COWBOY'S - Lets hear from you + Pictures

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I did once see a video of some North Texas/South Oklahoma cowboys on a hog ropin'. These were the real deal; the kind that made their wages horseback. They set out with some dogs, to catch some hogs, with the intent to rope one or two and show them the ways of the range, cowboy style. After a healthy chase they cornered some up but found out that ropin' in the brush ain't too easy. Between the thick brush and the dogs, sure enough, they got one caught. Problem was that every loop had a big hole and hog will find it, that's a fact! So, before all the fun was over they managed to put some lead into one of them and the rest scattered. I guess there weren't any ears notched or vacccinatin' done but they ate hog butt that evenin'.

This story ain't tall but I did have to stand on my tippy toes a little to tell it! :thumbsup:
 
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I have an uncle who was a real Montana cowboy. I always looked up to him & tried to emulate many if not all of his tales. He told me about roping a young, 2 year old, black bear out of a tree one time. Apparently it's in the best interest of horse & rider not to stop even if the horse were willing.
We didn't have any bears out on the prairies where I did most of my riding but I did scientifically prove that a coyote can dive through a barbedwire fence that a rider can't throw a loop through.
I never tried to rope either a deer or an antelope mostly because the opportunity never presented itself. My uncle claimed to have branded & castrated both deer & antelope fawns during their spring roundups.
 
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Cowboy rules for:​

Arizona, Texas , Oklahoma , Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico , Wyoming , Montana , Utah , Nebraska , Idaho , and the rest of the Wild West are as follows:

1. Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot.

2. Turn your cap right, your head ain't crooked.

3. Let's get this straight: it's called a 'gravel road.' I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you're gonna get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.

4. They are cattle. That's why they smell like cattle. They smell like money to us. Get over it. Don't like it? I-10 & I-40 go east and west, I-17 & I-15 goes north and south. Pick one and go.

5. So you have a $60,000 car. We're impressed. We have $250,000 Combines that are driven only 3 weeks a year.

6. Every person in the Wild West waves. It's called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.

7. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of geese/pheasants/ducks/doves are comin' in during a hunt, Or scatter a heard of Cattle on a drive, we WILL shoot it outta your hand. You better hope you don't have it up to your ear at the time.

8. Yeah. We eat trout, salmon, deer and elk. You really want sushi and caviar? It's available at the corner bait shop.

9. The 'Opener' refers to the first day of deer season. It's a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of November.

10. We open doors for women. That's applied to all women, regardless of age.

11. No, there's no 'vegetarian special' on the menu. Order steak, or you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham and turkey.

12. When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper, and chili powder! Oh, yeah ... We don't care what you folks in Cincinnati call that stuff you eat... IT AIN'T REAL CHILI!!

13. You bring 'Coke' into my house, it better be brown, wet and served over ice. You bring 'Mary Jane' into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck, and have long hair.

14. College and High School Football is as important here as the Giants, the Yankees, the Mets, the Lakers and the Knicks, and a dang site more fun to watch.

15. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don't hit the water hazards - it spooks the fish.

16. Turn down that blasted car stereo! That thumpity-thump ain't music, anyway. We don't want to hear it anymore than we want to see your boxers! Refer back to #1!

A true Westerner will send this to at least 10 others and a few new friends that probably won't get it, but we're friendly so we share in hopes you can begin to understand what a real life is all about!!!


And there is more.............
The COWBOY Solution to save Gasoline.

OBAMA wants us to cut the amount of gasoline we use.....

The best way to stop using so much gasoline is to deport 15 million illegal immigrants!

That would be 15 million less people using our gas.
The price of gas would come down.....
Bring our troops home from Afghanistan to guard the borders.....

When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the Border, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Afghanistan ....

Tell him if he wants to come to AMERICA then he must serve a tour in OUR military....

Give him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it......

After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country......
He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal resident.....
This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Afghanistan and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves. .......

If they refuse to serve, ship them to Afghanistan anyway, without the canteen, rifle or ammo.

Problem solved.....​

Hahahahaha, it's Funny but made sense hahahhahhaha

You should run for President!

I <3 it!

:D
 
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Hahahahaha, it's Funny but made sense hahahhahhaha

You should run for President!

I <3 it!

:D

Hi RGS,
Glad you liked it.
Don't want to be Pres. Just want Obama out.
Jim
 
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Hi Boone,
Good read on Myrtis. Lots of bad stuff went on in those days.

I hope to have some new pictures and stories coming up. Went to Tombstone yesterday. Took quite a few pictures, most of those will be posted in a thread ""real recycling" or similar. Almost everything built out at the claims, (Pick Em Up Ranch - as Grandad called it.)

Also found an old album that no 1 in the family had ever seen. It was put together by a girl friend. Some interesting things in it.

Should have more stories & pictures coming up about Uncle Dale (Worlds Greatest Guide - Name of his book.) And some things he left out of it.:laughing:

Grandad also was in the Calgary Stamped a few times. His thing was the Chuck Wagon races. And maybe a little saddle bronc riding. He was in quite a few movies, mostly as a wagon driver. Bad thing is I don't remember the name of them. Non of us ever thought about writing any of that stuff down.

Lots of scanning & pictures to work on, when I get ambitious. :laughing:

More later - Thanks for keeping the thread alive.
Jim
 
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is it true that the real cowboy always rides in the middle of a pickup, because he don't have to drive and he don't have to mess with the gate?:cool2:
 
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is it true that the real cowboy always rides in the middle of a pickup, because he don't have to drive and he don't have to mess with the gate?:cool2:

You heard right. As a kid about 10 years old, I was always stuck on the out side and had to do the gates.
These were the old barb wire Cattle gates. Still hate them to this day.
 

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