Posts Tagged ‘American west’

Cowboying: A Timeless Tradition

July 20, 2018
Jolyn Young

Cowboying hasn’t changed all that much in 150 years or so. These black and white images taken at the Triangle N camp of the O RO Ranch in northern Arizona during the spring wagon in May of 2018 show the timeless nature of the occupation. Here, Creek necks a calf and waits for another member […]

Emily McCartney: Guest Instagram Photographer

January 29, 2018
Jessie Salter

This week’s Cavvy Savvy Instagram guest is Emily McCartney. Emily McCartney is the 6th generation of the R.A. Brown Ranch in Throckmorton, TX, but a first generation photographer- especially a “wandering western lifestyle photographer”. Emily began photographing at age 12, started her photography business at age 17, and after graduating from Texas Tech University in May […]

20 Things To Do While Waiting

May 22, 2017
Jolyn Young

When a person is out cowboying, he or she sometimes must wait. Sometimes you’re waiting to meet up with the rest of the crew to throw together everyone’s cattle from the day’s circle. Sometimes you’re waiting for a signal from another cowboy to move down the ridge. Sometimes you’re waiting for someone to come pick […]

I Miss The Mystery

April 25, 2017
Tayler Teichert

In all my years of dating, my sister told me to maintain a little bit of mystery. Don’t let your date know everything about you right off the bat – make them wonder. They will get bored if they feel like they aren’t learning anything new, so don’t tell all your secrets on the first […]

Christmas on the Ranch

December 21, 2016
Jenn Zeller

I love decorating for Christmas. And every year, folks the world over (mostly via my instagram account), ask to see photos of our tree.  This year, I was kind of lazy, and basically only decorated the Great Room, and even then I didn’t do as much because, construction is still going on in this barn […]

Ranch Country Neighbors

November 20, 2016
Jolyn Young

I loaded up my kids the other day and drove an hour north to visit some neighbors who had just moved to the IL Ranch. In the Great Basin ranch country, our “neighbors” sometimes live many miles away, often down a rutted dirt road. I love the drive to the IL. While still on the […]

Do Like Mama Does

November 10, 2016
Jolyn Young

In ranch country, there are a plethora of jokes likening mama people to mama cows. When I was pregnant, I usually just rolled my eyes and laughed obligingly at  wisecracks of using calf pullers on a lady in labor (ouch!) or anything related to a “first-calf heifer.” Really, what pregnant lady doesn’t want to be […]

Life Between These Ears

November 2, 2016
Jenn Zeller

I ride Dino into the sunrise to ship calves at the neighbors. Since the First of October, there’s been only a few days that I’ve not had the view of cows between my horse’s ears.  October has been the stuff cowgirl dreams are made of. Catching horses in the dark, and on the road by daylight, […]

Working A Corner

October 24, 2016
Jolyn Young

Do you know how to work a corner? No, not THAT kind of a corner! I mean a fence corner. With cattle. And roping. Working a corner (either kind) requires a certain amount of finesse and skill, but this post addresses how to rope calves out of the corner of a corral or branding trap. […]

Get Short

October 22, 2016
Jolyn Young

Say you’re out cowboyin’, just doin’ your thing, and you rope a big calf. You let some rope slide through your dallies to ease him to a stop, but then realize you’re a little long on your rope. What’s a person to do? You can either A) get short or B) turn your horse, drive […]