| PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS HISTORY:
Blake Hortenstine was raised in North Texas. Hunting, fishing
and assisting a wildlife manager on a Shackelford County ranch has 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 daily hunts of quail, deer, hog and
turkey. After living on the King Ranch for a year, Blake moved to
Dallas to pursue a career in commercial real estate, where he later married Brooke Hortenstine, who is now an editor at PaperCity Magazine. Upon relocation
to Dallas in 1997, Blake became the game manager of a 14,000 acre hunting
lease and wildlife management program in West Texas. Early in 1998,
he officially began managing another ranch property to improve wildlife
populations west of Dallas in Shackelford and Stephens Counties.
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. Hortenstine Ranch Company can accommodate
Buyers and Sellers of Ranch properties in the state of Texas with an emphasis
on the recreational value of land. |
