3,848 Acres in Premont, TX - $18,500,000

Contigo Ranch

The Contigo Ranch is a world-class hunting and recreational destination in southern Jim Wells County. When you enter the ranch you are greeted by a beautiful lodge and facilities that combine perfectly with the motif of the area. The ranch was built with comfort and hospitality in mind with an abundance of amazing trophy whitetails, exotic species, great quail hunting, and dove action. Relax while fishing the multiple bodies of water behind the lodge and throughout the ranch. Rarely will you find a ranch so well equipped and walk-in ready with all the amenities, game, and habitat combined in a package. With a prime location sandwiched between Kleberg and Brooks County, you have all of the game this countryside provides and top-end accommodations to relax in after a long days hunt.

LOCATION

The ranch is located 1.5 miles south of Premont, Texas in Jim Wells County. With a short 20-minute...

The ranch is located 1.5 miles south of Premont, Texas in Jim Wells County. With a short 20-minute drive from the Brooks County airport or the Kleberg County airport, you can be at the ranch quickly following a short flight to well-equipped long paved runways suited for jets of any size. It is situated on paved county road 418 1/3 mile east of Highway 281. Corpus Christi is 1 hour and 5 minutes, San Antonio is 2 hours and Houston is 3 and a half hours away.

TOPOGRAPHY, RANGELAND & HABITAT

In considering what makes up a great wildlife ranch you must start with good soils. Contigo sits on almost 95% fine sandy loam soils which provide abundant fertility to the native grasses and woody browse that thrive within its borders. There is an excellent mixed brush habitat on the ranch for the big game boasting abundant species diversity. The species throughout the ranch include but are not limited to Guayacon, Brasil, Lime Prickly Ash, Granjeno, Texas Ebony, and Texas Persimmon to name a few. Furthermore, in the naturally open and manicured quail areas, there are native grasses common to the area such as little bluestem, four-flower trichloris, hooded windmill grass, and plains bristle grass.

WILDLIFE

Contigo Ranch is a hunters paradise. Beginning with a quail-forward approach, the ranch has been manicured with lanes and trails to hunt Bobwhite Quail. The annual burning regimen has kept the ranch in excellent condition and the population proves that the work has paid off. With the location of the ranch being in such proximity to Premont and the surrounding ag fields, the dove hunting is amazing. The water holes are manicured and mowed for hosting large groups of dove hunters. In speaking with the ranch manager, there is rarely an outing where limits are not taken by the hunting party.

For the big game hunter, you will have a hard time finding a place in this area that provides such diversity and quality of game. The ranch has multiple pastures that all feature tremendous whitetails that often exceed 200. Top-end deer on the ranch have been more than 250 and their trophy classes are well above the norm. In certain pastures, there are exotic species that provide great year-round hunting. Some of the exotic species that thrive on the ranch are Eland, Gemsbok, Scymitar, Zebra, Nilgai, Blackbuck, Blesbuck and Axis. The ranch is fully equipped with hunting blinds and feeders strategically placed throughout the ranch for archery and rifle hunters.

IMPROVEMENTS

In following the pristine composition of Contigo Ranch, the housing falls right in line. The main lodge is a gorgeous stone building with 6,800 square feet and 5 total bedrooms, a large great room, a dining room, and a commercial kitchen. Adjacent to the main lodge is a large, enclosed metal barn with a walk-in cooler, gun room parking for hunting trucks, and immense amounts of storage space. While at the lodge you will have the luxury of utilizing the saltwater pool, outdoor kitchen, or fishing in the lodge lake. Further into the ranch is another 3,000 square foot, 4 bedroom nicely updated and appointed hunters home overlooking the hunters lake. Nearby the hunters cabin is a barn, game cleaning facility, and walk-in cooler. Closer to the entrance is the ranch managers home, and guest house. Included improvements near the managers home are multiple barns, pilot quarters and office space all in good condition. Lastly, there is a full skeet range, long-distance rifle range, and 3D archery area.

WATER

Contigo Ranch has no shortage of water with surface tanks and lakes scattered throughout the ranch. These lakes and wildlife tanks are serviced by the 8 water wells that are on site. Some of the lakes are stocked with Bass, Catfish, and Bluegill to provide summer and mid-day fun.

ELECTRICITY

There is electricity throughout multiple areas of the ranch.

MINERALS

This is a surface sale only.