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Pick Up and Delivery

Pickup and delivery services are available. Please have directions ready for us when you call. Please be sure to schedule your horses in advance. We will deliver horses to any location that is easily accessible by road and compatable with a loaded six horse trailer.

Private transportion is welcome with approved equipment. This will require a person who has had prior experience in the hauling of livestock. Junction deliveries can be provided.

Winter Weather Deliveries

Please be advised that extreme winter weather conditions may prevent a pickup or delivery in some locations of Oregon. It may become necessary for you to meet our drivers with the horses at a secondary alternate location in extreme weather. This would be at the nearest paved road that is closest to your requested location and will not generally apply unless it becomes obvious that a driver is unable to reach you at your requested destination due to weather conditions.

Feed and Water

All horses are fed and watered prior to delivery. Once the horses are in your care, you will be responsible for the maintenance thereafter. If you are packing into a remote location, you will be packing feed also. Springs and other water resources may be found on a forest service trail map.

Information

Before you go, you will need to make sure that your desired trails have been groomed for the season. This will help you to eliminate access complications and enhance your trail riding experience. No refunds will be given upon the return of a horse.

Packing

Mountain Pass Ranch horses are experienced in packing game as well as equipment. However, you are responsible for the horses not limited to securing your packs and cinching your saddles.

Game Retrieval Weight Limits

The following is the standard weight recommendations that is used to retrieve an elk. Three horses for the average bull elk - live weight being approximately 700 pounds. Two horses for an average cow elk - live weight being approximately 500 pounds, and one horse for the average buck or doe weighing 200 pounds.

Horses generally operate in one game retrieval per day. We have additional horses available if you have a large and successful hunting party. We do not train the horses to shoot off of their backs, although they have experience in packing game and equipment.

Horse and Rider Weight Limitations

For the comfort and safety of horse and rider, Please refer to the max weight chart below.

5`1" 150 lbs.

5`2" 155 lbs.

5`3" 160 lbs.

5`10" 195 lbs.

5`11" 205 lbs.

6`0" 215 lbs.

6`5" 240 lbs

Rates

Click the cowboy below for our rates or call the ranch any time at 541-932-4969

Mountain Pass Ranch is an equine specialty service that combines fabulous horses with great ideas. Whether you are setting up camp in a remote location of Oregon or embracing your wild side with the Dayville Wild Horse Tours in the Murderers Creek area, Mountain Pass Ranch has the horses ready for unlimited adventures and back country dreams.

We serve a wide range of horsemen throughout the Oregon territory where the horses are ridden and packed with regularly in unfamiliar terrain making them versatile and skilled in many areas. Our horses are additionally tuned by professionals who know what it takes to make an excellent guest mount and your journey a time to remember. Trail maps can be purchased at a local forest service district or a hardware store near you.

No fancy hype ........... just good gentle horses!