| PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS HISTORY:
Blake Hortenstine was raised in North Texas and graduated from Highland Park High School in Dallas. Hunting, fishing and assisting a wildlife manager on a Shackelford County ranch developed his childhood interest of wildlife and fisheries management into a career. This interest led him to pursue a degree from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Blake graduated from Texas A&M in the spring of 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Management. Upon graduation, Blake was hired as a hunting guide for Dresser Industries' Mota Bonita hunting operation in South Texas. He relocated south of Falfurrias, Texas in Brooks County to help manage the ranch's wildlife and to guide business executives on quail, deer, hog and turkey hunts. After living on the King Ranch for a year, he moved to Dallas to pursue a career in commercial real estate. Upon relocation to Dallas in 1997, Blake became the game manager of a 14,000 acre hunting operation and wildlife management program in the eastern Rolling Plains west of Albany, Texas. Early in 1998, he officially began managing another ranch property north of Breckenridge, Texas in Stephens County. Both ranches are still under his care and the wildlife populations and habitat have continued to improve. In June of 1998, he joined Henry S. Miller Commercial's Farm and Ranch division to focus on rural and recreational properties. After nearly 5 years with Miller's Ranch Division, Blake decided to start his own company, Hortenstine Ranch Company, LLC. The company was successfully launched in April of 2003 and continues to grow. Hortenstine Ranch Company can accommodate Buyers and Sellers of ranch properties in the state of Texas with primary focus being properties within a 3 hour radius of the Dallas and Fort Worth metroplex. |
