Weather in nearby Clifton, AZ
(Our weather is ~7° cooler)
Fair, 46 °F

UPCOMING EVENTS

Ranch Photography Workshop
April 17-20, 2012
Tom Whetten will teach a photography class where we will use cowboys, horses, steers, etc. as models. Here is your chance to photograph the American West! Herds of Texas Longhorns, working cowboys, and wide open western skies are the setting for great pictures on the historic Double Circle Ranch.

Erosion Control Workshop #6
April 20-22, 2012
We have openings for 30 people at the Spring AWPF Commission-funded Erosion Control Workshop at Double Circle Ranch.

Spring 5-Day Cattle Drive Vacation
April 30 - May 5, 2012
Limited to 6 participants - Make your reservations now!

End of Summer 5-Day Cattle Drive Vacation
September 15-20, 2012
Limited to 6 participants - Make your reservations now!

Women Only Ranch Vacation
September 24-30, 2012
Come join two to eight like-minded women for a ranch vacation to remember. Limited to 8 participants - Make your reservations now!

Erosion Control Workshop #7
October 12-14, 2012
We have openings for 30 people at the Fall AWPF Commission-funded Erosion Control Workshop at Double Circle Ranch.

2012 Workshops
Double Circle Longhorns, LLC is currently setting dates for our 2012 classes. Keep checking for more info on upcoming birding, photography, art, and wilderness survival classes

Cowgirl Julie From Tucson

Julie from Tucson came to the Double Circle. I put her right to work herding cattle. [...]

Volunteers Make Antelope Habitat Improvement Possible

Antelope Habitat Improvement Fence Workshop

We just got the figures from the Arizona Antelope Foundation habitat improvement project held here at the Double Circle Ranch. There were 30 people here from as far away as Albuquerque and Prescott, and as close as Clifton. The volunteers drove about 10,896 miles at their own expense to [...]

Ranch Hand Jeremy Balderrama is Back!

Our ranch hand intern Jeremy Balderrama has come back to give us a hand before his college classes start up this fall. [...]

Jeremy Balderrama - Ranch Hand Intern

Herding Texas Longhorns

Jeremy Balderrama is here working as a ranch hand intern. He is an absolute breath of fresh air – makes you have confidence in the younger generation. He is a college student with major in Animal Science and a minor in Criminal Justice – and a second minor that I can’t remember [...]

Rick Cioppa Visits the Ranch

RickCioppa Heading to the Ranch on Motorcycle

Rick Cioppa, Forrest’s brother, stopped at the Double Circle on his way across country on his BMW. I always like to meet adventuresome folks, and Rick and Forrest surely qualify. Rick is a lot like his older brother – full of life and fun, smart and pleasant. Plus [...]

Goin' Steer Crazy

Our Friend Forrest Cioppa and Wilma

Well, I am laid up with a broken leg. On a working ranch, that is a disaster. My not being able to work cuts our workforce in half – but 100% of the work still needs done. Fortunately, friends and neighbors have come to Double Circle Ranch to help. [...]

Vounteer Ranch Hand David Harding

Ranch Hand David Harding Herding Cattle

David Harding came all the way from Cincinnati, Ohio to spend part of his vacation as a ranch hand volunteer at Double Circle Ranch. We certainly put him straight to work! He helped haul water pipe and work on new water systems on the ranch, picked up [...]

Volunteer Ranch Hands Gene and Bernice Isaacs

Our friends Gene and Bernice Isaac have been back volunteering – again. The amount of projects the Isaacs have done would have cost thousands. [...]

Cowdog Looking for a Good Home

Anyone interested in a free dog-a border collie cross? Geneva wrote looking for a home for Lucky, a 13-month old spayed female dog. Apparently Lucky has too much energy to be a house dog. Like most border collies or border collie crosses, she needs a job to keep her busy. Geneva thinks she would make [...]

Ranch Hand Ryan

Doug’s nephew Ryan is here working on the Double Circle Ranch. He is becoming quite a jack-of-all-trades, which is a prerequisite for any ranch hand. [...]