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We would like to find a hunting club or start a hunting club that can manage hunting on many of our land holdings. It would be easier to deal with one entity than 50 individuals in using our hunting resources.
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We allow some of our customers the use of our lands for recreational
purposes such as hunting, birding, fishing, and camping. There are places to hunt fossils or dig for Indian relics for a fee or
barter. We own thousands of acres in
many states. We don't allow 4 wheeling or tree stands with nails. Many times we allow hunters if you do us a favor such as picking up litter on our properties or helping with varmet control. Sometimes you could just transport something in your truck on the way to the hunt. We sometimes just need little jobs done on the properties etc.
If you wish to lease land in a state that we are located in please email us and tell us which state you want to hunt in, which county, what type of game you want, and what term of lease.
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Here are some of the areas available:
Enterprise County,ND;Section 8; SE 1/4 of section 9; SW1/4 of Section 14; N1/2 and N1/2SW1/4 of Section 15; SE 1/4 of section 22;1/2W of Section 23; NW1/4 of Section 26;NE 1/4 of Section 27; All in T154r59
2438ac.
Osage Io.
360ac.
Magdalena NM (est. 03/07)
41,500ac.
Sierra County Ranch,Truth or Consequences N.M. (est. 03/06)Known as The Flying X Ranch
78,000ac.
Elephant Butte Lake Ranch,
Truth or Consequences, NM
14,000ac.
Mike Hirst.... owner of the Flying X Ranch August 2006
Crows Va. Hunting Little Falls NY Hunting on 160 ac track Little Falls NY Hunting on a 30ac. Woodlot. on Gillete Pa. Hunting Milan Pa. Hunting Antwerp N.Y. Hunting Horse Mountain Ranch Coming Soon!!! Adjacent to Elephant Butte Lake - Our Elephant Butte Ranch in New Mexico Sierra County Ranch in New Mexico Known as The Flying X Ranch Hunting lands in Enterprise Township, N.D. See our Wilson Ranch In Malta Mt
The Wilson Ranch in Malta Mt. This is 20,000 ac ranch that raises Black Angus. The Wilson Ranch offers self guided hunts for antelope, whitetail deer, and mule deer. Lodging and meals are at the ranch. Call Glenna at 406 658 2304.
The map of Herkimer County in the center of New York State approximates a tall and very thin bent rectangle. The southern part of the county covers the Mohawk River and its valley's travel corridor, which includes the Erie Canal, the railroad which took away its business, and the New York Thruway (Interstate Route 90), which took away most of the railroad's business in turn. This is where the largest town and county seat is located, coincidentally named... Herkimer.
The northern boundary of Herkimer County is in the Adirondack Mountain wilderness, where we have our farm for "northern" trees, hardiness zone 3 trees, evergreens and hardwoods both. It's where customers are invited to hunt deer, turkey, bear, or fossils, arrowheads, etc. and enjoy summer camping.
I wrote about my great-uncle Bill Barber and his comments to me emphasizing the inherent value of owning land. I have written about what that has done for me and perhaps what it can do for you too. The story of the Herkimer family and the son whose service as a general in the Revolutionary War gave him local immortality, giving the new county its name just goes to show how history is really a constant repetition of the same activity only with new people and new technologies. George Santayana (no not Santa Anna, the Mexican "el presidente" known for the Alamo) was a Harvard professor and writer who said in 1905, "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to relive it." Let's learn from all those people before us who didn't know to own some land. The Herkimers' example illustrates history is really always the same as George Santayana said; they knew the value of land just as Mr. Bill Barber did 50 years later.
Herkimer, herdimer, herchkeimer, hekamar, even erghemar, the translation of the German family's name had almost 100 (yes, almost one hundred) spelling variations. Wow, I say. The family came with other early immigrants to German Flats, also spelled German Flatts, in 1720. They may have come with some money already in their pockets, so to speak, and made great use of their head start. Each of the five adult family members received a land grant of 100 acres from the New York and New Jersey governor. In time, the close-knit Herkimers and their many offspring, Nicholas Herkimer had 13 brothers and sisters, wisely bought land all along both sides of the Mohawk River. They bought right where there were extreme rapids, actually little waterfalls as high as 12 feet. "Portaging" or carrying any boats around the impassable water was a necessity. Today you can go and visit the restored grand farmstead home of Nicholas Herkimer on the southern bank of the Mohawk River just east of the aptly named town of Little Falls, NY.
Even before canals, rivers were water highways far better suited to carrying large loads than wagons in the alternately rocky, muddy, rough up-and-down topography of the eastern colonies full of so many low altitude mountains. Nicholas Herkimer did not charge a toll fee to the travelers portaging their flat bottomed boats, called "bateaux," but as most travelers were heading west against the unfortunately eastern flow of the Mohawk he offered laborers (slaves, actually) for a daily price, and a store to sell provisions. He even had a candle making factory. Nicholas Herkimer was known for his honesty and fair dealings with all people, natives, newcomers, and passersby alike. My hero. Canajoharie, New York had the Indian Castle, the center of the Iriquois Confederacy's Indian Government about 20 miles to the east. Nicholas was popular as a commissioner with the Indians. His father, Johan, had added to his landholdings, over 2,500 acres by 1772. Johan Herkimer was a road building commissioner of, the Highland District which included his original family farm.
(Almost like Highland Hill Farm, how about that?)
Nicholas Herkimer served at the end of French and Indian war of 1754-1763 as a lieutenant. Just like another guy in Virginia whose life was somewhat similar, that fella's last name was Washington, Nicholas Herkimer didn't have to buy the uniforms and supplies for enough men to become a general, like so many others did. Men like Herkimer and Washington were elected to the position. General Herkimer died as the result of the injuries he sustained at the Battle of Oriskany in 1778. He had 800 settlers against 2,300 Tories, Mohawk and Seneca Indians, with British regular soldiers, one of his own brothers an officer amongst them. Nicholas Herkimer marched his "army" into a trap, planned in part by the wiley Chief Joseph Brant. Nevertheless, Herkimer's army heroically staved off the westward thrust of the British three-pronged attack upon New York.
At the very same time as the Battle of Oriskany, Benedict Arnold was coming to his aid. He actually turned the British back with what today would be called "black ops," then he helped stave off the other two prongs of the British attack both, with strategic leaderhip at the Battle of Saratoga. Unfortunately for Benedict Arnold, he did not die as a result of his injuries received at Saratoga, but that's a whole 'nuther story.
In July of 2005, Marge and I went for a 3 week safari to Southern Africa. We went fishing for HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUAA, a tigerfish, and on a hunt for plains game. The outfitter and guide was Eintracht Jagd Safaris. This is situated in the East of Namibia, 60 miles from Hosea Kutako International Airport and 80 miles from Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.
There are over 60,000 acres of unfenced Savannah Bushland. Most game is within one hour of the main farm. The accomendations are excellent with a family atmosphere. We wish to encourage you to go on this hunt.
We recommend this hunt for plains game. Eintracht Jagd Safaris
The following pictures are from the hunt.
Each year ten of thousands of meteorites hit the earth. They are worth big dollars to the finders. In fact they are worth more than gold. You might say they are black gold. This is your chance to find one. You also will be able to say that you have entered the Twilight Zone.
Did you ever go on a strange vacation? Well this one is out of this world. When you come to Truth or Consequences to see the new space station that will launch tourists into space, do a little walking to find space junk...meteorites on our ranch. Hunting for meteorites does not have to be a bone chilling adventure to the Antarctic where the temperature is 50 below zero F and 50 mile per hour winds. Meteors enter the earth's atmosphere everywhere. They impact everywhere. The trick in finding them is to look where they have had a good chance of impacting or where they have been concentrated by natural forces of the earth and have not been destroyed by weathering.
This means deserts are a good place to search for meteorites. Deserts can change over the centuries. But deserts don't alway have major weathering. Thus if you want to find meteorites you may want to come to our Truth or Consequences Ranch. It is located in New Mexico adjacent to the Chihuahuan Desert. There are trillions and trillions of terrestrial rocks for each meteorite that could be in this area. Metal detectors are used by many professional meteorite hunters around the world. Metal detectors can easily distinguish between ferrous and nonferrous rocks. Since not all meteorites are ferrous only the ferrous meteorites will be found by the metal detector. Modern metal detectors can balance out dominant background rocks. This enhances the detector to find the meteorites. Metal detectors create a constant hum. The volume and pitch of this hum increases as the detector passes over the metallic object. There are hot rocks which produces a signal but is a false positive. Thus detecting requires concentration and you will see lots and lots of hot rocks.
You must also keep a visual eye for other interesting rocks which could be meteorites. It seems that the best way to find meteorites from this area is to use a combination of metal detecting and good old-fashioned shoe-leather foot searching. The weather is not hard to predict for the Truth or Consequences area. Don't bother to bring a raincoat, it only rains 10" per year. The winters are mild as it is Southern New Mexico. It could get to 10F, but not for many days of the year. A clear sky with a gentle breeze is the norm.
Pictures of the Horse Mountain Ranch
Pictures of the Elephant Butte Ranch
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Mike Hirst.... owner of the Flying X Ranch August 2006
Each year ten of thousands of meteorites hit the earth. They are worth big dollars to the finders. In fact they are worth more than gold. You might say they are black gold. This is your chance to find one. You also will be able to say that you have entered the Twilight Zone. 
