The Warren Ranch is an example of exemplary stewardship, pride of ownership and functional structural improvements, all complimenting the tremendous recreation aspects of this wonderful property. The ranch offers an exceptional combination of open and rolling meadows, dense canopies and thickets for wildlife, and fertile creek bottoms. The Warren Ranch has been blessed with an abundance of live water. A number of creeks flow through the ranch, all ultimately draining into Jim Ned Creek, which flows in total approximately five miles through the center of the property. This is one-of-a-kind turn-key ranch, that provides true four-season recreation. 5,770.6±
Solo Uno Mas Ranch
outstanding hunting ranch with a variety of native wildlife and a brand-new lodge. The 4-bedroom, 3-bath lodge offers an open floor plan with a one-of-a-kind kitchen, a huge fireplace, covered porches, and an attached garage. Very well watered with 8 earthen tanks, 5 concrete troughs, and a water well. The ranch is considered one of the best whitetail deer hunting ranches in the area. The ranch offers excellent opportunities for hunting dove, quail, and turkey, as well as an abundance of ducks, geese, and sandhill cranes. $4,306 per acre.
This property offers an ideal setting for a gentleman’s ranch, featuring a stunning home site with views of your own fertile valley. It’s perfect for livestock, crops, and hunting. The area has abundant groundwater, with several reliable wells nearby. Hunting is excellent, with whitetail deer, turkey, and hogs on the property, as well as a herd of Axis deer. Aoudad sheep have also been spotted. The creek provides a water source for both livestock and wildlife, with pools that typically retain water year-round, except during droughts. $17,500 per acre.
The Miller Ranch is a well-improved, extremely productive northern Oklahoma property. The topography and landscape vary throughout the ranch, but is generally described as gently rolling and sometimes hummocky sand hills, descending to productive bottom lands, with some sub-irrigated creek bottoms. The majority of the ranch remains in native pasture with scattered plum thickets being common. Many areas of the property have an open appearance, offering productive grazing for livestock, but there is ample tree cover providing excellent habitat for wildlife. Turkey are common in the more dense tree-covered areas and whitetail deer flourish.
Arledge Ranch
cattle ranch that has been in the same family for over a century. The terrain is varied, featuring multiple draws and drainages that gently slope toward the south. Vegetation is equally diverse, with mesquite, cedar, and expansive motts of shinnery providing ample cover. With a reliable water supply from a combination of solar wells and windmills, the ranch is considered exceptionally well-watered, supporting both livestock and wildlife. Deer numbers are good and the area produces quality bucks. Turkey flourish in the low-lying areas with quail and dove prevalent. $1,650 per acre.
property offers a prime location with excellent opportunities for outdoor recreation and livestock grazing. The ranch features abundant water resources, including four stock tanks. Around 90 acres of farmland have been converted back to rangeland while remaining 179 acres consist of native rangeland, characterized by mesquite trees and native grasses. A wet-weather creek runs along the eastern edge of the native rangeland. The property supports a healthy population of whitetail deer and turkeys. $3,000 per
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A RARE OPPORTUNITY
Location, topography, entertainment and wildlife – the chance at the perfect ranch and retreat may only come along every decade or two, and the time is now. The 282-acre Bosque Mountain Ranch is for sale, and it’s a true Hill Country Mountain Escape.
The private family retreat, located in the Hill Country of Bosque County, is just 1.5 hours from Dallas/Fort Worth and 2 hours from Austin. Located near Clifton, the city’s municipal airport is just down the road.
The modern ranch has been privately utilized in the past for celebrity and corporate guests. It also is perfect for a multi-family ownership and boosts incredible amenities, spaces and features.
The ranch offers a 6,900 square-foot main house featuring incredible entertaining, dining, den and kitchen areas, and two master bedroom suites, as well as two additional large bedrooms. The 4,200 square-foot pool house offers a game room, dance floor, full bar and additional accommodation for family and guests with two large bunkrooms incorporating 16 double-sized bunkbeds. A fully self-contained luxurious guest house/casita features an additional private master and bathroom suite.
That’s not all. There is a 3,550 square foot living and entertaining second floor area above the equestrian dream horse barn which also contains a separate kitchen, bar, fireplace and three more large bedrooms. Add a barbecue, outdoor pool pavilion, meticulous hobby shop and equipment barns, a sports shack providing a lake-over skeet shoot and fishing cabin, and you could accommodate and host large groups, and sleep as many as 30 adults.
The architectural design and attention to detail is second-to-none. From reclaimed beams to limestone exterior finishes, the ranch’s homes feel warm and welcoming, yet modern and luxurious.
The ranch operates on a private water well, incorporates underground electrical lines and security systems and is backed up by two independent diesel generators.
Wildlife is abundant and ranges from white-tailed deer, turkey, hogs, fox, bobcats and the occasional axis deer.
Bosque Mountain Ranch offers trail rides, fishing, Jeep rides and a hike to the top of the mountain to capture the endless sunsets over the valley.
Bosque Mountain Ranch is a rare opportunity and encompasses everything a family would want.
Bosque Mountain Ranch details:
• 282± Acres with 80 acres of income-producing coastal pasture
• Elevation change: nearly 1,000-foot peak
• Miles of maintained trails
• Main house
• Guest house
• Pool house
• Pavilion
• Six-stall barn with wash rack, tack room and living space upstairs
• Outbuildings
The ranch sellers included a lengthy letter with the listing, sort of saying goodbye to the place they love. From their daughters riding and caring for horses to later holding parties at the ranch through their college years, the ranch is designed for big groups and fun, including skeet shooting, fishing, hunting, hiking and relaxing.
“We have decided to sell the ranch only because our girls are all graduated from college and busy working, and it seems it is very difficult to coordinate everyone’s hectic calendars to enjoy the ranch as we once did,” the sellers write. “We hope we can find a family or two that can utilize it the way we did for many years to come.”
THE JL BAR RANCH, RESORT & SPA & THE JL BAR PRIVATE FBO AIRPORT
SUTTON COUNTY | SONORA, TEXAS
1.5 HRS - DEL RIO & FREDERICKSBURG
2 HRS SAN ANTONIO
ONE-OF-A-KIND DESTINATION RANCH RESORT AND SPA LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
A RANGE OF PREMIER ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS FOR OVER 100 OVERNIGHT GUESTS
FULL-SERVICE PRIVATE FBO AIRPORT ON-SITE
EXTENSIVE VARIETY OF AMENITIES & ACTIVITIES 5-STAR SPA | FULL HUNTING OPERATION | EQUESTRIAN CHIPPING GREEN | PRIVATE DINING EXPERIENCES
CUSTOM SERVICE FOR CORPORATE RETREATS GROUP EVENTS, SPECIAL OCCASIONS, & MORE
AN EXCEPTIONAL, SEAMLESS, FULL-SERVICE DESTINATION
AN UNRIVALED RANCH & RESORT EXPERIENCE
4,610± ACRES WITHIN OVERALL 13,000± ACRE HOLDING
& INTERNATIONALLY CONNECTED
MAN-O-WAR CAY ABACO, THE BAHAMAS 14-ACRE
PRIVATE ISLAND ESCAPE
ONE-OF-A-KIND PROTECTED SAFE HARBOUR WITHIN A MARINA CUT OUT OF SOLID CORAL
DEDICATED 8’ DRAFT | BOAT HOUSE
6,500 SQ/FT MAIN HOUSE 2,200 SQ/FT GUEST HOUSE
INCREDIBLE FISHING | BOATING SNORKELING | DIVING
IMPECCABLE LANDSCAPE OVER 4,000 TREES PLANTED 1,000+ COCONUT PALMS
PRIVATE SANDY BEACHES
OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY
HUNTING RANCH WITH LODGE FOR SALE
1270 ± ACRES OF SPORTSMAN’S PARADISE WITH ONE MILE FRONTAGE ON THE RED RIVER! RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS ~ $8,900,000
The fully equipped hunting lodge sleeps up to 20 people and comes completely furnished. The lodge offers six bedrooms, nine full bathrooms, and two half baths. Bedrooms have fourteen bunk beds, and three king size beds. Lodge has state of the art kitchen equipment and a large backup generator. There is also a second kitchen, two large dens with fireplaces, meeting room, and an elevator that accesses the second floor.
This Red River Hunting Ranch is a hunter’s paradise with Trophy whitetail deer, wild hogs, and small game. Phenomenal duck and goose hunting on the numerous sloughs and river. Fishing is outstanding in the Red River and the oxbow sloughs. There are numerous sloughs, food plots, feeders, and blinds.
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FINANCING AND EVALUATE YOUR RANCH PURCHASE
By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star outdoor newS
You’re finally at that point, and thinking about realizing your dream and buying that Texas hunting ranch. You have a few questions, though.
Will interest rates come down?
Have I looked at what it will cost from all angles?
How much should I put down and how much should I finance?
Jack Cornell at ICON Global said the realty company has relationships with several finance companies and banks, all depending on regions.
“But the main two are Capital Farm Credit and Ag Trust Farm Credit,” he said.
Lenders in the Farm Credit system have the benefit of sharing earnings with their members. Since Congress created the Farm Credit System in 1916, it gave the System a mission to be a competitive, reliable source of capital for borrowers in agriculture and rural communities.
Farm Credit lenders return earnings to our customer-stockholders in the form of patronage dividends. It effectively lowers the interest rate or the cost of borrowing.
Gerrit Schouten, AgTrust’s Credit Office President for the Stephenville and Cleburne offices, said the returns have been running about 1.2 percent per year, a significant savings.
And there’s another way to save.
“People seem to be getting more used to the higher rate environment,” Schouten said. “But they want affordable options when rates come down. When interest rates
drop, we do interest rate conversions without an expensive refinance and all the closing costs that come with it.”
Schouten said there are several other areas of consideration when you’re in the market for a ranch, especially if you haven’t owned one before.
“For some, the down payment requirement is a hurdle,” he said. “The down payments range from 15 to 20 percent.”
However, Schouten said a complete cash flow analysis is the most crucial step — one that sometimes trips people up.
“You need to run the numbers, with the payments and associated expenses and see how it fits into your cash flow,” he said. “It’s important to make sure you can cover it.”
Capital Farm Credit offers an additional incentive to combat interest rates, called “allocated equity,” that pays an additional amount, around 1 percent, after 7-9 years.
“It brings the total sharing amount up to about 2 percent overall,” said Braden Bowers of CFC’s Bowie office.
The biggest surprise if not analyzed and planned for, though, might be the expenses associated with owning a piece of property.
“If you’ve never owned a piece of property, you don’t know what you’re getting into,” Schouten said. “There’s brush clearing, spraying and plenty of other work to be done, in addition to equipment costs. Then there’s insurance, and I would recommend getting general liability and an umbrella policy in the event something happens and someone is injured.”
Once you’ve taken all of these items into consideration, they no longer become pitfalls you weren’t ready for. Then you’ll be
ready for other considerations, like a place to stay on the ranch.
“The barndominium used to be more cost effective to build, but maybe not as much now,” Schouten said. “We do the financing either way, whether it’s a regular house or a barndo.”
Schouten said the buying market has been on the uptick, although there has been some nervousness recently.
“The first quarter of this year was light’s out,” he said. “It has slowed down a little since then, I don’t know if it’s tariff fallout or just the uncertainty of it.”
Bowers said bigger ranches are still selling well, but smaller and mid-range land sales, less than $500,000, have slowed down.
“We do have options for those under 35 years of age to reduce the down payment,” he said. “There is flexibility to structure a deal to meet people’s needs.”
SEE THE UNSEEN WITH PROFESSIONAL LAKE MANAGEMENT
There’s a lot going on under the surface of a lake or pond, and when the body of water is the centerpiece of your rural retreat, unseen changes can catch you off-guard.
Some think once a lake or pond has been built, it will naturally take care of itself. But that is simply not the case if you want a thriving fishery or a landscape water feature that will maximize the aesthetics and recreational possibilities for a property.
“Pond and lake management is best not left to chance,” said John Jones, president of Lochow Ranch Pond & Lake Management. “A properly maintained pond or lake will grace your ranch or farm with natural beauty and endless recreation options for generations to come.”
Lochow Ranch’s certified team of biologists and water maintenance experts provides the full range of lake and pond management techniques, including water quality and clarity testing and improvement, vegetation control and removal of pond weeds, liming and fertilizing, algae control, erosion and sediment control, identification and control of predators and much more.
If a fishery is your goal, Lochow Ranch’s experts bring state-of-the-art techniques and expertise to maximizing your environment for game fish to thrive. The team is known across the South for its electrofishing surveys that yield the most accurate inventory of a lake’s fish population. The company also provides fish stocking, including a full range of game and forage fish, as well as supplemental fish feeders that help spur growth.
“We’re growing some really big fish,” Jones said.
New technologies and management techniques are at the forefront.
“We’re using drones to help analyze lakes and fisheries, and we’re constantly working toward solutions on otter deterrence and trapping — they can wipe out a lot of your best and biggest fish,” Jones said.
Everything starts with the property owners’ goals for the lake, whether swimming, boating or a fishing hotspot for family and friends.
“Many property owners like some combination of all three,” Jones said.
Lochow Ranch provides turnkey pond and lake management and maintenance services to landowners across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. The company also works in partnership with its affiliated company, Shoreline Consulting, to design and build new lakes and expand or renovate existing ones.
These professional techniques take the guesswork out of maintaining your body of water and ensure you can make faster progress toward your goals.
“We can establish fundamental management practices,” Jones said. “Having that solid foundation can help your lake thrive despite seasonal disturbances and broader environmental conditions.”
Lochow Ranch’s biologists and fleet of trucks are based in Bryan, Texas. They manage more than 20,000 bodies of water across the region — and they are offering their services into the southeastern states.
“Our aim is to help you reach your goals so you can sit back, relax and enjoy your beautiful body of water,” Jones said.
