Why hello there

[Joshua Robinson]

Howdy, my name is Joshua (Josh). I was born in Kentucky, raised there and in Arizona for a while. I’ve been around Thoroughbred horses for some portion of my life. I’m really wanting to go back to my roots and climb back in the saddle again. Looking to learn ranch work, if I can be specific I’m wanting to learn to cowpunch. Any tips, ideas, or base plans to kickstart this career?

 

[Puzzled]

Welcome to Ranchers..

Get yourself a 49 chevy, throw your saddle in the back and head west.
Good luck.

 

[jodywy]

asking to be a hand will get a job faster then asking to just cowboy and do horse work, unless you get on a place with nothing but horses, or a outfitter with pack trips and later in the year hunting camps

 

[Faster horses]

Welcome to ranchers. There aren't many thoroughbred horses in this part of the west.
Not to say, there aren't any. I just don't know of any.
You might try www.ranchworld.com ads and hang your shingle there.
Good luck!

 

[RAdmin]

Howdy, my name is Joshua (Josh). I was born in Kentucky, raised there and in Arizona for a while. I’ve been around Thoroughbred horses for some portion of my life. I’m really wanting to go back to my roots and climb back in the saddle again. Looking to learn ranch work, if I can be specific I’m wanting to learn to cowpunch. Any tips, ideas, or base plans to kickstart this career?

Welcome to Ranchers! Good to have you here.

 

[webfoot]

Get into ranch country go to every sale yard and livestock supply store leave a flyer with your name and number. And as Jody said say you are looking for a job on a ranch. There is a whole lot more to it than cowboying. I am sure if you did that here you would find a job fairly quick.

 

[Older Whiskey]

Howdy, my name is Joshua (Josh). I was born in Kentucky, raised there and in Arizona for a while. I’ve been around Thoroughbred horses for some portion of my life. I’m really wanting to go back to my roots and climb back in the saddle again. Looking to learn ranch work, if I can be specific I’m wanting to learn to cowpunch. Any tips, ideas, or base plans to kickstart this career?

You say cowpunch? Real cow punchers disappeared with the Chisholm Trail.

Closest thing might be a job in a stockyard, prodding cattle. I am sure one of the old hands will zap you, with the prod, for initiation and you will learn to sing, "Woopie ti yi yo get along little dogie," which is necessary to learn to be a real cowpuncher.

There are ranches that have schools that will teach you about working cattle whilst in the saddle, but be prepared to part with a fist full of Benjamin's and learn all about unnecessary riding, penning, roping, and herding. Skills that won't come in very handy building fence, running a swather, or flushing the septic tank.

Most ranchers that still use horses for roundup and working cattle, like to do that job themselves and have many volunteers that will even bring lunch for everyone, just to get in on the old fashion "cowboy" action. It is the hard and non romantical jobs they will hire hands for and the pay stinks, the hours suck, and rattlesnakes like to pick on greenhorns.

 

[Puzzled]

You say cowpunch? Real cow punchers disappeared with the Chisholm Trail.

Closest thing might be a job in a stockyard, prodding cattle. I am sure one of the old hands will zap you, with the prod, for initiation and you will learn to sing, "Woopie ti yi yo get along little dogie," which is necessary to learn to be a real cowpuncher.

There are ranches that have schools that will teach you about working cattle whilst in the saddle, but be prepared to part with a fist full of Benjamin's and learn all about unnecessary riding, penning, roping, and herding. Skills that won't come in very handy building fence, running a swather, or flushing the septic tank.

Most ranchers that still use horses for roundup and working cattle, like to do that job themselves and have many volunteers that will even bring lunch for everyone, just to get in on the old fashion "cowboy" action. It is the hard and non romantical jobs they will hire hands for and the pay stinks, the hours suck, and rattlesnakes like to pick on greenhorns.

You forgot the stampedes and tipped over chuckwagons.

 

[webfoot]

I have a neighbor who runs a lot of cows he has 3 hired hands. They do spend time on a horse gathering and moving cattle. But they spend a lot more time fixing fence, changing irrigation, making hay, feeding hay, fixing broken water, repairing broken machinery, hauling cows, and calving out cows while driving something with 4 wheels. Less than 10% of their time is spent sitting on a horse. You have to love the job. And it isn't western movies make it out to be, Wages have improved some. But long hours are still long. And depending on the neighborhood there still might be rattlesnakes involved. But if you really want to do it get yourself to the Big Out There and let it be known that you are looking for work.

 

[webfoot]

Hmmmmm I notice it has been almost 2 weeks and he hasn't been back.

 

[DosArroyos]

One and done?

 

[webfoot]

And I had just thought of a few ranches where he could spend some long days on a horse. The ZX out of Paisley,OR, Roaring Springs by Frenchglen, OR, and the Winecup north of Wells NV. They are all over a million acres each of high desert. Buckaroo long days in the saddle kind of places. I am sure there are other smaller places in that part of the world.

 

[DosArroyos]

Maybe he'll check back in one of these days soon.

 

[Older Whiskey]

Maybe he'll check back in one of these days soon.

Maybe he is riding fence line for the young lady that hated gates. Y'all remember she had no quarrel with fences, but put up a gate and the fight was on. You know, he did mention he had been in Arizona

 

[DosArroyos]

I was wondering about her a few days ago, and how things were going with the gate

 

[Older Whiskey]

I was wondering about her a few days ago, and how things were going with the gate

You must of missed out on her resolution post. The renegade "rancher" moved away and the gate was removed. Personally I was hoping the court would order the cattle guard that was removed from up the road, to be installed on the fence line by the highway, the site of the offending gate. Too many rattlesnakes and Jackrabbits are going to get out on the asphalt now and it won't be pretty.

 

[DosArroyos]

I did miss that. Glad it's all settled for now anyway.