Ranch News
Welcome to Harrigan Land Company’s ranch blog, designed to keep you up to date on what’s happening in the dynamic world of hunting and fishing properties throughout the Rocky Mountain West. Here we share our knowledge of “secret corners” of the Rockies overlooked by many, the ins and outs of conservation easements, current news relevant to the ranch real estate market and our own hunting and fishing tips that may turn your next trip into a spectacular success. At Harrigan Land Company, we’re dedicated to serving you. Through this blog, we hope that our seasoned knowledge of hunting, fishing and the great ranches of the Rockies will increase your love for these things, too, and enable you to “dream big” about that special piece of the West that’s in your future. Explore and enjoy.
June 3, 2024
Fly fishing the forgotten reaches of wild and remote Colorado
There is a forgotten Colorado that fly fishers treasure. In these remote paradises, the rivers and streams still hold their secrets close. Here, adventurous long-rodders can still tangle with some of the wildest trout in the West. If you’re fly-fishing real estate investors looking for Colorado ranches for sale, you should start with the forgotten… Read more »
May 25, 2024
High-water fishing tips for a Rocky Mountain spring
High water is a reality during a Rocky Mountain spring. Runoff starts in May and, in wet years, it can last through June. If you’re an avid angler and an investor looking for ranches for sale in the Rockies, you don’t have to let runoff spoil your spring fishing. While you’re out shopping for ranch real… Read more »
May 17, 2024
Cheyenne Frontier Days offers a glimpse of the Cowboy Way
They don’t call it the Cowboy State for nothing. For investors looking for ranches for sale in hopes of getting a taste of true Western life, look no further than Wyoming. And every summer, that unique way of life is on full display at the annual Cheyenne Frontier Days. The 10-day event, conducted this year… Read more »
May 10, 2024
The benefits of owning ranch property in Wyoming
Investors searching for ranches for sale in the Rockies would do well to consider buying property in Wyoming. The Cowboy State is home to some incredible ranch real estate opportunities. It’s also a very business-friendly state that makes land ownership less of a burden. How so? Of all the states in the West, only Alaska… Read more »
April 30, 2024
These five flies need to be in your fly box this spring
Spring fishing on fly fishing properties and ranches for sale in the Rockies can be really good. Or it can be an exercise in humility. It all depends, of course, on the water, and how much of it you’ll have to deal with. For ranch real estate owners, and investors looking for ranches for sale,… Read more »
April 23, 2024
Rocky Mountain ranches are ideal launch pads during gobbler season
The thrill of turkey hunting isn’t just a Midwesterners reality, or a Southeasterners spring pastime. The Rocky Mountain West is home to a few subspecies of wild turkeys. And, if you’re in the ranch real estate market, and turkey hunting is a passion, you’re in luck. A host of western ranches for sale are home… Read more »
April 9, 2024
Calving season offers opportunity and challenge for ranchers and investors
After a patch of cold and wet weather in the Colorado Rockies, spring looks like it might actually happen. And for ranchers and owners of Colorado ranches for sale, it’s calving season. Calving season arrives in Colorado with optimism for the second year in a row. Beef prices look good after coming off a strong… Read more »
March 29, 2024
Draw-tag and controlled-hunt applications are due soon
Hunters in the Rockies are on a deadline. Draw tag applications are due in the coming weeks for most big-game species. That means now is the time to get those applications and any applicable fees into state fish and game management agencies. Whether you’re after draw tags for mule deer, pronghorn, elk, bighorn sheep or… Read more »
March 22, 2024
Colorado ranches in store for good water year
Recent spring snowstorms across the Colorado Rockies have bumped the state’s snowpack into the “above average” category for the second year running. And that’s welcome news for Colorado ranch real estate owners. Colorado’s annual snowfall acts as the state’s largest water reservoir. When spring arrives and snow begins to melt, all that water flows into… Read more »
March 12, 2024
How to get the most out of pre-runoff fishing in the Rockies
So Mother Nature has strung a few nice days together. It looks like winter just might not last forever. For ranch real estate owners, the itch to go fishing needs to be scratched. But, technically, it’s still winter. Should you approach a fishing trip like you’re prepping for a winter outing? Or should you switch… Read more »
February 27, 2024
Caring for wildlife is good for game herds and good for ranches
Large western ranches are more than just fenced-off livestock operations. Ranchers are stewards of some of the most important game habitat in the country. Big spreads in the Rockies – including some ranches for sale now – serve to safeguard important year-round range. Mule deer, elk and pronghorn don’t honor property lines or political boundaries.… Read more »
February 23, 2024
Winter is a busy season on a Rocky Mountain ranch
For investors looking for ranches for sale during the winter months, it appears that this is the slow time of the year for ranch real estate owners. But ranchers know better. Winter poses unique challenges to ranchers all across the West. It’s a time when lengthy “to do” lists finally get the attention they deserve.… Read more »
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