Crooked Creek Ranch

Winnett, Montana

$7,500,000

2,430± acres

INTRODUCTION

Locating the epicenter where elk naturally gather is crucial for achieving consistent elk hunting success, and Crooked Creek Ranch is that Ranch. Lots of water, excellent feed sources, and healthy populations of trophy bull elk make Crooked Creek Ranch one of the top hunting ranches in Montana. In the rugged and scenic Missouri River Breaks, this property boasts 2,430± deeded acres surrounded by thousands of acres of public land. The world-famous Missouri River Breaks are renowned for excellent trophy elk, deer, antelope, and turkey hunting, and Crooked Creek Ranch has it all. From high tree-covered ridges to rolling grasslands to timbered coulees and over 300 acres of food plots, this ranch has everything an outdoor enthusiast is looking for and is being offered turnkey with an attractive offer. Show up and start enjoying this property on day one of ownership.

Crooked Creek Ranch | Winnett, Montana

QUICK FACTS

• 2,430± deeded acres in 15 parcels surrounded by thousands of acres of public land

• 320± acres of food plots traditionally planted in oats, hay barley, triticale, soybeans, millet, and alfalfa with 30± irrigated acres

• 1,320± acre BLM lease

• Multiple springs, water tanks, and developed reservoirs

• Incredible archery and rifle hunting for elk, mule deer, antelope, and turkey with four custom waterhole blinds for archery hunting

• Elk herds range from 150 to 500 head during hunting season

• Harvesting five 320”-350”+ bulls annually on average

• 5,400± SF shop built in 2006 with 5,200 SF±, 6 bed, 5 bath finished living area above

• Offered turnkey with furniture and equipment included (with an attractive offer)

• About 12 to 14 inches of rain each year

• In Hunt District 410 with landowner preference options

• About an hour to the Musselshell River and Missouri River

• 1± hour to Lewistown and the Lewistown Municipal Airport

• A little over two hours to Billings and its commercial airport

• A little over four hours to Bozeman and its commercial airport

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Crooked Creek Ranch | Winnett, Montana

ACREAGE

Deeded: 2,430± acres

Leased (BLM): 1,320± acres

2,430± deeded acres + 1,320± leased acres = 3,750± total acres

With 15 parcels in total, Crooked Creek Ranch comprises 2,430± deeded acres. Over 5.5 miles of the property boundary is contiguous to BLM land. From beautiful, outcropped ridges to low-rolling grasslands and food plots bisected by five reservoirs, this ranch includes diverse and spectacular countryside. Deep coulees run through portions of Crooked Creek Ranch, providing ample cover for the numerous game animals that call the property home. Elevation ranges from about 2,820 feet to about 3,100 feet.

Crooked Creek Ranch | Winnett, Montana

IMPROVEMENTS

A 5,400± SF shop built in 2006 boasts a 5,200 SF±, six-bedroom, five-bathroom finished living area above that includes 20-foot walls in the trophy room, a 26-foot x 26-foot custom stone fireplace, a wooden back bar, and 1,500± SF of imported hardwood floors.

Crooked Creek Ranch | Winnett, Montana

RECREATION

HUNTING | WILDLIFE

Located in hunting district 410, the property offers outstanding hunting for trophy elk, mule deer, antelope, and turkey, with four custom waterhole blinds for archery hunting. Elk herds range from 150 to 500 head during hunting season, while the ranch generally harvests an average of five 320”-350”+ bulls annually. From chasing elk, deer, and antelope in archery and rifle season to spot and stalk hunting or stand hunting, you will find plenty of opportunities to pursue big and small game animals. With its mix of food plots, grassy habitats, and grazing management, Crooked Creek Ranch is one of the top-tier hunting properties in Montana.

OTHER

Whether you are looking for a place to horseback ride or ATV, take photos, hunt for fossils, or chase game animals, Crooked Creek Ranch provides opportunities to do it all. Bordering thousands of acres of public land this ranch provides access to endless acres to recreate on. North of the Ranch, the Charles M. Russel National Wildlife Refuge is popular for wildlife viewing, bird watching, and bighorn sheep, elk, deer, antelope, and upland bird hunting. Measuring almost a million acres, it is the second-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the lower 48 states. The largest population of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep outside the Rocky Mountains exists within the refuge, also home to 4,000± prairie elk, the largest remaining prairie elk herd in the US. Two notable Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils were unearthed within the refuge, making the area a significant destination for nature and wildlife enthusiasts.

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Crooked Creek Ranch | Winnett, Montana

NEARBY FISHING

Petrolia Lake, 50± minutes south of the property, is a 518-acre body of water with fishing for walleyes, northern pike, and perch. Ice fishing is popular here.

Crooked Creek Ranch is about an hour to the Musselshell River and Missouri River. The Musselshell River, the eastern boundary of Petroleum County, is the longest river entirely within the state of Montana. For an angler or floater who is seeking solitude, look no further than the Musselshell River. The river receives little fishing pressure except for the locals. While the upper twenty-five miles hold smaller numbers of large brown trout, the Musselshell River is mainly a warm water fishery. Besides the brown trout in its upper reaches, the river has strong populations of catfish and smallmouth bass, particularly near Fort Peck Lake.

The Missouri is the longest river in the United States, flowing more than 2,500 miles from its source on the eastern slope of the Rockies near Three Forks, Montana, to its confluence with the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1976, Congress designated the Missouri River segment and corridor in this area a National Wild and Scenic River. The area has remained largely unchanged in over 200 years since Meriwether Lewis and William Clark traveled through it on their epic journey. Within the monument you can float the river, fish, hike, hunt, drive for pleasure, find a little solitude, enjoy a sense of exploration in a remote setting or simply marvel at the variety of natural beauty. The Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument contains a spectacular array of biological, geological, and historical objects of interest. From Fort Benton to the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, the monument spans 149 miles of the Upper Missouri River, the adjacent Breaks country, and portions of Arrow Creek, Antelope Creek, and the Judith River. The monument includes six wilderness study areas, the Cow Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern, segments of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and the Nez Perce National Historic Trail, the Fort Benton National Historic Landmark, a watchable wildlife area, and the Missouri Breaks Back Country Byway. Fishermen may encounter some rare native species in the area, including prehistoric-looking paddlefish or the endangered pallid sturgeon among some 150 species of fish within the entire Missouri River Basin.

LOCATION

Crooked Creek Ranch is in Petroleum County, the least populated county in Montana. Winnett, Montana (population 200±), in the center of cattle country, is the county seat of Petroleum County and is about 25± minutes south of the ranch. Winnett is the closest stop for amenities such as a bar and grill, post office, community center, and grocery store.

Crooked Creek Ranch is about an hour east of Lewistown, Montana (population 6,223±), an agricultural community located at the geographic center of Montana in a fertile valley nestled at the base of the Snowy and the Judith Mountains, known as the Judith Basin. Surrounded by large cattle ranches and wheat farms, Lewistown is a major trading center for locals and is a pretty town with tree-lined streets and lots of smalltown hospitality. With several restaurants, two golf courses, unique shopping, and many local festivities, Lewistown is a place most people fall in love with immediately.

Billings, Montana (population 118,288±), the largest city in the state, has developed into a trade, service, and energy mecca for the tri-state region and is located a little over two hours south of the ranch. Two fully equipped and modern hospitals, St. Vincent Health Care and the Billings Clinic, offer advanced medical services, surgical services, and emergency care. Large enough to offer all the healthcare, transportation, education, cuisine, arts, and culture of a metropolitan city but small enough to still run into friends at the grocery store, Billings earns its reputation for being where the Old West meets the New.

Crooked Creek Ranch | Winnett, Montana

AIRPORT SERVICES

About an hour and a half west, Lewistown Municipal Airport is large enough to handle all jet sizes and offers hanger facilities, with a 6,100-foot runway, a 5,600-foot runway, and a 4,100-foot runway.

Billings-Logan International Airport is a little over two hours south of the ranch. It is served by Alaska, Delta, Cape Air, United, Allegiant, and American Airlines, with direct flights to towns and cities nationwide.

WATER RIGHTS

Montana waters, in all their varied forms and locations, belong to the State for the benefit of its people. A water right is the right to use the water within state-established guidelines, and not any ownership of the water itself. Since water rights in Montana are guided by the prior appropriation doctrine, a person’s right to use a specific quantity of water depends on when the use of water began, establishing the relative priority date of use on the water source. The first person to use water from a source established the first right, the second person could establish a right to the water that was left, and so on. Additionally, water users are limited to the amount of water that can be beneficially used. Beneficial use includes, but is not limited to, agricultural, recreational, fish, wildlife and domestic purposes.

Montana is currently conducting a statewide adjudication of all water rights with priority dates prior to July 1, 1973. The statewide adjudication is a court process that prioritizes and quantifies all existing water rights in each Montana drainage basin. With 85 basins in Montana, and over 219,000 water right claims, the statewide adjudication is a massive undertaking that is expected to stretch well into the future. Until the adjudication process is complete, the status of any particular water right claim cannot be guaranteed. Fay Ranches, Inc., its brokers and salespersons do not warrant or make any representation concerning the quantity or quality of any water rights, nor any legal entitlement to use of water rights, permits to appropriate water, exempt existing rights, determination of existing water rights, nor any ditches, ditch rights, or ditch easements appurtenant to or constituting a burden on the property. Water rights claims appurtenant to the property may or may not have been fully or finally adjudicated, and any Buyer is advised to make any offer to purchase contingent upon and subject to such independent inspections, evaluations, and advice concerning the water rights and adjudication process as a Buyer might deem prudent. All Buyers should be aware that Fay Ranches, Inc., its brokers and salespersons involved in this offering have not conducted an expert inspection or analysis of the water rights for this property.

MINERAL RIGHTS

All mineral rights appurtenant to the property and owned by the seller will convey to the buyer at closing. Mineral rights are not guaranteed. It is suggested that the buyer conduct a mineral search with a title company.

SUMMARY

This exceptional, versatile ranch offers an ideal retreat for adventurous people seeking seclusion, privacy, and the great outdoors. If you are an avid hunter and angler or appreciate seeing wildlife in its natural setting, this is the property for you. The terrain is a mix of rolling plains, grasslands, and timbered coulees, consisting of a vast expanse of good grassland and timbered draws intertwined with old-growth creek bottoms and five reservoirs, providing a diverse landscape and habitat for numerous species. Contiguous to thousands of acres of public land, the opportunities for outdoor recreation are endless at Crooked Creek Ranch.

Crooked Creek Ranch | Winnett, Montana

Please contact Vinny Delgado at (406) 253-0507 | vdelgado@fayranches.com or Brad Lencioni at (406) 899-7778 | tricityinc@aol.com to schedule a showing. This is an co-listing. An agent from Fay Ranches, Inc or Russell Country Realty must be present at all showings, unless otherwise noted or other arrangements are made. To view other properties, fly fishing properties, and sporting ranches that we have listed, please visit our web page at www.fayranches.com.

$7,500,000 Cash

Conventional Financing 1031 Exchange

Offer is subject to errors, omissions, prior sale, change or withdrawal without notice, and approval of purchase by owner. Information regarding land classification, carrying capacities, maps, etc., is intended only as a general guideline and has been provided by the owners and other sources deemed reliable, but the accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Prospective purchasers are encouraged to research the information to their own satisfaction.

RELATIONSHIPS IN REAL ESTATE

As required by Montana law, a broker or salesperson shall disclose the existence and nature of relevant agency or other relationships to the parties to a real estate transaction. The various relationships and description of duties are as follows:

1. SELLER AGENT

A “Seller Agent” is obligated to the Seller to:

Act solely in the best interests of the seller; Obey promptly and efficiently all lawful instructions of the seller; Disclose all relevant and material information that concerns the real estate transaction and that is known to the seller agent and not known or discoverable by the seller unless the information is subject to confidentiality arising from a prior or existing agency relationship on the part of the seller agent; Safeguard the seller’s confidences; Exercise reasonable care, skill, and diligence in pursuing the seller’s objectives and in complying with the terms established in the listing agreement; Fully account to the seller for any funds or property of the seller that comes into the seller agent’s possession; and Comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.

Montana law permits a real estate agent, after providing written disclosure to a seller and obtaining a seller’s written consent, to represent multiple sellers of property and to list properties for sale that may compete with the seller’s property, without breaching any obligation to the seller.

A “Seller Agent” is obligated to the Buyer to:

Disclose to a buyer or the buyer agent any adverse material facts that concern the property and that are known to the seller agent, except that the seller agent is not required to inspect the property or verify any statements made by the seller; Disclose to a buyer or the buyer agent when the seller agent has no personal knowledge of the veracity of information regarding adverse material facts that concern the property; Act in good faith with a buyer and a buyer agent; and Comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.

2. BUYER AGENT

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A “Buyer Agent” is obligated to the Seller to:

Disclose any adverse material facts that are known to the buyer agent and that concern the ability of the buyer to perform on any purchase offer; Disclose to the seller or the seller agent when the buyer agent has no personal knowledge of the veracity of information regarding adverse material facts that concern the property; Act in good faith with a seller and a seller agent; and Comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations.

3. DUAL AGENCY If a seller agent is also representing a buyer, or a buyer agent is also representing a seller with regard to a property, then a dual agency relationship may be established. In a dual agency relationship, the dual agent is equally obligated to both the seller and the buyer. These obligations may prohibit the dual agent from advocating exclusively on behalf of the seller or buyer and may limit the depth and degree of representation that you receive. A broker or a salesperson may not act as a dual agent without the signed, written consent of both the seller and the buyer.

A “Dual Agent” is obligated to a Seller in the same manner as a seller agent and is obligated to a Buyer in the same manner as a buyer agent,

except a dual agent:

Has a duty to disclose to a buyer or seller any adverse material facts that are known to the dual agent regardless of any confidentiality considerations; and May not disclose the following information without the written consent of the person to whom the information is confidential; The fact that the buyer is willing to pay more than the offered purchase price; The fact that the seller is willing to accept less than the purchase price that the seller is asking for the property; Factors motivating either party to buy or sell; and Any information that a party indicates in writing to the dual agent is to be kept confidential.

4. STATUTORY BROKER

A “Statutory Broker” is not the agent of the Buyer or Seller but nevertheless is obligated to them to:

Disclose to: i. a buyer or buyer agent any adverse material facts that concern the property and that are known to the statutory broker, except that the statutory broker is not required to inspect the property or verify any statements made by the seller; and ii. a seller or a seller agent any adverse material facts that are known to the statutory broker and that concern the ability of the buyer to perform on any purchase offer; Exercise reasonable care, skill, and diligence in putting together a real estate transaction, and Comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations.

5. IN-HOUSE SELLER AGENT DESIGNATE

Created when the agency holds both the listing on a property from the seller and a buyer broker agreement with the buyer, an in-house seller agent designate is a broker or salesperson employed by or associated as an independent contractor with a broker and designated by the broker as the exclusive agent for a seller for a designated transaction and who may not be considered to be acting for other than the seller with respect to the designated transaction.

6. IN-HOUSE BUYER AGENT DESIGNATE

Created when the agency holds both the listing on a property from the seller and a buyer broker agreement with the buyer, an in-house buyer agent designate is a broker or salesperson employed by or associated as an independent contractor with a broker and designated by the broker as the exclusive agent for a buyer for a designated transaction and who may not be considered to be acting for other than the buyer with respect to the designated transaction.

BUYER AGENT

A “Buyer Agent” is obligated to the Buyer to: Act solely in the best interests of the buyer; Obey promptly and efficiently all lawful instructions of the buyer; Disclose all relevant and material information that concerns the real estate transaction and that is known to the buyer agent and not known or discoverable by the buyer, unless the information is subject to confidentiality arising from a prior or existing agency relationship on the part of the buyer agent; Safeguard the buyer’s confidences; Exercise reasonable care, skill, and diligence in pursuing the buyer’s objectives and in complying with the terms established in the listing agreement; Fully account to the buyer for any funds or property of the buyer that comes into the buyer agent’s possession; and Comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations.

Montana law permits a real estate agent, after providing written disclosure to a buyer and obtaining a buyer’s written consent, to represent multiple buyers interested in buying the same property or similar properties to properties in which a buyer is interested and to show properties in which a buyer is interested to other prospective buyers, without breaching any obligation to the buyer.

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