The ranch is a long tract of land, at 1.5-2.1 miles long from south to north, and approximately half a mile wide from east to west. The terrain consists of primarily rolling hills, covered in thick native grasses, tall hackberry trees, mesquite thickets, and wild plum, with draws lined with chinaberry groves. The pastures have lots of native short range brush, including yucca, prickly pear, sage, and summac, all of which contribute to the abundance of wildlife found on this property.

From south to north, the elevation slowly changes some 100 down to the river bottom, with bluffs along the river being steeper at 50. Three flat fields, with bluestem and other old CRP grasses, provide perfect areas for installing food plots. They are 54, 42, and 60 acres in size, for a total of 156 acres of potential crop land, or the fields could only be partially farmed to carve out whatever size of plots you wanted.

This stream of the Red River is the Prairie Dog Town Fork (the same that carved out Palo Duro Canyon), and it runs water most of the year in a small stream. The sandy river bed is covered in deer tracks and acts as a magnet for game in this area of the county. It also allows for additional recreational activities, such as fishing, four-wheeling, camping out, etc.

HUNTING:

For almost six years now, the owner has been feeding corn and managing the wildlife. Whitetail deer, feral hog, and turkey will all be found here. We jumped quail on three different parts of the property during the photo shoot.

Currently, the owner has five different feeding stations set up, with hunting blinds, spin feeders and/or gravity flow feeders in place. At some of these stations, the owner has set up water tank systems, where you haul water to larger portable on-site tanks that in turn feed smaller troughs with floater valves on them.

The ranch has been set up for both rifle and bow hunting, with blinds in place for each. At the deer camp, there is a large rack for cleaning game. The ranch is surrounded by other similar sized properties, some of which are 2,000+ acres in size.

IMPROVEMENTS:

The whole perimeter is fenced, with the exception of along the river, where the fence is down. The east and west fences both seem to be in very good shape, and the fence along the road is fair. This property has a road that divides it into two different tracts 475 acres (north to river) and 90 acres (south). The interior ranch roads are all in good shape and provide access across the whole place, even allowing you to drive right down to the river bank.

The deer camp is approximately 2000 off of the road, where it cannot be seen. Electricity and a water well are both at the camp, which the owner has used to power his camping trailer. A concrete cellar is here too, from when the ranch had a farm house on it. The old house has since collapsed and has been pushed into a pile; it just needs to be burned and buried to clean it up. Several nice building locations are here, if the new owner desired to build a lodge or hunting cabin.

ASKING PRICE:

$1200/acre

(Surface estate only; the current owner does not own any minerals. There is not any active production on the ranch or in the nearby area.)

CONTACT:

For more information, call land agent Beau Byars at cell phone (940) 224-3183.