Codorniz 422 - Bee County, Pettus, TX
Located in northwestern Bee County just west of Pettus is the 422 + acre Codorniz Ranch. This is an excellent combination quail and deer ranch with paved road access but off of the highway enough to get away from any road noise. With a mix of open grasslands, oak trees, mixed brush and quail lanes, this ranch is ready for a new landowner to come in and build a house overlooking their dream ranch.
Location
The ranch is located on paved CR 122 4 miles west of Pettus and 19 miles northwest of Beeville. The ranch also has access on its west side on CR 127. Houston is 3 hours, San Antonio is 1 and half hours, Austin is 2 and a half hours and Corpus Christi is 1 hour and 15 minutes away.
Topography, Rangeland & Habitat
The Codorniz Ranch is in a portion of Bee County that has excellent topographic relief giving way to beautiful sunrises and sunsets. With elevation ranging from 480’ down to 370’ in the lower draws there are great vistas to the east and homesite potentials. Throughout the ranch, there are scattered oak mottes and bottomlands with elms and hackberries. The ranch is comprised of great quail habitat with a mix of grasslands and lower mixed brush. Within the lower areas and throughout the ranches mixed brush habitat there is ample deer habitat.
Wildlife
Aptly named, the Codorniz Ranch is a wonderful quail ranch and has been managed with disk lanes for forb production and also for driving lanes for running dogs. The ranch has consistently put up great numbers of birds in recent years and is doing so this year. There is also a great population of deer that is very lightly hunted due to the focus on the quail. You will also find turkeys, dove and hogs on the ranch.
Improvements
There are no structural improvements on the property.
Water
There are a few ponds and troughs on the ranch. With quality water being found at only 220’, a new water well could be installed on the ranch to supply water to the ponds and water troughs. There currently is not a water well on site but a new quote was given and can be drilled in short order.
Electricity
There is electricity onsite.
Minerals
This is a surface only sale.