8586 E 148 Rd , Stuart, OK 74825(Hughes County)

Welcome to the Land Doctors latest listing, Retriever Ranch. Retriever Ranch is a 480-acre recreational property located in Hughes County, OK. This ranch is a two-hour drive from both Tulsa and OKC and only 2.5 hours from McKinney, TX. With a new, quiet, paved county road extending almost to the property, the drive in and out is quick and smooth. You enter the ranch from the south through a pleasant hay meadow. At the northern edge of the meadow is the first of two technical training ponds. This one is approximately 2.5 acres in size and has 8 points and two islands for training. From this point, the land slopes upward to a nice flat halfway up the hillside. This turned out to a be perfect spot for the ranch home and shop building. The barndominium style home has a two bed, two bath studio style living area complete with nice kitchen, living area and laundry. In addition, there is an attached garage with two large garage doors for storing all the essential equipment and supplies. A porch wraps around the southeast corner of the house and serves as a great spot to sit, enjoy the view and the southern breeze that rises up the hillside in the afternoon. Just slightly to the east, sits a 36 ft by 60 ft with garage doors on the north and west sides and a walk-through door on the south wall. This structure is wired, has lights and a concrete floor. Tall side walls make storing large tractors and other equipment possible in the shop.

Well maintained trails connect the ranch headquarters to the rest of the ranch. If you travel along the eastern leg of the trail system, you will come to the second technical training pond. This one is 5.5 acres in size and features seven points and one island. The owners have been creating pleasant clearings with scattered trees in spots around the ranch and just north of this pond is a nice example of their handiwork. These spots help to make the wooded slopes more accessible and easier to see into. They would make ideal places to set up feeders or foodplots. Hughes County is known for trophy whitetails and this ranch is in a spot where you could certainly enjoy the benefits of managing the deer herd. Two thirds of the ranch is covered in a thick blanket of oaks and other hardwoods. The base forage is there to naturally support deer, anything you do to provide supplemental nutrition and minerals will only make it better. In addition to the wooded slopes, a deep draw located in the northwest corner of the ranch would be an ideal sanctuary area. Alternatively, this spot also has good drainage and topo for building another lake, if you decided to do so in the future. The top of the ridge also has a large hay meadow that can be baled for hay or also planted in food plots. The southern end of this meadow also offers a nice view across the valley to large ranches that border the property to the south and east.

Retriever Ranch offers the next owner a great place to train retrievers, manage fisheries and whitetails, produce hay and just enjoy the peaceful view from the top of the ridge. If you’d like to discuss this property more, please contact Kelly Hurt at 580 421 7512 or email him at