96 & 595 High Rd, Montezuma, NM 87731

Nestled between and bordering the +/-1.6 million acres of the Santa Fe National Forest on one side and just a few miles from the incredibly managed +/-1,000,000 acres of Jicarilla Apache Reservation, lies the Wilderness Ranch, the perfect recreational hunting ranch consisting of +/-1010 acres. Located just below the Continental Divide, the Mountain Views are breathtaking.  Fronted on a paved, state-maintained highway, Wilderness Ranch’s +/-1010 acres carries the perfect balance of edge, timber pockets, natural sage meadows interspersed with food plots and 9 ponds for today’s discriminating sportsman who loves to manage their game.  Located +/-20 minutes from the fabulous restaurants, grocery store, fuel and hardware stores of Cuba NM and +/-90 minutes from the Albuquerque International Airport, +/-120 minutes to Santa Fe, and 2 hours to the Quality Waters of the San Juan River, averaging over 30,000 trout per mile and said to be the some of the best trophy trout fishing in the United States today. The ranch has electric power, a permitted water well with power and a water meter/hookup with Regina Rural Water Company. With an agricultural tax status, the taxes for this +/-1010 acres were $132.00 for 2024. You’re not paying for another’s mega mansion dream since the improvements are limited to 2 small buildings, which are excellent for storage, and a 35x60 metal storage building with power that is ideally located for RV/Trailer/Motorhome, a modular or building site. Hunting  Rio Arriba County, New Mexico has produced more record-book Boone & Crockett Mule Deer than any county in North America, including Sonora, Mexico, every decade since 1960. Unit 6A has unlimited, over-the-count private land mule deer tags and this area carries one of the highest density elk herds with year-round resident herds, and a large migration herd as the snow starts to hit the higher elevations. The ranch has qualified for 2 to 4 elk tags annually (always check regulations) as New Mexico Fish & Game rewards well-managed properties with bonus incentive tags for good stewardship and the Wilderness Ranch has applied for bonus levels. With New Mexico’s legal game feeders and food plots in close proximity to millions of acres of National Forest and Reservation, it’s been very easy to keep +/-60 to100 head of elk on the ranch most of the time.  With years required to draw tags, and Covid steering over 3 million first time hunters to the woods, is it time for you to purchase your very own land investment with a rewarding dividend of landowner deer and elk tags annually? If so, call or email today for more info and your qualified showing on the +/-1010 acres of Wilderness Ranch!  NOTE: Seller is offering for 2025 season: 1 ES Archery, 1 Mature Bull Rifle Tag, 1 Cow Elk Rifle Tag. The numerous ponds on Wilderness Ranch also offer some incredible waterfowl (ducks and geese) during season.