Experts Journal

Spring branding on northwest Colorado’s Motherwell Ranch is an annual tradition that represents the region’s sense of community and ranching heritage. For generations, local families have gathered here, along the banks of the Williams Fork River, to rope, brand and vaccinate the new crop of calves before they are turned out to summer pasture.

The Dallas Business Journal, The Houston Business Journal, The Austin Statesmen, and several other Texas media outlets recently penned stories about our new Texas Hill Country listing, Clear Rock Ranch. 

At the Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Convention in Fort Worth in March, Jacobs explained the difference between managing a production asset and an investment. Jacobs said while every rancher may dream of passing down the family business to the next generation, only the smallest percentage of today’s ranches are true legacy holdings that will never sell.

The ranches are situated along year-round live waterways in fertile expanses of the Lone Star State. Both properties have been managed for wild quail — a longtime passion of Mixon's — for more than 20 years. Where Elm Creek sits on just over 3,100 acres, Washita sprawls across more than 5,700 acres. The ranches are being offered separately, but in conjunction with one another

Through competing in National High School and Collegiate Bass Fishing Tournaments, I have been able to see some beautiful parts of the world. One place I keep finding myself returning to is deep in the heart of East Texas. East Texas is full of dense pineywood forests, easy rolling pastures, and what seems like never-ending bodies of water. It is vibrantly green, especially in the springtime. The scenery is hard to beat, and the bass fishing is even better.