself in the company of a twelve-point mule deer buck. We were the only two living souls out and about at that hour, and I found the clip-clop of his hooves on the pavement reassuring.

Many who yearn for the kind of isolation offered by this part of the state cite Marfa as their first choice.

The trouble with that plan is that even with all its hipster cred, Marfa continues to shed year-round population. Driven by the wartime economy, its populace peaked in 1945, at around 5,000. By 1990 it was half that amount, and the gradual decline has continued in the decades since. By 2017 the population was less than 1,800. So, although Marfa is gaining cachet, it is losing people, thanks to second-home buyers, shortterm-rental profiteers, and speculators.

The working class has been priced out to Alpine and Fort Davis or away from the area entirely.

By contrast, Alpine has held relatively steady, hovering around 5,000 to 6,000 people since 1950. Marfa is indubitably a très chic oasis of cool, but it is becoming less an actual town than an amusement park for the well-heeled. “High school sweethearts have to move away from there now,” says Harry Mois, the owner of Harry’s Tinaja bar, in Alpine. “There is something not right about that.”

Mois came to Alpine in 1999, after adventures in the French Marquesas Islands and Colorado. He was just passing through but found the open space and clean air he craved, and he

ended up staying. He also discovered that Alpine was developing an interesting cultural scene all its own.

Though it’s still a rugged town, Alpine has its frills. There’s the Maverick Inn, an old motel made over in a toned-down Hotel San José style. There’s a boutique hotel in the heart of downtown, the ninety-year-old Holland Hotel, complete with a fine-dining establishment on the ground floor. There’s the java spot Plaine (an anagram for Alpine), which shares a building with a laundromat— and an independent vinyl store, RingTail Records. As any hip small town must, Alpine also produces its own beer. Big Bend Brewing Co.—“The Beer From Out Here”—launched six years ago.

The food truck park, along the main drag on Holland Avenue, is ringed by muraled walls, and the fare is surprisingly exotic. That’s where Greg Green runs the Smokin’ Cuban. He grew up here and moved back in 2015 to open the food truck with Emma Diamond, a friend whose background was in Cuban-infused South Florida cooking. “And mine was spent in Texas cooking barbecue, so we fused the two and became the Smokin’ Cuban!” Green says.

There’s a new-and-used bookstore, Front Street Books, whose owner, Jean Hardy-Pittman (she has since retired), told me she was so smitten with Alpine’s flora—spiky Spanish daggers and spindly ocotillos—that she ditched her professional life in Houston to be closer to them.

In Alpine, of course, you are leaving behind the creature comforts most Texans take for granted; the nearest Whataburger and H-E-B are a 143-mile trip to Odessa. It’s a smidge too remote for my own dispositions, but I could still understand the allure. One afternoon I met artist Tom Curry, who moved here in 1993 because he was attracted to its remoteness and the unspoiled frontier.

Of course, there’s also the added bonus of proximity to the spectacular scenery of Big Bend. And then there are those amazing cerulean skies, bright blue by day and a river of stars by night. It’s enough to give you pause and make you wonder: is it time I consider leaving life in the city behind?

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Lockhart native Bobby Herzog, 34, grew up with conflicting visions of his hometown. There were the stories from the old folks, who reminisced about a lively downtown, bustling with people shoulder to shoulder on the weekends.

And then there was the reality of his youth: other than law and real estate offices and barbershops, the square was dead. Well, not quite. “You could come downtown at night to watch the bats fly out of the abandoned buildings,” he recalls.

Today Herzog, who manages a furniture store on the square, recalls the trepidation his fellow natives felt at first about the new “kids” in town. “Lockhart is a friendly community that just wasn’t used to change,” he says.

Still, the speed of that change concerned him, and to help the new and the old blend in harmony, he took the helm of the Downtown Business Association in January 2017. “At times I was called crazy to mix so many different personalities in to one small organization, but I can tell you that there is no other small town in Texas that has this many creative minds that all hold their town dear to them,” he says.

You might have expected some stiff resistance to these incursions of new folks and their fancy ideas. I certainly did. As Dorsey, the millennial expert, puts it, “Some smaller towns and communities still have a good old boys network that can be tough to break into or work around.”

But I found quite the opposite to be true. Sure, there was the inevitable grumbling. Herzog told me that in Lockhart he would hear occasional cracks like “The hipsters are taking over” or “Go back to Austin,” but he believes these were far more bark than bite. All across town, there are signs that old and new have joined forces in unlikely ways.

When I asked Richard Platt about this, he told me about the scene at Load Off Fanny’s, the music venue and dive bar that he and Miranda and their partners recently opened. “On a Friday night it’s not uncommon to see young metal kids sitting at the bar with diesel mechanics and ranch hands.”

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town’s main source of distress is the seemingly inevitable march of suburbia southward from Austin.

In Brenham, where suburbs are not an imminent threat, the blowback is more about what the late Australian art critic Robert Hughes called “the shock of the new.” When the Texas Arts and Music Festival, which enters its third year this October, commissioned a series of modern murals across several downtown buildings, there was some peevish reaction. In the comments section of an article announcing the murals, someone called them ugly: “They’re all very newage and ‘Austin-ish’ and clash with the traditional atmosphere of Downtown.

While the artwork is very high quality, these types of murals are better suited for Austin than Downtown Brenham.”

But most of the commenters echoed the sentiments of one person who identified as a native who had left Brenham and returned home to raise a family. The murals were just the ticket to help Brenham continue to thrive, they contended: “We always hear that we can’t keep Brenham kids in Brenham.

Well if you want to get college graduates from Brenham, back to Brenham, you have to give them something to come back to. I love the scene in downtown.

It’s got great places to hang out and have a beer that are cool and family friendly. This town literally had nothing like that when I was growing up here throughout the 80’s and 90’s.”

When I spoke to Jennifer Phillips, who works for the Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau, she said she doesn’t like all of the edgy murals, but she welcomes their presence just the same: “In order for our little town to thrive, things can’t continue to stay the same.”

So, let’s recap: there’s affordability, a slower pace of life, top-shelf food and culture, and a welcoming, friendly community. During my travels, I found myself—a near-lifelong Houston resident—increasingly bewitched by the notion of small-town life. I began dreaming, to paraphrase Guy Clark’s “L.A. Freeway,” of packing up the dishes, making note of all good wishes, saying adiós to all this concrete, and getting me

some dirt-road backstreets.

On a warm April evening, I strolled around downtown Lockhart and watched young mothers chatting and sipping coffee at sidewalk cafes while their toddlers played with dollhouses and Matchbox cars on the sidewalk. I could hear sparrows cheeping, even a songbird whistling away.

I pictured myself building a new life here with my wife and daughter, sliding right into a community of likeminded friends, maybe even taking a leatherworking class one weekend at Lockhart Arts and Craft, enjoying the secular fellowship.

At my age, racing up to fifty, there is just as much push from the big cities as there is a pull from these towns.

Houston is not as cheap as it used to be; once-affordable neighborhoods like Montrose are now downright expensive. There’s the never-ending grind of the city’s continuous evolution, a process that largely involves tearing down all its landmark homes and legacy businesses and replacing them with luxury apartment buildings, anonymous townhomes, and chain establishments. I now get turned around in neighborhoods I’ve been steeped in for a half century.

My dad’s boyhood home, in West University Place; my daughter’s first home, near Rice University; the house in which I was conceived, in Montrose; my great-grandfather’s home, near the Galleria—all have been leveled and replaced with things that are bigger, uglier, and costlier.

And it wasn’t just the rustic life I was longing for. Each of these towns was starting to put me in mind of little country places I’d tramped through in England during my wanderlust years, a version of a Cotswolds village. It felt like a place where I could finally exhale.

Sara Barr, the 33-year-old co-owner of Lockhart Arts and Craft, says I am not the first to hazard such comparisons: she says she’s heard similar sentiments from French, German, Scottish, Irish, and Australian tourists. “They’ll say stuff like, ‘This reminds me so much of this certain neighborhood of Paris’ or ‘This is just like a little town outside Berlin.’ ” Richard Platt also sees the European

The main square in Brenham.

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comparison as apt. Lockhart’s square, he says, is built around the works of a group of local craftsmen sharing their wares. He and his family live a few blocks away, and he says he seldom has to make the drive out to Walmart. “There is [often] a viable alternative made by someone I know right here in town,” he says.

A typical day for him starts with a nice cup of coffee and a fresh, scratch-baked pastry. A modernized Texas comfort food lunch at the Market Street Cafe comes next, and then he starts tossing pies at Loop & Lil’s. When he’s finished there, it’s off to a quick beer at Caracara and then maybe a stroll through an art gallery or a play at Gaslight-Baker. The point is, there is no mandatory driving, there are no generic national chains, everybody is their own boss, and they are all nice to one another. “We have really just created

our own microeconomy right here on the square, full of the life and culture that leads most people to the big cities in the first place,” he says. And they have done so, he adds, “with all the small-town feel of home.

“The small towns in Texas seem to be the only places left where people in my generation have a chance to start something from scratch with little money to invest, as long as they work hard and are skilled at what they do.”

As I sat on a downtown bench alongside Barr, an Austin native, she lamented the intensifying pace of the city. She says there used to be an ineffable simplicity to Austin: “You could walk down the street in certain parts of town and see people you knew, always run into your friends at the Broken Spoke or Ginny’s, and lots

of places still felt just like walking into a friend’s house.” Less so today, she says. “The idea of simplicity appeals to me a lot, being able to actually just walk around town and go to businesses where you know the owners because they’re there all the time and they’re friendly and welcoming.”

It harks back to what the experts say about millennials, how they want walkable urban environments. Maybe the only places they can find those today are in spots like Lockhart, that minor triumph of urbanity. Who needs a teeming metropolis when you can re-create the best parts of it at a fraction of the price and about half the stress? Such places are like a distilled version of the city, leaving only the stuff you love.

Or, as Barr puts it, “This is the Austin I’ve always wanted.”

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WOLF POINT CLUB 1,600 + Acres Jackson County, Port Lavaca, TX $11,500,000 The Wolf Point Golf Club and Ranch is truly one of the most incredible private ranches and golf courses in the country. It is truly one of a kind and is one of the top courses in America and was just recently voted number 96 of the top 147 golf courses in the world. The course was designed by Mike Nuzzo, a renowned golf course architect, and the greens by Don Mahaffey. The golf course setting blends into the surrounding Gulf Coast environment. There is a lake of approximately twelve acres that provides water for all course irrigation. The surrounding property is all low fence except for the 5,000 foot paved runway and the climate controlled airplane hangar.

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FRENCH INGRAM RANCH 14,035 + Acres Val Verde County, Langtry, TX $9,122,750 THE FINEST LIVE WATER OPPORTUNITY IN TEXAS! The historic French Ingram Ranch in Val Verde County, Texas has over 7 miles of crystal clear flowing Pecos River frontage. This very private ranch has been in the same family since the 1920s and includes a spectacular cut limestone home, custom built in the 1930s. Multiple runway sites. Only $650/acre!

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EL CORAZON RANCH 381 + Acres Waller County, Waller, TX $13,400,000 El Corazon is a 381 acre parklike setting with highly improved grass pastures, many exotics, live oak tree lined roads and a beautifully designed 15,000 sf main house. The house has 4 bedrooms and 5 full baths overlooking a beautiful 21 acre lake. The ranch has a total of 4 homes and a barn apartment, 2 large lakes and manicured pastures.

It will be hard to find a better place with unlimited possibilities within the outskirts of Houston.

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TULSITA RANCH 1,600 + Acres Bee County, Beeville, TX $5,900,000 Location Location Location!!! This is an excellent opportunity to own prime hunting land in northern Bee County, Texas. This ranch is rich in history with the ownership dating back to the early 1900’s. Holding good populations of white-tailed deer, bobwhite quail and larger numbers of Rio Grande turkey, the Tulsita Ranch will be a playground for the sportsman. With roughly half of the ranch having a newly constructed high fence and the remainder low fenced, you will have the opportunity to intensely manage a free ranging population or improve the genetics inside the new preserve.

CAMERON RANCH 921 + Acres Atascosa County, Poteet, TX $5,069,955 The Cameron Ranch located minutes from San Antonio is a wonderful multi-use South Texas ranch. It is an ideal ranch for someone looking to hunt, fish, graze cattle or get out of the city. With its majestic live oak trees, improved grasses and native South Texas brush, the ranch is a perfect recreational and working ranch.

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KARANKAWA RANCH 859 + Acres Matagorda County, Palacios, TX $2,650,000 Karankawa Ranch, is 1/4 mile north of the El Campo Beach Club on CR 473 with proximity to Carancahua Bay. The ranch features tidal wetlands as prime redfish and birding habitat, proximity to bay (no frontage), good game cover, cattle pens and well, paved frontage, and development potential for bay view home sites. Perfect tract to high fence and build your own bay lodge.

PAINTED DREAMS RANCH 44+ Acres Washington County, Brenham, TX $1,980,000 Painted Dreams Ranch is a luxury, turnkey ranch located in the rolling hills of Brenham, TX. Painted Dreams includes one luxury home, one guest home, multiple barns and a pond. This stunning ranch offers one of a kind luxury, and all the amenities to enjoy and entertain. This incredibly maintained 44-acre ranch offers a unique opportunity. With the two homes, it is a perfect setup for family gatherings or recreation.

OAKLANE II RANCH 273 + Acres Colorado County, Columbus, TX $1,773,200 Live oaks, gentle rolling topography, ample game, and excellent access from Houston are the primary features of this Colorado County gem. Secluded, but with blacktop access all the way to the gate. The entry to the ranch opens into a park-like setting at the front of this property, where a functional, multi-use hunting camp with a cabin sits today. This would be a great location for your weekend dream home.

JAG RANCH 584 + Acres Calhoun & Victoria Counties, Port Lavaca , TX $2,026,480 The excellent waterfowl hunting, saltwater fishing, hogs, deer, and dove, plus good pastures make the JAG Ranch a fantastic combination recreational property/working ranch with unique diversity.

PINE HILL RANCHETTE 60+ Acres Tyler County, Woodville, TX $1,800,000 Pine Hill Ranchette is a luxury, turnkey ranchette located just west of downtown Woodville with one luxury home, one foreman home, multiple barns, shops, lakes, and roping arena. This stunning ranchette offers one of a kind seclusion, luxury, and all the amenities to enjoy and entertain.

With the two lakes and homes, it is a perfect setup for corporate retreats, family gatherings, or recreation.

RUSSELL HILL RANCH 374 + Acres Gonzales County, Flatonia, TX $1,678,500 Russell Hill Ranch is named for a hill that is centrally located on the property with an elevation over 100’ above surrounding countryside, allowing for fantastic views. The ranch is a blank canvas for someone that wants to turn a place into their own, with old growth forrest dominating the entire ranch.

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TURKEY DRAW RANCH 647 + Acres Bee County, Berclair, TX $2,329,200 The Turkey Draw Ranch is located just south of Hwy. 59 just past Berclair. The ranch is mostly covered in brush with several creek drainages and is loaded with game.

Deer, turkey, quail and dove are all abundant in this area and have been managed on this family owned and hunted ranch for the past 20 years.

HOOK’EM HILL RANCH 86 + Acres Lavaca County, Halletsville, TX $1,550,000 The Hook’em Hill Ranch is tucked in the Southeastern portion of Lavaca County surrounded by large live oaks and improved pastures. The custom built home is nestled into the woods with large windows in each room providing spectacular views of the surrounding acreage.

COOL ACRES 130 + Acres Fort Bend County, Orchard, TX $3,800,000 Cool Acres is an extraordinary property less than 60 miles from downtown Houston. This beautiful retreat offers big river views with wide-open spaces under towering oaks and pecans for entertaining and outdoor recreation. The expansive compound is set up for family gatherings, hosting guests, celebrations or simply private moments. Multiple houses, outdoor patios, tennis courts, a swimming pool and playgrounds surround a central fishing lake, creating a wonderful outdoor activity center for all to enjoy.

MAIL TRAIL CREEK RANCH 1,073 + Acres Edwards County, Rock Springs, TX $1,850,925 Motivated Seller!!! Mail Trail Creek Ranch is an ideal hunting property located in western Edwards county. With stunning views, large oak trees, and high density game, this property is sure to grab the outdoor enthusiasts attention.

NORTH COOK RANCH 910 + Acres Hamilton County, Cranfills Gap, TX $4,368,000 The North Cook Ranch is a very appealing property for the rancher. It has good clear water in Meridian Creek which services every pasture, and is coupled with improved pastures, well-organized cattle facilities and two ranch homes. This clean, well-maintained, and very quiet ranch sits in a desirable location near Cranfills Gap.

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RECASSA RANCH 1,390 + Acres Leon County, Centerville, TX $3,468,050 The Recassa Ranch, located in east central Texas, is a spectacular example of predominantly natural woodland, exhibiting a mix of Post Oak and East Texas habitats. This very private ranch was part of an original 20,000 acre property put together in the 1930’s. A trip to the ranch takes the visitor back to an earlier time with diverse species of towering trees, free flowing streams and great topography.

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his property of 45± acres in Comal County is just minutes to New Braunfels, Canyon Lake and only 30 minutes to San Antonio and the San Antonio Airport! WATER, WATER, WATER! Both sides of the crystal-clear, rock bottom Bear Creek with must-see waterfalls, limestone bluffs and rock formations, deep holes and many springs; then add your own personal waterfall observation platform.

WILDLIFE GALORE and RECREATION—deer, turkey, fishing, boating, hunting! HILL COUNTRY’S BEST CUSTOM ESTATE! Behind paved access and an electric-gated entry lies a concrete driveway and paved roads all leading up to the country club-manicured main compound.

The main home is a smart home boasting the finest inside and out. This open design features four bedrooms and four and one-half baths, an oversized four-car garage and a split floor plan that is perfect for entertaining and holidays. The chef’s gourmet kitchen has the finest Wolf and Thermador appliances including double warming drawers, granite countertops and custom cabinets. There is also a custom bar and wine cellar off the kitchen, and a state-of-the-art remote controlled fireplace! Travertine and hardwood floors, as well as rustic metal and

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wood beams, flow throughout the home. Wall-to-wall and floor-toceiling windows look out over the infinity pool and unique live water and bluffs! The resort-style, spa retreat master suite is second to none with must see views of Bear Creek and rock bluffs, the pool and landscaped grounds. Views from each and every window! All additional guest bedrooms are suites with large walk-in closets. The home also features his and hers custom offices. Outside the home features Texas Best outdoor entertaining cook area, negative edge pool, spa, gas fireplace and plenty of patio and outdoor living space!

There is also a one-bedroom, one-bath casita, an RV barn, workshop with six overhead doors that is heated and cooled and includes an office and bathroom. Then add a large equipment and boat shed with apron. This one will not be beat and is priced to sell! What are you waiting for? Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.

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SOUTH TEXAS BEST! WILD & WOOLEY! READY TO GO! 4,290± ACRES NO OIL FIELD TRAFFIC!

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,290± acres in Zavala and Maverick Counties, just minutes to Crystal City and Uvalde, and only two hours to San Antonio. One of the very best all-around variety South Texas ranches. Turnkey, ready-to-go, game managed, with electric gate and end-of-the-road privacy. Giant, prominent landowners all around! IMPROVEMENTS – Manicured paved driveway leads to the main compound with a state-of-the-art main home with five bedrooms, five baths and a must-see open floor plan designed with entertaining in mind! Then add a three-bedroom, three-bath hotel for the family or ranch guests. The main hunting lodge sleeps approximately 30 people in nine bedrooms and five and one-half baths, and features a commercial kitchen. There are approximately 25 stock tanks on the property, some of which are very large offering great fishing and duck hunting! Most of the stock tanks have piped water to them which is a great asset! This

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ranch also has four large irrigation wells with three pivot systems and three smaller domestic water wells. There is approximately 20,000 feet of buried underground water lines throughout the property. WILDLIFE – This ranch is on Level II MLD and has been gamemanaged for over 20 years offering giant South Texas whitetail deer, turkey, wild hogs, javalina, quail, and dove hunting that mirrors Argentina! MINERALS – Seller will convey all owned, which is believed to be one-sixteenth! Ranch has no current production. GENERAL COMMENTS – Truly the finest all-around variety, best watered South Texas place I have ever seen! End-of-the-road privacy, giant neighbors, no oil field traffic, irrigation wells, 25 ponds, giant lake, great low maintenance improvements, big deer, paved roads, turnkey and readyto-go! Seller may consider some partial owner financing. Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.

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TEXAS BEST! GAME-FENCED READY-TO-GO OUTDOORSMAN’S DREAM PLACE! 7,336± ACRES - $600,000 PRICE DROP! TIME TO BUY! West Texas v Val Verde & Terrell Counties v Pumpville

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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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Southeast Texas v Walker County v Huntsville

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.

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TEXAS BEST WIMBERLEY ON THE BLANCO RIVER, HILLTOP TUSCANY MASTERPIECE 10± ACRES

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lanco River frontage, 11,000± square-foot mansion with six bedrooms, eight and one-half bathrooms two gourmet kitchens, two swimming pools, spa, six-car garage, 11,000± square-foot of porches, sports court, outdoor cooking/entertaining. Paved private access with three-electric gate entries, manicured private grounds, putting green, all overlooking the crystal-clear, cypress tree lined, fabulous Blanco River with deep holes, rapids and waterfalls!

LAKE AMISTAD DEVIL’S RIVER 6,600± ACRES

West Texas v Val Verde County v Del Rio

LIVE WATER, GAME FENCED 808± ACRES

Texas Hill Country v Kerr County v Camp Verde ocated minutes to Camp Verde and Kerrville with paved access and game fencing on both sides of a creek. Property has many springs and nice fishing lake with two smaller lakes. Priced to sell!

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± acre lake, two spring-fed creeks, approximately 7,000± square-foot one-story rock home, guest house, greenhouse, barns, lots of wildlife and much more! Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.

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TEXAS BEST! LIVE WATER- MEDINA RIVER! 339± ACRES

TEXAS BEST ONE-OF-A-KIND SOUTH TEXAS READY-TO-GO RARE FIND! 1,933± ACRES

Texas Hill Country v Bandera County v Bandera South Texas v Zavala County v Crystal City inutes to Bandera and only 45 minutes to San Antonio! exas Best Hunting Ranch! Ready to Go, Well Watered. Located two Tons of river, great usable land, end-of-road privacy, rock hours to San Antonio with a nice lodge, guest hotel, bunkhouse, ranch home, pool, tennis court, several cabins, barns, won’t last! pavilion area, gun range, giant lake, smaller lakes two irrigation wells, Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013. and two domestic wells. Game managed for more than 20 years!

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503± ACRES - WOW! $1,000,000 PRICE REDUCTION! Central Texas v Guadalupe County v Seguin

TEXAS BEST! LIVE-WATER HILL COUNTRY ESTATE NEAR NEW BRAUNFELS AND MINUTES TO SAN ANTONIO OR CANYON LAKE! - 81 ACRES

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nly 30 minutes to San Antonio! Two-story, hilltop rock mansion with cooper roof. 8,000+ square-feet includes five bedrooms, five full baths, two half baths, gourmet kitchen, office, elevator, massive high ceiling in the living area, game room, and exercise room. The master, with fireplace and sauna, is a must-see. Also features a four-car garage, guest house, manager’s house, pool, three water wells, community water, several barns, cattle pens, both sides running mill creek, stock tanks, and a fishing lake. Great deer, turkey, hogs, and duck hunting. Improved grasses for horses, cattle or hay production! Too many amenities to list! Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.

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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.

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Central Texas v Taylor County v Winters 94± acres, hilltop seven-bedroom, two-bath lodge, plus manager’s house, barns, 30 minutes to Abilene, Texas, airport and commercial flights! Great bird hunting, fishing, big deer, Russian boar and antelope! Call Jeff Soele, 210-705-4013.

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ocated near Crystal City with about one mile of Nueces River. Nice fishing lake, two ranch houses, well, electricity, and paved access.

Great wildlife habitat for hunting plus great fishing! Priced to sell!

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TEXAS BEST! BIG FISHING LAKE ARROWHEAD HEAVEN! - 260± ACRES Central Texas v Guadalupe County v Seguin

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inutes to Sequin and only 45 minutes to San Antonio or Austin!

Texas Hill Country v Gillespie County v Fredericksburg Paved electric access. Several lakes and springs. There are ust minutes to historic Fredericksburg! WOW! WATER! Gorgeous large creek and spring-fed crystal clear stocked lake, end of paved road, big tons of deer, turkey, wild hogs, and great Carrizo sub-surface water.

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TASAJILLO RANCH

700± ACRES BEE COUNTY

An extraordinary hunting ranch for sale awaits you as the Âą700 acre Tasajillo Ranch in Bee County, Texas.

This high-fenced ranch is ready to be your own outstanding hunting retreat for huge Whitetail deer. This amazing ranch has tremendous topography with views for miles, and all the comforts and infrastructure you need to head out on a hunt on day one.

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HIGH CHAPARRAL 200± ACRES MEDINA COUNTY

Uniquely suited to the South Texas & Hill Country Lifestyle offering both large scale entertainment possibilities and quiet retreat areas, High Chaparral is a privately gated 200± acre estate. Designed for the equestrian life style, but the diverse topography of this ranch also provides opportunity for the nature lover or the sportsman, as well.

High Chaparral will provide privacy and opportunity to explore a range of uses and recreational interest.

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PRIVILEGE CREEK RANCH 161± ACRES BANDERA COUNTY

An exciting Hill Country hunting and recreation opportunity await the discerning ranch buyer in the Privilege Creek Ranch for sale in Bandera County, Texas. This ±161 acre ranch features over one mile of frontage along spring-fed Privilege Creek and a hunting cabin and barndominium. This exciting property offers numerous options with infrastructure already in place for an exceptional hunting ranch but also as a homestead, personal getaway, or recreational ranch.

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SECO CREEK RANCH 1,557± ACRES MEDINA COUNTY

Seco Creek Ranch is a 1,557± acre premier hunting ranch for sale in Medina County, Texas. This is a turnkey recreational, hunting, or cattle ranch with multiple improvements, abundant wildlife, and ample water.

The main ranch entrance is from FM 2200, 10 miles south of D’Hanis, 20 miles from I-35, and about an hour from San Antonio.

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COCO-MAR FARM

272Âą ACRES KARNES COUNTY

Coco-Mar Farm is the ideal one-man cattle operation with a beautiful home that is convenient to both San Antonio and Corpus Christi. The Âą272 acre ranch for sale in Karnes County, Texas, is almost entirely made up of pastures ideal for livestock. As a turn-key cattle ranch, this property is ready now to produce income and be your permanent home or weekend ranch getaway.

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DIVIDE RANCH

700± ACRES KERR COUNTY Located on the southern edge of the Divide approximately 30 minutes west of Kerrville on Highway 39, sits this 700± acre hunting and cattle ranch. Improvements include a recently remodeled six-bedroom and five and a half bathroom two-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 abundant native wildlife. *an additional 2,008± acres are available.

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LEAKEY RANCH LEAKEY, TEXAS REAL COUNTY 463 ACRES

Most ranches require hiking boots to explore, but for this one 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!

HORSESHOE BAY HORSESHOE BAY, TEXAS LLANO COUNTY 72 ACRES

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This is an amazing opportunity to acquire your own special 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. Ranches of this caliber in such a highprofile location are few and far between, and they will not be available for long!

RANCHES AT THUNDER MOUNTAIN BOERNE, TEXAS • KENDALL COUNTY 363 TO 3,340± ACRES

Located 15 minutes from Boerne, Texas, this Kendall County property is accessed off Highway 1376 between Boerne and Fredericksburg. The ranch consists of 363 to 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. The 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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7 C RANCH KERRVILLE, TEXAS GILLESPIE COUNTY 730Âą ACRES

Extraordinary 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.

CIBOLO CREEK RANCH

STOCKDALE, TEXAS • KARNES COUNTY 250 ACRES

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The 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 gpm. Cibolo Creek flows along the western boundary of the property for 1,300 feet. The ranch is easily accessed by Hwy 123 frontage.

PRISON CANYON RANCH

CAMP VERDE, TEXAS • KERR COUNTY 450 ACRES

The 450-acre Prison Canyon Ranch is located in the heart of Camp Verde, Texas. Water abounds on this spectacular Hill Country ranch. Cypress-lined Verde Creek flows through the north side of the ranch for three-quarters a mile and a 24-acre spring-fed lake with boat house offers year-round recreation. Improvements include a four-bedroom, four-bath home, a second home that is three-bedroom, three-bath, a two-story trophy building and two equipment barns. The ranch is high fenced on three sides and includes a pecan orchard and Coastal Bermuda pasture.

SAN JULIAN CREEK RANCH

BANDERA, TEXAS • BANDERA COUNTY 100 ACRES

Trip duPerier, Broker Live water and splendid views describe this unique Hill Country gem. Located just 2.5 miles southeast of Bandera, this 100-acre ranch offers two springs that meander through the property before flowing into San Julian Creek which flanks the western side of the property for 3,300 feet. Beautiful hardwoods canvas the gently rolling landscape.

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PROVIDENCE SPRINGS RANCH

TARPLEY, TEXAS • MEDINA COUNTY 2,000± ACRES

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 carport areas to store ranch toys. There are also several barns located on this beautiful ranch. The main lodge was truly designed for entertaining large groups, both inside and out. One could entertain guests around the beautiful swimming pool or on the shotgun shooting facility. The ranch has excellent water features as well consisting of 10+ native springs, two spring-fed creeks and 14 earthen tanks. Ground water is supplied by eight water wells and over 10 miles of three-inch water lines. In addition to all of this, the ranch offers a small runway which could be improved.

The ranch is game fenced and includes a breeding facility. Wildlife is abundant on the property including many super exotics such as elk, eland, kuland, oryx, axis and black buck. Turkey roam the property and wing shooting can be good seasonally. This is a one-of-a-kind property and turnkey operation that is ready for a new buyer.

OPUS RANCH MEDINA, TEXAS BANDERA COUNTY 734± ACRES

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Located between Kerrville and Medina, this Hill Country gem has it all! The ranch consists of 734± acres nestled in majestic hills with 30-mile views. In addition to the scenic hills, the property offers several deep valleys with live running water. The central feature of this property is a “World-Class” large fishing lake that produces Florida Bass up to 15 pounds.

This lake is spring fed and remains at a constant level. Improvements include a hidden lodge overlooking a creek with small dams. The property offers guest quarters, manager’s house and small lakeside cabin.

TARPLEY RANCH TARPLEY, TEXAS BANDERA COUNTY 942Âą ACRES

The 942-acre high-fenced ranch is located just 2.5 miles east of Tarpley and ten miles from Bandera. Rolling topography, characteristic of this area, provides the canvas for a diversity of native flora. Elevation changes of 460-feet provide breathtaking 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.

ROSE HILL MANOR STONE WALL, TEXAS GILLESPIE COUNTY 38 ACRES

Rose Hill Manor is a renowned country inn located in Stonewall Texas, right in the middle of the Texas 290 Vineyard/Wine Country epicenter between Fredericksburg, Texas and Johnson City, Texas. The Fredericksburg/Stonewall area is known for rolling pastoral views, vineyards, peach orchards, wineries, weddings, weekend getaways and shopping. The property has been owned and operated by the same family for the last 28 years. Rose Hill Manor was built with attention to detail and quality craftsmanship. There are currently 18 different tastefully appointed room accommodations. The views from Rose Hill Manor are spectacular hilltop vistas overlooking miles of lush Texas Hill Country. Pre-qualification required.

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7 SPRINGS RANCH HUNT, TEXAS KERR COUNTY 225± ACRES

Magnificence exists here with woven waterways, luxury living, and majestic Hill Country views. Surface water from seven springs is improved into several features including an approximately three-acre lake and two man-made waterfalls. The “Party barn” or reception hall has stage lights, a sound system and countless details. Seemingly atop the entire county and nestled into the edge of one of the ridges lies the custom home, guest quarters, office and barn. The apex room is a 360-degree lookout perfect for spotting animals and the best of sunrises and sunsets.

AIRPORT RANCH KERRVILLE, TEXAS KERR COUNTY 116± ACRES

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In a growing corridor of the thriving Hill Country community of Kerrville exists this unique opportunity to own a rare ranch in close proximity to town. The city limits border the front of the property as does the Kerrville Municipal Airport. Diversity abounds from the approximate 16 acres rolling field to a 250+ foot rise in elevation, with plenty of trees and views for miles. With no substantial vertical improvements, your slate is clean and ready to create your commercial or residential development or build your homestead. Call today for your private showing!

MEYERS SPRINGS DRYDEN, TEXAS TERRELL COUNTY 9,700 ACRES

The Natural Historic Register has listed this ranch for its magnificent rock art. The expansive rock outcropping showcasing pictographic paintings that date back 3,000 years from paleo man to the Comanche’s of the 1800’s. In addition, this was the campsite for Major John Bullis and his Seminole-Negro-Indian Scouts. The property is high fenced and extensively managed for trophy whitetail and mule deer. Along with the native wildlife a division of the ranch also contains elk, black buck and axis deer. An extensive road system allows for easy access through rugged terrain. The ranch is well watered with several springs, tanks, header dams and numerous water wells. The ranch is highly improved with several homes, a barn and a 3,500-foot runway. This is truly a great opportunity to own a property so rich in Texas history.

PEG LEG RANCH MENARD, TEXAS MENARD COUNTY 921 ACRES

This picturesque retreat in the northwest portion of the Texas Hill Country really does have it all. The 921±-acre Peg Leg Ranch on the banks of the San Saba River in Menard County, Texas, offers unbeatable hunting, beautiful river frontage, outdoor and water recreation galore, rich, irrigated pastures, and luxury lodging, all on this historically important parcel of land that is ready to enjoy on day one. The ranch is accessed off Texas Hwy 29 between Menard and Mason. The elaborate stone and iron entrance from the highway opens to a paved, tree-lined road that meanders to the main lodge. Topography of the ranch ranges from hilltops with live oaks and dense brush down to the river with its pecan bottoms and pastures.

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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

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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.

SILVER CREEK CANYON RANCH 327 ACRES

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idden away just minutes from FM 337, and just a few miles east of Vanderpool, Silver Creek Canyon Ranch is truly one of the most beautiful live-water ranches available in today’s market. Willow Springs Creek flows for more than a half mile through the ranch and offers both sides of the crystal clear spring-fed creek, beautiful waterfalls, rapids, relaxing shallow pools and an absolutely awesome fiveacre lake. This hidden jewel offers one of the most incredible settings anywhere in the Texas Hill Country with a charming cowboy-style hacienda situated right along the banks of the fabulous spring-fed lake. $2,600,000. Call Morris, 210-415-9850.

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Texas Hill Country v Real County v Barksdale 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 livewater and recreational ranches available in the Hill Country. Won’t last, $3,950,000.

Call Morris Killough, 210-415-9850.

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CORD SPRINGS RANCH 1,015 ACRES

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aoudad and occasional exotics. Just a halfmile uphill hike from the original homestead are the huge springs that flow straight out of the sides of the limestone bluffs creating a series of the most incredible live-water features ever seen in the Texas Hill Country.

The springs send millions of gallons of water cascading down a dozen waterfalls, limestone bottom rapids, deep swimming holes, over a manmade dam and eventually flows into Cord Springs Creek. At the site of the springs you can actually hear the roar from waterfalls in the underground caverns.

Words and pictures cannot describe the true beauty of this ranch, see for yourself. $6,500,000. Call Morris, 210-415-9850.

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8 ACRES AIRSTRIP ACCESS Texas Hill Country v Bandera County v Utopia

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ocated just minutes east of Utopia on the Thunder Creek subdivision, this exceptional turnkey property offers firstclass amenities as well as beautiful live water and incredible views. The property offers paved county road access, 250 feet of beautiful live water, water well, two electric meters, fenced garden, a very comfortable two-story home with a fabulous deck, an insulated three-car garage and a 1,400-square-foot metal building with air conditioned workshop with loft, a 9,000-gallon rain collection system and drive through RV storage area. $649,000. Call Morris, 210-415-9850.

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his exceptional live-water property is located just west of Utopia along the banks of the fabulous Cypress-lined Sabinal River and is just minutes from Garner State Park. This rare offering is possibly the most select and beautiful live-water tract available in this area of the Hill Country, certainly in the Sabinal Canyon. The property offers over 350 feet of the most beautiful and unique Sabinal River frontage on the entire river; deep beautiful water, huge Cypress, amazing rock bluffs and access to 1,500 feet of deep water that provides an endless amount of recreation with swimming, tubing, kayaking, canoeing and fishing. The property offers a 1,220-square-foot home, small rental cabin, two-car workshop/ garage, electric, phone service, deep fertile soil and huge healthy oaks. Won’t last. $1,450,000. Call Morris, 210-415-9850.

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SECO CREEK – FABULOUS LIVE WATER - 62 ACRES Central Texas v Medina County v Utopia

his awesome 62-acre tract is located just 90 minutes from San Antonio, and offers county road frontage, beautiful views of the surrounding hills, large neighbors, gentle sloping valley land, deep fertile soils and excellent hunting with whitetail, hogs, turkey, and the occasional exotics. The property also offers an excellent water well, a nice 1,000-squarefoot shop/storage building and a well done three-bedroom, two-bath ranch-style home hidden among a forest of huge oaks, cedar elms, Spanish, Morris Killough, Broker and lacy oaks. Won’t 210-415-9850 • texaslandandranch.net last. Call Morris, ©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 210-415-9850.

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ruly The most uniquely-situated property on the Sabinal River, this exceptional new listing lies across from the entrance gates to Lost Maples Sate Park and adjacent to the origin headwaters of the Sabinal River that flows south to Vanderpool and Utopia. Coming on the market for the first time since 1947, this incredible tract offers both sides of the river, a gorgeous natural waterfall,

fishing and swimming holes, hardwood-blanketed hills, and centuries-old majestic oaks.

Featured numerous times in USA Today, Texas Parks magazine, and on television, the natural splendor of this property is unparalleled. The tract teems with whitetail, axis, aoudad, and turkey, all on view from the back patio and decks of the spacious Saltillotiled home with outbuildings. This property is all usable land with additional fantastic elevated homesites, and absolutely won’t last at $895,000. Call Morris, 210-415-9850.

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NAGUBADI RANCH - 2,665 ACRES South Texas v Hidalgo County v Edinburg ocated 10 miles north of Edinburg, Texas, we are offering a total of 2665 acres in two parcels. The north tract fronts on Hwy 281 and is a highly productive 1,569-acre ranch that offers approximately 400 acres of cultivation, 900 acres of cattle grazing pasture with heavy Buffel grass and 250 acres of hay fields. The ranch offers excellent all-weather access and is divided into nine separate pastures that allows stock rotation year-round. Water is piped throughout the ranch and the owner continuously grazes cattle year-round.

Grazing pastures have light to medium brush and provide cover for some native game along with nelgai and blackbuck, hogs and quail.

The south pasture is 1095 acres has been dedicated as a wildlife preserve by its - 600 ACRES owners. This pasture is completely game fenced, offers heavy native brush and Central Texas v Milam County v Buckholts provides excellent habitat for the native game that include whitetail, hogs, turkey and quail. Exotic species include large numbers of nelgai, axis, red stag, elk, fallow, blackbuck, aoudad and oryx. The ranch offers one pond supplied by an excellent water well. The ranch is all native brush with some areas of regrowth mesquite, the heavy cover is exceptional throughout the ranch and includes mesquite, guayacan, black

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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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305 Acres // Texas Hill Country // Kerr County // 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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ovem (Latin word for “to the 9’s”) Ranch is just that! It is a highly improved and manicured, extremely well-watered, high-fenced, turnkey ranch 1,000± Acres // South Texas // Frio County // Pearsall offered for sale with everything you need for entertainment. It is all native brush and drives way bigger than the actual acreage. This ranch has been owned by the same family for 15 years and they have never stopped adding to the details to make every aspect of this ranch refined, fun and easy for all of their family outings. HISTORY—1918: The Daughters of The American Revolution and State of Texas place historic granite markers every five miles, marking the trails of El Camino Real, the Native American footpaths followed by the Spanish, French, and then Anglo settlers of Texas. One of those massive granite markers still stands at Frio County’s Novem Ranch. IMPROVEMENTS: Improvements include a 10,000-square-foot, ten-bedroom, twelve-bath main lodge complete with an indoor gaming area. A grand outdoor entertainment area overlooks the lake and a two-bedroom, two-bath foreman’s house. Commercial grade equipment for making sausage comes with a smokehouse. Also included are a horse barn, dog kennels, equipment barns, 14-deer pens, five-acre soft release pen, one-bedroom guide cabin, ten deer blinds with feeders, 30 quail-riser sprinklers for water and quail feeders, three water wells, four irrigation pivots, six constant level ponds, three-phase electricity, fuel storage tanks, two feed bins, and a shooting range. WATER: Two Carrizo wells are equipped with 50 hp motors and do approximately 350 gpm. Not an area of the ranch can’t get water. The main lake adjoining the lodge is a 7.5-acre constant level lake and large enough to enjoy your jet ski. It has four different pivot irrigation systems to irrigate the fields, plus pipe run underground to keep the six ponds/lakes full, and four-inch pipe ran to most of the larger senderos with risers to connect to so you can use reels to water the entire sendero. There are an additional eight water troughs and one domestic well plus two large water storage tanks near the house. HUNTING: Hunting on the ranch is extremely exciting because you don’t know what might walk out! From a trophy-class whitetail buck to axis, blackbuck, rams, Scimitar Oryx, addax, fallow, Gemsbok Oryx, red stag, javelina or hogs. There are ten Atascosa blinds all with feeder stations and water close by. Quail hunting is also first-class and turkey thrive on the ranch. FISHING: The owners stocked every tank with 6- to 10-pound bass back in 2013 and continue to make sure the level of bait fish is sufficient to keep them growing. They also have piped water to every tank to ensure a constant oxygen and water level. EQUIPMENT TO BE CONVEYED: A full list of items to be conveyed can be sent upon request, but this ranch will be conveyed with everything you need. For example: two John Deere tractors, four Kawasaki Mules, two ice machines, welding machines, shredders, disc, fuel storage tanks, numerous tools, road grader, lawn mowers, hunting truck, etc. LOCATION: The ranch is located approximately 20-minutes south of Pearsall on CR 3871 which can be accessed either by FM 1582 or Hwy 97.

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552 Acres // Texas Hill Country // Kerr County // Camp Verde

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inn Tortuga Ranch is located on Hwy 173 approximately seven miles south of Kerrville and three miles north of Camp Verde. It consists of 552 acres that are mostly highfenced, and have some of the best trophy whitetail deer hunting you can find along with some exotics which are protein fed year-round. Both sides of Turtle Creek run through the north side of the property which allow for great swimming and fishing. The main lodge has a pool and outdoor entertainment cabana with great views. The property also has three additional homes, a 20-acre soft-release deer pen, four-stall horse barn, workshop and three water wells. This ranch is being offered turnkey.

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Other amenities include three houses, office, barn office, numerous storage sheds, hay barn, and a large pavilion.

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CAMP VERDE RANCH

287 Acres // Texas Hill Country // Kerr County // Camp Verde

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133± Acres // Central Texas // Guadalupe County // Seguin

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his property of 133± acres is currently operating as Mid-Tex Cattle Company with a pre-conditioning yard for a capacity of 800 head of cattle. Located only three miles from Sequin, it fronts three roads—Hwy 90, Biecker Road and Weber. The property has good exterior fencing with numerous cross fences and improved coastal hay pastures.

There are two private water wells and community water from Crystal Clear WSC and Springhill Community Water Supply. It has both sides of wet-weather Saul Creek going through the middle of the property and is lined with very large trees. There is also piped water to several tanks scattered throughout the property. A rent house fronts Biecker Road.

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, 411± Acres // Texas Hill Country // Kendall County // Boerne 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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1,032Âą Acres // South Texas // Duval County // Freer

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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 // Central Texas // Travis County // Lago Vista

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ed Sky Ranch is approximately 97 wildlife-exempt acres fronting on the west end of Lake Travis with over 1,500 feet of your own private lake frontage and end-of-the-road privacy. This ranch sits directly in the bend of the lake providing incredible views towards Austin and Marble Falls. Across from the ranch is Muleshoe Bend Park which ensures that you will always be looking at a pristine park landscape. Improvements include a 3,000Âą square-foot home with four bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths, a storage shed, paved walkway to the lake alongside a cascading waterfall, and a covered two-stall boat dock with electricity and storage. The ranch is only about eight miles west of Lago Vista off of RM 1431 fronting on Muleshoe Bend Trail.

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TEXANA SPRINGS RANCH 1,972± ACRES

Texas Hill Country v Kerr County v Hunt ever-ending views, scenic rolling to rugged topography, sparkling live water, great improvements, and superb management, owned and operated by the same family for over 30 years. The headwaters of Bear Creek combine with the north fork of the Guadalupe River for impressive live water! There are two main homes, foreman’s home, vacation home and bunkhouse.

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RAFTER 7 RANCH

2,000± ACRES

Texas Hill Country Blanco County v Johnson City n the same family since the 1900s, this ranch is a rare opportunity of substantial size with great proximity to Austin or San Antonio. This ranch traverses from lush creek bottom land to beautiful hilltops, scattered with large hardwood trees throughout. The ranch has 1,200± acres north of Hwy 290, with 800± acres south of Hwy 290 with historic homestead, springs and seasonal creek.

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YEAGER CREEK RANCH 800± ACRES

Texas Hill Country Blanco County v Johnson City eager Creek Ranch has been owned and operated by the same family since 1941.

This is an old family ranch of both size and proximity to Austin, the state capitol, or San Antonio. This ranch traverses from lush creek bottom land along Yeager Creek to scenic hilltops, scattered with large hardwood trees. There is an old 1800s ranch house, barn, water wells, and springs.

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NORTH CANYON RANCH

1,200± ACRES

Texas Hill Country Blanco County v Johnson City ocated off Hwy 290, this ranch offers privacy, beautiful topography with large trees and views, and easy access from metro Austin, as well as San Antonio. Owned since the 1940s, the land has electricity throughout and three water wells, providing infrastructure for future building sites or improvements of choice.

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Abundant native wildlife, duck and dove hunting, plus bass fishing.

MILSTEAD RANCH 1,588± ACRES

Central Texas v Medina County v Castroville

LIVE OAK RANCH 1,169± ACRES

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his “Hill Country meets South Texas” ranch offers excellent brush, large oaks, and panoramic views. Well watered and nicely improved, it features impressive headquarters with three homes, metal barn, walk-in cooler, overhead bins, game pens, high-fenced perimeter/cross fencing, seven water wells, plus two tanks (one with bass). Record setting whitetail deer, turkey, javalina, quail and dove.

RANCHO RIO LINDO 282± ACRES

Central Texas v Uvalde County v Uvalde io Lindo Ranch is set up for yearround entertainment with turnkey improvements, great hunting for native and exotic wildlife, and 1,900± feet of beautiful flowing Nueces River frontage. The land has a great mixtures of fields with good soils, 1,200± ACRES creek bottoms with large trees and high hills Central Texas v Uvalde County v Concan with spectacular views. This unique ranch is his truly scenic property has 1,200± feet of the flowing Frio River! Incredibly private, move-in ready. it is one of the largest ranches available in the lush Frio River Canyon. There are three charming small homes and fencing/cross fencing. Abundant wildlife includes whitetail deer, axis, aoudad, turkey, javelina and hogs plus the Frio River offers bass and cat fishing.

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1,026± ACRES

South Texas v Frio County v Pearsall

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his superb, ready-to-go ranch has it all— big deer, lots of quail, dove and turkey, great browse, superb water and quality improvements, plus proximity to San Antonio.

Established, management improved habitat to maximize the game populations. Premier quality improvements with an excellent road system and game-fenced perimeter. There are four water wells, four tanks, plus food plots. Minerals also available.

JOHNSON FARM

1,085± ACRES

South Texas v Frio County v Pearsall n opportunity to own a highly productive, irrigated farm within one hour of San Antonio. Owned and operated by the same family for over 25 years, this property offers 875 acres of fertile farmland and 210 acres of gently rolling brush. Three irrigation wells provide high volume water.

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EL TESORO RANCH 3,000± ACRES

South Texas v Maverick Co. v Eagle Pass ocated in the heart of “Big Native Deer Country,” this ranch has consistently produced monster native whitetail deer for several years. Once part of the notable Chittim Ranch, it features good brush, strong native whitetail deer genetics and large surface tanks, making a unique offering. Owned and operated by the same family for 10 years, after being in the Chittim family for 100+ years.

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Surrounded by large hunting ranches, this partial low-fenced ranch is in an area that produces some of the state’s largest freerange bucks. Five lakes and excellent brush support whitetail deer, turkey, quail, dove, javalina, hogs plus there is bass fishing and duck hunting.

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SAN AMBROSIA CREEK RANCH 3,000± ACRES

South Texas v Maverick County v Carrizo Springs-Eagle Pass

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his is an incredible ranch that has been in the same family since the 1940s and is being offered for sale for the first time. Well watered, it has creek drainages including the West Prong of the Nueces River and Possum Creek. The water attracts abundant native wildlife as well as free roaming exotic species.

There is a good mixture of accessible, flat land and high hills with spectacular views.

POSSUM CREEK RANCH 3,360± ACRES

Texas Hill Country v Edwards County v Rocksprings

CREEK RANCH 1,330± ACRES

Texas Hill Country v Bandera & Real Counties v Vanderpool

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LITTLE MONTANA RANCH 162± ACRES

Texas Hill Country Bandera County v Utopia his ranch is a rare find with an amazing amount of water for its size, over 3,500± 417± ACRES feet of both sides of crystal-clear live-water Texas Hill Country v Kerr County v Mountain Home Little Creek. Strong bubbling springs, his renowned turnkey ranch has outstanding awards: TGR Ranch of the Year, #1 Big shallow flowing water with deep holes, Buck 2012-2014, #1 High-Fenced Deer in Texas 2016-2017, Biggest High-Fenced Deer in beautiful trees and views, plus a charming Texas, and five-time Trophy Game Records of the World Ranch of the Year, and the amazing home with 1800s history. wildlife is inclusive. Exquisite lodge with pool and spa. There are five water wells, eleven ponds, barn, cleaning facilities, kennels, blinds/feeders and ranch vehicles.

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COYOTE SPRING RANCH 1,100± ACRES

Texas Hill Country v Kendall Co. v Comfort wned since the 1800s, this is one of the remaining parcels of the Hillingdon Ranch, originally spanning 13,000± acres between Comfort and Fredericksburg.

Managed cedar allows the hardwoods and grasses to flourish. Terrain ranges from high hills with spectacular views and creek bottoms with deeper soils. Offered in its entirety or as two, 550± acre pastures

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BOWDEN SPRINGS RANCH 481± ACRES

Texas Hill Country v Kendall Co. v Boerne his beautifully manicured and picturesque ranch is near historic Kendalia, only 35± miles from San Antonio. Tasteful improvements are move-in ready and the land has been impressively maintained. There are spectacular views and grand oak trees throughout, plus a great road system. A desirable family retreat and/or permanent residence.

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PILLAR CREEK RANCH 551± ACRES

Texas Hill Country v Burnet Co. v Burnet ll the makings of a showplace, within one hour of Austin! Majestic oak trees, topography, views, Pillar Creek, three water wells, superb hunting and a vintage house and barn. A 160 class free-range buck was recently taken, and the ranch has had light hunting pressure. Owned for four generations, it was a prized part of the original Double Diamond Ranch.

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n incredible, grand ranch is highlighted by an amazing 14± miles of the crystalclear Pecos River. You can hunt, fish, raise livestock, explore caves, look for Indian artifacts, float down the Pecos River or just enjoy being in the wild. Good infrastructure includes a nice road system plus water and electricity throughout, plus numerous building sites with monumental views.

PECOS RIVER RANCH 18,000± ACRES

West Texas v Val Verde County v Langtry

ARROWHEAD RANCH 10,000± ACRES

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his is a first class, turnkey historic ranch offering everything for hunting and recreation, including superb wildlife. The quail hunting is exceptional from years of habitat management. This unique ranch is only 35± miles from city amenities, plus it includes a private airstrip. Also offered as headquarters with 5,175± acres.

DOS LAGUNAS 823± ACRES

South Texas v Dimmit Co. v Carrizo Springs ocated in a highly desirable area for native hunting, this ranch not only has great brush but also has two lakes that are both over 15± acres in size when full.

Improvements includes paved road frontage, a nice ranch house, good fencing/cross fencing and two water wells. A great ranch for both hunting and livestock!

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PALOMA WEST RANCH 3,015± ACRES

South Texas v Dimmit County v Carrizo Springs

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his is an impressive, premier ranch with diverse features of entertainment amenities, irrigated farmland, high-fenced pastureland, plus outstanding hunting for whitetail deer, quail, turkey, dove and others. There are over 4± miles of Nueces River plus Espantosa Lake frontage, ponds, excellent vegetation and tree cover, plus the well-maintained improvements are impressive.

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est Powderhorn Ranch is remarkably diverse with extensive forests of coastal live oak, intact wetlands, coastal prairies and a range of fishery habitats. The combination of these natural habitats has provided a huge diversity of wildlife and rich ranching heritage.

The ranch is largely high fenced along the highways and waterways for enhanced privacy and allows for a diversity of native and nonnative game management. $29,547,200.

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WEST POWDERHORN RANCH 10,016 ACRES

South Texas v Calhoun County v Seadrift

CIRCLE RANCH - 32,000 ACRES

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West Texas Hudspeth & Culberson Counties v Van Horn ircle Ranch is as unique as it gets, with its combination of geographic regional habitats it provides the perfect location to manage and enjoy a variety for game and non-game species. The improvements on the ranch are as impressive as the landscape, located within a protected sweeping valley with steep slope monument mountains, scattered all around a central headquarters complex. $39,500,000. View on web.

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razier Canyon Ranch is comprised of 8,604 acres of some of the most scenic canyon lands in the Davis Mountains of Far West Texas.

Frazier Canyon Ranch is very remote and private surrounded by heritage ranches but it’s only 30 minutes to downtown Fort Davis.

Located in the high elevations of the Davis Mountains, a Sky Island of the Chihuahuan Desert with ranch elevations ranging from 4,763 feet to 6,100 feet. Frazier Canyon bisects this high rangeland creating some of the most scenic bluffs, rocky outcrops, canyons, meadows, huge trees, and mountains in the region. $18,928,932.

FRAZIER CANYON RANCH 8,604 ACRES

West Texas v Jeff Davis County v Fort Davis

DIAMOND EAGLE RANCH 10,322 ACRES

West Texas v Hudspeth Co. v Sierra Blanca iamond Eagle Ranch offers a turnkey opportunity to move right into a world-class hunting and recreation ranch. A custom-entertaining lodge with a variety of outbuildings 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. $9,031,750. View on web.

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ecos Canyon Ranch, 8,459± acres, is a world unto itself, located six miles north of Langtry on county-maintained Pandale Road and fronting on some of the most serene wild segments of the Lower Pecos River and its spring-fed gin-clear waters.

This ranch offers plentiful wildlife, birding and flora. Pecos Canyon Ranch has a wellmaintained single-wide home with plenty of outdoor opportunities for entertaining guest or a getaway to escape and relax. $5,709,951. View on web.

PECOS CANYON RANCH 8,459 ACRES

West Texas v Val Verde County v Langtry

FORD RANCH FARM 324 ACRES

Central Texas v McCulloch Co. v Melvin

DOS LOMAS 6,004 ACRES

West Texas v Pecos County v Fort Stockton

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he name of the ranch comes from two high limestone mountain tops that dominate the views from around the ranch. Broad tops with big valleys create a combination of easily accessible, gentle land with deep soil; the limestone bluffs, rim country, steep hills, and canyon heads create a diversity of habitats and landforms. This is a working ranch with exceptional hunting. It’s also loaded with canyons, mountains, caves, and excellent vegetation cover making this a hiker’s and explorer’s dream. It has been well managed for decades and is known for its combination of native grass, shrubs, and trees. Solar and wind rights will convey. $3,212,140. View on web.

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ord Ranch Farm was historically a cotton farm at the turn of the century as evidenced by the abandoned historical headquarters with old barns, houses and outbuildings. Over time the farm was converted into improved grasses and operated as a hay meadow and bull/steer trap for the larger Ford Ranch nearby. This is the southern beginning of the vast Rolling Plains just north of the Edwards Plateau. The farm has two tree-lined creeks meandering through the property—Saddle Creek and Needle Creek. These draws run in wet months and have a few pools that persist in the dry months creating excellent livestock and wildlife waters. $810,000. View on web.

FORD-LIGHTNER RANCH 2,830 ACRES

Central Texas v Concho & McCulloch Counties v Brady

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ord-Lightner Ranch is a combination of Central Rolling Red Plains fields and Edwards Plateau limestone hills. Reubes Creek runs west to east through the north part of the ranch which has semi-permanent pools with large mesquite and oak-lined wooded banks. Excellent land management practices, pens, several pastures and traps make the Ford-Lightner Ranch a working cattle and hunting operation. $6,226,000. View on web.

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12,177± ACRES

West Texas v Pecos County v Fort Stockton

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ainbow Ranch is western Hill Country and rugged Canyon Country at its finest. An area filled with history and amazing natural habitat and wildlife.

The ranch is situated at the convergence of three biologically-distinct ecoregions in Texas; the Texas Hill Country to the east, Chihuahuan Desert to the west, and the subtropical Tamaulipan Brushland to the south, creating one of the most unique wildlife habitats in the state. Groundwater under Rainbow Ranch is shallow, accessible, prolific, and high quality, being part of the Edwards-Trinity or Plateau Aquifer.

Improvements on the ranch outside the two primitive hunting camps include roads, working windmills, and old ranching facilities. $4,266,000. View on web.

RAINBOW RANCH 10,800 ACRES

West Texas v Terrell County v Dryden

TWIN CANYON RANCH 7,296 ACRES

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agle Piñon Ranch has elevations ranging from 4,600 to 5,800 feet and is a series of canyons, peaks and valleys creating a rugged yet accessible terrain. The higher elevations of the Eagle Mountains to the north are at 7,400 feet. This is big mule deer country and the ranch has been carefully managed over the past 10 years to improve the herd and maximize the potential for growing large mature bucks. Blue quail and dove populations are tremendous and create great hunting opportunities. There have been many improvements throughout the ranch, including a new six-bedroom, six-bath hunting lodge that make this ranch a comfortable and functional hideaway. $2,518,550. View on web.

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lpine High Ranch lies over a freshwater aquifer and represents a diverse landscape of deep bottom soils along the broad gravelly flats, limestone hills with commanding views of many of the area mountain ranges, including the Del Norte, Glass and Davis Mountains. This cow country hunting ranch is very accessible, yet you can hide away in the many interesting secret draws and cover where you will find abundant populations of desert mule deer, elk, dove, and the wily blue quail. $8,341,656. View on web.

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he name of the 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 and the limestone bluffs, steep hills, and canyon heads. A working cattle, sheep and goat ranch with great hunting due to decades of excellent management. $3,648,000. View on web.

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West Texas v Hudspeth County v Allamoore

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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 region and the last one was seen in the 1980’s, evidence of a rich mix of grassland and brush. Prehistoric people lived in these limestone shelter and black bear pictograph can be clearly be 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.

22,972 ACRES Groundwater under Prairie Canyon Ranch is West Texas v Terrell County v Dryden high quality and accessed by one large electric well and a windmill on the north and two windmills on the south. There are also two full-time springs providing excellent natural waters for the local wildlife. With the extensive water tanks and water pipeline and trough system, water is available across the ranch. $7,695,620. View on web.

PRAIRIE CANYON RANCH

PANTHER ROCK RANCH 1,381 ACRES

West Texas v Brewster County v Alpine

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anther Rock Ranch fronts on the east side of Hwy 118 just 15 miles south of Alpine. Panther Rock Ranch is the gateway into the Big Bend Country with over 1,000,000 acres of parks and public lands and is an hour’s drive north of Lajitas and Terlingua and their outdoor adventures and amenities. Ash Creek cuts through the middle for over a mile and creates lush meadows and two large mountains. This is high Chihuahuan Desert grasslands and riparian woodlands studded with interesting outcrops of rocks and large trees, creating a scenic wonderland. The ranch has an old building site with amazing views toward Elephant Mountain, down Calamity Creek and over to Cathedral Mountain towering over the landscape. There is a road network that circles the ranch crossing the Arizona ash-lined creek with adjacent meadows meandering around prominent hills with landscape views of the area’s mountains.

Panther Rock Ranch is surrounded by large ranches in stable ownerships with no threat of development. The perfect ranch neighborhood! $3,314,400. View on web.

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West Texas v Terrell County v Dryden

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ith high rolling limestone hills overlooking diverse habitat along the creek bottoms, North Cedar Creek Ranch abounds with hunting and recreation opportunities. The area is a mecca for both whitetail and mule deer hunting or just prowling the draws in search of adventure. This is a working ranch leased to a neighboring heritage landowner who keeps up the roads over the entire property. The property’s browse and grasslands are in good condition, a result of the ranch’s evolution from a historic sheep and goat operation into today’s recreational uses of hunting, hiking, and enjoyment of scenic beauty. Native grasses, forbs, browse, brush, cacti and trees provide excellent habitat for game species such as deer, turkey, quail, Barbados sheep, and dove. $439,855. View on web.

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WALNUT CREEK RANCH 1,817± ACRES

Northeast Texas v Henderson County v Malakoff

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pproximately 1,817 acres located just southwest of Malakoff, Texas with approximately 50 percent pasture and 50 percent hardwood and brush land. For the serious cattleman, the improved pastures, hayfields, cross fencing, and fertile soils all contribute to exceptional forage production and AU capacity. For the avid hunter, the upland hills and hardwoods produce exceptional year-round game habitat, while the bottomland groves, senderos, wet-weather pockets, McAllister Slough, Cedar Creek, and Walnut Creek all provide seasonal habitat. The ranch offers tremendous views from the rolling hills, and endless terrain to explore and see the wildlife and beauty native to East Texas. With varying elevations of 100± feet, the views are amplified and extended to the west looking over Cedar Creek and Trinity basins. The ranch also offers over ten ponds of various sizes, electricity on site, and one water well. Walnut Creek has many opportunities to develop wildlife, waterfowl and scenic corridors. With small, but end of the road frontage on Lovers Lane, the community of Malakoff is just minutes away, which situates this ranch as feeling remote, yet very accessible. $4,451,650. torno@circle-t-realty.com • circle-t-realty.com 110 Volume 91 Texas Farm&Ranch

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ittle 4 Ranch is comprised of 532.8 acres of prime river bottom hardwood timber flats and rolling hills covered in Coastal Bermuda grass. The ranch is about 60 percent wooded and 40 percent pasture. The ranch offers long frontage on the fabled Navasota River and some incredible hunting opportunities for whitetail deer and ducks. There are two nice ponds for fishing, as well as fishing in the river. Improvements on the ranch include a very nice cabin that has two bedrooms, one bathroom, full kitchen, dining area, and living area. Very nice covered porches on the front and rear offer great views in all directions. There are two deep water wells on the ranch; one at the cabin and the other near an old homesite by the front gate. There is also electric service at both locations. There is a barn, some additional outbuildings, and a decent set of working pens for handling livestock. There is some current oil and gas production on the ranch, but, as a result of this, there are great roads offering access all over the ranch. Ranch adjoins large acreage neighbor and there is a possibility of additional land being available. Offered at $2,500,000.

215 ACRES Central Texas v Leon County v Centerville ust east of Centerville are 215 acres of prime hunting property. This tract is full of wildlife and has not been hunted for several years. The property is completely fenced and has a great internal road system. There is a good mix of hardwoods and pine timber on the tract and it is 90 percent wooded. Great investment potential as well with property values continuing to rise. More land is available. $850,000.

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WASHBURN RANCH

321 ACRES

Central Texas Leon County v Leona ashburn Ranch is 321 acres west of Leona. Beautiful wooded property with scattered openings. Ancient water oak trees tower over Rocky Branch Creek that runs through the south section of the property. A good mix of hardwoods, pines and cedars dot the pastures with golden flowing native grasses making many picturesque homesites. The original homeplace, built in 1908, is rooted with deep Leon County history. The brick chimney still stands as a memorial to years gone by. The property is covered with wildlife. The creek, several small water holes and good cover create a safe haven for game animals and cattle alike. The rolling hills and elevation relief are reminiscent of the Hill Country and make the property feel larger than it is. FM 977 splits the property in two with good access on two county roads. There is not much left to want when visiting this property.

The beautiful scenery and prime location make this a choice property. Offered at $3,900/acre.

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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.

Long road frontage with four separate entrances and a portion of black-pipe fence with an automatic gate creates great curb appeal. You are immediately drawn to the 104 ACRES 3,100-square-foot farmhouse-style home.

Central Texas v Leon County v Centerville 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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RIVER BEND RANCH 1,175 ACRES

Central Texas v Leon County v Normangee

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his fantastic hunting property is located in southwest Leon County just outside of Normangee, Texas. Land is a nice mix of open land and wooded land. Most of the open pasture is improved grass with the remainder being native grasses. This ranch will easily carry 150 animal units and could easily be leased out for grazing during spring and summer months if ranching isn’t your primary concern. The wildlife habitat is fantastic. The woods are mature hardwoods that are fruit bearing and there are several miles of frontage along the Navasota River and frontage on both sides of Big Sandy Creek. Excellent waterfowl potential here for all the duck hunters as well.

Improvements are minimal but very functional. They consist of a two-bedroom, one-bath camp house, two deep water wells, barn, small cabin, and working pens. There are several ponds in place and a lake of about two-and-a-half acres in size. $4,150,000.

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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! $3,500,000.

Mark Meek, Broker.

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MEDIO CREEK RANCH 2,278 ACRES

LAZY EYE RANCH

South Texas v Bee County v Beeville

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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 200 ACRES oaks. The ranch is extremely well watered with multiple water wells and tanks. There is a Texas Hill Country great location for the construction of a large lake. Very nice improvements including a rustic Bandera County v Vanderpool azy Eye Ranch is a 200-acre premium live- ranch home, barn, deer blinds, and feeders. The ranch is low fenced and surrounded with water property with 1,200 feet of both good neighbors working together to grow quality wildlife. This ranch will convey with good sides of pristine Sabinal River. Located only minerals. A very rare find two hours south of Houston. Contact for price. Joel Meek. three miles from Lost Maples Natural Area in Bandera County, this property has it all. 500feet elevation change from the tops of the dramatic hills to the bottom of the river valley.

Paved road frontage and asphalt driveway make for easy access up to the high-end improvements. The low water dam impounds a deep, wide stretch of river suitable for fishing, swimming and kayaking. Only 45 minutes from Kerrville and 1.5 hours from San Antonio. Wildlife tax exemption is in place. $2,650,000. Contact Mark Meek, Broker or Marshall Burford, Agent.

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PALOMAVILLE - A DOVE HUNTER’S PARADISE 1,541 ACRES

Central Texas v Uvalde County v Sabinal

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dove hunter’s paradise! Scenic views, great water, minerals, and loaded with wildlife.

Ranchero Creek passes through the ranch and is lined with giant live oaks. There are permanent water holes on the creek and big Indian campgrounds that have never been disturbed. The ranch is high fenced with trophy whitetail and has 20-mile views! Located halfway between Uvalde and Hondo puts this ranch right in the flight zone of the best dove hunting Texas offers! Contact for price. Joel Meek.

THE DEVIL’S LOOKOUT

1,500 ACRES

West Texas v Val Verde County v Del Rio s the population of Texas grows, properties with majestic lake views such as these are becoming rare. For land banking or recreational and residential development, this location has easy access with unlimited possibilities. Contact for price. Bill Barton, Broker-Associate.

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THE ALVAREZ RANCH 1,040 ACRES

Central Texas v Kinney County v Uvalde

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RED DOG RANCH

superb hunting ranch consisting of a mixture of South Texas brush along with elevation changes creating magnificent views in the diverse Anacacho Mountains. Alvarez Ranch 46 ACRES is an active participant in the Anacacho Wind Farm with four income producing turbines. Texas Hill Country 100 percent of the wind rights and royalties, in addition to all minerals owned, convey with Kerr County v Mountain Home the purchase. With approximately half the ranch being low fenced, including South Texas igh quality improvements on 46 acres genetics, the opportunity for a free range B&C whitetail exists. Great hunting, great ranch inside the Y.O. Ranchlands. Known for and income to help carry the load. Contact for Price. Bill Barton, Broker-Associate. the world-class exotics hunting, the 10,000acre Ranchlands was once part of Captain Schreiner’s Y.O. Ranch. Axis, whitetail, blackbuck, sika, fallow, aoudad, and turkey roam freely throughout the ranch, making the Red Dog Ranch enjoyable year-round.

Two homes provide sleeping for 12, with plenty of outdoor living and a swimming pool. The furniture, hunting blinds, and feeders will be included in sale, making this ranch turnkey for new owners. Offered at $635,000. Marshall Burford, Agent.

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Y.O. 67

66± ACRES Texas Hill Country v Kerr County v Mountain Home

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.O. 67 offers an unmatched hunting opportunity with high quality land and improvements inside the private Y.O. Ranchlands community. Only 35 minutes from Kerrville and accessed by paved roads behind a private, gated entry. Over 1,200 trophy whitetail, axis, sika, fallow, blackbuck, aoudad, and turkey roam the famed 10,000 acre community and give owners a year-round hunting experience. A perfect ranch for a weekend retreat, hunting getaway, or full-time living. Offered as turnkey with too many items to list, this property will not last long. Contact for price. Marshall Burford, Agent.

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ig ranch country offering great quail, dove, duck, and turkey hunting. The deer population is excellent with a genuine chance of harvesting a trophy free-range whitetail. Predator calling and hog hunting create hunting opportunities throughout the year. The entire area is known for raising cattle and horses, and exhibits a variety of strong and abundant native grasses.

Electricity, water, and a good road system are currently in place. King-Cottle Rural Waterline supplies water to the ranch with 4,322 ACRES underground piping to fill cement water troughs. Thirteen ponds and water tanks Texas High Plains v King County v Knox City are dispersed throughout the acreage providing easy and close drinking opportunities for the wildlife and livestock. $2,999,999. Bill Barton, Broker-Associate.

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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.

BRUSHY CREEK RANCH 1,180± ACRES

Texas Hill Country v Uvalde County v Reagan Wells

THE LUCKY PENNY 533± ACRES

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ick up “The Lucky Penny” and look out from the headquarters situated atop the highest point and you can see forever. An assortment of activities for the ranch owner wanting to run cattle, ride horses, rope in a lighted arena, fish in an 8+ acre spring-fed stocked lake, hunt native and exotic game, search for arrowheads along the 1½ miles of Clear Creek or just relax while entertaining friends and clients—this high-fenced ranch has it all. A range of improvements includes well-appointed main and guest houses, foreman’s house, eight-stall horse barn, lighted arena, equipment barn, two sets of working pens with squeeze chute, three water wells, game-proof high fencing, an eight-acre dammed lake, and Coastal and Klein grass fields which produce more than enough round bails for the year’s carrying capacity. The Lucky Penny is a rancher’s paradise and is heads up and waiting. $5,000,000.

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his is one of the best trophy-class desert mule deer, aoudad sheep and bird-hunting ranches in West Texas. Elevations range from 4,400 feet to 5,180 feet. Ideal habitat and browse with rolling hills to rugged mountainous terrain with scenic volcanic rim-rock canyons to high mesa tops. Exceptionally watered very well and 30 to 40 miles of good roads. Includes hunter’s camp house, nice headquarters home/lodge, excellent corrals and swimming/fishing pond. The property also has a five to seven-acre lake when full. Approximately half of the minerals convey. Also known as The Stringfellow Ranch. $825 per acre.

DIAMOND “S” RANCH

13,600 ACRES

West Texas v Presidio County v Marfa

John W. Carpenter, Broker/Owner

432-837-3325

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CHISPA MOUNTAIN RANCH 14,421 ACRES

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West Texas v Culberson County v Van Horn hispa Mountain Ranch is a beautiful ranch located, and easily accessed, only 14 miles south of I-10 and Van Horn, Texas. Chispa Mountain Ranch is one of the very few ranches encompassing almost 90 percent of a scenic volcanic intrusive mountain range. The range offers diversity of terrain and habitat ideal for both livestock and wildlife. The ranch is considered a good combination livestock ranch for crossbred mother cows and yearlings.

Hunting is excellent for trophy mule deer, aoudad sheep, blue quail, and dove.

Rocky Mountain elk have been introduced to the mountain ranges to the north and east, and elk have been cited numerous times on Chispa with numbers expected to grow. Rewards of ranch ownership are no longer measured by livestock operations, but, more recreational purposes. Chispa Mountain Ranch offers something for everyone that gives pride in ownership. This is an absolutely beautiful, gentle and rugged mountain country with panoramic views. You must see to appreciate. PRICE REDUCED.

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BARRENO RANCH 6,880 ACRES

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arreno Ranch is in the heart of the Highlands of Texas, only 13 miles south of Marfa, Texas and renown for its prime grama grasses, cool climate, and panoramic vistas. The ranch offers a nice small home totally off the power grid, four wells, six pastures and several traps. This is a very nice cattle ranch with open flat land, scenic rolling hills and shallow rough canyons. Hunt pronghorn antelope, desert mule deer, scaled blue quail, and dove. A beautiful small ranch with a nice diversity of terrain. $6,000,000.

John W. Carpenter, Broker/Owner

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PIEDRA VALLEY RANCH

ZEMAN RANCH

PAGOSA SPRINGS, COLORADO

BASSETT, NEBRASKA

Blessed with unequalled views, privacy, recreation, and wildlife within 10 miles of Pagosa Springs, this 9,600± acre holding borders national forest and includes a private lake, ponds, and miles of creeks.

The Zeman Ranch consists of 10,343± deeded acres located south of Bassett, NE with 5,640± acres irrigated by 44 center pivots, outstanding improvements, an open air feeding facility and a beautiful owners home.

REDUCED TO $39,000,000

$34,000,000

CONTACT CODY LUJAN - 970.879.5544

CONTACT TOM METZGER - 303.861.8282

HIGH LAKES RANCH

FAIRFIELD LAKE RANCH

BLANCO, TEXAS

FAIRFIELD, TEXAS

High Lakes Ranch is 493± supremely located acres between Blanco and Fredericksburg with gorgeous south facing hilltops and ridges. Cleared of cedar, the land includes a crystal clear, spring-fed pond.

Fairfield Lake Ranch, 988± acres featuring Pilot Knob Hill which rises to 618’ and is the highest point in Freestone County, and also adjoins Fairfield Lake State Park. Excellent recreational ranch.

$3,919,350

$3,850,000

CONTACT DAVE CULVER - 325.294.4616

CONTACT TYLER JACOBS - 979.690.9933

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GEARHART RANCH

SNAKE RIVER LAND & CATTLE RANCH

FORT DAVIS, TEXAS

MAYBELL, COLORADO

Gearhart Ranch is 9,155± acres of productive grasslands in the Davis Mountains. Successful highland cattle operation for over 100 years. Exceptional game, stunning west Texas sunsets and starry nights.

Encompassing 38,899± total acres including 5,675± deeded acres with 33,224± acres of leased BLM lands, this productive northwestern Colorado cattle ranch offers outstanding trophy big game hunting in GMU 2.

$30,457,953

$4,200,000

CONTACT TYLER JACOBS - 979.690.9933

CONTACT CODY LUJAN - 970.879.5544

NUECES FALLS RANCH

SIMMS CREEK RANCH

BARKSDALE, TEXAS

LOMETA, TEXAS

Nueces Falls Ranch comprises 880± acres on the ever-flowing East Nueces River, two hours west of San Antonio. Nice cabins, deep and noisy water and legions of wildlife complete this unique offering.

Simms Creek Ranch is 1,102± acres of attractive hunting/ranching country northwest of Austin. Included are oak/elm/pecan bottom, tillable fields, fossil-laden cliffs, and excellent populations of deer and turkey.

$3,478,370

$3,030,500

CONTACT DAVE CULVER - 325.294.4616

CONTACT DAVE CULVER - 325.294.4616

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CHERRY SPRING RANCH 152± ACRES

Texas Hill Country v Kerr County v Hunt

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MEDINA CANYON RANCH 184± ACRES

Texas Hill Country v Bandera County v Medina

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his property’s 184 acres with a 4,000-square-foot hillside home offer stunning views above an extensively landscaped pond. 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 well-kept, move-in ready ranch with stunning views in a gorgeous setting, you better take a look at this one!

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THE SMILEY RANCH 352Âą ACRES

Central Texas v Gonzales County

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WILTGEN RANCH 508 ACRES

South Texas v Zavala County v Crystal City

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iltgen Ranch is 508 acres located in the famed Golden Triangle of South Texas known for producing trophy whitetail deer. There are four stock tanks on the property which are ideal for wildlife and livestock. There is a good diversity of native brush and pasture land which create a perfect habitat for a variety of wildlife including whitetail deer, wild hogs, Rio Grande turkeys, ducks, doves and quail. Good senderos cut across the property provide multiple hunting locations. There is also an abundance of native grasses throughout the property which would be ideal for a future cattle operation. Located just off Hwy 83 between Crystal City and La Pryor, this property has excellent access and proximity to town. MINERAL ROYALTIES AVAILABLE! Contact us for more information.

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MYRTLE CREEK RANCH - 1,900 ACRES Texas Hill Country v Bandera County v Bandera

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C Ranch sits on the headwaters of Myrtle Creek. This panoramic 1,900±-acre box canyon ranch offers the opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors by hunting whitetail, buffalo, turkey and exotic game. 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 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 impressive rock fireplace. The sun room overlooks the water fall and the game room includes pool table, poker table, TV, and jukebox. Myrtle Creek offers a tranquil view from the front porch. The guest house has three beds and two baths. A pavilion with full kitchen and large fireplace is perfect for entertaining. MC Ranch is located nine miles from Bandera, 18 miles from Kerrville, 36 from Boerne, and 60 northwest of San Antonio. Kerrville is the closest airport. MC Ranch is facilitated by 20 miles of chip sealed and gravel roads that allow access to every hilltop and valley. This ranch is a must-see to fully appreciate! View at http://myrtlecreekranch.com. $19,500,000.

EL SUENO RANCH - 750 ACRES

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here are two very nice creeks on this beautiful well-cared for ranch. Beekman Creek is spring fed year-round and flows through the property.

Portions have been dredged and dammed to form three lake areas excellent for fishing and swimming. Two smaller spring-fed lakes have been formed downstream adding water supply and beauty to the park-like appearance. Red Bluff Creek borders the west boundary with the deeded property line extending to the center of the creek. Several small wet-weather streams run in the valleys and many springs are scattered throughout. The terrain consists of wide level areas, gorgeous building sites, rolling hills, lush valleys, and superior views with elevation changes from 1,400 feet to 1,800 feet. There is an excellent road system with approximately one mile of paved interior road. Surrounding the perimeter is 11± miles of quality 8-foot galvanized “tight lock” game-proof fencing. Tree cover is excellent and most of the cedar has been removed. Native grasses provide adequate food for wildlife. There are level terrain areas suitable for development and many building sites with magnificent views. This ranch sits on top of four different water aquifers and there are five deep-water wells. Approximately 642 acres have agricultural or wildlife tax exemption. 108 acres are for business and commercial use. Most of the land can be developed for housing given the two accesses on Hwy 46 and Hwy 16 and the prime location eight miles to Boerne, Texas or 30 miles to San Antonio. A tremendous amount of care, time, and expense has made this into a beautifully manicured showplace. See video at https://vimeo.com/278062187. $12,850,000.

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Texas Hill Country v Kendall County v Boerne

ith almost one mile fronting on the beautiful Guadalupe River, this 882± acre ranch offers pumping rights for irrigating cultivated fields. On the other end of the ranch you have over 4,000 feet of county road frontage on CR 473. You or your friends can land their aircraft on the 3400±-foot paved airstrip, then proceed to the full equestrian facilities or the rolling Hill Country landscape filled with wildlife such as axis, blackbuck, whitetail, turkey, dove, hogs and more. Enjoy this wonderful recreational ranch for years to come, knowing that you’ll have a healthy exit strategy with its location close to Sisterdale, Comfort and Boerne. Call Rick Kuper at 210.240.8282 or Charlie Kuper at 210.844.0911. For a video go to https://vimeo.com/275295632. $14,500,000.

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ome to world-renowned polo player, Mike Azzaro and his family, this 192±-acre - 192± ACRES equestrian estate is a world-class retreat just 35 Central Texas v Wilson County v Floresville miles from downtown San Antonio. This ranch offers everything from 60 acres of hay production, a 4-acre recreational lake, fabulous main house, guest house, large metal barn, workshop, and approximately 70 acres of native pasture for hunting deer, turkey, hogs, doves and more. See the video: https://vimeo.com/283035718. $3,800,000.

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his spectacular home on 24 acres is brimming with rich architectural detail - 24± ACRES and panoramic vistas of the beautiful Hill Central Texas v Comal County v Bulverde Country. Perched high on a bluff overlooking Cibolo Creek, the impeccably crafted main residence encompasses an open floor plan with antique beamed ceilings, hardwood floors, gourmet kitchen, open living areas, library/office, and an underground wine cellar. The master retreat includes a twoway fireplace opening to the custom bath with dual granite tops, Jacuzzi tub, and large walk-in shower. Relax or entertain in the magnificent pool area with covered and open areas for lounging and an outdoor kitchen for grilling. Along with the attached twocar garage, discover the 1,800-square-foot barn/workshop/garage with auto service pit, overhead hoist, water, and compressed air. A charming detached guest house with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and the potential for rental income completes the picture.

Great to subdivide now or later. See video at https://vimeo.com/275903448. $2,375,000.

5700 FM 1863

Rick Kuper 210-240-8282

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BLUEBONNET OAK RANCH 57 ACRES

Central Texas v Washington County v Brenham

ery special property! Between Brenham and Round Top you will enter the grounds through the remote-controlled entry gate and follow the winding road to the circle drive with one of the two ponds and Pond Creek off to your left. Pond Creek meanders through the fields and trees, and nestled among 57 acres of beautiful rolling hills and oak trees you will find a warm and friendly 5,000-square-foot five-bedroom, four-bath Victorian-style home. The home is complete with pool, greenhouse, outdoor fire place and entertainment area. A 46x27 concrete floored storage barn and a three-stall horse stable is just behind the home. Only an hour and a half to Houston or Austin and just a few minutes to Round Top or Brenham. Call for price.

UPPER BALCONES RANCH 165 ACRES

Central Texas v Bexar Co. v Boerne eautiful rolling property with seep spring-fed grotto and hilltop building sites just minutes from San Antonio and Boerne.

Fields can be used for hay or wildlife food plots. Bottom land area below the hill is highlighted with huge elm and oak trees.

Recent selective cedar clearing opens access to these areas and has improved the extensive network of roads. Call for price.

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PREMIUM DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY 71 ACRES

Central Texas Karnes County v Kenedy remium development property located outside Kenedy city limits but near county water, city water, and electric service. Also has about 1,400 feet of frontage on Business Hwy 181 and about 2,700 feet on CR 147. Will divide. Broker owned. Call for price.

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entered in the “Golden Triangle” of South Texas lies 66± acres of prime South Texas Brush Country. Located just 2 miles from the courthouse in Carrizo Springs, Rancho 66 offers great potential as a commercial site, oilfield yard, secluded residential compound, or great convenient hunting spot. Willing to subdivide. Call for Price.

KENEDY DEVELOPMENT LAND

66 ACRES

Central Texas v Karnes County v Kenedy reat access to sewer, water, power, frontage on 181. With oneof-a-kind location ideally suited for a variety of developing options. Will divide. Broker owned. Call for price.

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WINNIE CATTLE RANCH 130 ACRES

Southeast Texas v Jefferson County v Winnie bout 130 acres tucked away on the Jefferson and Chambers County line. Just 30 minutes from Beaumont and 20 minutes from the Gulf Coast. Perfect cattle-grazing land with partial brush cover, water tank, and electricity nearby. $448,500.

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Central Texas v Lavaca County v Yoakum

reat frontage on State Hwy 95 with a three-bedroom, three-bath, two-kitchen home. Great for residence, offices or field headquarters.

Minutes to Yoakum and the municipal airport. Other improvements include a 350-foot water well, septic and electric. $159,000.

Jim Fuchs, Broker

San Antonio, Utopia & Montgomery

210-901-1000

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Colby works a horse near his and Jess’s home in Alpine.

For Want of a Nail

by Sterry Butcher

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olby Smith is a farrier, a shoer of horses. Accompanied by his wife, Jess, who is also his assistant, he circuits far West Texas every four to six weeks, trimming hooves and nailing shoes onto his clients’ horses, ponies, mules, and donkeys. “When I was fourteen, I started working with farriers to see if I could do it,” he said as the couple drove from their Alpine home to a job in Fort Stockton. “I wanted to learn because I didn’t want to have to pay someone else to do it.”

A native of New York state, Colby received his first pony at age four and competed in roping throughout high school. He went west, to Tucumcari, New Mexico, and completed a farrier science program before landing in Alpine to rodeo for Sul Ross State University. It was there, in 2011, he met Jess, a goat-tying and breakaway-roping competitor who’d just started at Sul Ross on a rodeo scholarship. They’ve rarely been apart since. “We started dating that fall and got married in ’14,” said Colby. “The rest has been her torture.”

Colby worked as a farrier throughout college and continued after graduation. When Jess finished graduate school at Sul Ross, she joined him on the road, pulling shoes, handing him tools, finishing feet, and dealing with clients. “I am solid labor, and she is definitely the brains,” he said. On the way to Fort Stockton, he was still riding high from a recent job in which they’d teamed to do 49 head in four days. “That,” Colby said with a curt nod, “is a lot of horses.” They shod so many that they ran out of shoes and had to postpone another client until more arrived in the mail. “We worked our way right out of a job,” he said.

The old saying is “no hoof, no horse.” Ancient ancestors of modern horses had multiple toes. As the climate changed and swampy forests gave way to broad, grassy prairies, horses grew larger, their legs became longer, and their toes disappeared until only a single one remained. That’s their hoof. Their hooves are tiny in proportion to the big body they carry, and, in an engineering marvel, the hooves can bear tremendous concussive force as the horse runs. At one point in the stride, the horse’s one thousand pounds are balanced on one foot, that single toe. Humans domesticated horses 130 Volume 91 Texas Farm&Ranch

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perhaps as far back as 10,000 years ago, though it’s not known exactly when people climbed on their backs and began riding.

By around 400 BC, horses were ingrained enough in human society that the Greek historian Xenophon wrote a treatise called On Horsemanship, which included advice about the importance of a horse’s feet. “Just as a house would be of little use, however beautiful its upper stories, if the underlying foundations were not what they ought to be, so there is little use to be extracted from a horse, and in particular a warhorse, if unsound in his feet.”

Hooves, like toenails, constantly grow. Feral horses travel great distances across varied terrain each day to graze, which wears their feet down naturally. Domestic horses kept in barns, pens, or pastures don’t typically have that opportunity. Every month or so, they must have their feet trimmed, and most wear steel shoes that give support, correct cracks and anatomical issues, help with traction, and protect the foot from rocks. “A lot of the horses raised in the Big Bend can get by without shoes if they’re not rode hard,” said Jess. “But anything that’s imported into this area, it takes a long time for their feet to adjust to the rocks.”

A hoof in the hand is heavy, like a bag of coins. The hoof’s outside walls feel hard, dense, and a little rough. The underside of the foot, which includes the sole and a triangular section called the frog, is also hard but has a little give if pressed firmly with a thumb. This underside does not feel like flesh or scales, and though it is neither warm nor cold, there’s a sensation that it is living. Once, during a string of jobs in Terlingua, Colby addressed the feet of a tired-looking, weathered mare led by two tired-looking, weathered ladies, one of whom knew little of horses. She gazed at the hoof trimmings that fell from Colby’s nippers. “I never knew a horse’s feet were made out of wood,” she said. Her observation was misguided, but I kind of understood. The stuff of hooves is obviously organic, sort of familiar but, then again, strange.

Generally, farriers imagine a crosshair on the underside of the foot and aim for a trim that’s balanced from top to bottom. In this way, the toe is short enough to break over efficiently as the

horse moves, and the heel has adequate support. “Like wearing sneakers instead of boots,” said Colby. Farriers also consider the side-to-side balance and trim the foot so weight is evenly borne and the hoof lands squarely on the ground without one side being higher than the other. As Xenophon wrote, a good foot “rings like a cymbal against the solid earth.”

There is shock-absorbing cushiony material inside the hoof, along with tendons, bones, and connective tissue; the exterior of the hoof is tough, but the interior workings are delicate. A foot trimmed or shod poorly can cause strain, acute discomfort, and even debilitating, chronic lameness. Skilled farriers, however, who are patient and experienced, do far more good than bad. “Nearly every horse I get for the first time has some kind of mild deformity I need to straighten out,” Colby said. “It

Colby prepares to shoe a horse.

takes a shoeing or two, but we can get it. You need to be savvy about what’s going on not just in the foot but all the way up the leg. What’s his ankle doing, what’s his knee or shoulder doing?

Is he cow-hocked or arthritic? Shoeing can make exceptions for all kinds of injuries or conformation faults.”

A flea-bit mare and a sorrel gelding were tied to a trailer when the Smiths arrived in Fort Stockton. Farriers attend to a horse’s front foot by crouching like a downhill skier, with their head toward the tail, holding the foot steady between their knocked knees. Colby took the mare’s foot in this way, removed the

old shoe, cleaned the hoof with a pick, and carefully cut away overgrown parts of the sole and frog with a special paring knife.

He used a long-handled nipper to take length off the hoof walls, like a giant nail trimmer. While he worked, the horses’ owner chatted about things small and big: the start of the school year, junior high rodeo, 4-H lambs, the death of a beloved family member. Colby examined the underside of the foot, then hammered a shoe against an anvil, changing its shape slightly.

He checked the fit against the hoof and returned to the anvil to refine the angles. “If you try to just fit the shoe to the foot, you’re going to come up with funky feet,” he explained. “But you can’t manipulate the foot too much, or they will cripple. You want a happy medium.”

Perhaps the earliest reference to equine shoeing came around 50 BC, when Roman poet Catullus wrote, “And leave your sluggish mind sunk in thick mire, as the mule his iron shoe in a tenacious bog.”

Six or eight horseshoe nails clung to the magnet on the protective leggings Colby wore. One nail he carried in his mouth. He placed the shaped shoe against the foot, set the nail, and with one, two, three, four, FIVE, SIX licks, he drove it into the hard hoof. The horse stood placidly. As long as the nail remains in the hoof wall, this process doesn’t hurt. The nails’ endpoints emerged on the outside of the foot, and once the nails were driven and clipped, Jess stepped in to clinch and rasp the ends so that they were flush with the hoof and wouldn’t catch on anything. The mare’s leg was stretched forward, and her foot rested on a short stand, where the hoof’s edges were smoothed and finished with the rasp. One foot down, three to go.

There is a physical toll to the job. To shoe or trim a horse is to be vulnerable and to put yourself willingly in awkward positions under a half-ton being that is far stronger, faster, and more agile than any person. Most farriers I know must take a moment to arrange themselves vertically from bending to standing. When he straightens, Colby sometimes walks with an east-west ticktock until the kinks in his back and his hips warm up. All that hammering can cause a ringing pain in the hands over time. It’s not uncommon for farriers, sometime in their career, to accidentally drive a nail into their hand or thigh.

Horses sometimes do dumb things too, like spook and scrabble backward, which can trap a shoer underneath their flailing feet.

Or, often, a horse decides it wants to set its foot down and will try to violently snatch it away while the farrier gamely hangs on.

Our former farrier, before Colby, was a sweet man, a friend, who was perfectly competent at his job. My old gelding liked getting his feet done. He’d been retired due to permanent lameness, and trims appeared to give him pain relief. He’d go to sleep the moment the farrier began work, resting his 1,250 pounds on the farrier bent beneath him, only half waking when the farrier set the foot down and stood up. At the time I also owned a mare that, for reasons I never fathomed, did not like the farrier. He was not mean to her. He was not rough. He was not loud. Yet the mare objected to him in a deep and focused way. She reliably jerked her feet when he took them, stamped, pinned her ears, and swatted him in the ear with her tail. I used to ride her before appointments in the hope that maybe she’d be too tired to sull up. Nah. (Continued on page 144) FarmAndRanch.com 131

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Texas Hill Country v Real County v Mountain Home

pache Ranch in the western Hill Country still feels like the frontier, thanks to its vast open landscapes, long-range views, amazing scenery, and plentiful wildlife. This ranch is a turnkey, high-fenced, hunting and recreational property that provides first-class amenities for the avid hunter, all while maintaining upscale comfort for family and friends. Located just 45 minutes west of Kerrville, the ranch is positioned near the northeastern corner of Real County, and can be accessed from a gated, deeded easement off Hwy 41. But, you can travel to this ranch in style thanks to the 3,000-foot paved runway, making it easily accessible from anywhere in the state and beyond. This property features a grand main house with spectacular outdoor living spaces, plus a guest house and foreman’s house. Other improvements include a top-of-the-line deer processing barn, a “party” barn that doubles as a four-bay garage, and multiple working barns. Well-maintained roads and two stock ponds are ideal for fishing, dove and duck hunting, plus swimming in the summer months. This property has been protein fed and game managed since 1998 and regularly produces whitetail bucks over 200 inches. Contact Jason Landry for more information or to setup a private tour. $5,000,000.

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eautiful native forestry tract with rolling topography.

Seclusion yet easy access with SH 19 frontage. Internal driveway and trails give the property easy access throughout.

Two private lakes and very nice custom-manufactured home.

Three-bedroom, two-bath, open island kitchen, electric fireplace, granite counters in kitchen and bathrooms, spacious closets and baths, overhead A/C vents, and accents throughout.

Total property is in excellent condition with an abundance of merchantable and pre-merch timber. Ideal primary or secondary residence or vacation ranch. Abundant wildlife and native species. Low property taxes. Growing investment. $1,723,050.

BIG WOODS RANCH - 547 ACRES Southeast Texas v Trinity County v Trinity

SEVEN MILE CREEK - 667 ACRES Southeast Texas v Tyler County v Hillister ucked in the heart of Tyler County, Texas, known for great soils and flowering dogwoods. The Bridges/Hopson/Boase tract is a beautiful rolling, forested property in managed southern pine plantations ranging in age from 2000 to 2008-09, interspersed with mixed pine/hardwood SMZ’s (Stream Side Management Zones).

100-foot elevation change from north to south and bisected by Seven Mile Creek. Accessed by deeded easement for privacy/ seclusion. Competitively priced for the recreation and/or forestry buyer. Excellent wildlife and hunting! $1,300,650.

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eautiful setting with rolling topography undulating to the west breaks of Lake Sam Rayburn. Mostly wooded in mature 145 ACRES pine and hardwood trees. Improved with Southeast Texas v Angelina Co. v Huntington 40x45 barndominium on concrete slab.

12x45 (times 2), within is living quarters, two stories, two bedrooms and one bath on each story. Four roll-up doors. In addition, three metallic-covered RV sites on concrete slabs, 50-amp electric, water, electric, sewer to all. Excellent condition and set up along the frontage of Lake Sam Rayburn. Timber value, dead end road ensures privacy. Excellent recreation, hunting, getaway, camping, and/or permanent residence. Quality tract and improvements. $870,000.

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CUSTOM HOME ON 4 ACRES Southeast Texas v Angelina County v Lufkin

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eautiful custom-built home in immaculate condition, nestled in the pines of East Texas. Open floor plan with Cathedral ceilings in the living room. Features include a wet bar, rock fireplace, granite counter-tops, stainless steel appliances including a sub-zero refrigerator, large master, three AC/heat units, home generator (Generac), storage room, one shed, one barn, and plenty of space to enjoy nature. Loft, two bedrooms, and one bathroom are upstairs with an additional room plumbed and ready to be finished as another bathroom. The drink refrigerator in the utility room stays, as well as the freezer in the carport storage room and gas grill outside. Alarm system installed and energy efficient design and insulation. Approximately 1,400-square-feet of porch space. Home is available with up to 300 acres for an additional price or seller can lease up to 300 acres to buyer. $399,995.

Andy Flack, Broker 936-295-2500 office HomeLandProperties.com HomeLandLand.com

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DIAMOND E RANCH 50 ACRES

NEARLY 20 SECLUDED ACRES BACKING UP TO WILDLIFE RESERVE Texas Hill Country v Bandera County v Pipe Creek

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rare opportunity to own 19 secluded acres backing up to the Texas Parks and Wildlife 6,000-acre reserve. Beautiful recreational acreage, Texas Hill Country v Kendall County v Boerne much of which is still heavily wooded but includes pasture area and a wetuxury living and hunting at Diamond E Ranch, approximately weather creek plus an excellent high-view building site. Cozy, single-story 45 minutes north of San Antonio, is one of the most beautiful brick home with three bedrooms, two baths, living room with vaulted properties in the Texas Hill Country. The palatial 9,900-square-foot ceiling, fireplace and woodstove, plus study and studio. Attached two-car custom home by Guy Burnett offers four bedrooms and four full carport with workshop. Property also includes various outbuildings, decks, bathrooms, exquisite interiors, summer kitchen, wine cellar and gazebo, mature garden and 2,800-gallon water storage. Priced at $599,500. bar. Timeless architecture is enhanced by magnificent surroundings including a spectacular, award-winning Zars pool and spa. Situated on 50 acres of Hill Country property. Access is by paved road with automatic gates. Priced at $3,295,000.

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JAW-DROPPING VIEWS OF RESORT GOLF COURSE 5± ACRES

RESORT LIVING, SAN MIGUEL STYLE 10± ACRES

Central Texas v Comal County v Spring Branch

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levated living on almost 10 acres, on both sides of Rebecca Creek, in this professional decorator’s former weekend home.

Superior designer finishes include leaded glass entry doors, tiled front porch, specialty lighting and fully-equipped chef’s kitchen.

Large living/dining area with fireplace. Private master suite with luxurious bath and dual closets. Spacious secondary suite with screened-in porch. Large covered patio and spiral staircase to loft area. Garage with guest quarters perfect for B&B, with kitchen, bath and living area. Priced at $995,000.

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Texas Hill Country v Kendall County v Boerne

conic hilltop estate on over five acres offering fabulous views of Tapatio Springs Golf Resort. Old World charm blends with quality, detail and comfort in the 6,000-square-foot home featuring amazing open living spaces flowing from gallery to chef’s kitchen. Luxurious master suite includes dual baths and library plus outside access. Guest suites and media/game room open to outdoor kitchen. Outdoor living is highlighted by extensive patios and magnificent landscaping. Priced at $1,495,000.

ALSATIAN-INSPIRED HILLTOP ESTATE WITH 360 DEGREE VIEWS - 4± ACRES Texas Hill Country v Kerr County v Comfort

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unique open floor plan makes the most of stunning all-around views from this four-bedroom, four-bath, 5,398-square-foot luxury home on 4.85 acres. Designer touches include hand-scraped wood floors, Italian tile, 8-foot, solid alder doors and Marvin casement windows. Ideal for entertaining, living spaces open to a lanai with bar and patio access with a game/media room offering a recreational retreat upstairs. The large covered outdoor living area is accented by a fireplace, outdoor kitchen and hot tub. Priced at $1,175,000.

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entrally located between Austin and Houston, these three contiguous tracts of land total 403± beautiful acres. Buy all three or split them up. FM 1624 frontage.

Tract 1: 132.055 acres; Tract 2: 159.547 acres; Tract 3: 110.492 acres. The property offers nice returns on hay production and is meticulously maintained. Lincoln or Lee County water, multiple tanks, improved open land boasting high quality coastal grasses.

Perfect for continued hay production, grazing or development. House, barns with electricity, nice roads. Water rights convey.

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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reat price reduction! Catch 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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astrop County, 48 acres. Prime development opportunity, unrestricted, with half-mile of hwy frontage, located in the Golden Triangle of Bastrop County, between Hwy 71, FM 1209, and FM 969.

Commercial and residential potential, 40± lots if subdivided. Stone ranch house, barn, tack room, two stock tanks, dove hunting, historical bunkhouse cabin, workshop (currently used for ornamental iron work production), improved coastal pastures, hay production, 57-year continuous grass-fed beef operation.

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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 $296,000.

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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HAMILTON

240 ACRES

Central Texas Hamilton County v Hamilton here are not many properties of this size that possess the combined attributes of a nice water feature, gorgeous large oaks, and great views. $910,800.

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ocated within minutes of Mason, Texas (gem of the Hill Country), the Geneva Keller River Ranch is an exceptional live-water property with 360-degree views on over 5,340 feet of pristine Llano River waterfront. Incredibly scenic with 400feet elevation change from the summit down to gently sloping bottom land. The property has improved roads and clearing sites, electricity and paved access along State Ranch Road. Generously donated by Mrs. Keller to the local school district, this is an opportunity to not only purchase a dream Hill Country property, but to continue her philanthropy as proceeds will benefit the Mason ISD Scholarship Foundation. This property’s combination of outstanding views, live water, location, size, privacy and ease of access is a rare find these days in the Texas Hill Country. Excellent hunting, game or recreational ranch with long-term investment and development potential. Call Will Lehmberg, at 325-347-5360, email at will@lehmbergrealty.com or visit lehmbergrealty.com. $3,526,734.

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ocated in the sweet spot of South Texas lies one of the finest combination ranches in all of the state. Deep grass, fat cattle and big bucks thrive under high-fenced management surrounded by live oaks, post oaks, bull mesquite and prime native brush.

An 800 GPM irrigation well provides all of the water needed for pasture irrigation, hay field, lakes and ponds. Four other domestic wells serve the native stone home, pool, guest house and foreman’s house. A 10-stall horse barn, lighted arena and round pen, cattle - 820± ACRES working pens and miles of pipe fence make South Texas v Refugio County v Refugio working cattle and/or equestrian activities a pleasure. With ten electrical gates on the main roads, checking fences is easy. One of those gates leads to the deep holes of the Medio Creek.

This offering is surface only. There is no existing production on the ranch. Current survey and appraisal are available. Offered for $5,500,000.

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ne of a kind, premier working and recreational ranch just five miles south of Gonzales on Hwy 183. 1.4 miles of emerald green Guadalupe River wrap around this beauty creating forest-like habitat for the abundant native wildlife.

The diverse hardwood tree cover on this ranch is fascinating and includes live oak, post oak, burr oak, pecan, sycamore, elm, hackberry, cottonwood, yaupon and mesquite. Lush coastal fields lie between the prime riverfront habitat and the improvement area which includes a - 445 ACRES – WITH MINERALS gorgeously renovated historic home and Central Texas v Gonzales County v Gonzales office. Other improvements include a 21-stall horse barn with luxury apartment, covered arena and a two-acre stocked fishing lake. David Faust, Broker, LLC at 512-940-3300, diamondfranch@hotmail.com or Bluestem Ranch Group at 830-446-6145, john@bluestemranchgroup.com. Offered for $5,450,000.

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THE WINNE RANCH - 44± ACRES Southeast Texas v Fort Bend County v Fulshear

ocated on the high bank of the Brazos River and at the end of a lightly-used paved county road, this ranch is quiet and very private. Giant native pecan trees are scattered throughout the pastures covered in tall grasses for the cattle and horses. A very nice, well-built, one-story, ranch-style home of approximately 2,500-square-feet with heated pool and hot tub, outdoor cabana with kitchen and pool bath—beautifully landscaped— complete the fenced-yard area. The Morton horse barn has three interior stalls, office, tack room and overhead mezzanine. The adjacent arena has deep sand and is 140x280, plus it has a return alley and holding pens. 37 acres with all improvements can be sold separately.

Offered for $2,695,000.

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eautiful East Texas family ranch ideal for fishing, hunting, cattle and recreation.

Remodeled and updated home with covered porch overlooking a three-acre stocked lake with pier. Updates include windows, electrical, two air conditioning units, appliances, stone fireplace, wood interior added to give a log home effect and a new roof in 2018. Good mix of trees and seven pastures. Two other stocked trophy bass lakes about five acres each, 60X40 equipment barn with pens, 48X25 tornado-proof barn and rent house ($425 per month). Wildlife includes deer, ducks and hogs. Great four-wheeling as well. $2,250,000.

BEAUTIFUL EAST TEXAS FAMILY RANCH 293 ACRES

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ebble Bourn Farm is an elegant gated equestrian estate in Argyle. Mirrored 80x200 indoor arena and FEI regulation 20x60m outdoor dressage arena. The 16-stall barn features rubber pave-stone aisle, LED lighting, feed room, tack room with individual lockers and washer-dryer connection, twobay wash rack with hot/cold water, office, and one bedroom, one bathroom apartment.

Individual turnout paddocks with Centaur FlexFence and electrified top rail. Perfect location with endless possibilities. $1,975,000.

PEBBLE BOURN FARM

11.9 ACRES

Texas Metroplex v Denton County v Argyle

GORGEOUS CUSTOM-BUILT COUNTRY ESTATE 104 ACRES

Northeast Texas v Cherokee County v Troup

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Forested, untouched land sloping down to beautiful pastureland covered with native and Coastal Bermuda grasses. Many building sites. Area for a lake in the woods. Carve your own trails and explore. Lots of wildlife, sandy loam soil and a large pond. Private, secluded and a gorgeous unique setting! Ag exempt. Deed restrictions to be mutually accepted. $591,250.

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3.18 acres of gently rolling pastureland with large pecan trees. Distant views toward the southeast. Soil is excellent for all types of crops, including grapes. Neighbor’s well 400 gpm at 263 feet. CTEC electric in place at small barn. Property is in the ETJ and Hill Country Underground Water Conservation District high use area. $598,500.

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One morning the farrier finished with her before starting work on the old gelding, tied to the rail a few feet away. The farrier and I idly visited, the gelding sleeping as he worked underneath, when the mare rolled a hard eye toward the farrier, swung her hip around toward him, and cocked her inside back leg. “That mare’s gonna kick me!” he yelped, and as I jumped Jess works a horse near her and Colby’s home in Alpine.

into action to move her aside, he chucked his rasp at her barrel.

She took her time stepping back over to her spot, chewing and smacking her lips as horses do when they’re thinking something over. It was a witchy moment, for sure. “I don’t know what she’s thinking, but it ain’t nothing good,” the farrier said, standing with his fists clenched. She regarded him calmly. I think that’s 144 Volume 91 Texas Farm&Ranch

the last time he ever came out. I totally get why.

I am sympathetic, to an extent, to a horse not wanting to stand for a farrier without fight or fidget. Shoeing’s not natural for the horse, and although they are incomprehensibly adaptive to things we require them to do—riding comes to mind, and it’s always surprising to me that horses agree to climb into trailers— withstanding the sounds and sensations of rasping and nailing can try a horse’s goodwill or simply bring out its bad side.

Colby has not suffered dire injury from shoeing, though through the years he’s had horses come at him with bared teeth and others that sent him rolling when they pulled their leg away. He’s been tipped upside down, had horses run over him, and he’s caught one serious kick to the hip. “That one,” he said. “He threw a fit, but we worked it out, and now he’s not too bad to do.” He’s not afraid while working, though.

“There’s no reason to be scared,” he said. “I can feel when they’re fixing to do something, and I can almost always get out of the way.”

On this day, Colby and Jess trimmed and shod eight horses in Fort Stockton, drove to a ninth across town, and then, fueled in part by an emergency stash of peanuts and Jolly Ranchers, headed back to Alpine for another two with a new client. By the time they finished, their workday had stretched to 10 hours, 150 miles, 40 shoes, and 44 feet. As they packed up their tools and anvil, Colby was thinking about the future. “I plan to retire from shoeing for the public when I’m forty-five,” he said. “At that point I will have been thirty-two years on the job. I’ll still have half a body to use, and there’s a big old world to see.”

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