REAL Cowboys

   / REAL Cowboys #31  
These stories are great! They bring back memories. Love the pictures and the ones of Brandi's cowboy Dad. I forgot to mention, i was not much of a roper. I was a decent healer but for some reason, getting a rope over the head seemed to be much more difficult for me.
 
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#32  
Great stories and golden memories. I was raised in Omak, WA. Cattle ranches, sheep ranches and apples. Everything to do with livestock was done atop a horse.
 
   / REAL Cowboys #33  
Photo is of what they did when (in Grandpa's day) the cowboying was done............
Multi Mule Drawn Threshing Machine.jpg

After all, it was a working farm too.
hugs, Brandi
 
   / REAL Cowboys #34  
They used mules.... they keep their brains together better. Keeping my 2 working together is hard enough
 
   / REAL Cowboys #35  
My cousin used to train mules. Said he would rather be on a mule than a horse.
hugs, Brandi
 
   / REAL Cowboys #36  
I grew up in suburbia knowing basically nothing about farm life. My ex took me as a very young man right after we got married to Ipswich, South Dakota to meet her dad's family.

Timing was good (bad) as the first morning upon waking up, I got enlisted to do some ranching. Well, I got thrown in deep to de-horn, de-nut, brand, inject something in the ear and whatever else there was. Don't think I have ever worked harder in a day!

Day two, I was feeling pretty sore but a little more confident around the cattle. My uncle in law had a couple young cattle (old calves) get loose and we jumped in his pickup and went flying down the field to catch up with them.

I don't know what got into me but when we got up to one the jailbrakers, I suddenly jumped out of the bed of the pickup and wrestled it to the ground. In reality, I sort of just landed on him and he went down like a sack of potatoes. I was pretty proud of myself.

Funniest thing happened though... my uncle was so surprised at my action, he jumped out of the driver's seat to basically say 'what the hell are you doing?'. Meanwhile the pickup never came to a stop and continued down the field. He didn't have time to get too mad at me... he had to go chase down his truck! We laughed so hard that night telling the story to the women.
 
   / REAL Cowboys #37  
I remember my Uncle "breaking" in his future son in law like that. Everyone was laughing around the branding iron fire.
hugs, Brandi
 
   / REAL Cowboys #38  
I know that a lot of the stories are reminiscent but my understanding is that modern branding is done via liquid nitrogen.

At least that's how it's done for horses here in Aus.
 
   / REAL Cowboys #39  
How many of us have ever met a real cowboy? I'm surrounded by ranchers. They raise cattle and do all those necessary things. Down south of me - very near the old town of Ewan - is a family with two daughters. Both are around 45. They can throw down a spring calf for branding like you and I could handle a large teddy bear. They get up in the morning, saddle up a horse and ride out - to work. And the way these women can ride - would make John Wayne blush. I've only met the both of them a couple times. They are current in the social graces but seldom have time for chit-chat or other non-productive activities. For them the day starts/ends with all business and it's most usually riding a horse. This is a life they have ch
How many of us have ever met a real cowboy? I'm surrounded by ranchers. They raise cattle and do all those necessary things. Down south of me - very near the old town of Ewan - is a family with two daughters. Both are around 45. They can throw down a spring calf for branding like you and I could handle a large teddy bear. They get up in the morning, saddle up a horse and ride out - to work. And the way these women can ride - would make John Wayne blush. I've only met the both of them a couple times. They are current in the social graces but seldom have time for chit-chat or other non-productive activities. For them the day starts/ends with all business and it's most usually riding a horse. This is a life they have chosen - it can be a hard life but apparently they enjoy it. I have a great deal of respect for these two women.
In Ohio I never remembered seeing a branded cow
 
   / REAL Cowboys #40  
My cousin used to train mules. Said he would rather be on a mule than a horse.
hugs, Brandi
Reminds me of a friend i would go hunting with. He had mules, i was very impressed with them especially on steep narrow trails. Those mules were rock steady, didn't flinch when shooting.
 

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