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Working ranch
Red Owl, South Dakota
Dennis Ranch
Multi-generation prairie cattle ranch that hosts visitors in the family's own log home.
Ranch work available
- Season
- Year-round
- Ages
- Not published
What you'll do
- Ride gentle horses or a team-drawn wagon
- Help with whatever the cattle need that day, from calving to pasture moves
- Home-cooked meals in the family's log home
When to go
- Open year-round: calving in spring, pasture moves in summer, vaccinating in fall, feeding in winter
- Past visits have lasted from a few hours to about three weeks
Who it's for
- Guests who want an informal, family-hosted prairie stay
- Flexible travelers, since there are no set packages
Good to know
- No rates, packages or age policy are published, so contact the ranch
- A 2024 post says the herd is now small, so cattle work may be light
- Cattle work
- Trail riding