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Big Horn County Search & Rescue Big Horn County Search & Rescue is an all-volunteer team dedicated to serving the residents and visitors of Big Horn County, Wyoming.

Our 60-member team covers more than 3,100 square miles, including the Bighorn Mountains.

Apparently our Social Media Lady has been slacking. We’d fire her, but she’s a volunteer, so our options are limited. Wh...
09/24/2026

Apparently our Social Media Lady has been slacking. We’d fire her, but she’s a volunteer, so our options are limited. While she’s been neglecting her duties, the rest of BHC SAR has actually been working. So, here’s what you missed:

Mission #49 - Battle Park/Lake Solitude
At 8:43 p.m. on September 7, we were called for two riders who headed from Battle Park toward Lake Solitude on mules, gone off trail, and hadn’t returned as expected.

This one came with a little technological assist. Dispatch learned that someone was communicating with the group via InReach, and we were able to get a screenshot of their location. Our team terrain-matched it, plotted the location in CalTopo, and sent teams in. We transported Mom back to Battle Park to retrieve the trailer, her daughter remained at the trailhead, and the boys ultimately led the mules safely out.

Mission #50 - Big Horn Canyon
We were called for boaters stranded in the canyon after their motor quit. Fortunately, they did everything right: they had sleeping bags, extra clothes, food, and water with them. Our team headed out, located them, and towed the boat safely back to the dock where their vehicle was parked.

Mission #51 - Forest Service Road 334
On September 14 at 3:52 p.m., we were dispatched to a dirt bike wreck above Hyattville, off Cold Springs Road. With members responding from several locations, we sent a side-by-side in while First Flight of Wyoming was paged. The patient was moved approximately three-quarters of a mile in the back of a deputy’s truck to a location where First Flight could land and take over care.

We also assisted law enforcement with an incident in Cowley on September 14. We’ll leave mission #52 at that.

Mission #53 - The Great iPhone Rescue
At 8:48 p.m. on September 15, we received an iPhone crash notification near Antelope that indicated its owner may have been injured. Our team headed that direction, found no crashed vehicles, checked the ditches, and started searching.

Eventually, we found the victim: It was the iPhone. Its owners were staying at a nearby hunting cabin and had been riding a side-by-side when the phone apparently made an unscheduled departure. We regret that despite our best efforts, it could not be revived.

Mission #54 - West Tensleep Trailhead
On September 20 at 5:50 p.m., we were dispatched for two 23-year-olds who were supposed to have returned earlier in the day but hadn’t. As a deputy was heading toward the trailhead and we were preparing to respond, the parents received the message everyone was hoping for: they had heard from them.

So yes, Social Media Lady is behind. But the team isn’t. Her annual performance review isn’t looking great, so please tell her to get it together while giving the team a round of applause for their efforts.

Okay, okay. You wore us down. We’ve had quite a few people asking us to reveal the identity of our custom r***e raffle w...
09/20/2026

Okay, okay. You wore us down. We’ve had quite a few people asking us to reveal the identity of our custom r***e raffle winner. We’ve had everything from FOIA requests to offers to graciously take the winning ticket off his hands, plus a few grumps who apparently haven’t yet accepted that they cannot, in fact, win every raffle they enter.

So, before anyone gets the feds involved, we asked him, and he gave us permission to reveal his secret identity. Congratulations to Logan Hitz, the very lucky holder of ticket #90!

Thank you again to everyone who bought tickets and helped us raise money for new team jackets. We had a lot of fun with this raffle, and your support means we’re one step closer to getting our crew outfitted.

09/19/2026

WE HAVE A WINNER! Congratulations to Ticket #90! We apologize for keeping you all in suspense for a little while. We wanted to make sure we contacted our winner before sharing the news here.

Here’s a clip of the online raffle drawing that officially picked lucky #90!

And once again, thank you. Because of your support, we’re well on our way to getting new jackets for our team, and making sure our volunteers have durable, recognizable gear for missions, training, and everything in between.

And a huge thank you again to 7-7 Outdoors, APF Armory, Leupold Optics, and the Big Horn County SAR Foundation for making this raffle possible.

LAST CALL! Today’s the day to buy raffle tickets for our custom APF 5.56 with a Leupold Mark 4HD scope and BHCSAR engrav...
09/18/2026

LAST CALL! Today’s the day to buy raffle tickets for our custom APF 5.56 with a Leupold Mark 4HD scope and BHCSAR engraving and Cerakoe. We’ve sold 275 tickets so far, which means you’ve still got a pretty darn good shot (get it?) at taking this gorgeous gal home.

Ticket sales close TODAY at 3:00 PM MST. We’ll conduct the online drawing shortly after and post the winner right here on Facebook. Tickets are $50 each, and every ticket helps us raise money for new team jackets.

So buy one. Buy five. Just don’t be the person who sees the winner later today and thinks, “Dang it. I meant to buy a ticket.”
Get yours before 3:00:
https://www.bighorncountysearchandrescue.org/bhcountysarcustomar

Once again, huge thanks to 7-7 Outdoors, APF Armory, Leupold Optics, and the BHC SAR Foundation for making this possible.

We draw a winner TOMORROW afternoon! And here’s the really good news: we’ve sold fewer than 250 tickets. That means your...
09/17/2026

We draw a winner TOMORROW afternoon! And here’s the really good news: we’ve sold fewer than 250 tickets. That means your odds of taking home this custom APF 5.56 with a Leupold Mark 4HD scope and custom BHCSAR engraving and Cerakote are looking pretty darn good.

So buy one. Buy five. Help us raise money for new team jackets, and give yourself a pretty great shot at winning while you’re at it.

Tickets are $50. Get yours while you still can:
https://www.bighorncountysearchandrescue.org/bhcountysarcustomar

We’re drawing the winner of our custom APF AR 5.56 this Friday afternoon. We still have tickets available, which means s...
09/16/2026

We’re drawing the winner of our custom APF AR 5.56 this Friday afternoon. We still have tickets available, which means somebody is going home with one seriously gorgeous r***e with a Leuopold Mark 4HD scope and BHCSAR engraving and Cerakote...and your chances of being that somebody are looking pretty good.

Tickets are $50 each, and every dollar raised helps us purchase new jackets for our team. So even if luck isn’t on your side Friday, you’re still helping outfit our volunteers for the winter.

Get your tickets before Friday’s drawing:
https://www.bighorncountysearchandrescue.org/bhcountysarcustomar

A huge thank you to the donors who made this raffle possible: 7-7 Outdoors, APF Armory, Leupold Optics, and the Big Horn County SAR Foundation.

We’re still trying to find the words to express our gratitude. This past weekend, Jaguar Land Rover flew our Captain, Je...
09/15/2026

We’re still trying to find the words to express our gratitude. This past weekend, Jaguar Land Rover flew our Captain, Jeff Schmidt, to Temecula, California, for Destination Defender and the Defender Service Awards. He got to test-drive a Defender, check out some incredible vintage and custom Defenders, eat delicious food, and meet the people behind the sponsors who make this program possible.

And then came the moment we had all been hoping for: Big Horn County Search & Rescue won the Defender Service Award of a new Defender 130 and $30,000 for our team.

It is hard to explain what that moment felt like, or what this win means to a small, all-volunteer team like ours. But we can say one thing for certain: We did not win this alone. We won because thousands of people decided that what happens in our little corner of Wyoming mattered.

What started as an opportunity to win a desperately needed truck became something much bigger. It showed us just how many people believe in this team and the work our volunteers do. It reminded us that although our missions may take us into some very remote places, we are anything but alone. So, yes, we came home with exactly what we had hoped for, but we came home with a pretty incredible reminder of what can happen when a community decides to rally around its own.

To Jaguar Land Rover, Chase, Pelican Products, and every sponsor who makes the Defender Service Awards possible: thank you for giving small organizations like ours an opportunity this big. To Custer County SD Search & Rescue: we are honored to have shared this ride with you. We couldn’t have asked for a better team to stand beside in the final two, and we have tremendous respect for the work you do and the effort you put into this campaign.

To everyone who voted: From all of us at Big Horn County Search & Rescue, thank you. We will never forget what you did for us.

We’re still riding pretty high after an incredible weekend of winning the Land Rover Defender Service Awards, but now it...
09/14/2026

We’re still riding pretty high after an incredible weekend of winning the Land Rover Defender Service Awards, but now it’s your turn to win something pretty spectacular: We’re raffling off our custom APF 5.56 with a Leupold Mark 4HD scope and custom cerakote and engraving, and only 500 tickets are available at $50 each. We're down to just under 300 tickets available, so the odds are in your favor.

Even better? Every ticket helps us raise money for new team jackets to keep our volunteers warm and equipped this winter. We had a little luck on our side this weekend. Maybe some of it will rub off on you.

Get your ticket:�https://www.bighorncountysearchandrescue.org/bhcountysarcustomar

Drawing September 18.

Huge thanks to APF Armory, 7-7 Outdoors, Leupold Optics, and the Big Horn County Search and Rescue Foundation for making this happen.

09/13/2026

WE WON!! Big Horn County Search & Rescue is bringing home the Defender 130 and $30,000! And there is only one reason we get to say those words tonight: You.

For 17 days, you voted, shared our posts, texted your friends, and recruited your families, coworkers, neighbors, and probably a few complete strangers. You showed up every single day.

And tonight, we found out that it worked.

This Defender is so much more than a new vehicle for our team. It means more rescuers and more equipment can get where they’re needed, another reliable response vehicle for a team covering thousands of square miles of rugged terrain, and ultimately, it means we can get help to someone faster when every minute matters.

THANK YOU! We couldn’t be prouder to be a part of our incredible community.

09/13/2026

The Land Rover Defender Service Awards is about to begin - find out if we win a Defender soon!

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