45,000 Acres in Magdalena, NM - $5,500,000

THIS MAY BE THE KIND OF RANCH YOUVE ALWAYS DREAMED OF OWNING!!!!

THIS 700 COW RANCH IS REASONABLY PRICED AT JUST OVER $7500 PER COW UNIT. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 45,000 ACRES OR 70 SECTIONS IN THE RANCH. OF THAT THERE ARE 4550 + DEEDED ACRES, 8,273 BLM ACRES, 6400 NM STATE LEASE ACRES AND 25,600 U.S. FOREST SERVICE ACRES. THE FOREST SERVICE LAND IS SPLIT INTO TWO DIFFERENT ALLOTMENTS. THE MULESHOE ALLOTMENT IS THE LARGEST AND THE GAP IS THE SMALLER ALLOTMENT. THE MULESHOE HAS A 253 HEAD ALLOTMENT THAT IS YEAR ROUND. THE GAP HAS A 150 HEAD ALLOTMENT FROM NOVEMBER TO MAY, WHICH MAKES IT A GREAT PLACE TO WINTER CATTLE.

THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE RANCH IS MOSTLY ROLLING HILLS WITH LIGHT JUNIPER COVER TO WIDE OPEN GRASS LAND IN THE SOUTH AND WEST PART OF THE RANCH. THIS PART OF THE RANCH RANGES IN ELEVATION FROM 5000 FT ON THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE RANCH TO 7500 FT IN THE CENTRAL. THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE RANCH HAVE LARGER MOUNTAINS AND CANYONS REACHING UP TO 10,000 FT IN THE MAGDALENA MOUNTAINS.

THE RANCH HAS AN EXTENSIVE PIPELINE SYSTEM WITH MANY STORAGE TANKS AND DRINKERS. THE WATER COMES FROM OVER 15 SPRINGS ON THE RANCH THAT FUNNEL WATER INTO THE PIPELINE. EVEN IN THE PAST DRY YEARS, WE HAVE HAD THE SPRINGS THAT REMAINED ACTIVE. TO SUPPORT THE SPRING SYSTEM THERE ARE WELLS WITH SUBMERSIBLES AND MANY DIRT TANKS THROUGHOUT THE RANCH CREATING A VERY DEPENDABLE WATER SYSTEM.

THE RANCH HAS EXCELLENT HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES. THE OWNER TELLS US THE RANCH BRINGS IN OVER $100,000 IN HUNTING LEASES AND COULD BE DEVELOPED INTO EVEN MORE INCOME. THIS RANCH IS LOCATED IN UNIT 17 ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR UNITS IN THE STATE FOR ELK HUNTING. RIGHT NOW THE RANCH GETS 7 BULL ELK PERMITS ALONG WITH SOME COW PERMITS. THE FOREST PART OF THE RANCH OFFERS EXCELLENT HUNTING BUT THE REAL JEWEL ON THE RANCH IS THE PORTICITO GAP PASTURE. THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT OF THE AREA AND YOU CONTROL THE ACCESS. ONCE INSIDE THE PORTICITO GAP PASTURE IT OPENS UP INTO A LARGE BOWL WITH AROUND 5000 ACRES THAT ARCHEOLOGISTS CLAIM WAS ONCE A LARGE GLACIAL LAKE THAT BLEW OUT THROUGH THE GAP AND DRAINED THE LAKE. THE OWNER HAS LEFT THIS PASTURE FOR HUNTING ONLY AND HAS NOT HAD ANY CATTLE IN THE PASTURE, THEREFORE, LEAVING AN UNSPOILED HUNTING PARADISE. THERE IS PLENTY OF WATER AND FEED TO ENTICE GAME INTO THE AREA. THERE ARE ABUNDANT QUANTITIES OF ELK ALONG WITH QUALITY SIZE MULE DEER. BEAR AND COUGAR ALSO ARE SEEN IN THIS PASTURE. THE OPEN GRASSY FLATS OF THE RANCH ARE HOME TO ANTELOPE, QUAIL, COYOTES, BOBCATS AND OTHER GAME.

RANCH HEADQUARTERS ARE LOCATED ON THE NORTH END OF THE DEEDED LAND. HERE YOU WILL FIND A MOST IMPRESSIVE SET UP TO ACCOMMODATE RANCHING AND HUNTING ACTIVITIES. THE MAIN HOUSE IS A LARGE TERRITORIAL HOME WITH FOUR BEDROOMS AND TWO BATHS. IT IS BUILT IN THE TRADITIONAL U SHAPE WITH ALL OF THE BEDROOMS OPENING INTO THE CENTER PATIO, PROVIDING A GREAT OUTDOOR SITTING AREA WITH EXCELLENT VIEWS. A REMODELED MANAGERS HOME WITH THREE BEDROOMS AND TWO BATHS. NEARBY ARE TWO SMALL ONE BEDROOM HUNTERS CABINS. AMONG THE IMPROVEMENTS IS A LARGE ENCLOSED METAL SHOP WITH DRIVE IN DOORS OPENING TO THE SOUTH. THE CORRALS ARE LARGE WITH PLENTY OF ROOM FOR LARGE HERDS OF CATTLE. THE CATTLE WORKING AREA INCLUDES A METAL WORKING TUB WITH A HYDRAULIC CHUTE. ALSO AT THE HEADQUARTERS IS A LARGE METAL CONSTRUCTED HAY BARN LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD LOADS OF HAY AND SHED ALL OF YOUR EQUIPMENT. YOU WILL FIND A ONE OF A KIND TACK ROOM WITH A WOOD BURNING STOVE WHERE YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SIT AND SPIT AND WHITTLE AND TELL TALL TALES OF YOUR HUNTS.

PRICE:

$5,500,000