1,118 Acres with Home, Electricity, Barn, Lake, Pond in Atascosa County, Charlotte, Texas

The CJ8 Turkey Creek Ranch is a spectacular south Texas high fenced ranch with everything in place to start enjoying on day one! From the moment you enter the custom gate, the care taken to manage the ranch is evident. The all weather road winds a wide path to the incredible headquarters while passing one of numerous fishing lakes and senderos that warrant slowing down and looking for trophy deer. The main lodge, overlooking a small lake and Turkey Creek, is simply awesome and offers spacious living and entertaining possibilities. The ranch’s deer herd has been intensively managed for years and the results are visible! LOCATION The ranch is located on the north side of FM 140 and about 6 air miles from Charlotte, TX. Drive time from San Antonio is about 1 hour; from Houston is just over 3.5 hours and from Austin is a little over 2 hours. TOPOGRAPHY, RANGELAND & HABITAT The ranch includes areas of heavy diverse brush, bull mesquites and some limited pasture with predominantly sandy loam “red dirt” soils all providing high quality habitat for the wildlife that thrives on the ranch. While there are some elevation changes, Turkey Creek and 7 other drainages really add to the diversity. WILDLIFE Wildlife includes an intensively managed white-tailed deer herd, turkey, dove, waterfowl, some quail and a herd of axis deer. The ranch has been managed for trophy white-tailed deer for many years. Predator control is actively in place. The ranch’s wildlife management program includes supplemental feeding, water distribution, census, selective harvest and predator control to achieve its management goals. The ranch works to maintain a deer to 6 acres with good age structure to produce mature trophy bucks. The ranch is currently equipped with 7 high quality elevated deer stands, 7 protein feeders and 9 timed corn feeders. AGRICULTURE A limited number of cattle have been maintained on the ranch’s pastures and both blackbuck antelope (past) and axis deer (past and current) herds are raised on the ranch. IMPROVEMENTS The main lodge is a spectacular custom home overlooking a small lake and the Turkey Creek wildlife corridor. The home includes 5 bedrooms (and 5-1/2 baths), an spacious kitchen, custom built bar, living and/or dining areas located in the expansive high ceiling great room providing a fantastic location for trophy mount displays. The home is equipped with smart technology for ease of operation. A two sided fireplace is centrally located in the living area. In addition, there is a custom gun and tackle room plus a walk-in cooler for interior needs. Well-appointed covered parking is just out the bar door. Covered porches with sitting and relaxing areas are found on the south and west sides along with an outdoor kitchen (complete with a drop down television). Nearby are also a firepit and a concrete cowboy hot/cold tub fed with naturally hot water from the deep Carrizo well or cooler water from the domestic well, and a small garden. Across the drive from the lodge are 3…

Home, Electricity, Barn, Lake, Pond, Hunting Game, Creek, Work Shop, Water Well, Guest Ranch

Acreage, Hunting Property, Recreational Land, Home, Ranch, Home With Acreage, Cattle Ranch

Charlotte, 78011 Texas

County: Atascosa