Double Rafter Cattle Drives

05/06/2023

Our website got a facelift. Check it out and let us know what you think! -Cathryn Kerns

An Authentic 1880’s Cattle Drive Experience And the Western Adventure of A Lifetime Book A Trip 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 r...

09/01/2022

09/01/2022

Hours in the saddle. Sleeping under the stars. A mission accomplished.

“The Double Rafter Ranch trip is an amazing time and definitely something everyone should get a chance to do … Being out there, I watched people’s lives change for the better.” -Wayne Deyette, cherished member of our Fund family.

This summer, riders from our Jinx McCain Horsemanship Program assisted the Double Rafter Ranch by driving its cattle herd into the high country. Our riders spent 10-12 hours a day in the saddle; ate around the fire; took baths in mountain snow-fed rivers; saw elk, moose, and other high-mountain critters; and slept soundly each night under a blanket of stars, with sore muscles from a long day’s ride and a satisfied smile on their faces knowing they measured up with the cowboys of days long ago.

10/10/2021

Tonight is the last night to watch this! Don't miss it!

The Jinx McCain Horsemanship Program helps provide veterans with the skills they need to cope with combat trauma, re-entering civilian life and more.

10/09/2021

Below is a link to the full video the Equine Network did on Double Rafter Cattle Drives and The Semper Fi Fund for Horse Week.

Thank you, Equine Network and crew, for documenting something dear to us so beautifully. And thank you to all those who have shared their stories and a week of their lives with us. You are an inspiration.

The Jinx McCain Horsemanship Program helps provide veterans with the skills they need to cope with combat trauma, re-entering civilian life and more.

09/28/2021

Hey all you donkey whippers! There are 4 spots available for the Clean Up Trip 2021! The trip starts Monday, October 4th, 2021.

This exclusive trip is limited to only ten people. We will cover a lot of country horseback bringing cattle down from the Bighorn Mountains to our family homestead. Enjoy long days in the saddle, good food, good company, fall colors and the adventure of a lifetime!

Don't wait! This trip is not be available again until 2023!

Call Dana Kerns at 1-307-655-9539 or 1-800-704-9268 to reserve your spot!

For more information on dates & prices, please visit: https://doublerafter.com/dates-prices-2/

Hey all you donkey whippers! The Clean Up Trip 2020 has a few spots available!

This exclusive trip is limited to only ten people. We will cover a lot of country horseback bringing cattle down from the Bighorn Mountains to our family homestead. Enjoy long days in the saddle, good food, good company, fall colors and the adventure of a lifetime!

Don't wait! This trip is not be available again until 2022!

Call Dana Kerns at 1-307-655-9539 or 1-800-704-9268 to reserve your spot!

For more information on dates & prices, please visit: https://doublerafter.com/dates-prices-2/

09/28/2021

Check out the trailer for The Drive to Brotherhood by the Equine Network on how the Semper Fi Fund and Double Rafter Cattle Drives work together to help our men and women of arms combat the battles they face after returning home. These trips are very close to our hearts!

Learn how horses are healing veterans in the Semper Fi and the America's Fund's Jinx McCain Horsemanship Program which helps veterans with the skills they need to cope.

04/13/2021

04/05/2021

Our family. Our ranch. Our cattle drives.

~ THE LEGENDS OF THE WEST ~We are thrilled to share the season finale of The Backyard, featuring Double Rafter Cattle Drives and the Kerns family. Some image...

03/16/2021

That’s our Clara on the cover of Sheridan Tourism’s travel advise booklet! 🥰

~ We're planning so many activities! ~

The 2021 Sheridan County Travel & Tourism Visitor's Guide is here -- you can check it out online, or pop in to grab a copy to take home.

Gracing the cover is high country horsewoman Clara Kimmel from the Double Rafter Cattle Drives crew. If there's a wilder, more authentic experience than riding the open range on horseback, it hasn't been invented yet.

This year's guide is filled with stories of the icons and outlaws of Sheridan County, unique itineraries to help you make the most of your trip, hotel and restaurant guides, and much more.

Visit www.sheridanwyoming.org and under plan your trip, select request a brochure to receive your copy!

02/10/2021

She endures long days, hot days, hail storms, snow storms, run away mules, bears eating dish soap, and more all before she rings the dinner bell. She's the gal with grit and grits and grins. Happy birthday to Miss Alice, the best of camp cooks, kindest of ladies and wonderful matriarch of the Kerns clan! 🥳

02/03/2021

Our crew had some incredible times and met some fantastic folks in 2020 - it wasn't all doom and gloom! - like Taylor Kerns and his family, owners and operators of Double Rafter Cattle Drives.

We've been hard at working editing this very special episode of The Backyard, and we'll have it out in the coming weeks. Until then, we'll just keep looking back and remember how quickly we found out that we're not quite ready to be cowboys :)

Truly \ Beef, LLC