1,203 acres in Young County

North Stewart Ranch
Markley, Texas

Location:

Located on the Young/Jack County line 17 miles Northwest of Jacksboro, Texas on Stewart Ranch Road.

Terrain:

North Stewart Ranch is a fully outfitted cattle ranch with excellent hunting opportunities that is located 17 miles Northwest of Jacksboro, Texas on the Jack/Young County line. The property consists of 1,203 acres of rolling oak timber and improved grass meadows along Plum Creek that runs through the center of the property and smaller wet weather tributaries feeding the main creek. Two large sets of working pipe pens that are located at the separate end of the ranch with livestock scales being located at the South of pens. The West corrals consist of a 40’x40’ enclosed livestock barn and two loafing sheds. An older farmhouse could also serve as residence for workers or hunter’s cabin. Additional improvements consist of onsite electricity at multiple areas of the ranch with a water well and several plumbed water troughs for livestock near the West corrals. The Stewart Ranch has 70 plus acres of improved coastal pastures along the fertile creek bottom for outstanding hay production. Both exterior and interior fencing is in excellent condition with cross-divided pastures for rotational grazing. Plum creek runs for over 1½ miles through thick hardwood bottoms. The center of the property provides several year-round pools of water across the ranch. Topography is quite diverse with elevation changes of 30-40 feet rising from creek to brush covered rocky hilltops across the property. For added convenience an excellent interior road system and low water creek crossing have been established to make all pastures more readily accessible. Besides the water along the creek the ranch has 3 livestock ponds the largest being of 5 acres in size. Several of these are great fisheries and ideal locations for waterfowl hunting as well. Thick hardwoods of hackberry, cedar elm, and post oak provide plentiful cover and food sources along the creek bottoms. Wildlife opportunities for whitetail deer, turkey, wild hog is phenomenal due to the size of the ranch and amount of thick cover. Property access is quick and easy with county road frontage available on all weather Stewart Ranch Road with multiple entry points through pipe gated entrances.

Improvements:

40′ x 40’ Enclosed Livestock Barn with Lots, Two Loafing Sheds, Two Sets of Pipe Working Pens with Livestock Scales, Excellent Interior and Exterior Perimeter Fencing, Gated Pipe Entrances, Rural Electricity, Water Well with plumbed water troughs, Multiple Freeze-proof Hydrants, Three Livestock Ponds.

Wildlife:

Whitetail Deer, Quail, Rio Grande Turkey, Dove, Waterfowl, Wild Hogs, and Fishing