Everything a hunter would want in Texas is here. Deer, turkey, dove, quail, duck and hogs are plentiful. This ranch has earned a reputation for growing big whitetails and has a large nuber of Rio Grande turkeys. Its San Saba River frontage and its many roost sites on the ranch, make for some of the best spring turkey hunting in Texas. In addition, the ranch has unleivable dove hunting and has the potential for some awesome quail hunting. The property is located 18 miles SW of Brady, 20 miles east of Menard, and 19 miles west of Mason, accessed by a 4 mile deeded easemant from FM 1311, between the San Saba River and Calf Creek watersheds. The bottoms of the ranch are covered in mesquite and mixed brushes, including little leaf sumac, lotebrush, acacia, wolfberry, ephedra, agarita, hackberry, lime brickly ash, live oak, red bud, Texas mulberry, prickly pear cactus, tasajilla, and honey su...
Everything a hunter would want in Texas is here. Deer, turkey, dove, quail, duck and hogs are plentiful. This ranch has earned a reputation for growing big whitetails and has a large nuber of Rio Grande turkeys. Its San Saba River frontage and its many roost sites on the ranch, make for some of the best spring turkey hunting in Texas. In addition, the ranch has unleivable dove hunting and has the potential for some awesome quail hunting. The property is located 18 miles SW of Brady, 20 miles east of Menard, and 19 miles west of Mason, accessed by a 4 mile deeded easemant from FM 1311, between the San Saba River and Calf Creek watersheds. The bottoms of the ranch are covered in mesquite and mixed brushes, including little leaf sumac, lotebrush, acacia, wolfberry, ephedra, agarita, hackberry, lime brickly ash, live oak, red bud, Texas mulberry, prickly pear cactus, tasajilla, and honey suckle. On the plateaus and rolling hills, the landscape is comprised of live oak, Spanish oak, shin oak, chittum, hackberry, blueberry juniper, and western soapberry. The ranch is comprised of about 50% productive mesquite flats/mixed brush bottoms and 50% rolling brokern plateaus. The property has 1400 ft of San Saba River frontage on its SE corner, and is traversed by 4 named drainages. There is not another ranch on the market with as much diversity in terrain and vegetation. Some of the more productive soil areas have been improved into strips and fenced fields. The irrigation well and center pivot adds greatly to the carrying capacity of the ranch, both in terms of livestock and wildlife. The change in elevations between the creek bottoms and hills add to the beauty of the property. The property has 1400 ft of San Saba River frontage covering all the Gobal Hole. There are 8 wells and 22 dirt tanks. There is a recently drilled and completed Hickory Sand irrigation well estimated to produce 850-1000 gpm. It is connected to a pivot system designed to water an 88 acre field using approx 450 gpm. The ranch has been awarded the Lone Star Steward Award and Aldo Leoplod Conservation Award for Texas, the state's top honor recognizing wildlife conservation on private land. All the interior fences are either new or rebuilt. There are 10 water wells, 8 in working order & 3 with submersible pumps. Approx. 750 ac of mesquite and pear have been grubbed into sculpted brush strips, of which 400 acres have been converted into fields. One fenced fields (130ac), is irrigated with a T&L center ppivot turning on 88 acres. The ranch has miles of fast line which distributes water to troughs all over the ranch. The headquaters is a 9 bedroom, 6 bath commercial hunting lodge, with a 4 truck carport and walk in cooler. This is an unbelievable ranch at an unblievable price!