4,236 Acres - Kinney County

DESCRIPTION: This is an extremely rare piece of land in Kinney County with beautiful running water and deep soils, NO ROCK!  Managed for years as a cattle ranch, the current owners have gradually

changed it into anintensively managed wildlife sanctuary.  On the cusp of greatness, this is a ranch looking for a long-term owner with a love of the great Southwest.

LOCATION: The ranch is located on U.S. Hwy. 90, with 3,600 feet of frontage.  It lies in west-central Kinney Co. about 6 miles west of the county seat, Brackettville, home to Fort Clark, a romantic cavalry post steeped in history.  It is only 24 miles east of the town of Del Rio and Lake Amistad.  Del Rio has a full-service airport with commercial flights.

TOPOGRAPHY, SOILS & VEGETATION: The ranch is fairly flat, most likely part of the historic flood plain of Pinto Creek.  Elevation at the highway is 1,117 feet, MSL, gradually sloping in a southwesterly direction to 1,059 feet, MSL, in the SW corner.

As    mentioned,    this    ranch    is    almost entirely made up of deep soil with very little surface rock.  It is comprised of 77% Uvalde silty clay loam, 14.6% Olmos soils, with the balance in various clay loam soils.  The ranch is adjoined by irrigated farmland!  Uvalde silty clay loam is rated by the USDA as capable of producing 40 bushels of grain sorghum in a non-irrigated situation.  You can establish food plots pretty much anywhere on this ranch.

   The ranch could best be described as a mesquite savannah with good brush diversity interspaced with a good turf of native grasses and forbs.  The brush affords wildlife adequate cover, while the openness combined with good soils makes the ranch more productive.

WATER: This ranch is blessed with over 2,600 feet of BOTH SIDES of Pinto Creek, a beautiful stream that has not stopped running since the current owners acquired the ranch in 1995.  The creek is fed from springs believed to be located north of the ranch as well as on the ranch itself.  As it does not drain a large watershed, it rarely floods.  It has a flat rock bottom with very little gravel and several deeper holes which offer good fishing.  Lining the banks, Pinto Creek has huge live oak trees, elm, and hackberry.

In addition to the creek, the ranch has potable well water available at 75 to 150 feet.  This aquifer has been tapped into at five locations; three shallow wells are equipped with electric submersible pumps and two with windmills.  A sixth well is into the Edwards Aquifer at 1,700 feet.  This well serves the Headquarters and is also equipped with an electric pump.  Static water level in this well is only 27 feet from the surface!

IMPROVEMENTS: In addition to the wells mentioned above, ranch improvements are located in two places.  In the Headquarters is a spacious lodge overlooking Pinto Creek with a deck for entertaining and enjoying the breeze.  Across the compound are two guest houses which could be used for hired help or hunters.  Also in the Headquarters is a large metal barn with half concrete, half dirt flooring and roll-up doors for complete security.  A lighted roping arena, very nice stables, kennels, and overhead feed bins complete the headquarters. 

At the south end of the ranch is the hunter's camp.  This camp consists of a nice lodge with tile floors capable of sleeping several guests comfortably, a storage shed/game cleaning facility, cattle pens and an old barn of questionable design.  The camp has electricity and well water and would be ideal for commercial hunters.

WILDLIFE: Currently the ranch boasts a herd of Whitetail deer with an estimated 1:1 sex ratio at an estimated density of one adult per 15 acres.  Working closely with the wildlife personnel of the NRCS, the owners have worked hard to get numbers down and to remove genetically inferior deer, removing up to 200 animals a year.  Soon, a planned delivery of bred does from a well-known ranch in the Encinal area will add solid genetics from the famed Golden Triangle of lore.

Dove and Bobwhite quail do well in this area and the owners have run waterlines and planted food-producing plants along ranch roads in an effort to maximize quail/dove hunting.

MINERALS: The Sellers do not own any of the mineral rights.  There is no production and there are no leases in effect.  The Sellers would like to retain one-half of any marketable water rights with Executive Rights for the water conveying to the Buyer.

PRICE: This ranch is offered with feeders, blinds, and all installed improvements at $2,000 per acre.  The western 2,127 acres, with Pinto Creek and the Headquarters is available at $2,500 per acre and the eastern 2,110 acres is available in two tracts at $1,500 per acre.  Sellers intend to use the proceeds of this sale in a 1031 tax-free exchange at no cost to the Buyer.

NOTE: While gathered from sources deemed reliable, this information is not guaranteed and is subject to change without notice.  Quailpro, LLC is the listing Broker and represents the Sellers.  Prospective Buyers are urged to retain legal counsel prior to making an offer and are further urged to obtain representation by a licensed Realtor.