Synopses & Reviews
The cowboy has been a subject of fascination for over a century, yet few people truly understand the nature of his work. Cowboys & Buckaroos explains in great detail the trade secrets and working lifestyle of this North American icon in a way that appeals to everyone.
Learn about starting colts using cowboy and buckaroo methods, riding feedlot pens, roping cattle and making long-circles in rough terrain. Follow the cowboy crew as they guide their cattle through the four seasons, each one with its own distinct challenges. Over 250 photographs document authentic working cowboys as they perform their daily tasks on million-acre mountain and desert ranches, in huge feedyards out on the Great Plains and on family ranching operations scattered from Texas to British Columbia.
Cowboy culture doesn't discriminate against any person possessing enough tenacity to saddle up, even if only for the weekend. The author left the city at age 17 and spent over 20 years working on large commercial ranch and feedyard operations across the West. Excerpts from the author's journal offer candid, firsthand accounts of his struggle to achieve the skills necessary for him to earn inclusion into the cowboy world.
Cowboys & Buckaroos serves as the modern-day definitive guide to help improve your own cowboy skills, preserve the time-honored tradition of the Cowboy Code and enhance your enjoyment of the ride.
Synopsis
Not since Fay E. Ward’s Working Cowboy has there been a book that better explains the techniques and skills a horseman needs to master to become a modern-day working cowboy.
There are distinct differences between cowboys and buckaroos. In addition, there’s a third hybrid version that embraces the best of both styles. The differences between these styles, and the similarities as well, are explained. Chapters include everything a cowboy or cowgirl needs to know in order to function in a twentyfirst century ranch or feedlot setting.
This book should appeal to the vast number of cowhands and ranchers that
already work with cattle on horseback, as well as weekend cowboys who show a keen desire to do so by either helping out with neighbors or visiting guest ranches on a working vacation. Technique and etiquette are equally important in the cowboy and buckaroo trade. Furthermore, this book should also serve as an invaluable educational resource manual in many extension seminars held at feedlots, colleges, and high schools across North America dealing with the handling of horses, cattle, and dogs.
Synopsis
For years, western enthusiasts have pondered questions about how the cowboy does his job. This book is a comprehensive manual describing the cowboys and buckaroos job.
About the Author
TIM OBYRNE has gathered most of his beef cattle and horse experience while holding management positions on Canadas largest commercial cow-calf and feedlot operations. He and his wife Christine began their consulting business near Calgary where Tim assisted the Alberta Farm Animal Care Association, the Canadian Cattlemens Association, and Alberta Pork to design Canadas first deliverable training courses for livestock truckers. He continues to consult on livestock transportation, handling, and animal welfare law. Hes written a book
on the working cattle dog and is a frequent contributor to Western Horseman magazine and Canadian Cattleman magazine. Tim and Christine currently live in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Table of Contents
The Reality of Being a Cowboy, What it Takes to Call Yourself "A Hand," A Young Cowhand's First Year, Making a Hand - The Young Cowboy is Put to the Test, Workin' the Seasons, Specialty Works, Keeping Pace with Today's Beef Production - Old Cowboys Learn New Tricks, The Feedlot Cowboy, Expert Horsemen, The Cowboy Code and the Buckaroo Way, The Life, The Future of Cowboying