King Ranch
In 1853, Captain Richard King purchased a creek-fed oasis in the Wild Horse Desert of South Texas, sparking generations of integrity, preservation, and innovation. King Ranch now covers 825,000 acres—more land than the state of Rhode Island. Over the course of 150 years, King Ranch has led some of the first cattle drives, developed the Santa Gertrudis and Santa Cruz breeds of cattle, bred the finest quarter horses, and produced champion thoroughbreds—all under its iconic Running W® brand. Today’s King Ranch has diversified into a major agribusiness with interests in cattle ranching and feedlot operations, farming (citrus, cotton, grain, sugar cane, and turfgrass), commodity marketing and processing, luxury retail goods, and recreational hunting. King Ranch continues to foster a culture of uncompromising quality, stewardship, and authenticity—a true testament to Captain King’s commitment and integrity.www.king-ranch.com
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Sep 12, 2026
DKHOST
And yes...
DKHOST
This is bigger than America's largest ranch called King Ranch, which is a teeny tiny little baby compared to it.
DKHOST
It's only 825,000 acres or 3,300 square kilometers or 1,289 acres.
DKHOST
square miles, which is, quite frankly, completely tiny compared to Anne Creek Station.
DKHOST
So, as they say, not everything is bigger in Texas.
DKHOST
But interestingly, of course...
DKHOST
King Ranch, at the size that it is at 3,340 square kilometres, actually wouldn't even be in the top 100 largest cattle stations in Australia, which I think is absolutely wild.
DKHOST
Wouldn't be in the top what, did you say? Wouldn't even make the top 100 largest stations in Australia.
DKHOST
And yes...
DKHOST
This is bigger than America's largest ranch called King Ranch, which is a teeny tiny little baby compared to it.
DKHOST
It's only 825,000 acres or 3,300 square kilometers or 1,289 acres.
DKHOST
square miles, which is, quite frankly, completely tiny compared to Anne Creek Station.
DKHOST
In fact, Anne Creek is over seven times the size.
DKHOST
So as they say, not everything is bigger in Texas.
DKHOST
But interestingly, of course, King Ranch, at the size that it is at 3,340 square kilometres, actually wouldn't even be in the top 100 largest cattle stations in Australia, which I think is absolutely wild.
DKHOST
Wouldn't be in the top what, did you say? Wouldn't even make the top 100 largest stations in Australia.
Ernie ButlerGUEST
It was incredible.
Ernie ButlerGUEST
Then right down the road is King Ranch, and that was our hunting grounds.
Ernie ButlerGUEST
And that's where we all hunted and went and got meat and deer.
Ernie ButlerGUEST
What deer we did kill was a purpose to eat.
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Ernie ButlerGUEST
It's everywhere, day and night.
Ernie ButlerGUEST
I mean, they're running down there all the time, butchering it.
Ernie ButlerGUEST
it's like I told everybody, it's like King Ranch.
Ernie ButlerGUEST
What would King Ranch look like? Eight, 900,000 acres.
Jeff HayesGUEST
Yeah.
Jeff HayesGUEST
I was filming down on the King Ranch, their annual branding, and the King Ranch in Texas.
Jeff HayesGUEST
And so it sits in between San Antonio and Corpus
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Christi.
Kristen BarclayGUEST
Uh, for the trucks, they're always the premium trims.
Kristen BarclayGUEST
You're looking at, you know, Denalis or King Ranches.
Dave StallHOST
Oh, yeah.
Dave StallHOST
Oh, yeah.
Larry WeishuhnHOST
And, of course, they were very much involved with Nilgai farther south, like the country that we're in here down.
Larry WeishuhnHOST
We kind of call it the king ranch country.
Larry WeishuhnHOST
And they were able to harvest many of those.
Larry WeishuhnHOST
A tremendous amount of protein, if you want to call it that, went to people who really needed food.
Rick LambertGUEST
roan was in the middle there.
Larry WeishuhnHOST
Roan is actually the second largest of all the antelope species.
Larry WeishuhnHOST
The Neal guy, of course, they were introduced into Texas back in the 1930s, I think it is, maybe a little bit before that, on, again, the King Ranch country.
Larry WeishuhnHOST
And how they got here is kind of depends on who you ask to.
Logan PribbenowHOST
this question.
Logan PribbenowHOST
Would you send your kids in that timeframe to either TCU ranch management course or like the King Ranch deal or K-State or just any advanced ranching degree before they came back? Yes.
Logan PribbenowHOST
You would.
Logan PribbenowHOST
Okay.
Eamon O'TooleHOST
I would rather my kid go get a four-year degree in botany or whatever he's into than agriculture.
Eamon O'TooleHOST
If he wants to stay and get a ranch management degree after that, great.
Eamon O'TooleHOST
If he wants to go to King Ranch School, that would be awesome.
Eamon O'TooleHOST
Ranching for profit is absolutely going to be something that I'm sending them through because that's where my wild ideas came from.
Bobby ColeHOST
The land of the giant bucks.
Bobby ColeHOST
One time he was the lead deer biologist at the King Ranch for about 12 years.
Bobby ColeHOST
Yeah.
Bobby ColeHOST
He has flown around the world seven times.
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Bobby ColeHOST
And what a character.
Bobby ColeHOST
He sounded like he'd be a lot of fun to walk behind some dogs with and just talk to on a quail hunt.
Bobby ColeHOST
But I just want to ask you, I don't want you to give away any secrets, but It seems like now there's been a lot of people that have come forward with telling these stories about slipping on the King Ranch back in the day and some of the other more prestigious ranches.
Bobby ColeHOST
Was trying to secure the borders or the boundaries of the property, was that back in the early days? Were y'all seeing that as a big problem or did y'all spend a lot of time trying to catch folks and...
Cable SmithHOST
It used to be one of the five biggest ranches in Texas.
Cable SmithHOST
Of course, all these places, other than really the King Ranch, have been broken up over the years.
Cable SmithHOST
Well, that's super cool.
Cable SmithHOST
I didn't know you'd been to India and seen that, heard those.
Will deFriesHOST
He's drywall.
Will deFriesHOST
He just got a new Ford F-250 King Ranch.
Will deFriesHOST
I'm like, dude, you're killing it right now.
Will deFriesHOST
Killing it.
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