Matador, TX 79244 - Motley County

Location:

Red Plains Ranch is located eight miles east of Matador, TX in the big deer country of the Texas Rolling Plains.

Land:

With gently rolling hills, the 329 /- acre Red Plains is a typical slice of the Rolling Plains ecoregion as its plant community consists of mesquite/shortgrass prairie interspersed with succulent plants like prickly pear and yucca.

On the western part of the property, mesquite brushlands provide adequate wildlife bedding areas and ample food. On the eastern 1/4 of the property, the land changes into open grasslands with silver bluestem, sideoats grama, sand dropseed, and big bluestem as the dominant plants.

Water:

A small pond and a submersible pump provides water to the ranch.

Improvements:

Red Plains features numerous improvements and inventory including:

8 developed food plots

Triple Slide Challenger 5th wheel travel trailer

Ocean Freight Storage Container

5 Box Blinds

2 Tripod Stands

8 Feeders

Numerous Ranch Gates

Cross fencing every some of the fencing has braces but no wire in place

Extra t-posts and barbed wire

Brush sculpted senderos

Windmill

Well with submersible pump 2-3 GPM

Newly constructed 1/4 acre pond

Good, 5-wire perimeter fencing

Electrical service in two locations

Wildlife/Hunting:

Red Plains lies in the heart of one of the hottest hunting regions in Texas. As such, you ll find a diversity of both game and non-game wildlife on the property. Game animals include mule deer, cottontail rabbits, whitetail deer, mourning doves, bobwhite quail, Rio Grande turkeys, feral pigs, coyotes, and bobcats.

For the nature watcher you'll also see typical grassland bird species found in the region such as western meadowlarks, scissortailed flycatchers, mockingbirds, and others. On the Red Plains, you'll also see Texas Horned Lizards, various small mammals such as jackrabbits, and a host of other reptiles and mammals.

Minerals:

With the purchase of the property, seller will convey all of available mineral rights to the buyer.

No wind development projects or water rights issues are in place on the Red Plains.

Property Summary:

Owner Financing Available!

The Land

Located eight miles east of Matador, Texas Red Plains is an iconic piece of the vast Rolling Plains rangeland.

Red Plains is unique in that it is ready to hunt with little or no additional improvements. With numerous food plots, senderos, a newly constructed pond, deer blinds, tripod stands, game feeders, a travel trailer and dry storage cargo box in place, this ranch has all the recreational user or small rancher needs to get off to a fast start.

Agriculture Production

While Red Plains currently has no agricultural production, there is 25 acres of cultivation on the property. Additionally, the property has many gates and corner braces in place as well as a supply of t-posts and wire. Once completed, the cross-fencing provides an adequate infrastructure for horse paddocks or an intense rotational cattle grazing program.

A Little About the Area

From the Handbook of Texas on-line:

Motley County, in the Rolling Plains region of Northwest Texas, is bounded on the east by Cottle County, on the south by Dickens County, on the west by Floyd County, and on the north by Briscoe and Hall counties. Its center is at 34 03' north latitude and 100 45' west longitude, about eighty miles northeast of Lubbock. The county is named for Junius William Mottley, who died in the battle of San Jacinto a spelling error was made when the county was named. This sparsely settled county comprises 959 square miles of rough and broken terrain drained by the North Pease, Middle Pease, and South Pease rivers and their tributaries. Elevations range between 1,928 and 3,034 feet above sea level. The county lies just below the Caprock. Its soils are sand and black and red clay, mixed or not mixed with sand. The average rainfall is 20.35 inches. The average minimum temperature is 26 F in January, and the average maximum is 96 in July. The growing season lasts 218 days. The county produces about $14 million average annual income from agriculture, half of which derives from beef cattle and horses and half primarily from cotton, peanuts, wheat, guar, and other grains. In the mid-1980s about 95 percent of the land in the county was in ranches and farms, 13 percent of the county was cultivated, and 9 percent was irrigated. U.S. Highway 62/70 runs east to west, State Highway 70 is the major route north to south.