County Road 7711 , Devine, TX 78016(Medina County)

In addition to the large trees, the ranch has an abundance of gum bumelia, tickle tongue, tasajillo, prickly pear, limited white brush and black brush (only in areas of rocky or heavy clay soil), limited mesquite, little blue stem, hackberry, peach bush and lantana. The uniqueness of this area of the Post Oak Savanah is the large variety and diversity of forbs. One thing that makes this area different from other areas of the state where the savannah exists is there is no yaupon. Yaupon is an underbrush with no nutritional or intrinsic value. The ranch is covered in hackberry which is the number 1 browse of the white tail deer. It is the same plant as granjanio (spiny hackberry) that you find further south. Gum bumelia is very similar to Coma which grows south but the main difference is that bumelia flowers in the spring and produces fruit in the fall and Coma is just the opposite. The bumelia produces a berry with a large nut in the fall and is primary choice of white wing dove and in good years the white wing dove hunting is fantastic. Bumelia is also the 2nd choice of browse for the deer but everything eats bumelia.

When viewing the ranch from the air it appears to be really open. This is very deceiving as it is much thicker than it appears, but is also navigable. The ranch has 3 fields with the largest being 70 acres on the north pasture, 30 acres in the middle 1/3 and 2 smaller fields of 11 and 5 acres on the north end. All of these fields are great for food plots, quail hunting and finding a big deer during the rut.

This ranch is one of the few areas in South Texas where you can enjoy the changes of season. In the fall the hickory trees and black jack oak trees all lose their leaves with the beautiful colors of the season. In the spring the wildflowers are spectacular during seasons of normal to average rainfall. It is not uncommon to see a sea of blue bonnets and Indian Paint Brush which then turns to red flocks, Indian Blanket, white prickly poppy, black foot daisy and many more. If you enjoy other aspects of the outdoors and wildlife, this area is also the travel path of the monarch butterfly by the thousands and is a beautiful site to see while it lasts.

Hunting: This area is renowned for producing large whitetail deer. This ranch has been under a wildlife management coop and has the option to be Level 3 MLD. The BlackJack Wildlife management coop is approximately 10,000 total acres. The ranch is completely low fenced except a portion of the west side is high fenced along a farm field. This area produces deer from the 150s to the low 180s naturally. It is also some of the best quail country in the state of Texas. The soil along with the ground cover, browse and trees for shade produce bumper crops of birds when there is average rainfall. There is also an abundance of turkeys, hogs and doves. As mentioned earlier when the bumelia berries are plentiful, the white wing dove hunting is fantastic and is as good as you could ask for. The hunting and wildlife on this ranch can compete with most anything in South Texas with not only quality but variety.

Water: Benton City Water is available on CR 7711 and CR 770 and there are 2 domestic wells. Water on the ranch or access to it is not an issue. Water is shallow and plentiful.

Minerals: Surface only - Seller has none to convey

Price: $5,450 per acre or $2,877,600 Cash to Seller

Comments: This is a fantastic opportunity to purchase a ranch in an area where things very seldom come for sale. Where else can you go and be 40 minutes from downtown San Antonio, have tremendous hunting, shallow water, seclusion, and paved road access? This property is a blank canvas and has not been over improved with homes or buildings that a buyer does not necessarily need or want. The ranch is also priced to sell and unlike most things on the market it is not priced unrealistically.