Can you describe a drover’s typical day on the Long Trail?

Can you describe a drover’s typical day on the Long Trail? Stace Webb Via the Internet Long and tiring. The drovers each had a two-hour watch over the herd sometime between eight p.m. and four a.m. Then they roped and saddled a horse from the wrangler’s string, and allowed the cows to graze until around nine a.m. before driving them north. The herd was pushed along at an easy pace so as not to lose too much weight. The cattle rested at midday and usually were driven until late afternoon b