Whether on your own property or on the hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands, the best way to see the country is horseback.
Photographed in Montana by JDP
Branding is an annual event that brings together family, friends and neighbors. The traditional ‘rope and drag’ method is still used today on this southwestern Montana ranch. Other ranching operations brand and vaccinate using a ‘calf table’. The goal of either method is to complete the task quickly and efficiently. Afterwards, everyone gathers for a large meal and a good visit.
Photo by JDP
Shipping day may be the most important day of the year for ranchers across Wyoming and Montana. The year’s group of calves or yearlings has been sold either ‘on the video’ or in an auction ring and the last step is to load the calves on the trucks and deliver them to the buyers. In this photo a family from Johnson County is sorting steers from heifers before they are loaded on the trucks.
Photo by CLS
Our own Bill Welles savors the moment on the Wind River in the Wind River Canyon just south of Thermopolis in Hot Springs County. After a day’s fishing, the hot springs pools of Thermopolis are just a few miles away. Photo by a friend of BW