By Kelly B. Robbins
Nothin’ But Try Ranch and we raise everything we have.”
Erick, Oklahoma is a small town in Beckham County and is situated in western Oklahoma, just six miles east of the Texas-Oklahoma border. This community developed along the Choctaw, Oklahoma, and Gulf Railroad line, which later became the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway. Erick was established in 1901, and is named after Beeks Erick, the townsite developer. Erick is the home of the Nothin’ But Try Ranch and Event Center. Owners Chad and Jenny Drury, and their 12-year-old daughter Addi, house, raise and train over 100 bucking bulls, from yearlings to five-year-olds, on this 300acre ranch. “We raise bucking bulls, and haul bulls to PBR and other bucking bull events,” Chad explained. “We have a covered arena to host events,
They recently added a complete covered arena. On June 1, they held a PBR/ABBI event of the brand-new Challenger Series. The Challenger Series was launched in May of 2022 and is a competition series consisting of more than 60 events in 27 states across the United States. The Challenger Series will run in conjunction with the new PBR Team Series. When announcing the Challenger Series back in March of 2022, the PBR said, “The PBR Challenger Series will serve as a proving ground in providing additional competitive opportunities for bull riders who are both affiliated and unaffiliated with a PBR Team Series team.” Chad, Jenny, and Addi Drury.
Humps-Horns.com · 16 · July 2022
