One week last spring, the MC Ranch buckaroos moved 1,600 head of cattle almost 70 miles. For those Oregon cowboys, the drive was nothing extraordinary because they’re horseback every day, six and seven days a week, all year long. They’re living proof that the range-riding cowboy is not dead.
Moving from the Oregon coast to western South Dakota was a childhood dream come true for this rancher and horsewoman.
Starting colts, working cattle and competing in cow horse events keep this Nevada horsewoman in the saddle day after day.
The future is shaky for old-west style ranching. Former Bell Ranch wagon boss Gary Morton is caught in the web of that uncertainty, and is, in a sense, a victim of the times.
Ranchers benefit from allowing hunters on their land in many ways. Nevertheless, hunting season makes us cowboys and cattlemen…
Spring snowstorms make a cattle rancher’s workday long, unpredictable, frustrating and fulfilling. In the cycle of beef production, calving…
A handful of unwitting questions can irritate an otherwise amicable rancher. Generally speaking, cowboys and ranchers are a pretty…
Jeffrey Mundell, a traditional California bridle horseman and manager of Rancho Cienega Del Gabilan, shares a simple exercise he does with his horses while prowling for cattle.
