Del Venado Ranch is featured in the Summer 2026 issue of Texas LAND magazine. Click here to find out more.
The Del Venado Ranch represents a rare opportunity to acquire 8,674± acres of rolling West-Central Texas ranchland located primarily in Menard County, with a smaller portion extending into neighboring Schleicher County. Large contiguous ranches of this scale rarely come available in this region, particularly properties that have remained in the same family for decades. The ranch offers an attractive combination of productive grazing, excellent hunting, abundant live oak cover, and strong access, making it well suited for a large hunting property, working cattle ranch, or long-term investment in Texas land.
Located approximately 17 miles from Menard, 33 miles from San Angelo, and about 145 miles from Austin, the ranch is accessed by Treadwell Lane, a county-maintained road with approximately 3.4 miles of frontage. Treadwell Lane runs through the ranch, creating excellent access throughout the property and allowing for potential division into multiple ownership tracts if desired.
The ranch features rolling terrain with scattered live oak trees across the hills and draws, along with pockets of mesquite and cedar typical of the region. Several elevated areas across the property provide nice long-range views of the surrounding countryside, adding to the overall character of the ranch. Numerous small draws traverse the property and provide natural wildlife travel corridors and habitat.
Water is provided by approximately 10 water wells located throughout the ranch. While there are no major creeks or large surface water features, the distributed well infrastructure provides dependable water sources for both livestock and wildlife across the property.
The ranch has been used historically for cattle grazing and recreational hunting. Native wildlife populations are strong, and the property supports whitetail deer, turkey, quail, feral hogs, axis deer, and blackbuck antelope. The combination of brush cover, open areas, and scattered live oaks provides good habitat diversity for wildlife.
The sale is surface only, though the mineral estate may be available for purchase separately. The ranch is currently under a wind lease, and all wind rights associated with the property will transfer with the sale. There is no current wind production on
the ranch.
An additional feature of the property is the ability to divide the ranch into multiple large tracts, if desired. The ranch could be partitioned into approximately 3,981 acres, 2,685 acres, and 2,008 acres.
8,674± Acres
Menard County, Texas
$22,509,030
Whitetail Properties Real Estate
Joey Bellington, Broker
O. 830-428-0096 | M. 979- 204-6311 Joey.Bellington@WhitetailProperties.com
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