An Authentic 1880’s Cattle Drive Experience

And the Western Adventure of A Lifetime

Welcome to Double Rafter Cattle Drives!

Authentic Cattle Drives on a Real Working Ranch.

If you are looking for a real adventure working with real cowboys doing real work, then the Double Rafter is the ranch for you! Travel long distances for fresh grass with our cattle. Camp under the stars in simple cowboy tipi tents. Indulge in gourmet dutch oven cooking. Ride rain or shine. Work until the job’s done. Feel more accomplished and fulfilled than you ever imagined.

Come Ride With Us.

130+ years of family, legacy & passion for ranching.

We are the Kerns family, 5th, 6th & 7th generation ranchers, blessed to be grazing our cattle in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming and sharing it with the world for over 30 years.

Upcoming Cattle Drives.

Spring

Summer

Fall

Starting in the valley below, we trail our cattle 30-50 miles from the homestead to our summer pastures in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming.

Throughout the summer, we gather cattle and manage 60,000 acres of Bighorn Mountain grasslands.

In the Fall, we round up the herd and trail them back home.

“ Compared to us, City Slickers is a pony ride!!!! Out here on the range, we give you reality. We don't schedule phony stampedes, cloudbursts, blizzards, rodeos, wagon wrecks, or brush fires....they happen all on their own! Take a look through our site and give us a holler when you're ready to saddle-up! ” -Dana Kerns

Press & Acknowledgments.

"Experiences as vivid as the open cattle drive leave an indelible imprint on one’s soul..." Lonnie Schorer

"Experiences as vivid as the open cattle drive leave an indelible imprint on one’s soul..." Lonnie Schorer

"...One word sums up my personal experience…FREEDOM. Free to do as much or as little as I wanted. Free to ride at a pace I was comfortable with (horse race anyone?). Free to ride to the river to take a dip if I wanted. Free to choose which group, and what chore, I wanted to do for the day." -Melissa Stanley

"...One word sums up my personal experience…FREEDOM. Free to do as much or as little as I wanted. Free to ride at a pace I was comfortable with (horse race anyone?). Free to ride to the river to take a dip if I wanted. Free to choose which group, and what chore, I wanted to do for the day." -Melissa Stanley

"...I had great horses, amazing food, a view from heaven, the best service I could get and thankful for the really good cowboys and nice wranglers who helped us with the cattle and made this to the journey of my life!" -Isabel Hemmingsson

"...I had great horses, amazing food, a view from heaven, the best service I could get and thankful for the really good cowboys and nice wranglers who helped us with the cattle and made this to the journey of my life!" -Isabel Hemmingsson

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