M&D Ranch is a premier 1,200 acre high-fenced hunting ranch in Val Verde County, Texas. Located just outside the charming town of Ozona and conveniently situated within 10 miles of Pumpville, 32 miles of Pandale, and 59 miles of Sanderson, this property is a rare gem for hunting enthusiasts. Spanning an expansive 1,200 acres, this high-fenced hunting ranch offers an unparalleled opportunity to own a piece of Texas paradise teeming with exceptional wildlife, all at a fraction of the cost compared to other regions of the state.

This ranch boasts a thriving population of sizeable whitetail deer and an impressive axis herd. With over 40 high-end genetic doe and 11 bucks released in the past two years, the ranch has been elevated to a prime destination for trophy hunters. Native deer with scores in the 160s have been harvested on this property, showcasing its potential to yield remarkable hunting experiences. The property has been meticulously designed with the discerning hunter in mind. Ten strategically located stands, complemented by protein feeders, cottonseed stations, corn feeders, and hay stations, provide an optimal hunting experience. Whether youre a bow hunter or prefer long-range shots, the ranch accommodates various hunting styles.

Comfortable living accommodations on the ranch include a modern three-bedroom, two-bathroom mobile home built in 2019. Additionally, a separate hunters cabin and a party room with a loft are run on solar power, ensuring all your needs are met while enjoying the ranchs tranquility.

The ranch features a skeet throwing deck and a 200 yard shooting range, perfect for honing your marksmanship skills. A covered hay barn, tractor, ranch truck, feed blower, and a walk-in cooler (cool boy) are included with the property, allowing you to focus on the thrill of the hunt.

M&D Ranch is well-equipped with water sources to sustain the wildlife. A pond on the south side remains full year-round and is supplemented by solar-powered water troughs scattered throughout the property. On the north side, another pond, along with solar and windmill water troughs, ensures an ample water supply to support the ranchs diverse wildlife.

For those seeking a more manageable portion of this Texas hunting paradise, the acreage can be divided. The north pasture encompasses 700 acres, while the south pasture covers 500 acres, offering flexibility to suit your preferences and needs.

With abundant wildlife, comfortable accommodations, and a range of recreational amenities, this property offers a rare opportunity to own an exceptional piece of Texas. Dont miss your chance to become the steward of this remarkable high-fenced hunting ranch in Val Verde County. Contact us today to schedule a private tour and experience the magic of M&D Ranch for yourself.

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DESCRIPTION
Kent Ranch is a stunning property located just 9 miles northwest of Fredericksburg off the quiet and paved county road, Wendel-Ahrens Road. The ranch has been meticulously cared for over the years, resulting in a peaceful park-like setting. It is easily accessed through an automatic iron gate entrance and an all-weather granite gravel road. The ranch features two farmhouses are situated amongst a magnificent grove of post oak trees overlooking a beautiful pond. Both farmhouses are tastefully furnished with modern kitchens, island seating, and stainless-steel appliances. A significant emphasis has been placed on the outside setting, which includes beautiful stone landscaping. Both farmhouses have a private atmosphere with large fire pits for gathering and their own jacuzzis. The property is under an AG Exemption with no known deed restrictions.

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LOCATION
Kent Ranch is located 8.5 miles northwest of Fredericksburg, Texas, along paved Wendel-Ahrens Rd. The ranch is about 32 miles from Comfort, 34 miles from Kerrville, 36 miles from Mason, 40 miles from Johnson City, 67 miles from San Antonio or about an-hour-and-a-half drive, and 87 miles from Austin or about-an-hour-and-forty-five-minute drive.

LAND
The ranch is well-manicured, with large trees scattered across the property. A healthy array of native grasses covers the landscape. An excellent diversity of trees, which include live oak, post oak, and pecan, are throughout the acreage. Several lovely fields add an attractive element to the ranch. All cedar has been eradicated across the terrain.

IMPROVEMENTS
The main farmhouse is 1,082 sf and features two bedrooms and two bathroomstremendous attention to detail is evident with an open-floor kitchen and dining room concept. The kitchen has beautiful granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances. A stacked washer and dryer are conveniently built in near the kitchen. Both bedrooms are spacious and include walk-in closets. Each of the bedrooms has ensuite bathrooms.

The second farmhouse is 806 sf, featuring one bedroom and one bathroom, and constructed similarly to the main house. It, too, has an open-floor kitchen and dining room. It also has matching granite countertops as the main house with stainless-steel appliances. A stacked washer and dryer are conveniently built in near the kitchen. The bedroom is spacious with a walk-in closet and also includes a large bathroom.

Additionally, an 800 sf corrugated steel tin metal barn with a concrete slab and insulation is located north of the farmhouses. The barn has a built-in bathroom, an additional washing machine, and a dryer. The barn has a large roll-up door and is ideal for housing equipment or could be suitable for extra storage. The property has a new septic system and electrical system in place.

WILDLIFE
Wildlife is abundant, with frequent sightings of whitetail deer, turkey, dove, and other animals native to the Hill Country.

WATER
There is one water well equipped with a submersible pump near the property’s main improvements. The well is approximately 160′ deep and is 22 GPM, feeding water to the two homes and the barn. A large water storage tank with a beautiful stone exterior is located near the water well.

The pond has been lined with bentonite clay and has held water all summer. The pond is centrally located, situated near the farmhouses.

The stunning El Chaparral Ranch located between Houston and Austin on Hwy 71 is a unique and beautiful large acreage ranch in a high-growth area. This picturesque 866 acre ranch features several fully stocked bass ponds/lakes and a 2.5-mile stretch of Cedar Creek, which holds water year-round. Lofted above the creek are breathtaking bluffs where one can experience the uniqueness this ranch has to offer. The natural beauty of the property is highlighted by mature live oaks, post oaks and pines.

LOCATION
A 51-mile drive from Austin and 115 miles from Houston, this property borders Highway 71 with 1,100 of frontage. The ranch is only 41 miles from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

TOPOGRAPHY, RANGELAND & HABITAT
The El Chaparral Ranch is located within the Post Oak Savannah ecological region in Texas but is on the edge of the famous Lost Pines region. This has created a unique forest on the ranch that is dominated by huge post Oaks, live Oaks, loblolly pines, various elms, and junipers.

Rare for this part of Texas, the ranch has unique bluffs that overlook the water of the usually flowing Cedar Creek which tower 60-80 feet from the ground below and provide spectacular vistas of the property. There are over 100 feet of elevation changes on this ranch.

The soil makeup is primarily fine sandy loams with some gravel outcrops. There is good clay below the topsoil that allows for building lakes.

Of the total 865-acre ranch, roughly 235 acres consist of native grasslands with large oaks left standing to create a park-like look. The remainder of the property is primarily old-growth forests with plenty of brush to provide excellent habitat for the game on the ranch.

WILDLIFE
The habitat on this ranch is excellent for deer, turkey, dove and hogs. The ranch has just been high-fenced to allow for the opportunity to further manage the deer herd and/or bring in exotics should a client choose to.

The deer herd has been carefully managed over the years with minimal hunting by the family only. Only a few mature deer are taken annually and there are multiple blinds and feeders strategically located throughout the property. With the heavy forested areas, many of the deer on this ranch have likely rarely seen people and it has provided for a great age distribution of the herd.

Turkeys on the ranch are abundant. Miles of the creek, the multiple ponds and the old-growth trees for roosting have created the correct habitat to have excellent numbers of these majestic birds.

The owner has one fenced-off food plot planted annually for great dove hunts, which can be abundant in this area being so close to the Colorado River bottomlands with all of its ag fields. The numerous ponds/lakes on the property also provide excellent dove shoots in the evenings over the water.

Ducks are frequent visitors on the numerous lakes in the winter, and of course, there are hogs on the property for hunting out of season.

All of the ponds and lakes are stocked with bass and bluegill and provide excellent fishing.

AGRICULTURE
A small herd of longhorn cattle is run on the ranch. There are ample native grasses to run more cattle should an owner wish to.

IMPROVEMENTS
The ranch is improved with a barndominium and two casitas that overlook one of the ponds. There is an overarching wooden bridge and dock on the pond that family and friends can enjoy. Just outside the headquarters fence line is a carport/equipment storage area where one can store ranch vehicles, tractors, etc.

The entrance to the ranch, off Highway 71, is of high quality. Past the El Chaparral gate is a well-paved road that takes you to the main headquarters.

There are excellent roads throughout the ranch, and most of the perimeter fence is a new high fence just recently completed.

WATER
Throughout the ranch lies about 2.5 miles of Cedar Creek. The creek holds water year-round and is mostly considered a live creek and the ranch owns both sides of the creek as it runs through the property creating some of the tremendous topography on the ranch.

Groundwater is excellent here and most wells average 150-250 feet deep. The ranch has four existing water wells, three of which are electric (the fourth is used to fill the big lake and run off a generator). The newest water well flows at over 50 gpm.

There are five ponds and lakes on the property. The biggest lake on the ranch is approximately 4.7 acres, nestled in a canyon above Cedar Creek, and has fingers that reach way back into the woods with a large island in the middle, which allows for great adventures kayaking and fishing back in the fingers of the lake. This lake has a water well to keep it full. The second lake is over 2 acres and is a beautiful small lake with a water line run to keep it full. The pond up front by the improvements is over one acre and has a well that runs water through a rock creek into the pond to keep it full and has a fountain in the middle of the pond. The other two ponds on the ranch are also over one acre and stocked with fish.

ELECTRICITY
The ranch has electrical service at the headquarters and there is plenty of electricity run throughout the property.

AREA HISTORY
Thousands of years ago, Indians used to inhabit this region to take advantage of the live water creek. Artifacts such as arrowheads and grinding stones have been found on the ranch.

Own a gorgeous piece of Texas with FOREVER VIEWS of the Hill Country and LIVE WATER! This is a heritage ranch held by the same family for over 100 years. The property is home to the HEADWATER SPRINGS of Town Creek (yes that Town Creek that flows through the middle of Kerrville)! The ranch also has incredible views of Kerrville and Ingram. Whitetail deer, Rio Grande turkey, feral hogs and several free range exotics species call this ranch home. The ranch is covered in oaks trees with good grass for grazing. And best of all, this property is minutes to IH10, only 10 minutes to Kerrville and 25 minutes to Fredericksburg!

Own a gorgeous piece of Texas with FOREVER VIEWS of the Hill Country and LIVE WATER! As you drive around the property’s excellent road system, there are incredible views form almost every part of the ranch! ~20 Acres in Gillespie County and remaining Acreage in Kerr County. And water access to the creek is excellent as you can drive right in on your UTV! Whitetail deer, Rio Grande turkey and even a few free range exotics species call the ranch home. Cedar has also been selectively cleared and the ranch is cover in oaks trees! This ranch has a very nice home with an open concept kitchen to living room (w/fireplace) and a huge covered back deck with a view for miles! Also, there is a very nice 20×30 barn with concrete floor and roll-up door for storing equipment, plus a roof extension with covered storage outside on a concrete slab. Very nice low net wire perimeter fencing and is cross fenced. And all this is only 10 minutes to Kerrville and 45minutes to shopping in San Antonio! This ranch is ready to go!