40 episodes
Cowboy Stories Cowboy Stories
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4.9 • 78 Ratings
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Welcome to the COWBOY STORIES podcast. Throughout my childhood, I always enjoyed listening to different cowboys tell their stories. Now, because of this podcast, I’ll have the opportunity to interview some of those cowboys and share their stories with you. My purpose in doing this is part education, part entertainment but it’s mostly to help preserve this way of life. We’re excited to have you on this journey with us! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cowboy-stories/support
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Clay Rodgers - Part 1
Clay Rodgers, his wife Danielle, and their kids live on the Babbit Ranch. Meeting and visiting with this family was something I really enjoyed. In part 1 of my interview with Clay, he talks about a few different places he's worked, a little bit about their operation, and some history of the ranch. The Babbitt Ranch has been in operation since 1886 and they still run horned Hereford cattle. The history behind the ranch and the family's who have worked there for generations is really something to be proud of. You can find out more about their ranch and more about their annual colt sale by visiting their website... babbittranches.com
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Jamie Howell
For this episode, I wanted to get the perspective of ranch life from a ranch wife. Jamie Howell was kind enough to agree to visit with me and I really admire her story. In this episode, Jamie talks about how she got introduced to this way of life and how her and her late husband, Vic Howell, were able to raise their children on the Babbitt Ranch. I also wanted to let you know about the annual colt sale that they do on the Babbitt Ranch. Check out their website for more information on their colt sale. https://www.babbittranches.com/colt-sale
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Tabor Dahl - Part 2
In part 2, Tabor talks about how fun it is to sort cattle when you’re both on the same page. He says, “It feels good when you can silently go through a herd of cattle like that and you don’t have to have any discussion. I’d watch his eye. I’d see what he had his eye on or what he was bringing out. And it just feels like you’re doing something right when you’re like that with your crew. I’ve been blessed to work with some really good hands. If the work itself isn’t rewarding to you, then it’s just not going to work out for you very long to do it. I don’t think God put me on this earth to work at something that I don’t enjoy.”
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Tabor Dahl - Part 1
Tabor and Katie Dahl are close family friends and I've been looking forward to interviewing him for a while. In part 1 of my interview with Tabor, he talks about how beneficial and important his relationship with his grandpa was. When talking about helping his grandpa move cattle Tabor said, "He made you feel like you could do anything and it really empowered me. He'd always make you feel like you were doing better than you were." He also talks about his parents sending him to Bryan Neubert's house for a couple of weeks when he was 15. He said learning to train horses from Bryan really changed his life.
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Jacob Carter - Part 2
Part two of my interview with Jacob Carter. If you haven't had a chance to listen to Part 1, you can go back to our episodes and check it out. One of my favorite quotes from this episode is, "...I'm not teaching you how to build fence. I'm teaching you how to do a job right and get it done...." In this episode, he goes in depth into how he realized roping is an important skill and tradition, and how his management style has allowed them to run up to 1300 head of cattle. He also talks about the importance of mental health in the ranching industry and how we need to talk about it. Farm Bureau has done a great job getting some information out about this and they're calling it #farmstateofmind. You can click the following link to check it out. https://www.fb.org/land/fsom
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Jacob Carter - Part 1
Jacob Carter is a fifth generation rancher from Lund, NV. His family helped settle Lund in 1898. Before the Carter’s moved to the Lund area, they ran cattle on Pine Valley by St George, UT. In this episode, Jacob talks about his family’s ranching history and how that carried over to the style he adapted to run the ranch.
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Customer Reviews
Great Stories!
I’m a 7th generation Florida rancher that deals with Alligators, Pythons and Panthers in swamp country. Your podcast is very entertaining and the content is amazing! I can picture these cowmen in the canyons & desert country working cattle. I’m hooked on your podcast! It’s very well done and you have done interesting content. Keep up the good work!!
Matt Pearce
Pearce Cattle Company
Okeechobee, FL
Keep up the good work.
I enjoy your pod cast a bunch. Keep up the good work your doing awesome
Valuable and great conversations!
Life lessons and stories from a past that still walks among us today! Thankyou very much for doing this, always looking forward to the next episode.