September 25, 2014
krose
While it might seem using a team of draft horses on Montana ranches is going out of style; for one Eastern Montana ranch it was an old tradition that has become a new favorite. Lane Green of Lazy U Cattle Company in Cohagen, Montana just may be the youngest rancher in Montana to still have […]
September 22, 2014
Jenn Zeller
I started trailing bulls home this week. Their 60 days with the cows are up. Bringing bulls home is probably one of my favorite parts of ranch work. For the past several years on the ranch, it’s been solely my job. Depending on where the bulls are, how much time I have that day, and […]
September 16, 2014
hmaude
Three hundred sixty-four days after my brother Kyle’s previous saddle incident while pulling bulls, he and I once again found ourselves headed out bring home the last of the bovine males for the year. We had discussed trailering our horses and selves the three miles to the pasture we needed to cover, but he wanted […]
September 15, 2014
Jenn Zeller
While riding a young horse one summer, I had one of those lightbulb moments- a moment that reinforced what I have learned and what I know to be true about riding horses. Those can happen daily if we listen and are in a learning frame of mind each and every time we are in the […]
September 13, 2014
hmaude
We were sorting pairs to ship home one fall when a gentlemen helped us. He was riding a fat sorrel mare, who tried her darndest to buck him off all the way to the pasture. By buck, I mean she may have caught one inch of air under her hooves as she attempted to heave […]
September 11, 2014
Jenn Zeller
There are very few things in this world that I hold as pet peeves. The list is becoming shorter, the older I get. I’m realizing, people will do what people will do, and people will be who they are and there’s no point in me being bothered by it. But, as someone who’s spent the […]
September 10, 2014
Jan Swan Wood
FEMININE VAPORS: A Young Mare Learns A Lesson by Jan Swan Wood Many years ago, when my great horse Lily was a rather green, track broke mare, we were taking care of a nice set of replacement heifers for a feller. A couple of times a week one of us would ride through the heifers […]
September 9, 2014
hmaude
One late July or early August day years ago, my brother and I were sent an hour south of our place to get the bulls out of our yearling heifers. As in years previous, we were prepared with our geldings, enough semi-heavy duty panels to convert the two-pen corral into something you could load a […]
September 6, 2014
Kay Schrock
“There’s something about the outside of a horse, that’s good for the inside of a man.” ~Winston Churchill This famous quote is so true. Many people can relate to this, knowing that spending time with a horse can bring healing. Horses have traditionally been used for work and sport, but I want to tell you […]
August 31, 2014
Rachel Larsen
Aside from our devotion to morning coffee, we aren’t big on rituals around our outfit. However there is one simple ceremony we practice on a regular basis. We catch and halter each and every saddle horse in the corral to lead them out the gate at the end of the day. Whether they’ve been ridden […]