About me
Great Basin buckaroo and braider Doug Groves makes rawhide reatas, quirts, reins and bosals of great beauty and function. He started braiding out of necessity, to make the gear he needed as a working cowboy, and eventually as cowboss on the TS Ranch outside of Battle Mountain. A 2009 recipient of the Nevada Governor’s Arts Award and 2017 recipient of the Nevada Heritage Award, Doug learned from peers in the bunkhouse and beyond. Paying regard to the skills taught to him and the individuals they came from, he now passes on these techniques for turning rawhide into fine horse gear.
