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Bar 5 Ranch in Raton NM
The 4,000 acre Bar 5 Ranch is a host to 10,000 acres of prime hunting and is in the center of the historic two million-acre land grant known as the Maxwell Land Grant. It is encompassed by the nearly 600,000 acres known as Vermejo Park Ranch with no public access from any direction. The Ranch is home to a large resident elk herd shared with black bears, mule deer, mountain lions and turkeys, all trophy caliber.The Ranch boasts several lakes with a healthy population of rainbow trout, springs flowing through long meadows of lush green and pastures, all within a forest of ponderosa, douglas fir, blue spruce, oak and conifer. Bands of aspen trees adorn the outer line of the forest.