Youngest son and I are in the throes of working a cow nilgai hunt in South Texas, the Yturria Ranch.
I've hunted the Yturria Ranch, neat place.
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We drove MILES on a nice blacktop ranch road before we got to the hacienda, which is quite a spread. There was a huge granite crypt for Senior Yterria's wife who had since passed. He was in his 90's back then; I would guess he's probably joined her by now.
Google Yterria history as it relates to Capt King and Capt Kenedy, circa Maximilian rule in Mexico, American Civil War and Reconstruction. Quite a story.
Reportedly the hacienda was about half way to the Gulf, which is said to include a lot of marsh land. Sr. Yterria is (was) big into preservation, reportedly his Gulf acreage is part of a wildlife preserve. There is a large fenced area for ocelot preservation. It's so thick, you can hardly walk in there. A wounded nilgai wading off into that could be a challenge to find. The Yterria Ranch is bordered on the North by a King Ranch division.
Soak up the history, enjoy the ranch, have a good hunt.
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