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THE SHIPP RANCH
( Lampasas County, Texas )
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876 +/- Acres
$6,400,000
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One of the finest ranches in all of Texas Hill Country this 876 deeded acre cattle and wildlife ranch is mostly high fenced and has a lot to offer. Fantastic Texas Hill Country views, creek, seven ponds, four houses, beautiful live oaks, established improved genetic whitetail deer herd, axis deer, elk, turkey, dove and quail are just part of what makes this ranch what it is. This ranch has a park like setting and has been managed accordingly for the last 20 years.
The ranch has been managed for whitetail deer since 1985 and has Level 3 Managed Land Deer Permits allowing four months of hunting. The buck and doe herd on this ranch are superior, and the first four bucks taken in 2006 averaged over 180 Boone & Crocket and weighed over 204 pounds field dressed. There have been deer with superior genetics released on this ranch, and the doe herd within the high fenced area in the wild is 75% pedigreed. There is a permitted deer breeding facility on the ranch, The Shipp Ranch Breeding Facility. This part of the ranch has 14 permitted deer pens. These pens are shaded, watered and have 20 feeders. The facility has a deer working, loading and artificial insemination structure all under roof. It is estimated that the deer in the wild outside the breeding pens on this ranch are worth $500,000. There is also a healthy herd of axis deer and elk on the ranch.
All but 82 acres of the ranch’s 876 acres is within 8 foot high game fencing. Over five miles of continuous high fencing surround the perimeter of the property. There is some inner high fenced pasture in addition to the 20 acres of high fenced pens that are part of the breeding facility. The ranch has interior livestock cross fencing, an all pipe cattle working pen, pipe loading chutes and scales. There are horse pens, a horse barn, equipment building and tool shed.
Water on the ranch is plentiful with a never ending artesian spring, Saterfield Springs. The spring flows out of the ground near an Indian Mound and feeds almost one mile of the ranch’s Dugout Creek. There are 7 ponds on the property, 3 working windmills, 8 water troughs surrounded with crushed rock, 7 water wells and a rural water meter. The windmills have storage facilities and pipelines to the water troughs throughout the ranch. One of the concrete water storage tanks is 30 feet in diameter and is used as a swimming pool at the hunter’s camp. There are several areas on the ranch that would be suitable for a large lake.
The main ranch house is 2,000 square feet and there is over 2700 square feet of lodging for hunters at the hunter’s camp. The hunter’s camp is one mile from the main house and includes a lodge, two bunk houses, observation deck, pavilion, skinning racks and a walk in game cooler.
There are on the ranch and will convey with the sale 6 comfortable insulated hunting blinds and several not insulated hunting blinds, 9 bulk deer feeders, an overhead 30 ton bulk feed storage bin, two 1700 bushel grain storage bins and a 6,000 pound trip feed hopper. Equipment that will convey includes a four wheel drive New Holland 75 horse power tractor, hay forks, offset, tandem, row cropper drill, grain drill and 16 foot bat wing shredder.
The ranch has 48 acres of Coastal Bermuda, 20 acres of Texas Sue Eastern Gramma Grass and another 20 acres of farm land for planting seasonal crops as wildlife food plots. The soils on this property are deep with sandy loam to black land. Old World Bluestem, Side Oats Gramma, Texas Sue Eastern Gramma, Wilmans Love Grass, and Klein Grass have been seeded on the ranch. Native grasses that are also present on the ranch are Lometa Indian Grass, Big Bluestem, Little Bluestem and several Gramma Grasses. Steers weaned off their mothers in 2006 had an average weaning weight of 718 pounds. Trees on the ranch consist of Live Oak, Post Oak, Spanish Oak, Mesquite, Cypress, Bois d’arc, Red Buds, Walnut, Pecan and cedar. There has been a cedar control program on this ranch for the last 20 years.
The ranch has 1 ˝ miles of county road frontage. The location is 14 miles from a town with many accommodations, Lampasas. Just 80 miles from downtown Austin helps make this ranch’s location highly desirable. It is only two hours from San Antonio or three hours from Dallas.
Agriculture exemptions are in place on this ranch and the taxes for 2006 were $2,936. Seller will convey ˝ of all owned minerals.
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Texas Hill Country at its best! Rolling hills, rich soil, creek, spring and ponds make up the terrain on this ranch..
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The location is 14 miles from a town with many accommodations, Lampasas. Just 80 miles from downtown Austin helps make this ranch’s location highly desirable. It is only two hours from San Antonio or three hours from Dallas.
There is an airport at the nearby town of Lampasas.
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The ranch has easy access off the 1 1/2 miles of frontage on County Road 1403.
There is an airport at the nearby town of Lampasas.
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Trees on the ranch consist of Live Oak, Post Oak, Spanish Oak, Mesquite, Cypress, Bois d’arc, Red Buds, Walnut, Pecan and cedar. There has been a cedar control program on this ranch for the last 20 years.
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The ranch has been managed for whitetail deer since 1985 and has Level 3 Managed Land Deer Permits allowing four months of hunting. The buck and doe herd on this ranch are superior, and the first four bucks taken in 2006 averaged over 180 Boone & Crocket and weighed over 204 pounds field dressed. There have been deer with superior genetics released on this ranch, and the doe herd within the high fenced area in the wild is 75% pedigreed. There is a permitted deer breeding facility on the ranch, The Shipp Ranch Breeding Facility. This part of the ranch has 14 permitted deer pens. These pens are shaded, watered and have 20 feeders. The facility has a deer working, loading and artificial insemination structure all under roof. It is estimated that the deer in the wild outside the breeding pens on this ranch are worth $500,000. There is also a healthy herd of axis deer and elk on the ranch.
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White-tailed deer, turkey, axis deer, elk, dove quail
The buck and doe herd on this ranch are superior, and the first four bucks taken in 2006 averaged over 180 Boone & Crocket and weighed over 204 pounds field dressed.
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community water, electricity and telephone
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All but 42 acres of the ranch’s 876 acres is within 8 foot high game fencing. Over five miles of continuous high fencing surround the perimeter of the property. There is inner high fenced pastures in addition to the 20 acres of high fenced pens that are part of the breeding facility. The ranch has interior livestock cross fencing, an all pipe cattle working pen, pipe loading chutes and scales. There are horse pens, a horse barn, equipment building and tool shed.
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Water on the ranch is plentiful with a never ending artesian spring, Saterfield Springs. The spring flows out of the ground near an Indian Mound and feeds almost one mile of the ranch’s Dugout Creek. There are 7 ponds on the property, 3 working windmills, 8 water troughs surrounded with crushed rock, 7 water wells and a rural water meter. The windmills have storage facilities and pipelines to the water troughs throughout the ranch. One of the concrete water storage tanks is 30 feet in diameter and is used as a swimming pool at the hunter’s camp. There are several areas on the ranch that would be suitable for a large lake.
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1/2 of all owned minerals will convey
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The ranch has 48 acres of Coastal Bermuda, 20 acres of Texas Sue Eastern Gramma Grass and another 20 acres of farm land for planting seasonal crops as wildlife food plots. The soils on this property are deep with sandy loam to blackland. Old World Bluestem, Side Oats Gramma, Texas Sue Eastern Gramma, Wilmans Love Grass, and Klein Grass have been seeded on the ranch. Native grasses that are also present on the ranch are Lometa Indian Grass, Big Bluestem, Little Bluestem and several Gramma Grasses. Steers weaned off their mothers in 2006 had an average weaning weight of 718 pounds.
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1 1/2 miles of County Road 1403 frontage
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Agriculture exemptions are in place on this ranch and the taxes for 2006 were $2,936. .
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The soils on this property are deep with sandy loam to blackland
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Good soil and good grass! Steers weaned off their mothers in 2006 had an average weaning weight of 718 pounds.
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Hunting, deer breeding facility, cattle ranching
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One of the finest ranches in all of Texas Hill Country this 876 deeded acre cattle and wildlife ranch is mostly high fenced and has a lot to offer. Fantastic Texas Hill Country views, creek, seven ponds, four houses, beautiful live oaks, established improved genetic whitetail deer herd, axis deer, elk, turkey, dove and quail are just part of what makes this ranch what it is.
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Happy Broussard 
Happy at home with his horses
Mobile: 512-673-3362
Info: Edwin “Happy” Broussard
Edwin “Happy” Broussard, better known as Happy, is a Sales Associate and Branch Manager of Texas Homestead Real Estate out of Kerrville, Texas. Happy comes from a ranching and farming background and has personally owned ranches and farms in Louisiana, Mississippi, Colorado and Texas. In addition to horse and cattle ranches he has owned and managed rice, sugar cane and crawfish farms as well as a pine tree plantation. He has had experience in dealing with oil, gas and uranium leases. Having a great understanding and love of the land, he has a natural sense of being able to find those unique properties that he calls “diamonds in the rough”. Let Happy use his many years of experience in land management, ranching, equestrian, hunting and fishing to help you find your dream property… he will be sure to make you “Happy”!
Originally from southern Louisiana’s Gulf Coast (Cajun Country), Happy attended Louisiana State University and University of Southwestern Louisiana. He managed a highly successful Farm Bureau Insurance agency for 28 years prior to his career in recreational real estate. Happy served on the board of directors of the oldest bank in Louisiana at the time for a number of years.
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