Liberty Belle
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When the Hackamore brands they have a dress code. No tie and you won't be roping. Even wrestling calves without a costume is frowned on and everyone dresses to the nines in our county's social event of the year.
We may dress a little differently than your typical branding crew, but some world class cowboys, both in the arena and out, have worked their tails off here. One of our area veterinarians set his tuxedo tails on fire in the branding stove one year! Two medical doctors, several newspaper editors, assorted bankers, and a couple college professors have gotten down and dirty with the rest of us.
The big fella in the black tuxedo and tails is the Big Boss Man at this branding. The good looking blonde in the funky, fuzzy hat is his oldest daughter.
The cute blonde on the right is our oldest grand daughter and the lovely lady with the hot pink hat is daughter of the ranch foreman of the Bar H. The basket ball uniform belongs to one of the best ballplayers in the county - and she's pretty handy in the branding pen too.
The good looking guy in the howdy-doody hat is a talented musician and good all-around hand. That’s his dad castrating.
We may dress a little different than they do at most brandings, but these are world class cowboys.
Get ‘er done! That's our oldest son behind the propane tank and his oldest daughter in the tan jacket and pink lame' pants.
One of the best ropers we’ve produced in this area (and we’ve had some good ones) was paralyzed from the waist down in a four-wheeler wreck just after college. He had a special saddle built for himself and is still the best roper in the pen.
This fancy lady’s husband is a world renowned auctioneer and a class act herself. Last year she busted several fingers roping at another branding, but she’s back in good form this year.
We have the usual wrecks. This young cowboy is tuning on his rope horse that just dumped him unceremoniously amongst the wrestlers. The cowboy won this round and they dragged calves the rest of the day without incident.
Another one of my granddaughters taking care of the son of the ranch foreman while his mother vaccinates. Very well dressed, aren’t they?
The wife of the ranch foreman modeling her father’s bear skin chinks. Note the antler handle on the knife in her chap pocket.
Some things never change. This is the poker game after the branding and before steer wrestling practice. That is our #1 son, third from the right.
Ranch foreman’s father-in-law brought his coon with him. “Animal” is tamer than most of the ranch cats.
We may dress a little differently than your typical branding crew, but some world class cowboys, both in the arena and out, have worked their tails off here. One of our area veterinarians set his tuxedo tails on fire in the branding stove one year! Two medical doctors, several newspaper editors, assorted bankers, and a couple college professors have gotten down and dirty with the rest of us.
The big fella in the black tuxedo and tails is the Big Boss Man at this branding. The good looking blonde in the funky, fuzzy hat is his oldest daughter.
The cute blonde on the right is our oldest grand daughter and the lovely lady with the hot pink hat is daughter of the ranch foreman of the Bar H. The basket ball uniform belongs to one of the best ballplayers in the county - and she's pretty handy in the branding pen too.
The good looking guy in the howdy-doody hat is a talented musician and good all-around hand. That’s his dad castrating.
We may dress a little different than they do at most brandings, but these are world class cowboys.
Get ‘er done! That's our oldest son behind the propane tank and his oldest daughter in the tan jacket and pink lame' pants.
One of the best ropers we’ve produced in this area (and we’ve had some good ones) was paralyzed from the waist down in a four-wheeler wreck just after college. He had a special saddle built for himself and is still the best roper in the pen.
This fancy lady’s husband is a world renowned auctioneer and a class act herself. Last year she busted several fingers roping at another branding, but she’s back in good form this year.
We have the usual wrecks. This young cowboy is tuning on his rope horse that just dumped him unceremoniously amongst the wrestlers. The cowboy won this round and they dragged calves the rest of the day without incident.
Another one of my granddaughters taking care of the son of the ranch foreman while his mother vaccinates. Very well dressed, aren’t they?
The wife of the ranch foreman modeling her father’s bear skin chinks. Note the antler handle on the knife in her chap pocket.
Some things never change. This is the poker game after the branding and before steer wrestling practice. That is our #1 son, third from the right.
Ranch foreman’s father-in-law brought his coon with him. “Animal” is tamer than most of the ranch cats.