REAL Cowboys

[2LaneCruzer]

Now I’m going to get into trouble!

MoKelly

They have been known to stoke a huge bonfire...

 

[FTG-05]

Nevada is cowboy country. Many ranches around me here in northern Nevada so yes, I know a few.

Cowboys pushing cows to summer pasture in the mountains, around my fenceline:
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Pushing a herd up one of our canyons...note the long thick braid on that rearmost "cowboy"....
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Sometimes it becomes necessary to push the cows on the highway and you just have to work your way slowly through the herd...
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The only cowboys I ever met were a husband wife team based at the Soldier's Meadows Ranch north of the Black Rock Desert. They were there when my son and I visited in 2006, but had moved to Reno? because she got pregnant or had a baby when we visited in 2008. SMR is pretty far out in the sticks.

 

[deserteagle71]

The only cowboys I ever met were a husband wife team based at the Soldier's Meadows Ranch north of the Black Rock Desert. They were there when my son and I visited in 2006, but had moved to Reno? because she got pregnant or had a baby when we visited in 2008. SMR is pretty far out in the sticks.

I spent a few days camping near there back in November. Did you visit High Rock Canyon while you were in the area?

 

[FTG-05]

Of course! I had to show my son the same places I four wheeled back in the 80's when I lived in Seattle and came to the BRD in summer (sometimes winter too).

I've seen wild horses all over the west. But NW NV had by far the most. Beautiful animals. Destructive as heck, but beautiful.

 

[stuckmotor]

A cowboy ain't something, you learn how to be, it's something you're given at birth.... sung by Billy "Crash" Craddock

 

[stuckmotor]

Here in Aus they're not referred to as "Cowboy/girl". (Well of course not, it's Australia. We've got different names for everything! ) Stockman, Jackaroo/Jillaroo and drover would be the three most common. Here in Tassie there's a 'Tasmanian Mountain Cattleman's Association' that hold annual competitions. (Victoria has an Association too)

My friends in Pyengana run beef cattle and sheep. They routinely muster using horses; it puts less stress on the stock. Occasionally they will have to shift the herd along the highway (100kph zone).

I've watched a great many fencing videos that were made down under.

 

[Wagtail]

A cowboy ain't something, you learn how to be, it's something you're given at birth.... sung by Billy "Crash" Craddock

Maybe... but we (Australia) have certified Jackaroo/Jilleroo schools (TAFE) to teach stockwork, including riding.

Demand is out there.

Roping (lariat) isn't a 'thing' here... but skill with a stockwhip is a plus.

 

[Frankenkubota]

They have been known to stoke a huge bonfire...

12th man

Quite a memorial they built.

 

[stuckmotor]

Maybe... but we (Australia) have certified Jackaroo/Jilleroo schools (TAFE) to teach stockwork, including riding.

Demand is out there.

Roping (lariat) isn't a 'thing' here... but skill with a stockwhip is a plus.

I probably shouldn't have put up that comment. The lyrics seemed to only refer to cowboys from Texas. I thought it was pretty, even if it didn't make much sense.

 

[cqaigy2]

I've heard the term Drover used before and lariat.

I did some welding a guy in Ellensburg that "made" competition lariats for rodeo. I saw a bunch of ropes stretched from a tractor to a heavy post stuck in the ground and asked him what that was about. He said he sold them all to people heavy into rodeo competition. I'm guessing there was more to it than just stretching the rope, but he let me try one out, and i'll be danged. They were pretty good for throwing and i snatched his dogs hind legs when he went running by. I was very gentle, just a quick toss and slight twitch to open the loop back up so he didn't get jerked. Made a believer out of me.