Raised on a ranch south of Buffalo, Mike became passionate about agriculture and the outdoors at an early age. He worked in many facets of the operation, including farming and irrigation, commercial hay production, and cattle raising. Today, he enjoys sharing his heritage with his family. Mike graduated from Texas Tech University in 1994. Soon after graduation, the call of the Rocky Mountains brought Mike back to Wyoming as an agriculture instructor in Meeteetse, Wyoming. His entrepreneurial nature soon led Mike to own and run a commercial weed spraying and range management business. Returning to Buffalo in 1999, he bought a Farm Bureau Financial Services office. After a successful ten years in the insurance business, Mike’s love of the land caused him to turn his attention to the ranch brokerage business. It was a natural fit for Mike, and he quickly established himself as one of the top ranch brokers in Wyoming.
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The Ernst Paint Rock Creek Ranch is located in the Paint Rock Creek Valley between Manderson and Hyattville on the county-maintained Lower Nowood Road. The ranch includes 294 deeded acres of which approximately 150 acres are irrigated, and it holds an adjacent BLM grazing lease for 733 AUMs. Lush irrigated hayfields cover much of the ranch and are complemented by a heavily treed riparian corridor. Paint Rock Creek, an excellent fishery for predominantly brown trout, flows westerly out of the nearby Big Horn Mountains and passes through the ranch for approximately two-thirds mile. The improvements, including a 1,568 square foot well-built home, are beautifully sited on the banks of Paint Rock Creek. Ernst Paint Rock Creek Ranch is an excellent opportunity to own a smaller productive ranch in a beautiful setting.
Mike always kept our best interests in mind and was refreshingly honest and realistic about expectations.
“We worked with Mike Fraley on a complicated deal that involved buying and selling several properties, and we couldn’t have asked for a better broker. Mike always kept our best interests in mind and was refreshingly honest and realistic about expectations. His experience and straightforward...
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