The property is roughly 2/3 native pasture and 1/3 farm land. The native pasture has a rolling, hilly terrain. Mature hackberry trees and chinaberry motts, with scattered juniper and tall mesquites, provide an ever changing landscape as you wind through the ranch. Wild plum and sumac thickets, bluestem clumps, sunflowers, and a variety of native grasses and forbs provide the nutrition needed to attract trophy game, including whitetail deer, bobcat, turkey, quail, dove, and feral hog. There is potential for duck hunting on the river bank as well. The owner has been running corn feeders to provide additional protein. You cannot walk 40 feet on this property without seeing a hog rub on a tree or deer trail winding through the pasture. The natural layout of the land allows for great rifle hunting off of the wheat field in the front and from the hills in the pasture, and bowhunting along the game trails in the wooded areas. A tower blind is set up off of the wheat field, and a ground blind and two tripods are set up in the pasture. All feeders and blinds will convey with the sale.

The ranch follows the Brazos River on its south border for 7/10ths of a mile, for approximately 3600 ft of frontage. The Brazos River is a livewater stream in this area of the state, flowing bank-to-bank after a solid rain, and a steady flow through the sandbars in the dry months. When the river is up high, it can carry catfish, but normally acts as a watering hole for deer and hogs. Ground water is considered very shallow here as well, if a water well is desired.

The main road entering the ranch is wide enough for vehicles, but after it circles back at the deer camp, only UTV trails run through the property, up and over the hills and through the trees. The deer camp is located in the woods towards the front of the ranch. A hunter's cabin, with interior wiring, insulation, metal roof, front porch, and two loft spaces, provides a convenient place to retire in the evening, with enough sleeping space for 2-4 people comfortably. The deer camp has been cleared of brush, so there room for at least two more cabins, campers, or RVs, if more living space is desired. Other ranch improvements include perimeter fencing and access to electricity at the roady (approximately 700 feet away).

With all of the cover and tall trees, this ranch feels twice as big as it is. There are a few good vantage points on hills that provide beautiful views of the high bluffs across the river and down the Brazos valley. The property has room for additional improvements, such as the contruction of ponds, sloughs, and food plots in the pasture. The farm land is currently being planted in winter wheat along the edge of the pasture and in cotton on the north end. A farming tenant is in place, which pays $1000 annually on a cash lease basis for the farm land only. Additional income can be derived from renting the pasture for grazing.

Asking Price: $1500/acre (All owned mineral rights to convey, believed to be 25% of the total)

The Brazos River Ranch is the perfect weekend hunting property, only three hours from the D/FW metroplex and just a few miles south of Highway 114 and 82. It is easy to manage from a distance, offers abundant wildlife, income from the farm lease, and the added bonus of being on the river! Small tracts with livewater are hard to find. Call land agent/owner Beau Byars at cell phone (940) 224-3183 for more details and to set up a time to view this property in person.