The +/-2447 acres of the original headquarters of the Poitry Canyon Ranch, known affectionately as Hidden Gem Ranch, have just been released to market. In the very heart of the Plains Elk Units of Southeast Colorado, Hidden Gem Ranch has documented 360+ bull elk and 200 + in mule deer.
Land
Located approximately 55 minutes east from I-25, in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Hidden Gem Ranch has an excellent county maintained road to the front gate, end-of-road, locked gate, privacy, well-watered via 3 wells, miles of waterline & drinkers, ponds, fenced and cross-fenced, and has been leased by a local cattleman which allows the ranch to keep ag status for tax purposes.
Improvements
The property also includes a very accessible headquarters, ideally located at the front of the ranch for not only easy access but doesn’t interfere in any way with the ranch’s incredible hunting. A furnished, recen...
The property also includes a very accessible headquarters, ideally located at the front of the ranch for not only easy access but doesn’t interfere in any way with the ranch’s incredible hunting. A furnished, recently remodeled 3 bedroom, 2 bath ranch house, has a Chisum Style decked front porch and a screened rear porch. Both baths were recently remodeled and new laminated floors.
Complementing the headquarters is a 4080 two-story barn, half with a concrete floor and the other half gravel, with large equipment bay doors on each half. The barn also features a 2 bedroom apartment for guests, a walk-in cold room and a wash down pad.
In addition, the historic homestead stone house sits about a mile into the ranch and is tucked back near a year-round spring. With a remodeled roof and hand-quarried stone exterior, the stone houseawaits the new owners dream ideas for completing this piece of Southwest Colorado ranch craftsmanship.
Recreation
With full hunting rights conveying for 2025, Hidden Gem is located in Plains Elk Unit 136, carrying the very coveted 5 month plains elk seasons, September 1-January 31. Elk tags are unlimited in number for each hunter, either sex, rifle or weapon of choice.
The property qualifies for both landowner deer and pronghorn antelope tags. Black bear seasons are over-the-counter, September 2-November 24. Turkey, lion and world-class predator hunting is available over-the-counter.
Don’t forget to keep a sharp eye out for the resident herd of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep that frequent the ranch and neighboring canyons.
History
NOTE: The adjacent +/-4643 acres of the Poitry Canyon Ranch are available to combine or under a separate purchase.
Location
Located approximately 3 hours to the +/- 5 million population of Colorado’s front range, and 3.5 hours to Amarillo and millions of Texas sportsmen, this end-of-the-road, perfectly balanced 60% timbered/canyons with 40% native and gramma grass pockets, pastures, all interspersed with the most coveted water sources, is the ideal ranch to grow those trophy bull elk and monster mule deer bucks!
Combined with the nations most liberal elk tags, Hidden Gem Ranch of Poitry Canyon is one of today’s most competitive ranch values. With hundreds of thousands of dollars in improvements, fencing, water wells, pipelines and drinkers, there’s plenty of depreciation for today’s tax saver and investor.
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