Gene Autry Lake Ranch is an extremely rare hunting and recreational property with new 21 acre lake built in 2020 measuring 20' deep and perfectly stocked to produce trophy bass. Overlooking the lake still sits the famed singing cowboy Gene Autry's horse barn from the late 1930's. This property is situated in the foothills of the Arbuckle Mountains where rolling Crosstimbered uplands break off into mesquite flats and eventually hardwood creek bottoms. This unique area is home to some incredible whitetail deer genetics, but is also one of a few areas of the State where free-range ELK are thriving and expanding. This property features excellent cattle grazing on both Bermuda and native grasses, as well as exceptional recreational opportunity for big game, waterfowl and fishing. Less than six miles East of I-35 on a direct exit and just one mile West of Ardmore Industrial Airpark which has a +6,000' runway.

Location:
*Ardmore - 11 miles
*Oklahoma City - 93 miles
*DFW - 100 miles

Access:
*1/2 mile of paved Happy Trails Road frontage
*Only 1 mile from two-lane State Highway 53
*Only 4 minutes from Ardmore Municipal Airport
*Only 6 minutes from I-35

Water:
*New, 21 acre stocked lake - privately built to be an exceptional bass fishery with varying water depths and perfectly balanced populations
*5+ acres of the west end of the lake is a shallow, moist-soil area full of Smartweed for duck and goose hunting
*Eight small ponds
*1.5 miles of seasonal creek

Utilities:
*Underground electric has been ran to build site
*coop water has been ran to build site
Climate:
*Approximately +/-39 inches of annual precipitation

Minerals:

*Surface Only

Wildlife:
*FREE RANGE ELK - Bulls as large as 375" in the area
*Whitetail Deer
*Wild Turkey
*Waterfowl
*Dove
*Quail
*Wild Hogs

Fishing:
*F1 Hybrid Bass (1-1.5 lbs) stocked in March 2021 - currently weighing 2-3 pounds
*Northern Largemouth Bass (fingerling) stocked in March 2021 - currently weighing 1-1.5 pounds
*Coppernose Bluegill stocked in December 2020
*Fathead Minnows stocked in December 2020
*Golden Shiners stocked in December 2020
*Added boulders, rock piles, brush piles, pvc spider blocks, trenches, humps, flats, etc for fishing structure and habitat

Terrain:
*Elevation ranging from 740' to 830'
*Mostly rolling topography with a few steep drop offs
*Beautiful views of the Arbuckle Mountains
*Big bottomland hardwoods along the creek
*Rolling Crosstimbers and Mesquite Flats
*Area known for extremely rare ELK herd and exceptional whitetail deer
*Thick bedding cover in the form of plum, blackberry and persimmon thickets

Improvements:
*The remnants of Gene Autry's horse stable
*Deer feeders, stands, blinds
*Several small food plots