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 10 Biggest Ranches In Texas
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03/21/23 11:58 AM
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Check out the list of the largest ranches in the Lone Star State to see how many you know. https://www.wideopencountry.com/10-biggest-texas-ranches/The video at the end of the page is about ranches owned by the Hollywierd crowd.
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Re: 10 Biggest Ranches In Texas
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03/21/23 01:06 PM
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I've spent a lot of time on two of them and always leave amazed at how awesome they are, the amount of game alone is unreal.
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Re: 10 Biggest Ranches In Texas
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03/21/23 01:24 PM
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I've been on the Kokernot and Longfellow. Love that part of Texas.
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Re: 10 Biggest Ranches In Texas
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03/21/23 02:31 PM
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Hunted the Norias division of the king ranch back in oct with my son. Very diverse, wild, untouched. Our guide was a 5th generation ranch hand and knew the place like the back of his hand. Pretty incredible place to see.
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Re: 10 Biggest Ranches In Texas
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03/21/23 02:47 PM
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Most of the ranches on that list are not actually one tract. The Longfellow, the O6, the Waggener are contiguous, the rest are not.
The distance between the Santa Gertudis pasture of the King ranch and the Norias is pretty dang far....at least 75 miles by air.
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Re: 10 Biggest Ranches In Texas
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03/21/23 02:59 PM
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They left off more than just the Brad Kelly, Left off Jeff Bezos ranches, the East Family, and others
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: 10 Biggest Ranches In Texas
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03/21/23 05:51 PM
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I've been inside The Longfellow. I spent three days there, and would live there in a heartbeat! Been by the Wagoner, the Pitchfork, and the 6666. I'd live on those in a heartbeat as well. I'm too far east of where my heart lies. 
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Re: 10 Biggest Ranches In Texas
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03/21/23 10:57 PM
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I have been on the 6666’s, Waggoner, Briscoe, and King. The Briscoe was the one that made the size of it real. We would go in the gate and drive for over an hour and a half to the well site.
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Re: 10 Biggest Ranches In Texas
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03/21/23 11:43 PM
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Many years ago I paid $250 to go on a two day doe hunt on the Briscoe ranch. I chose to spend the first day riding around with one of the guides corning the roads of the ranch and looking at some spectacular deer. We drove all day and didn't see near all the ranch. It was absolutely worth the price of admission.
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Re: 10 Biggest Ranches In Texas
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03/21/23 11:56 PM
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Been on only one the King Ranch. It was spectacular opening archery Turkey hunt. I arrowed a turkey, javalina and hog within the first 6 hours on the ranch. I got as close as 80 yards on a nilgai but he spooked. It seemed you could not walk 50 steps and not find a shed.
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Re: 10 Biggest Ranches In Texas
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03/22/23 12:45 PM
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They left off more than just the Brad Kelly, Left off Jeff Bezos ranches, the East Family, and others Waggoner owns the Escalara now as well and is closer to 600K
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Re: 10 Biggest Ranches In Texas
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03/22/23 01:31 PM
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They left off more than just the Brad Kelly, Left off Jeff Bezos ranches, the East Family, and others Waggoner owns the Escalara now as well and is closer to 600K Lyda still owns 200k something acres in Pecos County.
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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It is 424,000 acres and according to your link it would be the # 5 largest on that list.
