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 13,980± acre ranch (10,154± deeded) known as R & R Land Company lies in a contiguous block in the Powder River Basin. The ranch begins about 15 miles north of Rozet. It lies along Mitchell Creek, splitting the ranch into north and south units. The north unit is the highest part of the ranch and consists of a high ridge with a series of drainages into Mitchell Creek. These valleys – canyons in some places – have timbered ridges. The slopes of the ridges and draw bottoms provide quality grazing, and the timber provides excellent summer shade. The south unit opens into the traditional Wyoming prairie with lush grass stands on a rolling topography sprinkled with sagebrush. This end of the ranch has primarily acted as the winter range for livestock. It has just enough contours and multi-directional draws to shelter livestock during winter.
Mitchell Creek is always wet, and although seasonal in flow, the creek and adjacent drainages provide stock water with a series of springs and reservoirs throughout. Supplementing the natural water resources are 12 wells - seven on power or solar and five free-flowing artesian wells - that fill watering tanks and overflow into small reservoirs. In addition, there is a storage tank and pipeline system to get to those hard-to-reach areas of the ranch. The ranch is very well watered throughout and is broken into ten pastures.
The working headquarters lies just north of Mitchell Creek on the north end of the ranch. The private Wagonhammer Road accesses a corral system, shop, and manufactured home. Further north and off Spring Creek Road is an owner’s residence in a very private location on a timbered bluff overlooking much of the ranch. There are corrals on the north end off Spring Creek Road for working cattle. On the south end of the ranch is a branding pen and a modest set of corrals with a chute. The ranch annually runs between 300 and 400 pairs in a cow-calf operation.
It should be mentioned that R & R Land Company offers some of the finest big game hunting in the state, including trophy-quality mule deer, elk, antelope, and upland birds.
R & R Land Company is a mostly deeded and blocked-up 375-animal unit grazing ranch in a reputation area of eastern Wyoming. It is scenic, private, and loaded with big game. Extremely well-watered with wells, springs, and reservoirs, it has excellent improvements, fences, and general infrastructure—truly a reputation ranch in reputation country.
Mike's ranching background, thoughtfulness and attention to detail all made for a smooth and successful closing.
Working with Mike Fraley to sell our family ranch was truly a pleasure throughout the process. He handled everything with skill and integrity, from family emotions and interfacing with ranch hands, to managing showings without interfering with ranching operations and expertly handling all the...
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