Steve Ruffner, DVM
Capitol Ranch Real Estate, LLC
This exceptional ranch presents a rare combination of productivity, beauty, and recreation. Rolling highland meadows with rich, lush grass support running over 100 head of cattle with ease. Water is abundant, featuring four spring-fed lakes ideal for fishing, frontage on White Oak Creek, and thoughtfully developed duck sloughs with food plots and blinds, making it a true sportsman’s paradise. The massive hardwood bottoms provide prime habitat for deer, turkey, and wild hogs, while the open pastures offer wide, scenic views.
At the heart of the property sits a comfortable 4-bedroom, 3-bath home, perfectly positioned with sweeping views of the ranch and lake. Whether you’re seeking a working cattle operation, a hunting and fishing retreat, or a private escape, this ranch offers the best of all worlds—all in a quiet location away from it all and yet only 6 miles from Mt. Vernon for hardware and grocery stores.
Fencing and cross fencing, working pens with covered area, 4-bed 3-bath home approximately 2,100 sq. feet, with brand new roof, new heat pump, new storm cellar, new generator, and 2-car garage for storage and gun room, 40×100 hay barn (400 bale capacity), 65×80 equipment shed, 24×30 cabin with open loft, 20×24 garage. Paved road frontage and gravel internal roads.
Deer, turkey, wild hogs, duck, and geese; great fishing in private lakes as well as nearby Sulphur River, Bob Sandlin, and Cypress Springs lakes.
Directions: From Mount Vernon go North of 37 approximately 7 miles, turn west at church on CR 2220. Property on the south side of road approximately 800 yards.
Steve Ruffner, DVM
Capitol Ranch Real Estate, LLC
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