The 1,627 Acres, Rancho Bendecido is an exceptional turn-key South Texas Ranch, ready for immediate enjoyment. With a top-notch deer herd, excellent bird hunting, thoughtfully constructed improvements ready for entertaining, and an abundance of water, this ranch has been well taken care of. This property would make an ideal family hunting retreat and could also be a commercial hunting operation, if one desired. Improvements: The ranch headquarters are nicely manicured and have ample amenities. The main house is 6-bedrooms, 6-bathrooms with an attached carport plus a pool in the courtyard. A short walk from the main house is the 7,000± s.f. lodge with 9-bedrooms, 9-full bathrooms, and 3 half-bathrooms. The Great Room in the lodge has a living area, a game area including pool table, shuffleboard, card table, and a wet bar. There is a large commercial kitchen with a serving nook plus a separate bathroom. Connected to the kitchen is the dining room, seating 26, with space for more. Each of the 9 bedrooms has an en-suite bathroom, while the two half-bathrooms are located near the common areas. Additionally, a covered pavilion offers great outdoor living/dining space with a large fire pit, smoker, grills and a half bathroom. The barn is 2,500± s.f of enclosed and insulated space with two roll top doors. There are two 1,200± s.f. awnings on each side of the barn which provide space for game cleaning area, walk-in cooler and additional vehicle parking. Located a short drive from headquarters is a 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom mobile home, which serves as the foreman's house, along with additional storage space for equipment. There is a shooting range with targets out to 1,000± yards plus a pistol range and sporting clays station with three skeet throwing houses. Ranch Equipment to Convey: Please see Broker for list Water: This ranch has an abundance of surface and subsurface water. There are 11 ponds/lakes with the largest being 4± acres in size when full. Six of these bodies of water including the largest lake and 12 water troughs are supplemented by the five water wells on the property. There is one Carrizo irrigation well which provides water to the 3 pivots. Two wells are located at the headquarters which are both believed to be in the Carrizo aquifer and are 507± ft deep. There is an older well at the foreman's house and the 5th well is in the pasture. Wildlife: The deer herd has been intensively managed and improved, noting the ranch record whitetail scoring 295 B/C placing second in the 22' - 23' Los Cazadores contest. Over the years, this ranch has produced numerous bucks scoring above 200 B/C. The dove hunting is exceptional over the Milo field that is planted and watered each year by the three irrigation pivots. Along with the Whitetail and dove, other species include quail, turkey, javelina, wild hogs, varmints and migrating waterfowl. Exotic species on the ranch include trophy Axis deer and Blackbuck antelope. Vegetation: This ranch has all the desired browse to grow large whitetail deer and the current owner has roller chopped many areas of the ranch to help improve the habitat for all the wildlife. There are 3pivots that irrigate a total of 40± acres that are usually planted in milo for attracting doves in the early fall and can also be planted in winter/spring crops for the deer.
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