This turnkey, high-fenced hunting ranch sweeps across three counties in the heart of the “Golden Triangle,” just over an hour from San Antonio.
TEXAS LAND magazine
Read our archive of articles and advice from Texas LAND Magazine, a quarterly publication focused on the people, places and land of the Lone Star State.
Featured Listing: San Bernard River Ranch
San Bernard Ranch is a working cattle ranch with outstanding deer and duck hunting only 65 miles from downtown Houston. Huge oak and pecan trees are spread across the property, which boasts 2.7 miles of San Bernard River frontage.
Featured Listing: Circle Bar Blue Ranch
The impressive Circle Bar Blue Ranch is located in south-central Gonzales County and has over one-and-a-half miles of Guadalupe River frontage.
Jolene Johnson: I am a Land Specialist
Snapshots of land specialists’ lives
Erratic U.S. Markets Shine a Favorable Light on This Age-Old Investment Vehicle: LAND
From its inception, Whitetail Properties positioned itself as a company focused solely on the buying and selling of land. Their real estate agents are known as Land Specialists, and the success of the company speaks to the favorability of land as an investment vehicle. It also underlines the void that existed in the land real estate market. Land buyers and sellers needed easy access to Land Specialists with expert knowledge of land.
2020 Land Star Awards
Land.com LAND STAR AWARDS celebrate the top LRE (Land Real Estate) firms and brokers in Texas. All 2019 sales data used to tabulate awards was pulled solely from the Comparable Sales database.
On the Cover: Kerr County Ranch
Live water abounds on this 1,800-acre high-fenced ranch located in a highly coveted portion of the Hill Country.
COVID-19 Challenges & Silver Linings
Domestically, there are no hunting operations in the U.S. that are fully immune to the impacts of C-19 and a hammered economy. One could surmise that things could have been worse if this C-19 crisis would have hit during the Fall hunting seasons, but none the less, there are some hunting operations that had a large volume of business on their calendar for March, April and May. My business, Wildlife Systems, Inc. (WSI), had roughly 100 hunters scheduled on various hunts from March 15–May 1, and I spent the better part of three weeks sorting out contingency plans with those clients.
West of Utopia
Eight-and-a-half miles west of Utopia, Texas, in Real and Uvalde Counties, crystal-clear Blanket Creek runs year-round through picturesque Christmas Tree Ranch. Historically, the property was a cattle, sheep and goat ranch, as well as a beautiful getaway in the “mountains” of the western Texas Hill Country.
Landowner Liability, A Real but Manageable Threat
The threat of liability exists anytime landowners open their property to anyone, including family and friends.
Admire from Afar, Inquire up Close
If you’re considering buying a property from a distance, it’s important to do your homework and work with the right pros.
Super A Ranch
Located 10 miles southwest of Kerrville on 1,791 acres, the Super A Ranch offers the opportunity for large-scale ranch recreation with all of the convenience of life in close proximity to one of Texas’ most highly prized towns.
Texas Two-Step: Spring 2020
From the pages of the Spring 2020 issue of Texas LAND magazine, here’s our selection of two intriguing properties featured on the Land.com Network.
Holly Van Cleve: I am a Land Specialist
Snapshots of land specialists’ lives
Spring 2020 Texas Land & Lifestyle Trends
Unique items curated especially for the discriminating Texas land aficionado—from Texas beeswax candles to custom denim jeans that are grown, woven and sewn in Texas.
Forging A Connection
Chef Jesse Griffiths, co-owner of Austin’s Dai Due and Dai Due Taqueria, forges a connection between people and their food.
Agriculture & Wildlife Tax Appraisal in Texas
If you’re a Texas landowner, you’re in good company; 97 percent of our state is privately owned and managed. Accompanying the thrill of owning property in Texas, though, is that all-too-familiar sting of the state’s high property taxes, which begs the question—how can landowners maximize the use of their property?
Featured Listing: Black Oak Ranch
Black Oak Ranch is located just minutes from Mineola, Texas, featuring a custom-built 7,892-square-foot main residence, excellent facilities and multiple pastures for cattle, and over 30± acres of surface water between three different lakes that lay out beautifully on the property. This 387± acre ranch is ideal for cattle and a variety of recreational activities.
On the Cover: Super A Ranch
Located 10 miles southwest of Kerrville on 1,791 acres, the Super A Ranch offers the opportunity for large-scale ranch recreation with all of the convenience of life in close proximity to one of Texas’ most highly prized towns. The landscape combines spectacular hills with open pastureland for the pastoral mix that characterizes the Hill Country.
Featured Listing: Palomas Ranch
The Palomas Ranch has a rich history, having been the quail hunting destination of three presidents, multiple governors and numerous other dignitaries over the years. Palomas Ranch is in one of the most highly sought after and tightly held areas of the country for ranch land. Few ranches of this size and prestige have ever become available in the area.