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A fully
updated kitchen and comfortable appointments throughout
the residence provide a welcome rendezvous at the end of
a long satisfying hunt or day touring the ranch. The
huge back patio is designed for outdoor entertainment
with a very large open-air fireplace, large fire pit and
a completely covered outdoor bar. This is a wonderful
vacation getaway for a busy family on the go or the
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The 4
Aces Ranch is a beautifully managed, fully operational
wildlife preserve on 17,117± acres stretching across
both Uvalde and Kinney Counties in southwest Texas. It
is the single largest, contiguous, live water ranch
currently on the market in the Texas Hill Country and is
a spectacular opportunity with valuable potential. The
property has a highly transitional topography with low
rolling hills and deep canyons scattered with live oak
and junipers. After a rainy spring in Texas, the ranch
is lush, green and alive with the rich scent of pinion
pine. Seven miles of Live Oak Creek are fully
self-contained on the ranch, running north to south
through the middle of the property, behind the ranch
headquarters. The property is loaded with private water,
streams, springs, wells and windmills and is a private
game park paradise, with a multitude of operational
improvements implemented by the owner and a diverse,
viable native and exotic wildlife population. The main
residence at the ranch headquarters is a beautiful
five-bedroom, four-bathroom ranch house with a huge
entertaining patio, finished in native limestone,
overlooking several of the natural waterfalls on
Live Oak Creek. Two of the bedrooms are master suites,
one upstairs and one downstairs, and the house is
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4 Aces is
a recreational paradise on the western boundary of prime
Texas Hill Country. In addition to Live Oak Creek,
Sycamore Creek is largely self-contained on the
property, and both are fed by more than 30 freshwater
springs. Salmon Peak and Boiling Mountain are the two
highest peaks in Uvalde and Kinney Counties, are both
fully located on the property and provide a challenging
day of hiking. 4 Aces Ranch has a wide array of
beautiful trees and South Texas brush, attracting native
wildlife and providing good ground cover; at the same
time, the owner has cleared close to 6,000 acres of
cedar without disrupting the integrity of the land.
Throughout the project, long-buried, old homesteads were
uncovered, dinosaur tracks discovered and early American
cave art found, and there is undoubtedly still more to
be explored and unearthed in 50 Indian mounds and
countless caves. Miles and miles of paved and improved
roads facilitate an extensive range of access to many
corners of the property, although the entire property
has only been seen from the air in helicopter passes.
The entire perimeter of the ranch is completely
high-fenced with close to 50 miles of state-of-the-art
game fence. 4 Aces is a smooth-running operation that
could easily transition into a commercial hunting
enterprise.
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The ranch is a beautifully parked, rugged
sanctuary, and the owner, along with a wildlife
biologist, has created a highly efficient
wildlife game park with high-quality habitat and
well managed native and exotic wildlife
populations, including axis, scimitar-horned
oryx, red sheep and red stag, eland, zebras,
black buck, Catalina goats, aoudad, gemsbok,
fallow deer, Corsican sheep and turkey. There
are extensive game pastures throughout the
ranch, including a 3,000-acre elk park and a
2,000-acre South Texas whitetail preserve
rounding out the incredible variety of wildlife.
A multitude of outbuilding and support
structures facilitate the full function of the
property, including a massive hay barn, several
large covered shops to house equipment and
complete metal fabrications. 15 spring-fed water
wells provide natural observation points and
14-ton bulk protein feeders are appropriately
placed throughout the property, with hunting
blinds and strategically placed game towers.
Roughly one mile from ranch headquarters, a
three-bedroom hunting cabin is comfortably
situated in a shady, live oak grove. The big,
gracious back patio is set with an inviting fire
pit and rocking chairs, and the retreat provides
a welcome midday respite or trophy camp for
special guests.
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The ranch sits between the towns of Uvalde and
Camp Wood, Texas, and is approximately one hour
to the Del Rio International Airport, which now
has daily service to Houston on Continental
Airlines. In addition, there are several
locations to choose from on the property,
offering an excellent opportunity to build a
landing strip, which would open access to
private jet charters. The 4 Aces Ranch is a
gorgeous, self-contained, live water wildlife
preserve affording complete privacy and freedom
in a diverse, beautiful, pioneer landscape. It
would make a valuable vacation home or
recreational property investment and offers
excellent option power in the Texas marketplace.
Do not miss this incredible game ranch
opportunity with an amazing price of only $3,250
per acre.
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