Cutting is the skill of taking one or two specific cows out of a herd by placing your horse in the right position to get it to move in the right direction. Cowboys do this routinely to isolate a cow for branding, doctoring or to move it to a different…
Sad story about how a major ranching operation in California is slipping away. You can see the full story by clicking HERE.
Kathy and I attended the Ty Murray Invitational Professional Bull Riders event yesterday in Albuquerque. The PBR is the top of the bull riding world and we’ve gone to several events over the years, including the finals in Las Vegas. If you’ve never been they are a lot of fun…
Welcome to my new blog about the cowboy lifestyle. As you know I have a business selling cowboy buckles (www.bealscowboybuckles.com) so will periodically talk about buckles and feature special ones. And I’ll tell stories about horses and cows – the two main things that cowboys do – plus western tack…
In the western United States there is a growing interest is using a leather reata rope (it’s actually La Riata in Spanish). These were the types of ropes used by the Spanish Vaqueros (cowboys) when they first brought cows into the southwest because obviously nylon hadn’t been invented! Reatas are…
