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Copper1272

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Okay we finally found the area we want to move to. I know there are some Texans on here......Are there any areas arond San Antonio that you like better than others. Or areas to stear clear of. We have been working with an agent looking at places in Wilson county southeast of San Antonio. We would appreciate any info you can give.
 
We had a friend from San Antonio that came to eastern Montana for all
summer because he couldn't stand the summers there. And the
summers here aren't all that pleasant compared to western Montana,
so I figured it must really be bad around San Antonio. He invited us
there to take in the River Walk, but he passed away before we got
to do it.
 
We have a place in Karnes county, which is next to Wilson county. It is good cow country with moisture but dries up fast, stockpile your hay, dont sell any.
 
I have to say I love to visit San Antone and the hill country, but always glad to get back home. If I were to move West I would go to San Marcos/Wimberly area. I wont say it is any hotter than here, in fact sitting outside under the shade isnt to bad. Less Humidity than we have. I just like green, lol, and my trees over here. Haymaker should be able to give good advice on the areas. My oldest has family down around Three Rivers and he loves to go there....It is hot no matter where you go anymore. Best thing in our part and South Texas is that we do not have the long winters.

Easty
 
Copper1272 said:
Okay we finally found the area we want to move to. I know there are some Texans on here......Are there any areas arond San Antonio that you like better than others. Or areas to stear clear of. We have been working with an agent looking at places in Wilson county southeast of San Antonio. We would appreciate any info you can give.
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Wilson county is good,Floresville is a friendly little town full of good people..............good luck
 
Copper1272 said:
Okay we finally found the area we want to move to. I know there are some Texans on here......Are there any areas arond San Antonio that you like better than others. Or areas to stear clear of. We have been working with an agent looking at places in Wilson county southeast of San Antonio. We would appreciate any info you can give.
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What type of place are you looking for and what do you want to do with your land?
 
Thank you everyone for all the responses. We were just there in the begining of june and it was about 98 degrees It was lovely :lol: . As you can probably see from my Avatar we are from south florida near the everglades Ya'll havn't been in humidity untill you have lived in a tropical climate. It was funny because every where we went there all we heard was how hot and sticky it was there. My husband and I would just look at each other and smile and we were enjoying the lovely dryness of it....Heck I had to actually start using hand lotion because my skin was getting so dry. But I loved every minute of it.

We arent ranchers, but do raise foundation Quarter Horses...just trying to carry on a little bit if history. We will just be raising horses on our property. We did go through San Marcos area and really like it there too.

We are trying to get out of the rat race that is south florida. I dont know if a nice person even exists here anymore. Just last night we drove into town to take our children to a movie and about got mowed down trying to cross the parking lot to the theatre.

Any way thanks everyone for your input. Is it hard to get Hay in this area? Timothy/Alfalfa mix goes for around about 14.95 a bale if you can find it :shock:
 
I guess it is all relative.

A young man from Missouri stayed a few weeks with us and it was
hot while he was here. Never fazed him in the least. He'd say, in a
Gomer Pyle voice,
"IT AIN'T HOTTT!!"

Glad to hear you have found something you like. Life is an
adventure. Go for it!!!
 
Thanks FH,

I am originally from Northern Idaho near Sandpoint and have been in South Florida for about 20 years. I have never really liked it here, no mountains heck not even any hills and no change of seasons really. Any way long story short I have not felt like I am home here ever and the prices of property up home have gotten really high so thats not really an option ( even if I could still tolerate the winters :o ) either. So for the last year we have been checking out different places in Texas. When I came over the hill on I10 into San Antonio it just felt like I was home for the first time in 20 years. The terrain is not the same as Northern Idaho by any means but the feeling of home was there. I know it sounds corny probably but I have missed that feeling.

So yes an adventure is definatley coming up and I cant wait!!!!! :wink:

Gonna be one heck of a caravan between the horses, equipment, house stuff and the kids.......Even one blind goose going with us, we cant seem to leave him he does a pretty good job of keeping strangers off the place.
 
I hope ya'll find just the right spot.....cuz Texas can use some more horses, equipment, house stuff and kids along with one blind goose. And the parents. That is a pretty part of Texas I hafta say.
I made a trip to Floresville a few years back, friend of mine had a great aunt that lives down there, and she had two horses that she could no longer take care of (she's 90 years old) and asked if my friend would take them. She called me and asked if there was any way that we could use my horse trailer to haul em. I said, Yeap.....ROAD TRIP!!!!! Enjoyed it so much. She'd never really been out of this area, and we had a blast.

Hafta tell this part of this story, .........Aunt Jim and Karen and I had gone down to the barn pasture where the horses were, and had loaded the horses. Everything went fine, she insisted on loadin them herself , even at 90 years old, I was a bit hesitant, but she said they hadn't had anyone else messin with them in 10 years, and hadn't been loaded in all that time, she didnt want us gettin hurt :shock: LOL they loaded fine. On our way back thru the pasture, Aunt Jim was in the back seat, we were just talkin, I don't recall about what.....but I glanced in the back seat at her, and she had tears rollin down her face. I lost it, reached in the backseat for her hand, she grabbed hold......I stopped the truck, Karen by this time looks back to see what I'm doin, and see's Aunt Jim too....she lost it too. So there we sat, three women bawlin in the middle of the pasture in my truck, with the horses loaded in the trailer. I asked if she was sure she wanted to do this....she said yes, just was hard, cuz they was her long gone husbands pride and joy. I've been thru Floresville several times since then, and I always think of Aunt Jim. She lives with some of her kids now in Austin. She comes home here, on occasion and I get to see her. Her lil house, and 50 or so acres are a beautiful spot on earth.

Wish ya'll all the best with yer move to Texas.
 
Copper you can call us if you would like we live 20 miles or so south of san antonio and adjacent to wilson county
Wilson county is pretty nice and starting to grow right now, certain areas would be a real good investment and a pretty nice place to live


pm me if you want the number
 
Real nice story Lilly...made me tear up abit thinking about it.

Team1Roper,

Are there alot of horse related events in your area? We had checked out Ft Worth before this and there was alot going on but we were not in love with the terrain. We are getting some of our colts going and were interested in getting involved with some of the Ranch Versatility stuff. We figured being in San Antonio area we could always haul up to Ft Worth for some stuff. We have to haul up to Ocala now for most things anyway and its about a 4 hour trip one way.

I was hoping there would be a better quantity of hay there too. We are feeding alot of concentrated feed here because its hard to come by decent hay here and I was hoping to be able to cut back on the feed and add alot more hay to their diets. You cant find a farrier here to save your life and if you do half the time they dont show up. Plenty of tourist traps though :D

Lets just say unless you live in Ocala its not very horse friendly here. And even there its mostly geared to the TB racing industry.

One thing I did notice while we were in your neck of the woods we could actually be outside in the evening and sit on the porch swing without being carried off...lol
 
Copper1272 said:
Real nice story Lilly...made me tear up abit thinking about it.

Team1Roper,

Are there alot of horse related events in your area? We had checked out Ft Worth before this and there was alot going on but we were not in love with the terrain. We are getting some of our colts going and were interested in getting involved with some of the Ranch Versatility stuff. We figured being in San Antonio area we could always haul up to Ft Worth for some stuff. We have to haul up to Ocala now for most things anyway and its about a 4 hour trip one way.

I was hoping there would be a better quantity of hay there too. We are feeding alot of concentrated feed here because its hard to come by decent hay here and I was hoping to be able to cut back on the feed and add alot more hay to their diets. You cant find a farrier here to save your life and if you do half the time they dont show up. Plenty of tourist traps though :D

Lets just say unless you live in Ocala its not very horse friendly here. And even there its mostly geared to the TB racing industry.

One thing I did notice while we were in your neck of the woods we could actually be outside in the evening and sit on the porch swing without being carried off...lol
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Copper
There are a ton of horse related events here and wilson county is pretty good into horses.
As for the hay normally you can get good hay down here for 25 to 50 a roll, but this year is a pretty bad drought and hay is scarce but it will pass in time.
San Antonio has many different horse associations and there is always Austin and Houston and then on to Ft Worth.
I think you will like Wilson County do you have an town in mind?
 
There is a place in Sutherland Springs that we really like. It is in Floresville isd so I am guessing it is near there. We are coming back in August to narrow down our search and look at some of the houses with an agent. After that we will be waiting for our house to sell, which is hopefully quick but could be delayed a few monthes as Hurricane season should soon be in full swing. We live inland but had a lot of damge from Wilma to our home and barn so we will see. I finally got my new barn and some of the upgrades I wanted at the house (thanks to Wilma) but now someone new can enjoy them.

The place we are looking at isn't big by definition compared to most of the ones on this message board, but it has lots of open pasture so thats fine with me. The places down here near us are going for about $80,000.00 - $100,000 dollars an acre, so hopefully we will make out good enough to do the upgrades we want at the new place. We dont have a big place at all here now, that was part of the reason we were looking out that way. You can't buy 5 acres here with a house for less than $450,000.

Do you guys get ag exemption on horses there?
 
Sutherland Springs and the Floreville area is pretty nice and thats about 25 miles from us
you can get ag exemption on horse places here, but a lot depends on your appraisal office and the agent.
Land around that area should go about 4k to 6k an acre and thats on small places a 100 acre plot should go about 2 to 3k and acre


Let me know when you guys are coming down
 
Copper1272 said:
Okay we finally found the area we want to move to. I know there are some Texans on here......Are there any areas arond San Antonio that you like better than others. Or areas to stear clear of. We have been working with an agent looking at places in Wilson county southeast of San Antonio. We would appreciate any info you can give.
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Copper1272,if southeast of san Antonio dont suit you and you have an inclination to look northwest of San Antonio,I am selling a pretty little place,will sell more or less.................good luck http://www.texasranches-forsale.com/Kendall+County+Ranches+For+Sale/8442.aspx


PS lots of horses around here.
 
HAY MAKER said:
Copper1272 said:
Okay we finally found the area we want to move to. I know there are some Texans on here......Are there any areas arond San Antonio that you like better than others. Or areas to stear clear of. We have been working with an agent looking at places in Wilson county southeast of San Antonio. We would appreciate any info you can give.
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Copper1272,if southeast of san Antonio dont suit you and you have an inclination to look northwest of San Antonio,I am selling a pretty little place,will sell more or less.................good luck http://www.texasranches-forsale.com/Kendall+County+Ranches+For+Sale/8442.aspx


PS lots of horses around here.
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What a nice looking place. A little out of our price range though. Maybe if we win the lottery between now and the time we are moving.....lol. How far northwest of San Antonio are you located? Any where near New Braunfels?
 

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