Drought could leave Wyoming ranchers with tough choices Follow Us Question of the Day Ranch hand Tyler Kern tromps through standing water at Tarver Heart X Ranch in northeastern Wyoming on April 7, 2021, after a wet snowfall. Much more moisture would need to fall to alleviate a severe drought that has settled in ... more > By GREGORY HASMAN - Associated Press - Saturday, April 17, 2021 GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) - Ranch hand J.W. Thrush slogged through mud to tag a heifer calf on a sunny, 60-degree day at the Tarver Heart X Ranch in northern Campbell County last week. After it was tagged so it could be matched with its mama cow, Tyler Kern on horseback trailed the calf out of the corral and onto the pasture by Olmstead Road.