Running High Ranch is a 5,478+/- acre combination ranch in western Montague County Texas. Located 105 miles northwest of Dallas and 13 miles north of Bowie on the east side of US Hwy 81, with approximately 130 ft in elevation change, the property varies from creek bottom to gently rolling native grass prairie to sandstone/limestone outcrops in its upper reaches. Soil types vary across the ranch, with the majority being Renfrow loam, Vernon clay and Waurika-Renfrow complex which are good for cultivated crops, pasture, range, woodland and wildlife. Stoneburg-Anocon association comprises most of the rest of the ranch. Gowen soils which are frequently flooded, lie immediately down drainage of the 100 acre lake. The ranch is currently focused on rotational grazing of cattle. It h...
Running High Ranch is a 5,478+/- acre combination ranch in western Montague County Texas. Located 105 miles northwest of Dallas and 13 miles north of Bowie on the east side of US Hwy 81, with approximately 130 ft in elevation change, the property varies from creek bottom to gently rolling native grass prairie to sandstone/limestone outcrops in its upper reaches. Soil types vary across the ranch, with the majority being Renfrow loam, Vernon clay and Waurika-Renfrow complex which are good for cultivated crops, pasture, range, woodland and wildlife. Stoneburg-Anocon association comprises most of the rest of the ranch. Gowen soils which are frequently flooded, lie immediately down drainage of the 100 acre lake. The ranch is currently focused on rotational grazing of cattle. It has been divided into sixty paddocks and carries 800 head of mother cows and their calves, as well as several breeding bulls. Electric fence is employed to cordon off each pasture and the livestock are moved every 2-3 days during the growing season(late March through early November) and daily after the growing season ends. There are only 200 acres of improved grasseson the ranch, with the overwhelming majority of the land carpeted by very
desirable native grasses that are most beneficial to livestock. According to the Seller, the cattle are neither doctored nor are they fed hay, grain or supplement of any kind. The property does have an excellent set of cattle working facilities. Pipe and cable constructed, with feed bunks along one side of the pens, a Bud Box, hydraulic cattle chute, truck load out, and scales. Structural improvements include a 6,000+/ sqft lodge with 4 private bedrooms and baths, a bunk room with space for 12 bunk beds, dry sauna, showers, commercial kitchen, 2 refrigerators, ice makers, 2 dish washers, wash room with a bathroom, entertainment room, and a fireplace. Other property features include a 3 bedroom/ 2 bath ranch mangers house, recently updated with $20,000.00 worth ofimprovements. The crown jewel of the ranch has tobe the 100+/- acre lake that has grown a 13lb 12oz bass caught in the summer of2017, thanks to great fish genetics and excellent management of the fishery by the Seller. Additionally, there are thirteen ponds scattered across the ranch. Whitetail deer, Rio Grande turkey, bobwhite quail and of course, the ubiquitous feral hog also call Running High Ranch home. The Seller has never sold commercial hunts on the
ranch and it has been hunted by family only occasionally. There is a lighted skeet range with 8 stations, a quail pen with a heated room and runs, a dog kennel with 12 runs and a bathroom facility. There is a grass landing strip on the property. You cant beat Running High Ranch, where the Cross Timbers and the Rolling Plains meet. Big views and big country, perfect for livestock, wildlife and recreation.