CATTLE DRIVE VACATIONS – OUR SCHEDULE AND RATES
We are thrilled to have you join us at the Dryhead Ranch for an authentic cowboy working ranch vacation. During the week that you ride at the ranch with us you will experience a wide variety of activities: working cattle, gathering cattle, cattle drives, working horses, horse drives, branding calves, mending fences, and our cowboys and cowgirls will teach you to rope. We offer the best horseback riding vacations in Montana. We are real, remote, quiet, and have seemingly endless mountain vistas. We share with you real cattle work and real working cow horses to experience an amazing horseback riding vacation.
Saturday we will return you to Billings. En route we will visit several of the historic sites along the Big Horn Recreation Area: Lockhart Historic Ranch, Devils Canyon Overlook, and the Wild Mustang Museum.
The Dryhead Ranch is located on the Crow Indian Reservation and features one of the largest historic buffalo jumps in the United States. We also have a few Indian Pictographs on the canyon walls and lots of arrowheads and artifacts for the finding. We are required to honor a Federal alcohol-free ruling required on all reservation properties.
2023 DATES & RATES
FOR DRYHEAD RANCH GUEST SEASON
(Each activity requires riding every day)
Horse Drives & Roundups
April 14 – 15, 2023
Real Ranch Horse Sale – Billings, Montana. Open to Public
April 16 – 22, 2023
Horse Drive from Wyoming to Dryhead Ranch in Montana.
May 28 – June 3, 2023
Adding stallions to mare bands for breeding season.
October 15 – 21, 2023
Making registration papers and weaning colts from mares.
October 22 – 28, 2023
Horse Drive from Dryhead ranch to Wyoming for winter.
$2100.00 per person, plus tax
Cattle Drives & Weaning Weeks
April 30 – May 6, 2023
Cattle Drive from Wyoming to Dryhead ranch in Montana.
May 7 – May 13, 2023
Cattle Drive from Wyoming to Dryhead ranch in Montana.
May 14 – 20, 2023
Cattle Drive from Wyoming to Dryhead ranch in Montana.
May 21 – 27, 2023
Cattle Drive from Wyoming to Dryhead ranch in Montana.
September 17 – 23, 2023
Gathering cows and calves to wean calves. Long days big circles.
September 24 – 30, 2023
Gathering cows and calves to wean calves. Long days big circles.
October 1 – 7, 2023
Gathering cows and calves to wean calves. Long days big circles.
$2100.00 per person, plus tax
Ranch Weeks
June 4 – 10, 2023 • June 11 – 17, 2023
Gather cows and calves, sort pairs, brand calves.
June 18 – 24, 2023
Finish branding, gather and move cows to mountain pasture.
June 25 – July 1, 2023
Riding fence, doctoring for sickness, rotating pastures.
July 23 – 29, 2023
Rotating pastures, doctoring for sickness, riding fence.
July 30 – August 5 ,2023
Doctoring for sickness, rotating pastures, riding fence.
August 27 – September 2,2023
Doctoring for sickness, checking water sources, fencing.
September 3 – 9, 2023
Begin outside riding. Bringing back cattle, putting out strays.
September 10 – 16, 2023
Gathering cows to ranch for weaning. Putting out strays.
October 8 – 14, 2023
Putting cows on fall pasture, looking for unweaned calves.
$2100.00 per person, plus tax
Ranch Closed
July 2 – 22, 2023 • August 6 – 26, 2023
2024 DATES & RATES
FOR DRYHEAD RANCH GUEST SEASON
(Each activity requires riding every day)
Horse Drives & Roundups
April 14 – 20, 2024
Horse Drive from Wyoming to Dryhead Ranch in Montana.
May 26 – June 1, 2024
Adding stallions to mare bands for breeding season.
October 13 – 19, 2024
Making registration papers and weaning colts from mares.
October 20 – 26, 2024
Horse Drive from Dryhead ranch to Wyoming for winter.
$2100.00 per person, plus tax
Cattle Drives & Weaning Weeks
May 12 – 18, 2024
Cattle Drive from Wyoming to Dryhead ranch in Montana.
May 19 – 25, 2024
Cattle Drive from Wyoming to Dryhead ranch in Montana.
September 15 – 21, 2024
Gathering cows and calves to vaccinate calves.
September 22 – 28, 2024
Gathering cows and calves to vaccinate calves.
September 29 – October 5, 2024
Gathering cows and calves to vaccinate calves.
$2100.00 per person, plus tax
Ranch Weeks
June 2 – 8, 2024 • June 9 – 15, 2024
Gather cows and calves, sort pairs, brand calves.
June 16 – 22, 2024
Finish branding, gather and move cows to mountain pasture.
June 23 – 29, 2024
Riding fence, doctoring for sickness, rotating pastures.
July 21 – 27, 2024
Rotating pastures, doctoring for sickness, riding fence.
July 28 – August 3, 2024
Doctoring for sickness, rotating pastures, riding fence.
August 25 – 31, 2024
Doctoring for sickness, checking water sources, fencing.
September 1 – 7, 2024
Begin outside riding. Bringing back cattle, putting out strays.
September 8 – 14, 2024
Gathering cows to ranch for weaning. Putting out strays.
October 6 – 12, 2024
Putting cows on fall pasture, looking for unweaned calves.
$2100.00 per person, plus tax
Ranch Closed
June 30 – July 20, 2024 • August 4 – 24, 2024
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT OUR WORKING RANCH VACATIONS
A deposit of $500 per person is required upon booking to hold a reservation. Deposits are non-refundable unless your spot is filled in said week. If the spot is filled your deposit will be returned. If the spot cannot be filled your deposit will be forfeited. However, we strongly encourage you to choose a different week and simply transfer your deposit. For this reason, we highly recommend trip insurance for “last minute” medical or emergency cancellations. All payments should be in US dollars. Payment can be cash, personal check (with approval), Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, or Square. There is a 3% charge on use of a credit card and Montana charges a bed tax that will be added to the final bill. We suggest a 15% gratuity. If additional days are desired, we can make special arrangements by email or phone.
We offer a pick up service of $120.00 per person for picking up at the airport or designated hotel and return to Billings by noon at the end of the week. We have two pick up places: Best Western Clock Tower Inn, and the Airport-at Door 4 at the west end of the airport.
Please send us travel arrangements 30 days in advance of arrival even if you are using a booking agent. We won’t want to miss you on our pick up route so please send your travel plans, airline information, pick up arrangements and driving plans. Please remember to send them when your plans are final. Thanks.
Dryhead Ranch has a small ranch store that we make available to our guests. It gives you a place to pick up a few gift items or personal items that you may have forgotten. We have cowboy hats, chinks, western vests (canvas and wool), sweatshirts, T-shirts, horsehair jewelry and Dryhead ranch caps and T-shirts. Check the website for a list of “WHAT TO BRING”. Always consider the weather when coming to the Dryhead Ranch. We live at 5000 feet and are surrounded by mountains. Layers are good any time of the year. Check out the website for accommodations and other pictures and details about our working ranch vacation.
Dryhead Ranch reserves the right to alter or change any attraction, dates or activities due to unforeseen circumstances and weather. However, substitutions of a similar kind will be arranged. These circumstances would include unfavorable weather conditions, wildfires, range or pasture conditions, insufficient bookings. Please call with any other questions or just to chat about our working ranch vacation. Office phone is 307-548-6688.
Book Your Guest Ranch Vacation Today! (307)-548-6688