Tecomate South Gate Pasture

Tecomate South Gate Pasture +/- 810 acres Tecomate Ranch The renowned Tecomate Ranch is synonymous with trophy South Texas whitetails and heres your chance to make it your own. The hard work has been taken out of this famous hunting property and all the new owner has to do is maintain the current management practices that put this ranch and its iconic whitetails on the map. This part of the Rio Grande Valley is known for its rich, fertile sandy loam soils and this property already has several food plots cleared and fenced off for growing summer and winter food plots such as Lab Lab and Ryegrass or Oats. Arrowheads and other Native American artifacts have been found on the ranchs virgin ground. IMPROVEMENTS: The current owners will have run a brand new El Sauz Water Supply line to the corner of the property when the new owner takes over . This pasture, named Las Esposas is not in the conservation easement and has the perfect home site to build your ranch house. This pasture is also high fenced separately from the remaining 640 acres and is approximately 170 acres in size. The rest of the acreage is game fenced on three sides with the low fence adjacent to the remaining acreage of the Tecomate Ranch. The South Gate pasture has two reverse fenced deer food plots. WATER: The named creek, Remadura de Sandia Creek traverses north to south through the west esposas pasture of this property.There is also a large concrete water trough here. Theres a small pond which is maintained full by a water well on the house pasture which always brings in a large variety of birds to the ranch which in turn has led to several award winning photos taken on the Tecomate Ranch. WILDLIFE: A combination of supplemental feeding, ample water and ultimately premiere South Texas brush species provide opportunities for this ranch to grow large native Whitetail deer. El Tecomate Ranch has received national publicity for years for its impressive Whitetail Deer herd. The ranch is entirely high fenced but all the deer are native. The largest deer on the ranch harvested was a 197 Score, Boone & Crockett. Outstanding bird hunting includes dove, seasonal waterfowl, quail and turkey plus there is an abundance of beautiful native bird species. VEGETATION-TERRAIN: These 810 acres are incredibly diverse with 7 different distinct soil types that make this unique ranch seem like a completely different place at every corner. The property contains the ultimate selection of high protein brush that is important in supporting trophy deer. Along with this, there are several tilled fields bringing exceptional ability to draw in wildlife. Native brush species include guayacan, granjeno, colima, kidneywood, lime prickly ash, cenizo, guajillo, mesquite, whitebrush, black brush, prickly pear and more. The underlying pastureland is established in both native and improved buffelgrass. 170 acres in the La Esposas pasture is regrowth brush consisting mainly of Mesquite and Huisache. CONSERVATION EASEMENT: The South Gate pasture is subject to a Conservation Easement with the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute. (See: ckwri.tamuk.edu/ The Tecomate east ( Las Esposas pasture ) is not a part of the easement. UTILTIES: Medina Electric Coop. El Sauz Water. TAXES: Wildlife Exemption. MINERALS: Seller believes that the South Pasture includes approximately 640 acres designated as State Classified Mineral Acreage. The East Pasture is believed to have an estimated mineral interest of 1/8 minerals intact.