Yellowstone Wildlife Refuge

Details & Features

The Yellowstone Wildlife Refuge, encompassing approximately 2,958 deeded acres, is a haven of natural beauty and ecological diversity. The land stretches from the lush cottonwood bottoms along the Yellowstone River to the rolling hills covered in ponderosa pines, creating a wide array of habitats that support a rich variety of wildlife, including trophy elk, pheasants, sharptailed grouse, turkey, waterfowl, white-tailed deer, and mule deer. The ranch has a broad variety of activities for the recreationalist while being only 40 min from the Billings-Logan International Airport. Yellowstone Wildlife Refuge includes roughly 1.5 miles of Yellowstone River, nearly 2.5 miles of creek, warm water sloughs, ponds, several springs, stock tanks, and irrigation canals. The ranch also includes flood and pivot irrigation. Elk in this area are known for their trophy class with some bulls exceeding 400 inches; white-tailed deer can consistently be found in the 145”-165” range. The ranch has historically been run as a cow-calf operation with three homes and several outbuildings.

• IMPROVEMENTS:
• Two farmhouse-styled homes
• Manufactured home
• Several outbuildings
• Machine shop
• Fenced pastures
• Cattle handling facilities
• New pivot system installed a few years ago
• ACREAGE:
• 125 irrigated acres - alfalfa, hay barley, and triticale
• 1,030 acres of improved pasture/ dryland hay
• ~900 tons of hay produced yearly
• Creek bottoms, ponderosa pines, cottonwood lowlands, crop ground, and grasslands
• Abundant water sources
• WILDLIFE:
• Turkey, upland birds, waterfowl, white-tailed deer, elk, mule deer, and bears
• LOCATION:
• Five miles east of Pompey’s Pillar
• 30 miles east of Billings, Montana
• One and a half hours from Red Lodge, Montana
• Under two hours from Sheridan, Wyoming