Property Profile:
Located 200 miles Northwest of Fort Worth, this ranch is a fully turn-key hunting operation. A beautiful 10,000 square foot hunting lodge overlooks the Sloan Springs Canyon, offering breath-taking views. There are also several barns, dog kennels, and other first-class improvements. The canyons and draws are flourishing with all kinds of game including whitetail deer, mule deer, turkey, and hogs. There’s also great dove, quail, and duck hunting, as well as bass fishing. With approximately 20 lakes and several live spring-fed creeks, this ranch has awesome surface water.
Terrain:
This unique ranch has a good balance of high country with beautiful bluffs and plateaus, and bottomlands with productive creek bottoms and mesquite flats. Sloan Springs Canyon is located on the ranch, as well as several creek systems, giving the ranch many drainages and water sheds for creating potential lake sites. There is good cover all over the ranch, consisting mainly of cedar, mesquite, and native grasses. The ranch has a carrying capacity of about 400 cattle. There are 4 large wheat fields on the property, one of them about 150 acres in size, which attract all kinds of game.
Location:
This 11,000+/- acre property is located in Foard County 6 miles West of Crowell, TX, on the South and North side of Hwy 70, with approximately 2 miles of Hwy 70 frontage. As far as driving distances, it is conveniently located only 200 miles Northwest of Fort Worth, 120 miles North of Abilene, and 80 miles West of Wichita Falls.
Closest City:
Crowell
Hunting:
The hunting diversity on this ranch is wonderful! There are whitetail deer, mule deer, hogs, turkey, quail, dove, and ducks. Coyotes, bobcats, and mountain lions can also be found. The great cover and topography on this ranch provide whitetail and mule deer with excellent habitat, so that hunters can usually see large numbers when they sit in a blind. Trophy whitetail and mule deer have been harvested here. Also, for the waterfowl hunter, there’s a fantastic variety of duck species including: widgeon, mallards, pintail, gadwall, and teal. With the tanks, wheat fields, creeks, and roosting timber that this ranch has to offer, it also sustains a large number of wild turkey. Great dove hunting can be had at any of the tanks or wheat fields. Fishing is available in 4 of the larger lakes, with species including hybrid black bass, small mouth bass, channel catfish, crappie, and bluegill.
Water:
For a part of Texas with not much annual rainfall (24 inches), there is an unusual amount of surface water on this ranch, with approximately 20 nice-sized tanks, some of them as big as 3-4 acres. Four of the bigger lakes have good bass fishing. There’s also several live springs on the ranch, including Sloan Springs. The owner has had plans to build a dam in Sloan Springs Canyon for several years and create a huge spring-fed lake. There are several live spring-fed creek systems that traverse the ranch, many with low-water crossings. The ranch is supplied with city water from Crowell that is pumped into 2 large storage tanks. One of the tanks supplies the ranch headquarters, and the other is piped to water troughs throughout the ranch for the cattle.
Home Features:
This remarkable ranch has an equally impressive headquarters. The hunter’s lodge is 10,000 square feet and consists of 10 fully furnished bedrooms and 10 ½ bathrooms. For entertaining, there are 2 huge common rooms with flagstone floors and high timber-framed ceilings, and they are fully furnished with leather furniture, African game mounts, big screen TV, card tables, pool tables, juke box, 2 full bars, and 3 stone fireplaces. There are 2 laundry rooms, one located on each floor. There’s also an exercise room with an indoor hot tub and sauna. The house has 8 stone fireplaces and individual A/C/Heat in each bedroom. Outside, there’s a magnificent porch overlooking Sloan Springs Canyon, complete with a swimming pool, hot tub, and skeet range.
Improvements:
Other improvements located at the ranch headquarters include several barns, including a party barn used for dancing and entertainment complete with a commercial kitchen and wrap-around windows overlooking Sloan Springs Canyon. There’s also a cleaning and storing facility for game complete with walk-in cooler and cleaning racks, dog kennels, horse stalls, fuel tanks, and 3 nice trailer homes. Included in the sale are 2 fire trucks and some hunting vehicles. Other ranching equipment may also be available for purchase.
Minerals:
The owner will convey all minerals owned. An exact amount will determined at closing. There is no current production on the ranch.
Financing/Terms:
Cash at Closing.
Full Price:
$11,000,000
Price Per acre:
$1,000
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Property Presented By:
Matt Mann
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