Tinsley Ranch

Description: This property allows the hunting and ranching enthusiast the opportunity to own a high fence ranch in the western Hill Country region of Texas.  Just 5 miles south of Melvin, Texas, blacktop frontage, county road frontage, improved road to the headquarters, a 17,225 square foot steel barn complete with a 3 bedroom apartment, ellebburger well feeding two .5 acre surface ponds and an irrigated hay field just below the headquarters, +/- 4  miles of underground water distribution, 2.5 miles both sides of Reubes Creek, large oak trees, big views and miles of dozed and maintained right of ways, new Texas Wildlife Systems blinds and feeders allow the new owners to enjoy and make memories with their family on day 1.

Improvements:  1 Mile of improved road from main entrance on FM 2028 to headquarters, a 17,225 square foot steel building completed in 2023 containing an approximately 1,225 square foot 3 bedroom apartment and an approximately 1,050 square foot combination office, bathroom, and utility room. The shop features a 5-ton traveling bridge crane, mezzanine storage space, and 10 electrically operated rollup doors.  The headquarters is improved with a reported 15,800 yards of base material. Site improvements include a porte-cochere of approximately 2,000 square feet, and a limestone retaining wall.  The perimeter is fenced with 8’ game-height fencing and has standard 48” height cross fencing.  Additional site improvements include an 1,100 yard rifle range, steel and rock masonry main entrance with electrically operated gates, improved ranch roads & trails, and multiple ponds.

Water:  The ranch is extremely well watered in part to having 2.5 miles of Intermittent Reubes Creek traversing the ranch flowing generally west to east in the northern portion of the property.  The creek has 10-12 deeper holes holdings water most of the time.  A water well with a depth of approximately 2,300 feet produces a reported 150 gallons per minute, has a 45,000-gallon storage tank and a 20hp submersible pump. The water well building houses pressure tanks and a centrifugal pump for water distribution to the headquarters and water stations strategically placed throughout the ranch. Below the headquarters are two +/- .5 acre ponds, and an irrigated hay field all supplemented by the large well.  Three phase power has been brought in to supply power to the large water well.

Vegetation/Terrain:  The terrain of this property is gently rolling with great views to the north.  The terrain of the ranch ranges from relatively level to gently sloping, varying in elevation from about 1,840 feet to a high of about 1,980 feet above mean sea level (AMSL). The elevated portions of the property hold Live Oak, Shin Oak, and the lower portions having soils to include NUvalde Clay Loam, Mereta Clay Loam, Rowena Clay Loam and Kansas Loam.  There are multiple wilman lovegrass fields, attention to brush enhancement was executed to highlight the many hardwoods throughout, +/- 8 miles of grubbed , dozed and maintained right of ways. 

Wildlife:  This ranch consists of a native whitetail deer herd with no outside genetics being brought in.  Turkey are known to frequent the property, bobwhite quail and the dove hunting has proven to be strong for the area.

Minerals:  None

Location: The ranch fronts on FM 2028 having 1,500 +/- feet of FM 2028 frontage just 5 miles south of Melvin, Texas and has +/- 1.6 miles of county road 128 frontage on its northern boundary.

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