Listing agent Brett Grier shares his love of the lake, ”There’s just something about having your own lake on the ranch. It becomes the heart of the property, that spot where the light hits just right in the evening. It’s the thing that gives you butterflies when you’re headed to the ranch after a fresh hard runoff rain because you’re anticipating pulling up to see what water you caught. It’s the closest feeling to being a kid again, anticipating the sight of the stuffed underside of the Christmas tree. It can also be the biggest letdown when it rained enough to drown a bullfrog, and somehow your lake didn’t come up as much as you hoped. But the highs wouldn’t be as good without the lows, so you come to appreciate both.
You can put a game camera over feed, but if you want the best photos, put a game camera next to a lake. It draws in wildlife in a way nothing else does, with ducks and geese working the water, deer coming down to drink at dusk, and the whole place seems to revolve around it. The other thing I’ve always found interesting about a lake is how animals seem to call a truce around a lake. I’ve seen a Bobcat drink water 20 yards from a deer. And a coyote is drinking, paying no mind to a calf cooling off in the water across from him.
It’s a built-in fishing hole, and a good excuse to just sit on the bank with a cup of coffee in the morning or take the kids out in a canoe for a break after you have dusted the chore list that afternoon.
On the ag. side, it’s a dependable water source for stock when things get dry, which counts for a lot out here. But mostly it’s the feel of the place, a good lake just makes a ranch feel complete.”
