Photo: Dryhead RanchWorking ranch
Dryhead Canyon, Montana
Dryhead Ranch
Family-run cattle ranch where guests ride long days on drives, brandings and roundups.
Hands-on cattle work
- Season
- Mid-Apr – Oct
- Ages
- Kids welcome
What you'll do
- Spring cattle drives, branding, and fall gathering, depending on the week you book
- Full days horseback: plan on five to eight hours in the saddle
- Riding instruction is part of the week
When to go
- Mid-April through October
- Drives in spring, ranch weeks through summer, gathering and vaccinating in September
Who it's for
- Riders ready for long days in the saddle
- Kids are welcome; the ranch lists no minimum age
Good to know
- One-week, all-inclusive stays with pickup in Billings
- The ranch is on the Crow Reservation: no alcohol, fishing, or hunting
- The mailing address is in Lovell, Wyoming
Getting there
- Billings, with paid ranch pickup.
- Cattle work
- Horsemanship
Ride for the brand. No branding required.
- Brand
- Quarter Circle S Quarter Circle
- Burned on
- Right thigh on horses
- On record
- Montana Department of Livestock brand book (opens in a new tab)To find it:
- Physical Cities: Lovell
- Species: Horse
- Location on Animal: Right Thigh