Trinidad ranch – exotic game ranch

[Texag0842]

http://ranchenterprisesltd.com/property_detail.php?id=163

Just curious as to everyone's thoughts

Price is approx 3500/AC and I'm really wanting to get a few acres for myself.

[AntlerCollector]

Don't count on the animals being there long if you share that ranch with 18 other owners

[RealTreeHunter]

Don't count on the animals being there long if you share that ranch with 18 other owners

The way I read it a biologist tells you what you can and can't shoot on your place every year. No thanks...

And that's just one of the numerous restrictions listed on that website.

[AntlerCollector]

The way I read it a biologist tells you what you can and can't shoot on your place every year. No thanks...

And that's just one of the numerous restrictions listed on that website.

Yep that's what it says. Now when a trophy scimitar oryx walks onto any of your 18 neighbors yards I'm sure they will remember what that biologist said

[Texag0842]

So I will add more to it

I need to stay around 150k so options are limited. Luckily the in-laws have a small 400-500 acre low fenced ranch in Utopia and my family has a large high fenced property in Mountain Home so we have places to hunt however it isn't "ours" and I still have all the normal family drama.

I know for the price range I won't get everything we want so I'm just looking for so a smaller place to call my own which has some form of management.

The way I'm looking at it is any 100 acre ranch is going to get shot up by my neighbors at least this gives us a high fence and some form of management.

[Catarina]

Its the same guy who does these "Rancho Trinidad" subdivisions. He has bought several ranches in central and south Texas and has done the same thing with them. Personally its not my thing, I would hold out and find a place in your budget that is outside of a subdivision. If you keep looking you will find a nice place with good access that is surrounded by larger pieces of land than the one your buying.

If your serious about buying a tract in rancho Trinidad, I'd suggest finding one of the other rancho Trinidad subdivisions and talking to landowners who bought in it. See if things changed once they bought.

[SPDKLZ]

You are looking at about 40 acre plots per person...pretty small. The biologist will tell everyone, you can hunt one x, three b, two c, etc and that is for the entire 800 acres. It is then up to the property association to decide how folks get selected for each animal. I would bet there will be years where you will not be allowed to harvest anything.

Using mule doe as an example, biologist in the Ozona area say one mule for every 1500 acres and sometimes every 1000 acres. If you have 10 owners with 150 acres each, the POA must then figure a way for those 10 to be put in a drawing and see which person gets to shoot the allotted mule doe. Once that person is drawn, they are ineligible for 9 years so everyone gets a chance. Doesn't sound good does it?

[fullsizeaggie]

A biologist tells you what to shoot under the MLD program....what's so different? Honestly, those prices don't seem too far fetched.

[AntlerCollector]

A biologist tells you what to shoot under the MLD program....what's so different? Honestly, those prices don't seem too far fetched.

Read the post above yours. There's a big difference. You will probably go a year or two without being able to hunt anything. If hunting isn't a big issue then this may be a subdivision for you

[Texag0842]

http://ranchenterprisesltd.com/images/properties/163_resources.pdf

The overall game management plan looks solid to me but let me here some other opinions on it.

[fullsizeaggie]

You never fail until you try. I have not heard of a system like this. For some people it might be a good option.

[.270]

I was looking at Ranch Enterprises for a tract in South Texas. Not sure if it's true or a sales pitch, but they allow to upgrade or trade a tract in for another. So if you don't like it after a couple years, then you can trade it in for another.

[SPDKLZ]

http://ranchenterprisesltd.com/image..._resources.pdf

The overall game management plan looks solid to me but let me here some other opinions on it.

If you are in it for the long haul, then it may work for you. However, looking at the numbers just for 2016 and 2017 seasons, there are only 14 total white tail allowed to be harvested...6 culls for 2016 and 8 for 2017. No doe are allowed. In 2018 it opens up more, but still only 22 deer total for 19 plot owners.

On top of that, you are assigned what you can take based on your tract and the 2016-2017 plan only allows two animals per tract.

All in all, it depends on what you want. If you are looking for a place for you and your kids to harvest deer, well, reconsider. If you want yourself and your two kids to harvest any animal, well, reconsider because the limit is two this season. If you want to invite a friend to hunt with you and they harvest, now you have one animal left. Just strict measures but if you can live with them then it is your call. Personally, my place is 100 acres and I would be happy with some sort of management, but certainly not this strict.