Kansas Ranches

Hayden Outdoors offers great hunting properties in Kansas, and this Saline County property is exceptional.

From real estate to habitat management, the Hayden family is all about the great outdoors.

Thirty years ago, Leo Hayden sold his cattle operation and got into real estate. The business quickly grew and by 2003, Hayden Outdoors, Windsor, CO, was a busy small town real estate brokerage that also employed his sons, Dax and Seth.

Cabela's Trophy Properties, LLC, approached the family that year about participating in its farm, ranch and recreational properties in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, and Utah. The Hayden's said yes and today their business manages 40 independent brokers and $500 million in listings across the six-state territory.

Hayden Outdoors also offers sales of farms, ranches and recreational property, appraisal service for all property types, crop insurance, habitat enhancement and improvement, pond and lake management auctions and some farm management. Dax, who is also managing broker, says last year when the real estate industry was going through its worst time in history, Hayden Outdoors was booming and the family knew it was time to design a plan for the future.

"We have sincerely worked with buyers to find properties that best fit their needs," he says. "But getting to this point has been hard. It's been a real growing pain and we don't know how often to judge how we've done because we're bigger and busier than ever."

When Kennedy and Coe, LLC, first called on Hayden Outdoors, Dax wasn't exactly sure his family needed the firm's consulting services.

"We've know about Kennedy and Coe and always respected what the firm could do but never thought could afford or would need its services," he says. "But when our business really took off Jim Rein and Sid Fasholtz had been sitting in on meetings with us for a year and had developed a good relationship with us."

So when the Hayden's were ready to bring in an expert for with tax and strategic planning, they knew where to turn. After a full year of asking questions and listening to the company owners, Kennedy and Coe knew exactly what structure would best fit the business' needs.

"Though it is a new business relationship, Kennedy and Coe has been invaluable to us over the last quarter," Dax says. "We talk about business development concepts and structure, how to grow and how to capitalize growth and the firm has helped come up with solutions."

Rein says the Hayden's strategic plan has made quick progress. And, he says it is clear the family company and Kennedy and Coe share several key values.

"The Hayden's have invested a lot of time to help us understand how they perceive value as well as how they provide value to their clients," Rein says. "When you're working from the same set of plans, it's easier to build something together you both want."

In Dec. 2009, the firm met with Hayden Outdoors to finalize goal-setting. The next phase will include budget overview and detailed strategic planning and Dax says his family is looking forward to a long-term relationship with the firm.

"In 2003 we were just three guys in a truck who played a lot of golf and sold a lot of real estate," he says. "We set out to gain alliances with companies that we could drive business towards and also gain business from. The integrity of Kennedy and Coe has always been the best and that's why we are working together."

*Pictured (l-r), Jim Rein, Kennedy and Coe and Dax Hayden, Hayden Outdoors

Kansas is home to some great deer hunting and Hayden Outdoors brings you the best in Kansas hunting land for sale. With experts in farm land, Kansas ranches, and recreational properties, Hayden Outdoors can find you the property of your dreams. So, if you are looking for a great Kansas hunting place of your own where you can find that monster white-tailed deer, Hayden Outdoors can find you the land for sale that you are looking for!

Our friend Jeremy Adams shared this great Kansas hunting story with us! 

      "The deer was shot in 2008. It was my first year bow hunting. It was Nov.6 my wife’s birthday. I had a stand set up about 80 yards north of where I shot this buck. The night before I was leaving the stand when I got to the edge of the wheat I saw all some deer standing to the south on the wheat. So the next day I decided to move south with no stand to set in I stood in a plum thicket with the wind in my face. It was about 2 hours later that this buck came out on the wheat. I had to wait for another 5 min or so for him to make his way to me. I grunted and he stopped at 20 yards I shot him through the front shoulder and killed him. I was not for sure how big he was until I called Nathan to come help me load him up. It was then that we realized how big he was. After all that. I had him officially scored after the 60 day drying period. It is gross scored at 197 6/8 the net score is 186 7/8. It has 17 points. It will also be in the 2011 Pope and Young Archery. It also goes in the Kansas records."

Last Pheasant of the Year

          I (Leo Hayden) remember well the last rooster I shot in the 09-10 year. It was early afternoon and I was blocking on a corner of CRP southwest of Goodland, Kansas. The rust and tan grass was waving and glistening with a light frost as 3 hunters and 2 dogs advanced from the south, and 2 hunters and 2 dogs closed from the east. I had a green wheat field to the north and a good county road to the west. The wind was 15-20 mph from the northwest and cold. When the hunters were probably 150 yards out, I heard someone yell “Point”. I couldn’t see the dogs in the waste high grass, but I saw my oldest son Dax advancing carefully with gun at the ready. The bird flushed about 8 yards in front of the dog and started east--if Dax shoots I thought, it will be straight over the walker’s heads. That rooster saw something and flipped with that wind and came straight at me. He was not very high but rising and I thought about ducking because someone might get off a long shot. I knew I was hunting with good hunters and I stayed upright. Now that rooster was about 40 yards high and almost overhead. I could see him flying as hard as he could and he was going to swing on the wind to the southwest and safety. I shouldered the Browning Light 12 and shot. I hit him deep and he shook but kept going. I continued my swing and he folded at the second shot. He hit the ground 25 yards to my north and bounced in a pile of dust and feathers. What a bird! What a hunt! What a great year of

Pheasant hunting in the Goodland, Kansas area.

            This was the first year I hunted with my grandson, Brin Hayden who is 11. He shot his first full limit of birds one great day in January!

            This was my 50^th year of pheasant hunting when I could drive myself, and I believe there were the most birds I have ever seen. The end of an 8-10 year drought has provided more cover and the birds will be in Northwest Kansas if there is adequate cover. All Hunters owe a great big THANK YOU to the farmers who leave enough cover for the birds and to the ones who let us hunt! 

            Thank you God for Farmers and Ranchers who are True Conservationists! 

            Thank you God for Pheasants who are worthy Adversaries!

            Thank you God for Hunting Seasons!

            At Hayden Outdoors we are avid hunters and fishermen. We offer farms, ranches and recreational land for sale from Wichita, Kansas west to Boise Idaho. We can provide potential buyers with information on farming, ranching, hunting, fishing or investment opportunities across 5 states. We also offer 1031 exchange expertise, conservation easement services, habitat improvement service, crop insurance expertise, farm and ranch management services, and of course, all types of real estate brokerage.

            Call us!  If we can’t help you with your real estate needs, or questions, we know someone who can.        

            And Remember!

            Opening day of pheasant season is only 226 days away!!

If you are interested in an investment in the Western Kansas or Eastern Colorado agricultural land, here are some of the hunting benefits you can enjoy! Land prices are strong across the area but investment return still offers 3 to 5% cash returns. If you couple those returns with yearly land value increases(inflation protection) a 15% to 18% return is normal across this area!

            I was lucky enough to draw an any sex/any deer tag across Western Kansas this year. Last year while hunting white tails, we had glassed a large mule deer buck with heavy horns. We had no tags for mulies at that time but when I drew that tag this year, you know what deer I thought of. I began scouting for him in the same general area two weeks prior to rifle season. Each time we went pheasant hunting in the area southwest of Goodland, Kansas, I would take time in the evening to glass the area. My last scouting trip on the night before deer season opened, finally paid off. I was on John Golden’s land, a local farmer who gave me permission to hunt both deer and pheasants, and there one mile north of where we had seen the deer the prior year, I found him with 15 does. I told Dax that his rack was not too tall, but the mass of his rack was tremendous.

            Dax and I were unable to hunt opening day because we had a large ranch to inspect in southeastern Colorado. We did manage to return to the area by 4 p.m. on opening day and glass the area, but since it gets dark at 4:40 MDT, we were unable to find the mulies.

We hunted hard Tuesday and Wednesday and Dax filled his tag with a white tailed 10 point buck. On Thursday morning we were again in the field at daylight searching for the big buck. We had decided that he was out of the rut and licking his wounds. We found the does again and this time he was with them. Dax was glassing them from a miles and he said, “There he is!! Wow." We made a successful stalk and that deer went down within ¼ mile of where we saw him in 2008! He had no Ground Shrink! What a great deer!! Thank you Lord!

We also enjoyed great pheasant hunting over the Thanksgiving weekend. It takes 80 acres to get a landowner deer permit in Western Kansas. It takes very little great Kansas farmland to create the habitat for good deer or pheasant hunting. For instance, some of the farmers have replaced old sprinkler systems with new ones and they have simply stacked the old units in one of the corners of the field. The old metal units take up a space of ground about 100 feet by 150 feet. The weeds grow tall under and around these old units. You should see the deer and pheasant sign present in these small weedy areas! If you provide the cover in very small areas, the Game Will Come. Why don’t you invest in some great agricultural land in Western Kansas or Eastern Colorado and enjoy a great investment plus great hunting benefits?

For More information about the great Kansas ranches, hunting properties and agricultural land that Hayden Outdoors has available visit Hayden Outdoors website or talk to any of our knowledgeable brokers.

Our brokers have been very successful in moving farm and ranch real estate in an uncertain market. The trend over the last six months has been steady with many cash purchases and land selling very well. Kansas Ranches and the farm land markets are as strong as they have been since the very early eighties and values have increased steadily over the past five years. Hayden Outdoors has been involved with the sale of over 50,000 acres in Kansas over the past two years. Local knowledge, quality pricing and the world’s best marketing system for farms and ranch land has driven to excellent sales results. 

The overall market with homes and acreage has also improved over the past six month with Hayden Outdoors brokers enjoying more success than the competition in markets like Douglas County, Colorado, La Plata County, Colorado and in and around the front range of Denver, Colorado. We are finding that good folks looking to buy land are using our site and our brokers as excellent resources. Our participation exclusively with Cabela’s Trophy Properties in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Idaho is the glue driving farm and ranch sales. 

Our company is a grass roots real estate company offering private treaty land sales, real estate auctions, and property evaluation. We have a conservation easement attorney, water rights counsel, in house habitat biologist, mapping and video team, and a cast of brokers from many agricultural arenas. 

 We will be attending and showing properties at several great conventions in January 2010! These include but are not limited to the following; the International Sportsman’s Expo, National Western Stock Show, Colorado Farm Show, and Safari Club International held in Reno, Nevada. Traditionally our brokers attend and showcase properties over 35 days of trade shows annually. 

Visit our website for the latest in Colorado Ranches for Sale, Kansas Ranches and Hunting properties as well as listings in New Mexico, Idaho, and Utah.

Hayden Outdoors is committed to excellent customer service and relationships. Please stop into one of our fine office locations or visit us on-line. We look forward to serving your property needs. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at Hayden Outdoors!

One of the great hunting properties in Colorado offered by Hayden Outdoors is Black Canyon Wing & Clay. Hayden Outdoors is proud to represent this first class hunting properties, hunting club and investment opportunity. Located in Delta, Colorado, this hunting club boasts over 400 members and is one of the best pheasant hunting opportunities in the state.

Recently Mike Callan and Seth Hayden had the opportunity to hunt with the owner of Black Canyon Wing & Clay and it was quite an experience. This premier hunting property is expertly designed to take full advantage of the terrain, vegetation, and climate. You truly have to hunt here to appreciate just how much work has gone into this first class club. Whether you are just trying to train your new hunting dog, introduce the family to the joys of upland bird hunting, or treating your employees to a corporate getaway, Black Canyon Wing & Clay has a field just for you.

After a full and productive day of pheasant and chucker hunting, it is nice to relax next to the fire in the well appointed lodge. In addition you can sharpen your shooting skills on the trap range. With elevated shooting stations and a wobble thrower, this range will test even the most seasoned shooter.

This unique and profitable business is the ultimate turn-key investment opportunity. With first class brooding operation and flight pens, flooded fields with all water rights being transferred, and a full inventory of vehicles, equipment, and apparel, it doesn’t get any better than this for a new owner.

Call us today and see why Black Canyon Wing & Clay is the investment opportunity you have been looking for! 

Absolute Natural Resources, LLC, a professional fishery and wildlife consulting firm and exclusive Cabela’s Trophy Properties Land & Water Services provider in Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska, conducted an onsite reconnaissance survey of the Knox Ranch in Jackson County, Colorado on September 22, 2009. The purpose of this survey was to assess the ranch’s wildlife and habitat resources.

Our surveys showed that this property supports a healthy and diverse assemblage of fishery and wildlife resources. Knox Ranch is comprised of a variety of forest, upland, wetland, meadow and aquatic resources. Overall, habitat on this property is considered to be both diverse and abundant, with great potential for recreation, wildlife management and habitat enhancement.

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the ranch and had the opportunity to observe its abundant wildlife, including mule deer, elk, moose and pronghorn. It was especially impressive to get a close encounter with a bull moose along the creek and observe a red fox catching its prey near Sandy’s house.

We welcome any questions one may have regarding this property’s fishery and wildlife resources. Please feel free to email (office@ANRwildlife.com) or call (800-852-4075) anytime.

Tony Byrne, Principal Biologist

Absolute Natural Resources, LLC

Hayden Outdoors is proud to announce the addition of four great Broker Associates to the team. Mike Brown, Rick Peden, Matt Brown and Bill Rogers are the kind of people everyone hopes to meet and work with in any business. These recent additions to the Hayden Outdoors land division will insure the best experience when dealing with buying or selling land. After all, quality folks and quality properties is what our business is about. 

Mike Brown is a native of Liberal, Kansas and has lived in Colorado for the past 45 years. His expertise is in land purchases, banking, and property ownership. Mike has an extensive business background and understands what it takes to insure a positive experience. He is an avid upland bird hunter and fisherman with emphasis on those wiley ringnecks in Kansas! Whether it is land in Kansas or Land in Colorado, Mike can help you find that Colorado or Kansas Ranch you are looking for.

Bill Rogers is a ranch owner and broker associate who understands a deal. Bill is as knowledgeable about property with relation to ranching and wildlife as anyone. He has outfitting experience and has owned car dealerships in Tennessee. Bills love of the outdoors and guiding has led him to numerous trophy deer and elk. He takes as much satisfaction in seeing his friends take a good animal as doing it himself. He translates this to the land business very well and will gladly help you if you let him. 

Rick Peden has owned land, owned a bank, and dealt trustfully with the good folks of North Park Colorado for over 30 years. He knows cattle, land, and financing and is glad to share his knowledge. We are very proud to have Rick Peden as a part of our land brokerage.

Matt Brown is a true Colorado Native. Growing up in both Craig and Idaho Springs, the inspiring beauty of these areas fueled his love and passion for the outdoors. Whether chasing bugling bull elk thru the Rocky Mountains with his bow or drifting down the majestic rivers in southern Colorado with his fly rod in hand, he is truly at home. Matt has managed over 100 employees and is well versed in sales and negotiations. A great addition to the Hayden Outdoors land team.

The Hayden Outdoors broker associates know of great Kansas Ranches, Hunting Properties, and Colorado Ranches For Sale and are willing to help you find the real easate you are looking for. Contact us for information on our services and properties for sale.

Hayden Outdoors is proud to announce its latest international project participating with Cabela’s Trophy Properties, LLC. Hayden Outdoors is offering Carribean front villas, lots, marina front lots, estates, and commercial opportunities at Hopkins Bay, Belize.

John Leo Hayden and Dax Hayden, Owner/Brokers for Hayden Outdoors, LLC. are proud to participate with Cabela's, the World's Foremost Outfitter, in a recreational real estate listing service called Cabela's Trophy Properties, LLC.

Hayden Outdoors, LLC. is responsible for serving the needs of recreational buyers and sellers throughout Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Belize. They specialize in large tracts, sporting properties, estates, farms, ranches and waterfront properties. Hopkins Bay is a beautiful property and great opportunity in the Stann Creek district of Belize. Marinas, golf courses, pristine beachfront properties, and commercial business potential will make this spot in the sun one of the best.

 "Cabela's Trophy Properties is an exclusive recreational property listing service for marketing fine sporting and recreational properties to sportsmen and investors worldwide. Cabela's Trophy Properties", as Dax Hayden explained, "is a global network of professionals who are the best in their regions. Over 400 professional brokers working together and specializing in what they love.”   

Hayden Outdoors, LLC. has been helping people who have dreamed of owning land for many years. The firm invites you to visit the Cabela's Trophy Properties on the web. If you are a recreational buyer or seller and want to know about the services available to you through this program you can call Hayden Outdoors LLC. at 877-467-2297, or visit www.hopkinsbayrealestate.com or www.haydenoutdoors.com. 

Cabela's Trophy Properties LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cabela's Corp. (NYSE:CAB), is a global network of experts who serve the recreational industry. For more information please call (800) 535-6007 or visit Cabela's Trophy Properties .
 

Hayden Outdoors is excited to be attending the 103^rd annual National Western Stock Show from January 10^th to the 25^th located at the National Western Event Center and Coliseum in Denver Colorado. The National Western Stock show is one of the countries largest live stock shows and rodeos and Hayden Outdoors participating with Cabela’s Trophy Properties is proud to be in attendance marketing Ranch Real Estate and recreational properties. The National Western Event center has over 600,000 square feet of exhibits including everything from art work to farm and ranch equipment along with daily horse shows and a PBR Rodeo. Every year the Stock Show attracts farmers and ranchers from all over the United States with a majority of the attendants coming from Colorado and surrounding states which is where the predominance of our ranch and recreational property listings come from making the Hayden Outdoors team and the National Western Stock Show a perfect match. Hayden Outdoors specializes in marketing and selling New Mexico Ranches, Kansas Ranches, Hunting Properties, and Colorado Ranches for sale among other things so if you are looking for a ranch property, you think you have a ranch property you want to sell, or you just want to look at some of the ranches available through Hayden Outdoors stop by and we’ll try to accommodate your needs. We are located at the south west corner of the stadium arena in space one. 

Over the past few decades I have been fortunate enough to hunt pheasant in some of the best pheasant country in the United States, North West Kansas Ranches. Growing up hunting there has taught me what it takes to not only be a good hunter, but also a conservationist. Over the past few decades we have seen the pheasant population fluctuate from nearly non-existent to having a crop of birds so large that lots of times the hunt in over almost as soon as it starts with vests full of colorful ringnecks. This year we were lucky enough to see a crop birds that left us standing at the end of the field with smiles on our faces, tired dogs, and pouches filled with nearly a limit per hunter. Ideal hatch conditions this spring combined with a mild winter last year and conservation efforts from hunters and outdoorsmen alike rendered enough pheasants for even the most inexperienced hunter to find birds. Not being from North West Kansas and merely showing up for the hunt most seasons I never understood the amount of work that went into producing and being able to hunt a plentiful crop of birds. However, I have been lucky enough to hunt with someone who has lived in Kansas for more than half a century and has probably forgotten more about pheasant hunting and conservation that most avid hunters will ever know.   The hunt begins long before daybreak on opening day working dogs, scouting hatches, and trying to gather enough permission from farmers and ranchers to have a variety of Hunting Properties so that depending on the weather conditions and the pheasants particular mood that day you can find enough pheasants to hopefully harvest a limit.    If you are talented enough to complete the preseason work effectively then comes the fun part. Very few people understand or believe me when I say that since I have been about eight years old opening day of pheasant season is by far my favorite day of the year. The feeling when a cackling ringneck flushes from under your feet is second to none and when hunting North West Kansas Ranches you will get this feeling enough to keep you coming back year after year.  

Hayden Outdoors offers some of the best hunting properties in Colorado. Bent Arrow is no exception! 

Two weeks ago, Dax Hayden, Leo Hayden, and myself were lucky enough to hunt a unique piece of property that we have listed called “Bent Arrow”.    Located about halfway between Fairplay and Canyon City, these 72 acres are located behind the gate of Christopher Ranch, so while the access is easy, it is also very private.  However, the crown jewel to this property is the opportunity to obtain the recreational lease for the adjoining 640 acres of State Land.  This beautiful state section starts at the top of a plateau and drops off in to numerous finger drainages which meet up again at the top of the deed 72 acres.  Literally almost every drop of water in the 640 acre lease drain right through the middle of the deeded acreage with makes for tremendous wildlife habitat. 

We started the day, driving to Bent Arrow from another ranch we had hunted the day before.  Dax was lucky enough to fill his Mule Deer tag that day, but still had a Bull Elk tag left in his pocket, as did his Dad, Leo.  When we parked at the South end of the property in the dry drainage ditch it was well before sunrise.  Dax, Leo and I slowly worked our way up the drainage as we saw deer sign as soon as we stepped out of the truck.  After only walking for about 5 minutes, we came across one of the two natural springs on the deeded acreage.  Leo Hayden decided that would be a good area to spot for Elk and he headed to the top of the ridge above the spring.

Having walked the property numerous times, I took the lead as Dax and I worked our way to the property boundary of Bent Arrow and the State Land.  Before we got to the fence, Dax spotted about eight does working their way north, just like us, but on the other side of the ravine.  I know that there was standing water from one of the springs just a few hundred yards ahead, so we decided to sit tight and see if that is where the animals would go.  Sure enough, the first group of deer stopped at the water, as did four more groups of deer.

Dax and I slowly worked our way north over the property line until we could get a good shot towards the spring that the animals were visiting.  As we watched the four separate groups of deer work, we noticed that they all followed the same path, which luckily enough seemed to end right below our position.  So we sat and scouted this Mule Deer for over an hour, one watching the spring, while the other glassed the vast hillside in front of us.

If you are interested in this or other fine hunting properties including Kansas Ranches, New Mexico Ranches, or Colorado ranches for sale, Hayden Outdoors can find the property for you.

Written by Mike Callan - mike@haydenoutdoors.com