Summer 2016

TEXAS LAND / Portfolio
Rancho Estrella
With its combination of rugged South Texas brush and grassland savannahs, the Rancho
Estrella, located 42 miles southwest of Hebbronville, is like two ranches in one. Encompassing
approximately 8,050± acres in Jim Hogg and Starr Counties, the ranch provides incredible
hunting and superlative privacy for its owners and their guests.
The Rancho Estrella is divided into four pastures:
the Brush Pasture, the Front Safari Pasture, the
Back Safari Pasture and the House Pasture. The
exterior and interior fences are high to facilitate
wildlife management. Miles of all-weather and
quick-drying ranch roads provide easy access.
Managed for wildlife for almost three decades, the Rancho
Estrella is home to white-tailed deer, bobwhite and scaled quail,
Rio Grande turkeys, javelina, dove and feral hogs. While quail
hunting occurs regularly on the ranch, the native population has
been supplemented with pen-raised birds to keep the numbers
stable. In addition to healthy populations of native game, the
ranch has a full complement of desirable exotics: sable antelope,
scimitar-horned oryx, axis and zebras.
The well-managed brush country habitat is supplemented with
protein feeders as well as winter and summer food plots. The ranch
has 24 protein feeders ranging in capacity from 1,000 to 2,500
pounds as well as 18 quail feeders. To facilitate hunting, there are 30
Atascosa deer blinds and 30 1,000-pound corn feeders strategically
located throughout.
In addition to wildlife, the ranch is well-suited for cattle. The
new owners can choose to run their own herds or lease out the
grazing for an additional income stream. There are two sets of
cattle pens: one on the Brush Pasture and a newly constructed
set that can be accessed from the remaining three pastures.
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