3,818 Acres with Barn, Development Potential, Electricity, Fishing, Home in Fergus County, Hilger, Montana

Central Montana’s Bison Ranch: Livestock, Hunting, and Recreational Land For Sale Central Montana’s Bison Ranch is truly one of Montana’s hidden treasures.  The ranch encompasses over 5,400 acres of scenic Montana landscape in the Judith Basin of Central Montana.  It boasts miles and miles of flowing Judith river and Salt and Bear Springs creeks, rolling terrain, timbered breaks, grassy meadows, brushy bottoms, and several small seasonal drainages. This ranch encompasses approximately 5,500 acres, of which 3,800+/- is deeded and the balance being BLM and State leases.  The ranch is improved with housing for employees or guests, equipment storage, shop and livestock facilities.  The Montana Bison Ranch is home to huntable populations of record class elk, and mule deer.  It also offers excellent hunting for whitetail deer, waterfowl, turkeys, and upland game birds.  The clean fresh water of the Judith River provides excellent fishing for rainbow and brown trout, sauger, walleye, bass, catfish, and northern pike.  There are also 3 private fish ponds stocked with trout, catfish, and record class yellow perch.   For the rancher, investor, or sportsman this is a must-see property.  This ranch has been managed over the past two decades to produce trophy elk.  It also serves as an excellent grass ranch for cattle or bison with excellent fences, cover, and water.  There are about sixteen miles of eight-foot high game fence enclosing about 1,600+ acres that previously held a private elk herd.  Gates have been lowered to allow free passage of deer and elk.  Location The ranch is located in Fergus County in central Montana, about 45 miles north of Lewistown and 15 miles west of the town of Winifred.   Lewistown is the county seat of Fergus County and is a full-service city.  The nearest major airports are in Billings, Montana’s largest city, or Great Falls, each about a 2-hour drive from the ranch and provides a broad range of services.  Owners state there is a FFA approved 3,300’ conceptual air-strip ride-top location. Locale The ranch is situated in an area where families have farmed and ranched for generations.  The current owners have owned the property for over 25 years.  The local economy is driven by agriculture, but coupled with the area’s topography, proximity of public lands, the Missouri River, Judith River, and world class hunting and fishing, recreation has also become a growing segment in the local economy. Water & Minerals The ranch has over 5 miles of Judith River frontage.  The Judith River, a tributary to the Missouri River, is supported by Big Spring which is one of the largest cold-water springs in the world.  The Judith River offers excellent recreation, a source for livestock and wildlife water, and fishing.  Several miles of Salt Creek and Bear Springs Creek also course through the ranch.  There are other seasonal drainages that feed the water ways on the ranch as well.  The ranch has excellent water rights and all rights held by the seller will be conveyed at closing.  All mineral rights held by the seller will…

Barn, Development Potential, Electricity, Fishing, Home, Hunting Game, Hwy-County Rd Frontage, Minerals, River, River Frontage, Water Rights, Work Shop

Acreage, Cattle Ranch, Farm, Fishing Land, Home, Hunting Property, Ranch, Recreational Land, River Frontage

Hilger, 59451 Montana

County: Fergus