Terrain: This ranch is a great representative of the South Texas Brush Country, and has primarily dark sandy loam soils and pockets of red sand throughout the ranch. The terrain is made up of gently rolling hills and creek drainages. There are mature mesquite and hackberry scattered all over the ranch. Native brush species include: guajillo, granjeno, guayacon, black brush, prickly pear, coma, cat claw, lime prickly ash, mountain laurel, and Texas persimmon. The brush is outstanding on this ranch.

Water: This property has 2 water wells. One is equipped with a windmill, and one has just recently been drilled and jetted at 20 GPM. Owner will run a water line from another windmill on neighboring pasture to a water trough. The ranch has 2 large tanks that when full, average 3 to 4 acres in size.

Hunting: After 8 years of heavy game management under a high fence, the ranch is producing big South Texas bucks. Several book deer have been harvested over the years. Annual deer surveys conducted on the ranch in past years are available for those interested. There are turkey on the ranch. The dove and quail hunting are also excellent, depending on rainfall.

Improvements: This +/-1,865 acres is part of a larger ranch, and is only high fenced on two sides. The high fence will be completed after closing by seller. There is some cross-fencing on the ranch. The ranch has been “sculpted” with a roller chopper throughout the last 8 years, opening up the brush and creating motts, while fracting the soils and encouraging new growth of native brush and grasses. Also, 6 protein feeders and 7 blinds and corn feeders go with the sale. There are 1.75 miles of electric lines bordering the West boundary of the ranch. The ranch has 4 food plots, and there is a caliche pit on the South end of the ranch.

Minerals: All minerals owned will be conveyed with the sale. The owner believes to own 25% of the minerals. There is no current production on the ranch.

Price: $2,200/acre

Terms: Cash at Closing.

Terrain: The ranch is approximately 50% heavily wooded and 50% open pasture, and the terrain ranges from bottomlands to gently rolling hills. Honey Creek traverses the middle of the ranch, providing excellent habitat for wildlife in the bottoms. The ranch primarily has sandy loam soils throughout, with darker soils in the lower areas. The ranch is covered in hundreds of beautiful, huge live oaks and native brush and grasses.

Hunting: The ranch offers wonderful habitat to all kinds of wildlife. There are white-tail deer, turkey, hogs, quail, dove, ducks, and geese. Also, this area is well-known for its duck and geese hunting in the winter months.

Water: There are 3 ponds on the property and 2 water wells.

Minerals: Mineral rights are negotiable. The owners believe to own 100% of the mineral rights and 100% of the executive rights.

Improvements: At the ranch’s headquarters there is a 3 bedroom/1 bath home with water and electricity, 3 metal barns, and horse stalls. The perimeter is completely fenced and the interior is cross-fenced. There are several hunting blinds and feeders that convey with the sale.

Price: $4,700/acre. Cash at closing.

Vegetation: The ranch is covered in hundreds of beautiful, huge live oaks. There are also many big pecan and elm trees along the Lavaca River. The native brush is typical of the Texas coastal plains, including post oaks and yaupon.

Terrain: The terrain ranges from bottomlands to gently rolling hills. The Lavaca River stretches along the eastern border of the ranch, providing excellent habitat for wildlife in the bottoms. The ranch primarily has sandy loam soils throughout, with darker soils in the lower areas.

Hunting: The ranch offers wonderful habitat to all kinds of wildlife. There are white-tail deer, turkey, hogs, quail, dove, ducks, and geese. Also, this area is well-known for its duck and geese hunting in the winter months. The Lavaca River has some fishing holes that hold catfish.

Water: There is approximately 0.4 miles of Lavaca River frontage. The river runs shallow and clear, with several deeper fishing holes along the bank. Very little of the property is in the 100 year flood plain. The house overlooks a 2 acre pond that has water piped to it and is stocked with bass. There’s also a half-acre waterfowl pond used for duck hunting. There are 2 water wells.

Minerals: The owners will convey ½ of owned mineral rights, and 100% of owned executive rights. The owners believe to own 25% of the mineral rights.

Improvements: There is a nice 4 bedroom/2 bath home with 1,800 sq ft of living space and 1,450 sq ft of open porch that wraps around the house, overlooking the pond. The house has Saltillo tile flooring, granite countertops, a fireplace, and many full-size windows and French doors that fill the home with natural light. All of the furniture will go with the sale. There is also a 1,200 sq ft steel barn with 12 foot sliding garage doors, electricity and water. The ranches borders, except for along the river, are barbwire fenced.

Price: $4,000/acre. Cash at closing.

Vegetation: The ranch is covered in hundreds of beautiful, huge live oaks, some reaching 18 feet in circumference, giving parts of the ranch a park-like appearance. There are also many big pecan, elm, hickory, and sycamore trees along the Chicolete Creek and the Lavaca River bottoms. The native brush is typical of the Texas coastal plains, including post oaks and yaupon, among many others.

Terrain: The terrain is extremely diverse, ranging from bottomlands to gently rolling hills. The spring-fed Chicolete Creek, which flows year-round, traverses the north border of the ranch, and the Lavaca River stretches along the eastern border of the ranch, providing excellent habitat for wildlife in the bottoms. The ranch primarily has sandy loam soils throughout, with darker clay-type soils in the lower areas.

Hunting: With so much water and native woodlands, the ranch provides wonderful habitat to all kinds of wildlife. There is an abundance of white-tail deer, turkey, hogs, squirrel, quail, dove, ducks, and geese. It is not unusual for a hunter to see 30 deer in one afternoon of sitting in a blind, and there are many turkey roosts in the big timber along the Chicolete Creek bottom. In the winter months, the duck hunting is phenomenal on the ranch’s 4 waterfowl lakes. An array of duck species can be hunted, including: pintail, red head, gadwall, spoonbill, wigeon, mottled duck, teal, bufflehead, golden eye, mallard, and wood duck. The fishing in the 50 acre lake has potential to be some of the best bass fishing in the area. The Lavaca River and Chicolete Creek also have many fishing holes that are good for catching catfish.

Water: You do not have to go to the hill country to find clear flowing creeks and rivers! Some of the most incredible live water in Texas will be found on this unique property. There is approximately 1 mile of Lavaca River frontage and 1 mile of spring fed Chicolete Creek frontage. Along with the miles of live water from the creek and river, the ranch also boasts approximately 110 acres of lakes and ponds!! A 50 acre bass fishing lake, two 25 acre waterfowl lakes, and a 10 acre waterfowl lake were constructed in 2007. These 4 lakes all have water piped to them from the ranch’s irrigation well that is able to produce 2,000 GPM.

Minerals: No minerals to convey, and there is no current production on the ranch.

Improvements: A 3 bedroom, 2 bath rustic wooden home built in 2007, overlooks the 50 acre lake. It is equipped with a residential water well, and is fully furnished. All appliances and furniture convey with the sale. There are approximately 1,200 acres of this ranch under high fence which was completed in 2007, with plans of implementing a deer management program. The rest of the ranch is low fenced, and there is some cross-fencing. There is electricity, and new roads have been built so that there is good access all over the ranch. The 50 acre bass lake was completed in 2007, and has been stocked with $30,000 worth of forage fish. The 3 waterfowl lakes totaling 60 acres were designed and engineered in 2007. Several miles of 12 inch pvc water lines have been run to these 4 lakes, allowing for filling at any time from the irrigation well. There are also over 100 acres of food plots on the ranch.

Price: $4,000/acre. Cash at closing. The ranch can be sold as a whole or in part–450 acre, 462 acre, and 125 acre parcels can be purchased. There is also an additional 2,000+ acres that adjoins this property for sale.

Comments: There is no other ranch this unique that is this close to Houston. It is turn-key for those who want an all-around hunting and fishing ranch with an unusual amount of live water and lakes, while at the same time having the beauty of rolling live oak covered hills. And all this is only an hour and a half drive from downtown Houston!

Terrain: This ranch is a great representative of the South Texas Brush Country, and about 90% of the ranch has productive sandy loam soils. The terrain is made up of gently rolling hills with elevation changes of up to 100 feet offering beautiful views. There are bull mesquite and hackberry scattered all over the ranch. Native brush species include: guajillo, granjeno, guayacon, black brush, prickly pear, coma, cat claw, lime prickly ash, mountain laurel, and Texas persimmon. The brush does not get any better in South Texas.

Water: This property has 4 water wells. There is a new well by the highway that produces 160 GPM, and an older well that produces 75 GPM. Another one of the wells is equipped with an electric submersible pump, and has the capacity to produce 15 GPM. This well supplies water to 20 concrete quail waters and cattle troughs throughout the ranch, via several miles of buried 1 and 2 inch pvc water lines. The other well is a nonfunctioning windmill that, when jetted recently, produced 10 GPM.

Hunting: After 2 years of heavy game management, the ranch is ready for genetically superior deer to be introduced. The 3 acre high-fenced breeder pen on the ranch contains 13 bred does from the Sunset Ranch’s scientific breeder pens, that are due to be released onto the ranch in the Spring of 2009. There are turkey on the ranch. The dove and quail hunting are also excellent. In fact, in the 2003-2004 quail season, ESPN filmed a hunting show on this particular portion of the Sunset Ranch, where they saw 22 coveys of quail in one morning.

Bred Does: The 13 does in the breeder pen are out of superior genetic lines, and are bred to some of the best breeder bucks on the Sunset Ranch. A separate information sheet with a list of the does, their sires, and which buck they are bred to will be provided. In short, a combination of 13 does are bred to several breeder bucks including: 1) Miracle Buck–a “Bambi 727″son, who is a 3 year-old scoring 181 B&C. He is a 6×7, and is 26″wide; 2) Big John–a buck that scored 225 B&C as a 3 year-old, with 48″of mass; 3) Red 76–a “Bambi Cactus” grandson, who is a 3 year old scoring 175; and, 4) Dillon–a 3 year-old buck scoring 201 B&C in velvet. The owner will loan a 170 class breeder buck to the buyer for the 2008 breeding season so the mature does will be bred when released in 2009.

Improvements: The entire 1,970 acres is high fenced with galvanized tight-lock fencing. There is some cross-fencing on the ranch, and a set of old cattle pens. There are approximately 7 miles of all weather caliche roads throughout the ranch. The ranch was “sculpted” with a Lawson aerator 2 years ago, and just this year the owners performed controlled burns on several sections of the ranch, encouraging more productive growth of desirable grasses for the quail population to thrive in, and dormant forbs to grow for the deer. There is a 3 acre high-fenced breeder pen with a water trough and Outback protein feeder on the ranch. This breeder pen contains 13 bred does. Also, 4 fiberglass executive hunting blinds and 4 Outback one-thousand pound spin feeders convey with the sale.

Minerals: The owner does not own any minerals, so none are conveyed with the sale. However, the owners do have a 1% carried working interest in the 2 wells on this ranch, and that interest will convey with the sale.

Price: $2,750/acre

Terms: Cash at Closing.

Terrain:              Dos Hermanos Ranch is a great representative of the South Texas Brush Country and has the La Parilla Creek running through it. The ranch is approximately 75% bottomlands with productive dark sandy loam soils and 25% rolling hills.  The change in elevations between the creek bottoms and hills add to the rugged beauty of the property.  There are many bull mesquite, hackberry, elm, and live oak trees lining the creeks.  Vegetation on the ranch includes such species as mesquite, guajillo, granjeno, black brush, prickly pear, coma, cat claw, lime prickly ash, mountain laurel, and Texas persimmon.  The brush does not get any better in South Texas.  There are also 8 food plots interspersed throughout the ranch, planted in oats.

Hunting:            Dos Hermanos Ranch has arguably one of the best native deer herds in South Texas. Never having any outside genetics introduced, the ranch has been high fenced and intensely game managed for 9 years by the same family.  The owners have purposefully never taken a trophy off the property, and have kept meticulous records of bucks that have been raised on the ranch, watching them grow from year to year.  There are bucks that are estimated to go over 200 B&C, and numerous others that are estimated to score in the 170’s, 180’s, and 190’s.  There are over 1,000 pictures taken of bucks all over the ranch to prove this statement.  There are also helicopter deer surveys that are available upon request.  Needless to say the deer hunting on this ranch is phenomenal!  After 9 years of hard work and tender care, the table is set for the next owner to step in and enjoy the best whitetail deer hunting in Texas.  There is great turkey hunting on the ranch, with many roosting spots along the creek bottoms covered in big hardwoods.  Depending on rainfall, the dove and quail hunting has been excellent.

Water:                This property has 3 water wells, equipped with 2 windmills and 1 electric submersible pump.  There are over 15 miles of buried water lines throughout the ranch supplying water to approximately 15 concrete watering troughs.  The creek bottoms also hold pockets of water during a rainy season.

Improvements:            There is a very nice headquarters on the ranch, including 2 homes right next to each other with a separate dining/cooking building complete with a commercial kitchen in between them.  At the headquarters, there are also 2 large steel barns and 3 bulk storage containers for corn and protein feed.  The entire ranch was high fenced 9 years ago, and there is a 175 acre high-fenced trap on the South border of the ranch with plans of creating a series of breeder pens.  Included in the sale are 13 free choice protein feeders and 5 deer blinds that are stationed throughout the ranch.  Also included in the sale are the following: bull dozer, roller chopper, tractor, front end loader with box blade on the back, chisel plows, discs, Burton air-blown trailer feeder, and 2 walk-in coolers.  All the furniture in the houses and dining hall stay except for a few personal items.

Minerals:            The owner does not own any minerals, so none are conveyed with the sale.  There is no production on the ranch, and the owners have a comprehensive surface protection agreement with the mineral rights owners.

Price:                  $2,695/acre 

Terms:            Cash at Closing.

Terrain: This unique ranch has a good balance of high country with beautiful bluffs and plateaus, and bottomlands with productive creek bottoms and mesquite flats. Sloan Springs Canyon is located on the ranch, as well as several creek systems, giving the ranch many drainages and water sheds for creating potential lake sites. There is good cover all over the ranch, consisting mainly of cedar, mesquite, and native grasses. The ranch has a carrying capacity of about 400 cattle. There are 4 large wheat fields on the property, one of them about 150 acres in size, which attract all kinds of game.

Hunting: The hunting diversity on this ranch is wonderful! There are whitetail deer, mule deer, hogs, turkey, quail, dove, and ducks. Coyotes, bobcats, and mountain lions can also be found. The great cover and topography on this ranch provide whitetail and mule deer with excellent habitat, so that hunters can usually see large numbers when they sit in a blind. Trophy whitetail and mule deer have been harvested here. Also, for the waterfowl hunter, there’s a fantastic variety of duck species including: widgeon, mallards, pintail, gadwall, and teal. With the tanks, wheat fields, creeks, and roosting timber that this ranch has to offer, it also sustains a large number of wild turkey. Great dove hunting can be had at any of the tanks or wheat fields. Fishing is available in 4 of the larger lakes, with species including hybrid black bass, small mouth bass, channel catfish, crappie, and bluegill.

Water: For a part of Texas with not much annual rainfall (24 inches), there is an unusual amount of surface water on this ranch, with approximately 20 nice-sized tanks, some of them as big as 3-4 acres. Four of the bigger lakes have good bass fishing. There’s also several live springs on the ranch, including Sloan Springs. The owner has had plans to build a dam in Sloan Springs Canyon for several years and create a huge spring-fed lake. There are several live spring-fed creek systems that traverse the ranch, many with low-water crossings. The ranch is supplied with city water from Crowell that is pumped into 2 large storage tanks. One of the tanks supplies the ranch headquarters, and the other is piped to water troughs throughout the ranch for the cattle.

Lodge: This remarkable ranch has an equally impressive headquarters. The hunter’s lodge is 10,000 square feet and consists of 10 fully furnished bedrooms and 10 ½ bathrooms. For entertaining, there are 2 huge common rooms with flagstone floors and high timber-framed ceilings, and they are fully furnished with leather furniture, African game mounts, big screen TV, card tables, pool tables, juke box, 2 full bars, and 3 stone fireplaces. There are 2 laundry rooms, one located on each floor. There’s also an exercise room with an indoor hot tub and sauna. The house has 8 stone fireplaces and individual A/C/Heat in each bedroom. Outside, there’s a magnificent porch overlooking Sloan Springs Canyon, complete with a swimming pool, hot tub, and skeet range.

Improvements: Other improvements located at the ranch headquarters include several barns, including a party barn used for dancing and entertainment complete with a commercial kitchen and wrap-around windows overlooking Sloan Springs Canyon. There’s also a cleaning and storing facility for game complete with walk-in cooler and cleaning racks, dog kennels, horse stalls, fuel tanks, and 3 nice trailer homes. Included in the sale are 2 fire trucks and some hunting vehicles. Other ranching equipment may also be available for purchase.

Minerals: The owner will convey all minerals owned. An exact amount will determined at closing. There is no current production on the ranch.

Price: $1,000/acre

Terms: Cash at Closing.

Vegetation:The river and creek bottoms of the ranch are covered in large hackberry, post oak, white oak, live oak, and mixed brushes. On the plateaus and rolling hills, the landscape is comprised of mesquite flats and native grasses.

Terrain: The ranch is comprised of about 40% productive river and creek bottoms and 60% rolling plateaus. There is approximately 4.6 miles of the seasonal Little Wichita River and 15 miles of seasonal creeks and drainages meandering throughout the ranch. The changes in elevation between the creek bottoms and plateaus add to the beauty of the property.

Hunting: Everything a hunter would want in Texas is here. Deer, turkey, dove, quail, duck, and hogs are plentiful. The Little Wichita River and Smith Creek traverse the ranch. There are many turkey roosting sites in the beautiful large timber along the river and creek bottoms, which support a large turkey population. This is some of the most beautiful natural quail habitat in America, excellent for hunting Bob White quail with pointing dogs. In addition, the ranch is completely high fenced and has not been hunted for the last 2 years. A recent deer survey showed over 600 deer on the property.

Water: The water on this ranch is EXCELLENT! The property has 4.6 miles of the seasonal Little Wichita River with frontage on both sides, and 25 ponds/lakes. Several of these ponds are stocked with bass, and several of them are up to 3 acres in size! There are 5 wells (1 equipped w/ an electric submergible pump w/ good quality and plenty of volume and 4 equipped with windmills).

Minerals: No mineral rights are owned by the present owner so therefore none will be conveyed.

Improvements: The entire ranch is high fenced and was completed in July of 2006. The cost to build was over $400,000.00. There is an older home that has not been lived in for at least 2 years.

Utilities: There is electricity located on the ranch.

Price:  Please call for pricing details.  The owners are willing to break the ranch into smaller tracts, and pricing ranges from $1,850/ac to $2,000/ac.

Terms: Cash at closing.

Terrain: The ranch consists of fertile rolling bottomlands, with dark productive soils. The Brazos River stretches along the Southern border of the ranch, with the majority of the river frontage being on the high side of the Brazos, giving breathtaking views of the Brazos River Valley. The property has a good balance of open pasture and heavily wooded areas with large pecans, elms, and other mature trees. The native grasses are great for grazing cattle, and some of the open country is planted in wheat and oats.

Hunting: With all the water and native woodlands, the ranch provides a fantastic habitat to all kinds of wildlife. There are white-tail deer, hogs, dove, ducks, and geese. This area is well-known for its duck and goose hunting in the winter months, and with the Lost River slough, the duck hunting on the ranch is excellent. Also, the Brazos River has great fishing for bass and catfish.

Water: For the recreational rancher, this property has incredible water on it. The ranch is bordered on the south by 1.5 miles of the Brazos River. While most of the river frontage is on the high bank, there is a stretch of the ranch with a low bank, allowing for great fishing. An ancient oxbow, known as the “Lost River” is on the ranch, and spans about 20 acres total. It is essentially a horseshoe shaped lake that is loaded with ducks in the winter. There are also 2 other small tanks, and 1 water well with an electric submersible pump.

Gravel: In 2007, the owner had a geologic assessment of sand and gravel resources completed to determine the value of commercial gravel mining on the ranch. The results show that there are deep pockets of useful gravel that would be very marketable to gravel companies. A copy of the assessment can be viewed upon request.

Minerals: No mineral rights convey for the owner does not own any. There is no current production on the ranch.

Improvements: All of the ranch’s borders (except for along the river) are low fenced, and the fence is in good shape. The interior of the ranch has cross fencing, which is also in good shape. There’s a small hunter’s cabin and a barn on the property. Also, approximately 160 acres are planted in wheat and oats.

Price: $6,500/acre. Cash at closing.

Terrain: There is a good balance of gently rolling prairie and densely wooded rolling bottomland. The bottomland has productive dark soils and clay, and is covered in mature live oaks and post oaks, as well as typical coastal plain brush including yaupon, mesquite, and even muscadine grape vines. The prairie lands have scattered oak motts throughout and are covered in native grasses like Bermuda and bluestem. It is tremendous cattle country.

Hunting: With such a great diversity of terrain, this ranch has excellent hunting opportunities. There are whitetail deer, turkey, quail, dove, and hogs; and with the nice-sized Ducks Unlimited pond, the duck hunting is outstanding!

Water: The water on this ranch is quite remarkable. There are 2 live creeks, Garcitas Creek and Willow Creek, which run through the property year round. Several concrete low water crossings are built on the creeks, as well as a concrete bridge for crossing the Willow Creek. There is also a nice-sized Ducks Unlimited pond. The ranch has 6 water wells, 5 with electric submersible pumps, and one with a windmill. There are several cattle troughs that water is piped to throughout the ranch.

Minerals: There are no minerals to be conveyed, as the owner does not own any.

Improvements: There is a nice home that the ranch foreman lives in at the headquarters of the ranch, along with several barns and working pens with a set of scales and chutes. The perimeter is completely low fenced, and there are numerous cross fences throughout the interior of the ranch. The interior roads are in great shape and allow access to all parts of the ranch.

Comments: Rarely does a ranch of this caliber and size come up for sale around Victoria. With all the live water and beautiful oaks, this ranch is perfect for hunters and cattle ranchers. There is also a lot of development potential, as it is only a 10 minute drive into downtown Victoria!

Price: $3,000/acre. Cash at closing.