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Buzzard Creek Ranch History
Year 1693 - Comanche Indians Break from Shoshone people in Wyoming. Year 1720 - Comanches Migrate to Southern Plains and Central Texas.
Year 1742 - Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher born in Rostock, Germany. Year 1750 - Comanches Become Masters of the Southern Plains on Horseback. Year 1758 - Blucher joins Swedish Army as a Hussar at Age 16. Cavalry. Year 1760 - Blucher Captured by Prussian Hussars, joins their German Regiment. Year 1773 - Dissatisfied with the Army, Blucher Sends a Rude Letter to the King. Year 1773 - Blucher's Army Resignation Accepted by King Frederick the Great. Der Rittmeister von Blücher kann sich zum Teufel scheren (Cavalry Captain von Blücher can go to the devil). Year 1786 - Frederick the Great Dies; Blucher reinstated as a Major in Red Hussars.
Year 1811 - Comanche Indians Carve Water Catcher Holes on Indian Point Hilltop. Year 1815 - Blucher's Decisive Flanking Action Saves Wellington at Waterloo. Year 1842 - Under a Comanche Moon, Indians Attack Austin from Buzzard Creek. Year 1846 - Comanche Indian Chief Loses Perfect Arrowhead Point near Main Blind.
Year 1867 - General Blucher's Great Nephew Surveys Texas; Names Blucher Mountain. Year 1896 -Texas Rangers camp at Buzzard's WaterHole, searching The San Saba Mob. Year 1931 - China Creek Road South Field Planted in Cotton, during The Depression. Year 1937 - Norma Raike operates the 1700 Acre "Raike Place" at Buzzard Creek. Year 1945 - "Raike Reservoir" Dam Built; Galvanized Pipeline Run to South Cabin. Year 1970 - Adams & Bagley Operate Raike Ranch; Plan Lodge on Old Baldy Hilltop. Year 1991 - Wichita Falls PCA Sells Raike Ranch East Half to Schaar / Gill. Year 1991 - Buzzard Creek Ranch Starts Operation in San Saba County. Year 1993 - First Buck Killed - Buzzard Creek Ranch. DBG Old Oats CMS/KMG. Year 1995 - Hot Water, Electricity Installed at Ranch Headquarters Green Trailer. Year 1997 - Texas Parks & Wildlife Managed Lands Deer Program, Level 3, Starts. Year 1998 - Buzzard Creek Ranch expands to the North, Reaching BlackTop Highway. Year 2000 - Buzzard Creek Ranch BunkHouse Installed; Paid Hunting Operations Begin. Year 2001 - 100 Cumulative Deer Killed since 1991. Restoring Doe to Buck Balance. Year 2001 - Buzzard Creek Ranch expands to the East, Extending Highway Frontage. Year 2002 - 1.7 to 1 Doe to Buck Ratio Achieved. Goal is less than 2 Does per Buck. Year 2005 - 200 Cumulative Deer Killed since 1991. Managed Lands Deer Program. Year 2008 - Buzzard Creek Ranch was High Fenced with 8-foot, STA-TITE Net wire.
Best Buck - Thirteen Point Buck Killed, Scoring 146 points Boone and Crocket Heaviest Buck (Live Weight) 198 lbs Heaviest Doe (Live weight) 126 lbs
Note - A German idiom to this day, "ran wie Blücher" ("on it like Blücher"), meaning that someone is taking a very direct and aggressive action, in war or otherwise.
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