Dryhead Cattle Drives - Montana
Cattle & Horse Drives
SPRING CATTLE DRIVES
The spring cattle drive season starts in mid-April to early May with three cattle drives from Wyoming to Montana. We trail between 250 to 300 mother cows with their calves over an old Sioux trail that stretches between 50 to 55 miles from Wyoming to Montana. A warm bed back at the ranch awaits you at days-end.
SUMMER CATTLE DRIVES
The summer cattle drive season starts the last week in June and the first week in July. We trail a herd of cattle up into the Big Horn Mountains (elevation 10,000 feet). We ride with our neighbours up the steep mountain trail pushing cattle that need to go to summer pastures.
The scenery in this drive is beyond description and you will marvel at the beautiful countryside. From the top of the Big Horn Mountain, you can easily see for several hundred miles. This is definitely a photographic paradise.
Return to the ranch for a comfortable night’s sleep.
FALL CATTLE DRIVES
The fall cattle drives begin the fourth week in October when we begin to gather our cows from 25,000 acres of ranch grazing pastures. The calves have already been weaned in late September and the cows are ready to leave the high country and make the 50-mile trek to farm ground pastures in Wyoming for the winter. We will return to the Dryhead Ranch each night of the drive for a wonderful home cooked meal and a warm dry bed.
Fall is a varied season to ride in Montana. The trail home to Wyoming is full-varied temperatures and varied challenges and rugged awesome beauty. This is what real cowboy experiences are made of.
