CatskillHeartache greeted the decision, almost eight years ago, to close the Catskill Game Farm, a one-of-a-kind landmark for travelers and local animal lovers since the 1930s.Husband and wife Cathy and Ben Ballone want to bring back at least some of that nostalgia, one step at a time. In 2012 they bought 206 acres of the land, which still has many of the structures remaining since the game farm closed in 2006.