23,665 Acres with Equine Facilities, Hunting Game, Home, Arena, Corrals in Big Horn County, Decker, Montana

Ranch Highlights Acreage 23,665± Total 13,800± deeded 4,688± BLM (MT Allotment 00085 – 695 AUMs) 1,305± State (#2545, #6844, #8060) 3,875± Private Lease Features Premier grazing land All contiguous Extremely limited public access Hunting, wildlife viewing, photography Soil carbon capture/sequestration Water sport recreation Stargazing Year-round indoor arena (37,500 total sq.ft.) 30 minutes to Sheridan, WY Excellent Grass, Water, and Management The Holmes Ranch is a large cattle ranch comprised of 23,665± total acres of grazing land, situated in the Tongue River basin less than 30 miles from Sheridan, Wyoming. It is currently owner-rated to conservatively run 600 cows annually and very realistically 1000 cow/calf pairs, or 3,000 to 3,500 yearlings for the grazing season. The ranch is currently running both pairs and stockers. It operates with limited labor requirements and is perfect for the investor seeking a productive, low-overhead ranch. The ranch has a thriving mixture of hardy native grasses and a mosaic of sagebrush, juniper, ponderosa pine, and other deciduous trees native to the area. It lies within the Deer Creek and Badger Hills watershed areas, each with seasonal flowing water, plus numerous springs and reservoirs. Regenerative Management – Water Resources and Pastures Comprising ±23,665 contiguous acres, the Holmes Ranch has excellent grass, water, and fencing infrastructure providing numerous and diverse enterprise opportunities for return on investment (ROI). Ranches like this used to be marketed as “chaps and spur” ranches, ” meaning all you needed to operate them was good horses and cowboys. And while it is still a place to ride and be a cowboy, new in-place management systems focus more on improving the landscape and soil. The ranch has over 48 recorded water rights, some of which are surface rights on Deer Creek. The ranch’s extensive hi-producing wells with buried 3” HDPE primary water pipeline and 2” HDPE secondary lines provide a more than dependable and abundant source of water to nearly every pasture on the ranch on an on-demand basis, and most can be used year on a year-round basis. This ranch is as well watered as any you will find. Six of the wells produce about 50 gpm, with more being added. Nearly all the water tanks use 12 ½’ diameter tire tanks set up to function through the winter. With all the water and abundance of grass, the ranch can support the grazing demands of its cattle operations in the hottest weather conditions. The ranch utilizes a regenerative grazing program, which includes 37 permanently fenced pastures with wildlife-friendly hi-tensile wire. Temporary electric fencing further divides the larger pastures. The well-managed grazing system promotes management-intensive grazing (MIG) and allows an owner/manager to move livestock to promote regenerative agriculture practices. Such practices build soil structure through better root systems and soil cover, which helps improve water and carbon cycles, creating a better environment for all systems and enterprises above the soil. For the past 5 years, livestock have been used to build soil and store soil carbon (soil carbon sequestration). When a systems approach to land…

Equine Facilities, Hunting Game, Home, Arena, Corrals, Water Well, Electricity, Hwy-County Rd Frontage

Acreage, Cattle Ranch, Equestrian Property, Home With Acreage, Hunting Property, Ranch, Recreational Land

Decker, 59025 Montana

County: Big Horn