The Bar G Ranch in Hemphill County, Texas is a beautiful piece of the Texas Panhandle with lots to offer hunters, horse owners, or those wanting a quiet retreat with plenty of space for entertaining guests. Located 30 minutes southeast of Canadian, Texas and two hours east of Amarillo, Texas this ranch offers 963 acres of rolling hills and draws peppered with trees and brush indigenous to the Texas Plains. Along with the land, an expansive 6,300 square foot, three-story main house, a 1,300 square foot, two-story guest cabin, and a dog kennel equipped to house 22 dogs makes the Bar G an unique property.

With all the extras, the Bar G Ranch is a versatile property with the flexibility to be a homestead, a guest ranch, or base for a hunting operation.

The Land

Situated in the eastern edge of the Texas Panhandle mixed grass prairie region, the Bar G Ranch consists of rolling hills bisected by a main draw and several smaller draws which drain north toward the Washita River. At around 2,500 feet elevation, the Bar G Ranch’s landscape is typical of the semi-arid land just west of the 100th Meridian and the area receives an average of 20.5 inches of rainfall annually.

Typical of this part of Texas, the climate, soil type, elevation influence the vegetation growing on the clay loam and alluvial soils found within the ranch boundaries. The 204-day growing season provides a buffet of bobwhite quail and other wildlife friendly plants like little bluestem, sand dropseed, sand sage, halfshrub sundrop, yucca, partridge pea, englemann daisy, scurfpea, catclaw sensitive briar, big bluestem, and buffalo grass.

Along the draws and uplands, you’ll find species typical of prairie woodlands like elm trees, locust mottes, cottonwoods, and broad sand plum thickets that provide food for wildlife and loafing cover for bobwhite quail.

There is no cultivation on the Bar G Ranch and grazing pressure is minimal. For cattle production, the area typically supports an animal unit for every 25 acres.

Weather-wise, the average maximum temperature is 95° F in July, and the average minimum is 23° in January.

Wildlife

Located in an area known for diverse wildlife populations and big bodied and big antlered deer, the Bar G Ranch is home to a variety of both game and non-game species.

For hunters, plan on the opportunity to hunt whitetail deer, bobwhite quail, Rio Grande turkey, mourning doves, prairie dogs, bobcats, coyotes, and cottontail rabbits.

For wildlife watchers, the ranch is home to a variety of songbirds like scissor-tailed flycatchers, cardinals, horned larks, burrowing owls, blue jays, western meadowlarks, and a host of other songbirds typical of the shortgrass prairies. While none are documented on the Bar G, just a short drive away, access is available where you can witness the spectacle of the rare Lesser Prairie Chicken on their spring booming grounds.

Natural Resources

The Bar G lies in an area of natural gas production and as such, three natural gas pumping stations are on the ranch. However, no mineral rights are conveyed with this property.

Structures/Fences/Improvements

The Bar G boasts many structures and improvements.

A centerpiece of the ranch’s improvements is the massive, 6,300 square foot, handcrafted log home constructed of Canadian Hemlock timbers. With three levels, the rustically appointed home boasts:

•Six bedrooms;
•A lower level game/TV room;
•A mud room entrance;
•Seven bathrooms;
•A kitchen equipped with commercial quality appliances;
•A great room with 25-foot vaulted, exposed beam ceilings;
•A broad front porch that spans the entire width of the home;
•A 1,300 square foot wrap around deck complete with an outdoor fireplace;
•Five interior fireplaces;
•And a fully furnished interior complete with leather seating in the great room, a lavish dining room set, and all bedrooms come furnished with a variety of bed sizes.

Behind the main lodge is a rock driveway and a small workshop/storage building.

Near the county road that fronts the eastern side of the property is a smaller, two story log cabin that is 1,300 square feet, two-stories, and sports three bedrooms, two baths, a loft office, kitchen/dining room combo, a mud/utility room, and, like the main house, comes fully furnished with couches, dining room set, and beds.

Behind the guest cabin is a modern, functioning dog kennel with enough space for 22 dogs. The kennel sports a concrete floor for easy washout and the pens are modular and galvanized.

On the east end of the dog kennel facility is a rustically finished office space/work area and bunkhouse complete with a bathroom, sink, and ample counter space in the work area.

The Bar G Ranch has four ponds on the property. Behind the main house is the largest pond - about three acres - and is spring fed which keeps its water level constant year round. Scattered throughout the rest of the ranch are three more stock ponds. One serves as a windmill overflow pond and the other’s water level is intermittent based on the year’s rainfall.

Additionally, three functioning windmills scattered throughout the acreage that serve as livestock and wildlife water.

Fences on the ranch are in good shape and the Bar G is crossfenced into four pastures. One of the pastures is a hay field (approximately 60 acres) that’s planted in Old World Bluestem and produced 100 round bales last year.

The entire ranch is accessible by unimproved roads that bisect the property.

A Little About the Area

The Hemphill County Seat, Canadian, is a quaint, economically progressive town of over, 2,300 people and the county at large is home to over 3,300 people as of the 2000 census.

Canadian lies on the side of the Canadian River and offers recreational opportunities like golf, fishing in nearby Lake Marvin, public hunting and wildlife viewing opportunities at the Gene Howe Wildlife Management Area, historic sites within town, public art, shopping, and one of the most technologically advance movie theaters in the country.

Throughout the county and the general area, historic sites abound In fact, just a few miles northwest is the Buffalo Wallow Battle site. A pivotal battle in the Red River War of 1874 (a campaign waged by the United States Army to remove Native American tribes from the Texas Panhandle), the Buffalo Wallow fight pitted 125 Comanche and Kiowa warriors against six men - four Army soldiers and two civilian scouts. In the end, the skirmish ended with the men fending off the Native Americans and Billy Dixon, a civilain scout, was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor for heroics on the battle field.