Nail Ranch

[Birddog]

It's a rich mans game... A little spot on the brazos. next to my grand pas land where I was raised just went for $2,900,000,00. It wasn't but 400 acrse..

Must be nice to have pockets so deep you can't reach the bottom..

[Ben]

This is true...but there's still a good chunk of land out there. I can't remember what Buck told me, but at one time the ranch was even much bigger.

Dale,

Blaine, Tyge and I have seen some monsters while driving through and around the Waggoner. Whats the size of that place? 450-500,000 acres?

[A&M 90]

Sadly - like Stephen points out in the link - land fragmentation will likely cause serious demise of land resources and in our opportunities to hunt and in the quality of our hunting here in Texas.

I'm many years away from retirement. But I contemplate that when that time comes, I may need to move from Texas, my home state, in search of more wide open spaces with more hunting opportunities. And I expect that would require me to head up north to colder climates or move to a state that has lots of public hunting land. I fear Texas hunters will compete for the scarce available tracts of land suitable for hunting thereby driving the lease prices to obscene levels. And getting drawn on a public hunt will be even more difficult than it is today with more hunters having no other real options....not good.

I'll miss Texas....

[Dale Moser]

520,000 acres Benito, all under one fence.

[bdphunt]

It makes me sad too to see these Ranches shrink in size. Although who is to say I would not sell a small portion of a ranch if I owned a huge one. Land prices are pretty good these days. I love that area around the Clear Forks. I know several have offered to buy the Hendrick ranch which is just north of 40,000 acres, but it is not for sale at this time.

[nail ranch]

Ok hear is the deal.....18000 acres was left to a great uncle of mine who stuck that part in a trust...when he died he left that to a church in ft worth....they have owned it since 1991 and have been trying to sell it since then....finally somone gave them 22.5 million for it and sold...yes it sucks that we are losing it but no worries on that....4 men bought it just for hunting....no cows will be raised on it and hunting is only for the family and close friends...they are a really super bunch of guys and will take good care o the place.....that makes a long story short just to clear all the mess here....

[Tuffbroadhead]

Thanks Nail!!!!!

[cosmiccowboy]

I heard late last year that the owner of the Galvan, and many other ranches down south and west, offered $1K an acre for the Callahan and was told no thanks. That would be about $80-$90mil I guess. Didn't know the Callahan was for sale but if it is, they are looking for more than $1k an acre.

It doesn't surprise me that Briscoe made an offer. It also doesn't surprise me that they said no. $1000 an acre is cheap these days. I am seeing good ranches with deer potential going for $2000+ an acre. A friend of mine just closed on 1400 acres in the Cotulla area at $2500. It had some nice improvements but that just seems to be the going rate and the trend is still up.

[Trophy7]

I hunted a 9,000 acre section of the Galvan Ranch this past weekend. I had a blast, although it was one of the more rugged Texas hunts I've been on. After three days of 4-wheeler riding up and down rocky hills, I sore all over! It definately wasn't the South Texas I was used to. I guess $1,000 an acre wouldn't be bad, considering that most land down South starts about $1200-$1500.

[A&M 90]

....4 men bought it just for hunting....no cows will be raised on it and hunting is only for the family and close friends...they are a really super bunch of guys and will take good care o the place.....

That's great for them, their families and close friends....I would certainly restrict access if it was mine as well.

If the Church allowed hunting, fishing, or other recreational opportunities to any segment of the public (for a fee or otherwise) prior to the sale.....sadly that opportunity is now gone.

It's capitalism and privitation of lands - not a bad thing....its just the thing.

As the population continues to grow and land continues to fragment, I expect less and less regular folks will have the opportunity to hunt Texas. Many years into the future, a person of average means may find it very difficult to get to go on a quality hunt in Texas without shelling out huge $$$.....even harder than getting on the guest list at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo private cookoff tents

[dennisomfs]

...and the sheep permits? ...and sheep raising facilities? Weren't they on the ranch?

[JTS]

It doesn't surprise me that Briscoe made an offer. It also doesn't surprise me that they said no. $1000 an acre is cheap these days. I am seeing good ranches with deer potential going for $2000+ an acre. A friend of mine just closed on 1400 acres in the Cotulla area at $2500. It had some nice improvements but that just seems to be the going rate and the trend is still up.

Cosmiccowboy, was not Briscoe. The guy who owns the Galvan now is David Brask. He's trying to buy up everything down south from what I know and is the one supposedly that made the offer for the Callaghan. He owns several ranches all big around south and west Texas, and elsewhere out of state to. Big time dollars, billionaire class from what I heard.

Did your friend get minerals? Have the river going through it? Wow, 2500 is steep.

[MAP]

NailRanch, Hey I'm assuming you know Jamie Nail. I talked to him a while at the TWA banquet, just wondering how there doing...

[MAP]

""David Brask, a wealthy New Jersey investor, was arrested for bulldozing a road through grizzly-bear habitat to build a 360-acre subdivision outside Yellowstone National Park. Like Chapman, Brask has taken to the air, choppering in material for new roads and 30 cabins, which he says he'll remove if the government buys the land.""

http://fa.smithbarney.com/davidbrask/index.htm?wes=ppc

[nail ranch]

MAP yes i do know him he is my first cousin.....i know i shouldnt tell people that but he is...he and his wife are doing trying to get a family going....