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Cattle Drives Anche qui si richiedono“working hands” ! Questa piccola azienda a conduzione familiare possiede 650 vacche su 10.000 ettari presso il North Platte River. Qui i cattle drives fanno parte della vita di ranch di tutti i giorni.
Round up primaverile 7 giorni/6 notti:
Vacche e vitelli da latte vengono condotti per 20 km al pascolo primaverile.
Cattle drive 11 giorni/ 10 notti:
Durante i primi giorni, la mandria viene raccolta, al pascolo primaverile e ricondotta al ranch. Da qui, viene spinta per altri 120 km al pascolo estivo sui Laramie Plains , percorrendo 15-20 km al giorno. Giunti a destinazione, i bovini vengono selezionati.
Round-up Cow Camp 7 giorni/6 notti:
Vacche e vitelli vengono riuniti, i tori selezionati e condotti verso nuovi pascoli. Pernottamento in cow camp.
Round up, Cutting & Pairing 8 giorni/7 notti:
I vitelli vengono preparati per la vendita. Ció significa round up, pesarli e vaccinarli , ricondurli alle madri (Pairing) e separarli a seconda del sesso (Cutting). Pernottate al cow camp.
Round-up 9 giorni/8 notti:
É giunto il momento di vendere i vitelli maschi. Questi vengono condotti, insieme alle loro madri, per 16 km fino al luogo di carico. Due giorni piú tardi, durante i quali vi dedicate ad altre attivitá, le vacche vengono ricondotte indietro al pascolo. Voi pernottate al Cow Camp.
Cattle Drive 11 giorni/10 notti:
Round up sulle Laramie Plains e al Laramie River Ranch, quindi 120 km di drive per tornare a casa. Si procede piú speditamente che in primavera.
The Two Creek Ranch is a family owned working cattle ranch. Currently running 600 mother cows on 25,000+ acres of land. The winter and spring range is located 8 miles south of Douglas, nestled along the North Platte River, with the LaBonte and Wagonhound Creeks flowing thru.
The Oregon Trail straddles a portion of the range, where the ruts are still visible today. The ranch has two summer ranges, one 15 miles North of Douglas and the other 75 miles SW of Douglas, on the Laramie Plains.
Aprile 25 - May 1
If early spring is your time to be outside and enjoy seeing the awakening of spring, then this event is for you. We will round up the 650 mother cows and their calves and trail them 10-15 miles to the spring pasture where green grass awaits them. We take smaller groups of them as the calves are slower to move. We usually cross the La Bonte Creek and go on the cliff trail. Be sure to bring your camera and take some pictures of the cliff trail. Then on to the spring grass.
6 nights and 7 days
May: 6-11
Branding week: For the ranch this is the social event of the year , as neighbors join together for branding. We brand in the traditional western way, by roping off of horseback and wrestling the calves. We invite you to join and share with us this western experience. Plan to stay 6 days and 5 nights
May 21-31 Cattle Drive
This is our 75 mile cattle drive to summer pasture located on the Laramie plains. We spend several days gathering the cattle from the spring pasture and trailing them to the ranch. Those nights are spent at the ranch and guests stay in the bunkhouse. We turn out the pairs and start on the journey. The cattle spend their first night at the county pen, the next night the cook and the trailers join the drive. We move the cattle about 10-12 miles a day with a break at lunch to rest the cattle, riders, and horses. We follow the old Fort Fetterman Freight trail to the Laramie Plains. We will then spend a day sorting cattle. Overnights at the Little House on the Prairie. For this event you will need a sleeping bag for the 4 nights we camp out. 11 days and 10 nights
July 18-24
Lot of riding rounding up cows and calves and trail them to new pastures. The bulls will be removed and trailed to a separate pasture. Riding will take place on the Laramie Plains on our ranch and the Laramie Ranch River. We will stay at the Cow Camp.7 days and 6 nights
August 1-7
We will gather the heifers and trail them to the corrals for Pregnancy testing and then trail them back to fresh pastures. During this time we also help our neighbor gather and trail pairs from Hamilton Springs to Sheep Creek. We will be staying at Cow Camp. 6 days, 5 nights
September 2-9
We will be getting ready to market our calves during this time. We will gather cows and calves, weight all calves and give them shots and prepare them for shipping. We will pair calves with their mothers and sort them as to sex. This involves a day of Cutting. We will spend our time on the Laramie Plains at Cow Camp, and 1 day will be spent at main ranch working north of Douglas. It will take us a week to complete the job. 8 days and 7 nights to complete this job.
September 22-30
It is time to sell our steer calves. We will gather the pairs and trail them 10 miles to where they will be weighed and put on trucks. We will do other activities for a couple of days and return to move the cows back to our pasture. Time will be spent at Cow Camp on the Laramie Plains. We plan to be gone 9 days and 8 nights
October 21-31 Cattle Drive
The fall gather will take place on the Laramie Plains and the Laramie River Ranch for the 75 mile trip home. There will not be as many cattle in the fall because of shipping the steer calves, still over a 1,000 head. This trail is spring in reverse. The Cattle move easier this time of year because the cows are ready to come home and the first couple of nights at Cow Camp and 4 nights camping and the remaining nights at the main ranch. Weather that time of year is unpredictable. Anything from Indian summer to rain, snow or blizzard. 11 days 10 nights |
Programma: Cattledrive
Date: Aprile, maggio, luglio-settembre
Alloggio: Ranch & Camp
Vitto: Pensione completa
Camere: tenda
Lingua: inglese
Non cavalieri: no
Cavallo proprio: no
Min./max. Partecipanti: 3/12 Hier lernen Sie das echte Rancherleben und Land und Leute kennen!
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Pferde:
Quarter mix
Sattel
& Zaum: Tack: Western
Reiterfahrung: Moderate with trots and canters Level: C
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