Water, good grazing, natural winter livestock cover, Black Hills

This is your chance to own the southern parcel of the popular Wishbone Hunting Ranch, where countless big game hunters have walked away with a trophy buck elk or bison over the years. Located just 15 minutes south of Edgemont, SD, the Wishbone Ranch (South Parcel) offers you a headquarters with a 4-bedroom home, log-style bunk house, small lodge, meat processing building, and more. Featuring live water, hardy native grasses, and natural winter cover for livestock, this property will support cattle, elk, or bison in a beautiful area of South Dakota. Offered with a companion listing (Wishbone Ranch, North Parcel) for use as a hunting preserve. LAND DESCRIPTION This fabulous property consists of approximately 1,759.15 acres deeded, 320 acres of SD state lease, and 40 acres of BLM leased land. If the buyer would like to keep the whole original Wishbone Ranch together, please see the companion listing, offering the North Parcel. Water is excellent on the Wishbone Ranch South Parcel thanks to two wells: one shallow for yard services and one 1,100' deep well, which services the home and has buried water lines out to stock tanks in six pastures, giving a constant supply of fresh, high-quality water to livestock. The property also features 5 dams and at least one active spring flowing from out north of the house. A mix of some Ponderosa Pine forests overlook the grassland, which offers rich pasture for grazing. Many varieties of hardy, nutritious grasses grow in the pastures, including SideOats Grama, Blue Grama, Big Blue, Western Wheatgrass, Prairie Chord Grass, Crested Wheatgrass, Intermediate Wheatgrass, Indian Grass, Alkali Sacaton, Wild Rye, and some Immigrant Kosha. The property is bordered on its southern edge by 8-foot-high woven wire game fencing, which extends around the perimeter of both the north and the south parcels to contain game as a hunting preserve. The current owners have just wintered approximately 50 bison, 50+/- elk, and 150 cattle on the property. Seller indicates that for the last 20 years, this ranch has been an excellent location to winter livestock, with all the available water, grass, and natural cover provided by the buttes, draws, and Ponderosa pine trees that animals need to pass the winter in safety. BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS The headquarters is centrally located in this part of the ranch and has a Spanish-style ranch home and multiple outbuildings. The home is a 2-story stucco/frame construction home with 4 bedrooms and 2 baths, built in 1935. The home has approximate main floor square footage of 1,691 and a total combined square footage of approximately 4,000, including the second story and a partial, unfinished 1/4th basement. Other outbuildings A 22'x20' single Garage, built in 1951 A 17'x 25' Bunkhouse from the 1950s with log construction and a slab concrete floor. This rustic bunkhouse features one large room that could likely sleep up to 8-10. It includes electricity and a wood stove for heat. A Dining Lodge which features a 36'x 27' open area and includes plumbing, heating, and restroom facilities. A 32'x 27' Storage Building a short walk from the bunkhouse, which sometimes has provided a sleeping room for hunters as well. A Butcher Shop which has been used for processing game animals and other meat. A 40'x 28' open area Barn/Shed with 8' sidewalls. A 27'x 31" pole building built in 1949 to house equipment. A 33'x 28' utility shop built in 1930. Another Barn built in the 1930s. This building is 80' in length. The west half is 26' wide and the east half is 18' wide. Corrals and a loading chute The ranch has been home to Wishbone Outfitters, providing guided trophy elk and buffalo bull hunts. The buyer could easily build on the momentum of 20 years of name recognition to again host hunters who come for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. With a little restoration of this hunting resort property, this could provide a solid income stream for you in addition to raising cattle.