Ranch Couple Team

Seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Ranch Couple Team (no children on the property, please) for a ranch in TX on a beautiful 2,800 acres! This is a high-game fenced property in the Texas Hill Country with a 7,000 sq. ft. main home.  There is also housing provided on-site in a 3 br/2ba house for the couple. Position includes shared duties as listed, but not limited to:

• Maintain operational and maintenance records
• Occasionally, there is a need to hike fence lines through plateau and canyons to check water gaps and fallen trees.
• Must be able to operate chainsaws and pole saws for maintaining road and fence right of ways and cedar clearing.
• Coordinate and assist with annual to semiannual prescribe burning of various size acreage tracts. 
• Maintain harvest log records and supervise safety, proper deer tagging, and ethical hunting practices
• Overall management of the homes/gardens/landscaping and animals of the ranch
• Prepare the ranch for owner visits, use checklists to ensure priorities are covered before and after each visit
• Maintain records and create reports for wildlife tax exemption
• Feeding, harvesting, and management of wildlife and livestock
• Predator control
• Monitoring conservation easements
• Maintenance and repair of all ranch buildings and fences
• Perform overall landscaping, irrigation, and mowing
• Care of garden and orchard
• Lake and creek maintenance
• Operation, maintenance, and repair of ranch equipment
• Previous experience with good references working as a couple team is required.
• This is mainly outdoor work requiring physical strength and stamina. This individual must be physically fit to meet the daily demands of the job.
• Must have the ability and vitality to work outside in summer Texas weather, as well as in rainy or cold conditions.
• Must have an excellent work ethic, be self-motivated, honest, and able to complete projects with limited or no direct supervision
• Must be able to lift at least 75 lbs.
• Must have a valid driver’s license with a good driving record
• Must have experience pulling trailers and driving and maintaining tractors and similar equipment
• Competence with “handy-man skills” – plumbing, mechanical, electrical, painting and carpentry is a plus
• Water well knowledge and experience is a plus
• Houskeeping inside the homes on the property is expected from the couple and an eye for detail is important!