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- What does it mean
to be a cowboy?
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Oh man, it's my life.
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I get to see things that
people never get to see.
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- We went on down
to Coahuila, Mexico
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and we got the horses
up early, it was dark.
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I got on horseback.
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We went all day long
and got back at night,
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but we rounded up some cows
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and got 'em to the
pens and marked 'em.
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But that was in
Mexico, in Coahuila,
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sure it was, lotta fun.
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- Well the fun time was getting
'em in a crowd and roping.
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I used to pride
myself on roping.
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And I did good and I did
bad, but I enjoyed it,
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and that's the truth.
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- 25,000 acres,
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60 head of horses and 20 cowboys
and a trailer full of dogs.
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Sometimes I wished I was born
100 years ago,
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so I could've been
a real cowboy.
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- It was a long time ago,
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and there was nothing out here
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but just plain old flat country,
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except for one spring
right down here.
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Pecan Spring Ranch.
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- I'm Gaston Davis.
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It was these types of stories
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that sparked my
fascination with cowboys.
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For six generations the
ranch has been in my family.
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From the sheep, queen of Texas
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to the start of a new
industry with the Anglo goat.
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My family has
always played a role
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in the agriculture industry.
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For 130 years the ranch
has always been a place
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where my family can come
back and work together
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and keep the heartbeat
of the ranch alive.
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But the reality is that today,
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most ranch operations
couldn't say the same.
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There's so many opportunities
outside of rural America
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that's pulling my generation
away, myself included.
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But although I was born
into this ranching culture
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and heritage, I'm
just far enough moved
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and I've not actually
lived it myself.
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I heard all these
stories growing up
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and watched all the westerns,
and over the course of time,
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I had the image of the
cowboy built up so much
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that it was practically a myth.
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I mean, these stories
were incredible,
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but they were somebody else's
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and I had no personal
experience to pull from.
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And so I struggled with
what was my imagination
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with the cowboy, and what
was a legitimate figure
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and our history and
also in today's reality.
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I found myself in
the city most days
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with these questions
burning inside of me,
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what is the truth of the cowboy?
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Do these kind of stories
still exist today?
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Do cowboys still exist?
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Was I born in the
wrong generation
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and too late to find out.
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So after graduation, I
felt called to find answers
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to these questions and to write
my own story along the way.
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In order to best
search for the answers
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to my questions about cowboys,
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I wanna know where I need to go,
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and also where the
cowboy came from.
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My first stop is with highly
acclaimed author and historian
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professor H.W Brands, at
the University of Texas.
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- Well, in the case
of American history,
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it's to the Mexican roots
of the cattle industry.
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So cattle spread from Mexico
up North in the direction
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of the United States
eventually reaching Texas,
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and with the cattle came
the Mexican vaqueros,
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and they eventually
taught the Americans
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that they encountered in
Texas, how to deal with cattle.
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And it was really when
the Mexican cattle culture
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and the Mexican cattle reached
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what would become
the United States,
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so the American cowboy was born.
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Once beef enters the
American cuisine,
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then all of a sudden Americans
learn about the cowboys.
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So if somebody were looking
for the cowboy today,
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you'd still go to Texas.
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I mean, Texas is the
home of the cowboys
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and there's still
cowboys in Texas.
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I suppose you gotta go somewhere
else in the United States,
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Montana would be a
good place, Wyoming.
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But some places sort
of in Northern Plains
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and where there's still lots
of cowboys, but personally,
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I would like to see how cowboys
do their job, do their work,
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how they're viewed in other
countries in the Americans.
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Mexico would be an obvious one
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because the Texas
cowboy originated from
the Mexican cowboy
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and in South America,
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they have big cattle
industry in Argentina,
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so what cowboys look like there?
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- My time with professor
Brands gave me great insight
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of where I need to go.
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To begin the search
for the cowboy,
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I decided to go
where it all began,
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the genesis of the cowboy.
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We're going to
Mexico and meeting my
mother's cousin Charro
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at the border in Del Rio.
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This will be my first time
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to visit my family
ranch in Mexico.
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Man, how you doing, man?
Oh, it's good to see you.
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- Nice to see you.
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- Yeah, but is
there anything else
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that we need right
here in Del Rio?
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- Beer, now y'all want
Mexican beer, right?
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I want.
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- We'll get you
some Mexican beer.
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- Okay, all right.
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- So we are right here
on the Texas border.
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People have live on both sides
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of the border here all think
of ourselves as border people.
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We don't think of ourselves as
being Americans or Mexicans,
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we're just here on the border.
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- This is as too much as times,
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we're neighbors and
we've been neighbors
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for hundreds of years, so
I think we'll be all right.
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Windshield.
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- So we're in
Coahuila right now,
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and Texas used to be Coahuila.
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Out here is just
really different.
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The reason it's different is
because it's not different.
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This stayed the way
it always has been.
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- Today's my first
day with the Vaqueros.
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We start with breakfast
and then it's off to work,
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and I'll admit, I'm nervous,
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if my cowboy heroes
will accept me.
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- My cowboys we're
having breakfast.
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- Our big market for our
steers is the United States.
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So we ship all our steers there.
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It's still roping, it's
branding, it's castrating,
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it's doing everything
the old way,
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we don't do it any other way.
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- It's my dad did all of this,
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that's where this all came
from, this didn't come from me.
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I'm just currently
the steward of it.
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Don't put off for tomorrow
what's you can do today,
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that was the way
he lived his life.
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And that's why he
got so much done.
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- He was my brother.
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He was always so sincere
and so honest, I loved him.
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I looked up to him,
I respected him.
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I think he knew more
about the cattle business
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than anyone I ever met.
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We've been down there, oh,
my gosh, ever since 1948.
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And we we're still
down there in Mexico
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and having a lot of fun
doing business with him.
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I like a calendar.
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- That night one of
the younger vaqueros
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invited me to his home
to met his family.
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It's a
privilege and it's humbling
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to see the personal lives of
the vaqueros on the ranch.
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I'm eager now to step back
into their working lives.
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- Each cowboy has several
horses that he rides.
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They ride 'em for
about two months,
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a month or two
months, it depends.
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And then they'll switch 'em
out, release those horses
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and bring in a whole new remuda
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and then work those
horses for a while.
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We want a working horse,
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but they're not just
born working horses.
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They start off as potrillos,
which are just wild coats,
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and it's a process to get them
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to where it's a working horse.
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That process takes
time and effort
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and a lot of work
from our cowboys.
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- Today the vaqueros
will be breaking in
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a few of theirs potrillos.
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First, we must search for them.
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- All of the work
we do on the ranch,
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all with all the cattle
is all on horseback,
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so we have to have horses.
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I'm not really sure which horse
that we're gonna get today,
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but we may get one that's either
never had a saddle on him,
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and most likely that's the case.
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And so we'll be getting
someone on a horse
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for the first time.
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These horses they've
already brought in work,
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those are the large,
the older horses.
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That's why when I say we
start 'em at around two
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we're not riding
him at that age.
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No, we just start
getting 'em in,
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and getting 'em used to
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we're just taking these out,
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so we don't have too many
horses in here right now,
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before we start really
working on breaking a horse.
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Some of these boys
will be the first time
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they've ever been roped.
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We're gonna get down
to those in a minute.
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- It's not one of these
horse whisper deals
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that you see on
TV, like from India
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where the guy gets on his back
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and rolls around on
the ground with him,
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this is kind of
done the old way.
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- We're a gentle with
him, but they're still,
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it's breaking a horse.
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This is the first time this
animal's ever been roped.
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- Light on your feet.
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When the vaqueros called
me in to the corrals,
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I not only saw this as an
opportunity to work with them,
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but to prove myself.
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Victor then began to
show me the first step
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of how they break
their wild horses.
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Then he handed me
the rope and said,
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", try it."
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- One more time.
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- Let her go.
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- But then you do that until
it gets used to being in here
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and being on a halter,
that's stage one,
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stage two is what
they're doing now.
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- There's some horses that
take it really quickly,
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and they're very gentle
and some of them are not.
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Look over here at my
finger, on the right.
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- Let's watch this
a little longer.
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- So the horse, if he
could actually rear up,
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'cause he's got his
back leg lift up,
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he can't rear up right now.
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- If he could rear up and all
he might rear over backwards,
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hurt himself, he could run and
this way he doesn't get hurt,
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he gets used to being touched.
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So that's why they keep
hitting him with the saddle,
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which of course doesn't
hurt him at all,
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but it makes a noise.
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And he gets used to the sound
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and he gets so he's
not scared anymore.
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So pretty soon they'll be
able to put a saddle on him.
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And then after a while,
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they'll be able to throw
the saddle on him as well.
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- Once the horse realizes says
that he can't move that well,
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then he won't buck, he
won't take off running
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and he won't get hurt
until he gets used to,
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after once he gets
used to all of this.
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'Cause right now he
feels kind of helpless
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because he can't get
that back foot down.
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He'll notice right
now they're starting
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to move his back foot some.
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I'll start dealing
with his back foot here
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in a minute, and then
they'll let his foot down.
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You wanna get in the
middle of the thorax
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'cause he's gonna start running.
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- This is the third
time he's been ridden.
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Once he's actually saddled
and they're riding him,
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they'll come to a
point very quickly
247
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where they'll
actually take him out.
248
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He'll go out with the cowboys.
249
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They won't rope off
of them for a while,
250
00:26:20,717 --> 00:26:23,340
but they'll start riding,
going out on the daily,
251
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riding him daily.
252
00:26:27,137 --> 00:26:28,528
Then they'll let
him go after a while
253
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and then bring him back in again
254
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:31,728
and it's a period
over about six months,
255
00:26:31,762 --> 00:26:33,764
he would go from when
he was first roped,
256
00:26:35,145 --> 00:26:36,698
to when they put
a saddle on him,
257
00:26:36,733 --> 00:26:38,631
about six months after
you start riding him,
258
00:26:38,666 --> 00:26:40,126
then they're actually
roping off of him,
259
00:26:40,150 --> 00:26:42,324
and then he's pretty
much a complete animal.
260
00:26:47,606 --> 00:26:49,090
You need a horse, right?
261
00:26:49,124 --> 00:26:51,575
You have to have a horse, too
many draws, too many creeks,
262
00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:52,610
too many clips.
263
00:26:53,473 --> 00:26:55,544
Everything is done on the horse.
264
00:27:23,020 --> 00:27:26,506
- Like this process, I mean,
how far back does it go?
265
00:27:26,541 --> 00:27:28,716
- Oh, it's as far
about a hundred years.
266
00:27:28,750 --> 00:27:29,855
- A hundred years.
267
00:27:29,889 --> 00:27:31,329
- Yeah, I mean
several hundred years.
268
00:27:32,547 --> 00:27:35,101
It's just the way it's
always been done so to speak.
269
00:27:47,458 --> 00:27:49,402
- There was something truly
special in doing a job
270
00:27:49,426 --> 00:27:51,117
that had never changed.
271
00:27:51,152 --> 00:27:53,879
I felt the connection,
not only with my heritage,
272
00:27:53,913 --> 00:27:55,052
but with vaqueros.
273
00:27:56,571 --> 00:27:59,678
Despite our differences and
the corrals, we were equals.
274
00:28:20,906 --> 00:28:22,493
Returning home from Mexico.
275
00:28:22,528 --> 00:28:25,462
I have a newfound appreciation
for where the legend began.
276
00:28:29,086 --> 00:28:31,399
- It's no coincidence
that the cowboy emerges
277
00:28:31,433 --> 00:28:34,609
in American national
conscience after the civil war.
278
00:28:34,643 --> 00:28:36,197
Up until the civil war,
279
00:28:36,231 --> 00:28:39,062
there was this diverging
sense of who we are.
280
00:28:39,096 --> 00:28:41,098
So the Southerners,
we hold slaves
281
00:28:41,133 --> 00:28:42,386
and we're part of
the slave society.
282
00:28:42,410 --> 00:28:44,343
Northerners, were
opposed to slavery
283
00:28:44,377 --> 00:28:46,586
and we have this
different model.
284
00:28:46,621 --> 00:28:49,141
So what brings the country
together after the civil war?
285
00:28:49,175 --> 00:28:51,419
And again, it was no accident
286
00:28:51,453 --> 00:28:54,077
that the cowboy served very well
287
00:28:54,111 --> 00:28:55,630
because Northerners
and Southerners
288
00:28:55,664 --> 00:28:58,598
could meet on the Western Plains
289
00:28:58,633 --> 00:29:00,507
and they could be sort
of seen for what they are
290
00:29:00,531 --> 00:29:02,499
instead of having to deal
with that baggage left
291
00:29:02,533 --> 00:29:03,845
from the civil war.
292
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:05,409
Do you know how to
deal with the cattle?
293
00:29:05,433 --> 00:29:07,573
Can you brave the climate,
can you do all that stuff?
294
00:29:07,607 --> 00:29:10,610
So in some ways the
cowboy was this myth,
295
00:29:10,645 --> 00:29:12,440
not so much of creation exactly,
296
00:29:12,474 --> 00:29:15,029
but as of a reunification myth.
297
00:29:15,063 --> 00:29:17,065
And so it pulls the
country together at a time
298
00:29:17,100 --> 00:29:19,654
when the country most needs
to be pulled together.
299
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,524
- Now that I know where
the cowboy came from,
300
00:29:27,558 --> 00:29:29,629
I wanted to know where
the cowboy is going.
301
00:29:49,546 --> 00:29:50,730
I really think there's
something special
302
00:29:50,754 --> 00:29:54,102
about the nostalgia of
cowboy and ranching.
303
00:30:00,522 --> 00:30:02,283
I mean, it's something
that's a rich part
304
00:30:02,317 --> 00:30:04,043
of the American heritage.
305
00:30:05,527 --> 00:30:06,988
I don't wanna ever really
feel like we lose that,
306
00:30:07,012 --> 00:30:08,979
I just think that
we have a purpose,
307
00:30:09,014 --> 00:30:12,362
we have an objective to
not just kind of fall
308
00:30:12,396 --> 00:30:13,881
by the wayside.
309
00:30:13,915 --> 00:30:16,021
I mean, we've got so many
tools at our fingertips
310
00:30:16,055 --> 00:30:17,954
to help us do it better.
311
00:30:21,060 --> 00:30:25,962
There will always be a place
and a time for the cowboy.
312
00:30:25,996 --> 00:30:29,586
You need to have diversity, you
have to be ready for change.
313
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,566
And so we'll just continue
to evolve, I believe,
314
00:30:44,601 --> 00:30:47,328
and continue to get
better and better.
315
00:31:48,768 --> 00:31:49,597
- How you doing?
316
00:31:49,631 --> 00:31:50,874
- Good, how are you?
317
00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:52,162
- I'm all right.
- Nice to see you,
318
00:31:52,186 --> 00:31:53,670
nice to see you.
- Nice to see you.
319
00:31:53,704 --> 00:31:54,854
- What I thought was gonna
get an overview of who we are,
320
00:31:54,878 --> 00:31:57,122
what we're doing, where
we live down here,
321
00:31:57,156 --> 00:32:00,332
we're in big sandy here,
but if I zoom way out,
322
00:32:00,366 --> 00:32:02,334
this is the scope
of the ranch here,
323
00:32:02,368 --> 00:32:07,028
goes about 45 miles Southeast.
324
00:32:07,063 --> 00:32:10,445
There's more of a big view of
it, there as it goes across.
325
00:32:35,332 --> 00:32:37,265
- My first morning
on the IX Ranch,
326
00:32:37,300 --> 00:32:39,578
I noticed an immediate
difference from Mexico.
327
00:32:43,582 --> 00:32:46,861
The faster pace, the
machinery, and even the noises.
328
00:32:57,113 --> 00:33:00,254
If I got here, that kind of
more of a way of working out
329
00:33:00,288 --> 00:33:03,015
with like ATVs or
with dirt bikes?
330
00:33:03,050 --> 00:33:05,131
I mean, is that kind
of something you're
seeing around here?
331
00:33:05,155 --> 00:33:06,536
- Yes, and here's why.
332
00:33:06,570 --> 00:33:08,158
I grew up riding horses,
333
00:33:08,193 --> 00:33:11,299
but I also I grew up riding
four-wheelers and dirt bikes
334
00:33:11,334 --> 00:33:14,130
and those types of things and
were constantly learning new
335
00:33:14,164 --> 00:33:15,786
and better ways to do things.
336
00:33:15,821 --> 00:33:17,661
It's like, we were talking
about the motorcyclists
337
00:33:17,685 --> 00:33:19,214
someone to see me out there
on that, they'd be like,
338
00:33:19,238 --> 00:33:20,895
"Wow, that's not a cowboy."
339
00:33:22,276 --> 00:33:24,968
And I'd be like, "You
haven't flipped a few pages
340
00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:26,901
into the cover of the book yet."
341
00:33:31,043 --> 00:33:34,081
When it's 30 below, and I
gotta bring in some cattle,
342
00:33:34,115 --> 00:33:36,255
I'm sorry, I'm not gonna
wear my cowboy boots
343
00:33:36,290 --> 00:33:40,363
and sharps, and a cowboy hat
and go freeze my butt off
344
00:33:40,397 --> 00:33:42,744
out there just so I
look like a cowboy.
345
00:33:42,779 --> 00:33:44,850
I'm gonna look like
an Eskimo out there
346
00:33:44,884 --> 00:33:47,439
and look probably like the
silliest thing you've ever seen,
347
00:33:47,473 --> 00:33:50,649
barely getting around on a
horse, I gotta get the cow.
348
00:33:50,683 --> 00:33:52,754
I mean, I have to take
care of this situation.
349
00:33:52,789 --> 00:33:55,136
I don't always have
to look it to be it,
350
00:33:55,171 --> 00:33:57,725
everything that this
ranch does and generates
351
00:33:57,759 --> 00:33:59,037
is from what it has here,
352
00:33:59,071 --> 00:34:01,936
so I have to focus
on efficiencies.
353
00:34:01,970 --> 00:34:04,076
The fact is I have a
big job to do out here
354
00:34:04,111 --> 00:34:05,871
and we have a lot
of land to cover
355
00:34:05,905 --> 00:34:09,944
and a lot of things to do
and my time is valuable.
356
00:34:09,978 --> 00:34:11,715
But you gotta train a horse,
you gotta feed a horse,
357
00:34:11,739 --> 00:34:15,950
you gotta shoe a horse, less
and less of that being done.
358
00:34:15,984 --> 00:34:17,710
The motorcycle for me,
359
00:34:17,745 --> 00:34:20,920
it allows me to see a
lot of things in a day
360
00:34:20,955 --> 00:34:23,509
that on a horseback
or taking my pickup
361
00:34:23,544 --> 00:34:25,994
would have a huge
impact on the land.
362
00:34:29,895 --> 00:34:31,793
I can cover so
much with that bike
363
00:34:31,828 --> 00:34:34,762
and see what I need to see
as the manager of this place,
364
00:34:34,796 --> 00:34:37,316
and know what needs to be done.
365
00:34:37,351 --> 00:34:40,699
I can easily go find if there's
missing cattle somewhere.
366
00:34:40,733 --> 00:34:43,736
It's a part of toolbox of things
367
00:34:43,771 --> 00:34:45,876
that I use to help
me do my job better.
368
00:34:47,740 --> 00:34:50,191
So yes, I wouldn't say
that it's like taking over
369
00:34:50,226 --> 00:34:53,056
because we're never gonna
be where we don't work at,
370
00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:58,061
you'll see, on Tuesday the
gators will be out there,
371
00:34:58,648 --> 00:35:00,167
we'll use those,
372
00:35:00,201 --> 00:35:02,790
but it'll be to drift stuff
to where we are with horses.
373
00:35:08,416 --> 00:35:10,453
- We're still doing
the same thing.
374
00:35:10,487 --> 00:35:14,526
What we're doing with the
resource hasn't changed so much.
375
00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:19,289
I think there's a disconnect
anymore on urban American
376
00:35:19,324 --> 00:35:20,808
and rural America.
377
00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:27,746
To get that stake to their
plate takes a lot of work
378
00:35:27,780 --> 00:35:29,092
all the way down the line.
379
00:35:31,819 --> 00:35:33,338
But we do, we have a disconnect
380
00:35:33,372 --> 00:35:34,960
between what's really going on
381
00:35:34,994 --> 00:35:37,238
and what they think is going on.
382
00:35:39,792 --> 00:35:43,244
I think cowboys still handle
cattle to the best welfare
383
00:35:43,279 --> 00:35:45,073
they can for the animal,
384
00:35:48,076 --> 00:35:50,838
and then for the people
they're raising the cattle for.
385
00:36:04,645 --> 00:36:07,372
- Monday, that's getting
another 300 some head
386
00:36:07,406 --> 00:36:10,064
into the pasture, so
there's 900 in there,
387
00:36:10,098 --> 00:36:12,618
so on Tuesday we can sort 900.
388
00:36:21,938 --> 00:36:24,354
- Every year about this time
we get ready for sorting,
389
00:36:24,389 --> 00:36:26,563
so we can start collecting
these smaller groups
390
00:36:26,598 --> 00:36:29,463
into a large group so that
we can sort the steer pairs
391
00:36:29,497 --> 00:36:30,947
and the half pairs and be ready
392
00:36:30,981 --> 00:36:33,225
to start shipping the
steers and we need time.
393
00:36:35,365 --> 00:36:37,850
- I'm always thankful
for being out here,
394
00:36:37,885 --> 00:36:40,025
always kind of dreamed
about going out West
395
00:36:40,059 --> 00:36:42,165
and being a cowboy out there.
396
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,961
I knew that if I didn't try it,
397
00:36:44,995 --> 00:36:47,929
then I'd always
be regretting it.
398
00:36:49,137 --> 00:36:53,797
So I didn't come out
to change anything.
399
00:36:56,214 --> 00:36:59,700
I came out to do what
was a already there.
400
00:37:04,946 --> 00:37:08,743
- It's not all just about the
boots, the sharps, the horses,
401
00:37:08,778 --> 00:37:11,021
it's about how you
handle your cattle,
402
00:37:11,056 --> 00:37:12,333
how you treat the cattle,
403
00:37:13,369 --> 00:37:15,440
just how you care for them.
404
00:37:15,474 --> 00:37:17,165
Off this reservoir
405
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,272
and then they're gonna go
a little bit back to that.
406
00:37:20,307 --> 00:37:21,929
Well, as you're
looking straight ahead,
407
00:37:21,963 --> 00:37:23,379
look to your right
and back there,
408
00:37:23,413 --> 00:37:25,795
there's an grazing on the.
409
00:37:25,829 --> 00:37:27,693
- We decided to
become responsible
410
00:37:27,728 --> 00:37:29,454
for a living breathing thing.
411
00:37:30,662 --> 00:37:32,733
And over right behind-
412
00:37:32,767 --> 00:37:34,321
- You have to just be capable.
413
00:37:34,355 --> 00:37:37,531
I think is what it comes down
to is you have to be able
414
00:37:37,565 --> 00:37:39,187
to do the job and
it doesn't matter
415
00:37:39,222 --> 00:37:40,603
what you look like doing it.
416
00:37:45,159 --> 00:37:45,918
Well, I think that's really cool
417
00:37:45,953 --> 00:37:47,472
that your ranch
418
00:37:47,506 --> 00:37:50,026
is kind of the meeting the
two styles in the middle.
419
00:37:50,060 --> 00:37:52,131
- I'm hoping when you
guys come away from it,
420
00:37:52,166 --> 00:37:55,031
you see that there
are still cowboys,
421
00:37:55,065 --> 00:37:56,929
but that we're
adapting, I guess.
422
00:37:56,964 --> 00:37:58,459
We have to take care
of what we've got,
423
00:37:58,483 --> 00:38:01,693
and we're just using the
tools that we've got before us
424
00:38:01,727 --> 00:38:03,591
to do that, we
were using it all.
425
00:38:18,434 --> 00:38:21,540
If you can't see shoes on horses
making sparks in the night
426
00:38:21,575 --> 00:38:24,612
then you know you're not
out there.
427
00:39:53,736 --> 00:39:56,324
Do you have
somebody that can go gather?
428
00:39:59,569 --> 00:40:00,708
Yeah, go ahead.
429
00:40:02,848 --> 00:40:05,368
They gonna have
to go back, I can go down.
430
00:40:06,576 --> 00:40:08,923
I got about up 50 cattle
up here on.
431
00:40:08,958 --> 00:40:11,305
And I got another.
432
00:40:53,830 --> 00:40:56,730
Okay, let's split up.
433
00:41:02,977 --> 00:41:05,911
- Hey, so Rusty how many
have you sorted today?
434
00:41:07,050 --> 00:41:08,050
- 719.
435
00:41:09,846 --> 00:41:11,710
- 719, all right.
436
00:41:21,513 --> 00:41:23,860
- After we finished sorting
Richard went straight back
437
00:41:23,895 --> 00:41:26,484
to his office to put all
the numbers into his books.
438
00:41:27,968 --> 00:41:30,315
- It's the hardest part of
the business to focus on.
439
00:41:30,349 --> 00:41:32,110
I think there's a change,
440
00:41:32,144 --> 00:41:35,182
and there has to be a change
as it gets harder and harder
441
00:41:35,216 --> 00:41:37,391
to make money because
it's still a business.
442
00:41:38,530 --> 00:41:41,429
You can't manage what
you don't measure.
443
00:41:41,464 --> 00:41:43,190
By measuring what we're doing,
444
00:41:43,224 --> 00:41:46,952
we're able to make more
proactive management decisions
445
00:41:46,987 --> 00:41:49,748
instead of being so dang
reactive to everything.
446
00:41:51,198 --> 00:41:53,096
- The cowboy will never go away,
447
00:41:53,131 --> 00:41:56,272
there'll always be a need for
people to do the hard jobs
448
00:41:56,306 --> 00:41:58,308
that no one else
is willing to do.
449
00:41:58,343 --> 00:42:01,519
Because of the passion that
we have for what we do,
450
00:42:01,553 --> 00:42:03,106
we're always learning.
451
00:42:03,141 --> 00:42:07,835
There will always be a place
and a time for the cowboy.
452
00:42:16,706 --> 00:42:17,983
Coming home from Montana,
453
00:42:18,018 --> 00:42:20,434
I learned that not all
cowboys look the same,
454
00:42:20,468 --> 00:42:21,746
only their purpose does.
455
00:42:34,897 --> 00:42:37,485
Gary in Montana is one of the
few people in my generation
456
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:40,212
that I've come across
pursuing the cowboy lifestyle.
457
00:42:41,559 --> 00:42:43,019
It seems like most
millennials desire to know
458
00:42:43,043 --> 00:42:44,562
where their food comes from,
459
00:42:44,596 --> 00:42:47,116
but few desire to actually
be a part of the process.
460
00:42:48,393 --> 00:42:49,636
So what is it?
461
00:42:49,670 --> 00:42:50,854
What keeps young
people coming back
462
00:42:50,878 --> 00:42:53,571
to a seemingly
fading way of life.
463
00:42:53,605 --> 00:42:56,504
I'm excited to explore this
idea a further on my next stop.
464
00:42:58,472 --> 00:43:00,888
- In reality, there are a
lot of things people can do
465
00:43:00,923 --> 00:43:02,165
to make a lot more money,
466
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:06,687
but it is a passion
that our family has,
467
00:43:06,722 --> 00:43:09,172
and it's something that through
the generations our family
468
00:43:09,207 --> 00:43:12,451
has worked to not only keep
the ranch in the family,
469
00:43:12,486 --> 00:43:14,350
but also the family
in the ranch.
470
00:43:22,703 --> 00:43:25,188
- Growing up every time
I would leave for school,
471
00:43:25,223 --> 00:43:27,846
my dad would always
say the same thing.
472
00:43:27,881 --> 00:43:30,159
He would always say,
"Son, be a leader today."
473
00:43:33,472 --> 00:43:36,130
- We don't want to create
pressure for our boys.
474
00:43:39,582 --> 00:43:42,136
We want them to do what
they feel called to do.
475
00:43:43,621 --> 00:43:46,278
Wildlife was kind of where
he had focused his attention
476
00:43:46,313 --> 00:43:48,015
and felt like that was
what he wanted to do,
477
00:43:48,039 --> 00:43:49,903
he wanted to play
college sports,
478
00:43:49,937 --> 00:43:53,492
he lived that dream and that
was an awesome experience.
479
00:43:53,527 --> 00:43:57,151
- After going to college and
making a new group of friends
480
00:43:57,186 --> 00:44:02,053
and seeing that I really
wasn't quite like those people.
481
00:44:04,745 --> 00:44:06,816
We have such
different backgrounds,
482
00:44:06,851 --> 00:44:10,717
but the background that I
have, I would never take back.
483
00:44:13,685 --> 00:44:16,274
- I remember two years ago,
484
00:44:16,308 --> 00:44:20,450
Tucker went with me to the
Florida Cattlemen's Convention.
485
00:44:23,557 --> 00:44:26,940
Each of those five ranches
in Florida that we visited,
486
00:44:26,974 --> 00:44:28,355
guess what the question was,
487
00:44:29,770 --> 00:44:31,703
Tucker, I guess you're
headed back to the ranch.
488
00:44:33,187 --> 00:44:36,466
And at each of those stops, he
stumbled with that question.
489
00:44:36,501 --> 00:44:38,814
He didn't really know
where he was headed next,
490
00:44:38,848 --> 00:44:40,194
or what he was gonna do.
491
00:44:40,229 --> 00:44:42,196
That night he and I
sat down for supper,
492
00:44:43,681 --> 00:44:47,892
and I said, "Tuck, I want you
to go and pursue your dreams
493
00:44:47,926 --> 00:44:49,307
and pursue your calling.
494
00:44:50,964 --> 00:44:54,726
Wherever it is, go where
you feel called to go.
495
00:44:55,900 --> 00:44:58,005
And if that's at the
ranch, the door's open."
496
00:45:00,145 --> 00:45:03,010
And that just seemed like there
was this huge weight lifted
497
00:45:03,045 --> 00:45:04,632
off of his shoulders.
498
00:45:09,396 --> 00:45:11,501
- And I learned that the
more I was away from home,
499
00:45:11,536 --> 00:45:14,435
the more that I
just was drawn back,
500
00:45:14,470 --> 00:45:17,093
and connected to the
land that was here.
501
00:45:22,443 --> 00:45:23,548
I was tied back home.
502
00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:28,691
- And I do believe that's
where we find true joy.
503
00:45:31,625 --> 00:45:34,076
Is when we live
within our calling.
504
00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:08,386
From creation forward, there
have always been people
505
00:46:08,420 --> 00:46:11,596
that have accepted the
call to be caretakers
506
00:46:11,630 --> 00:46:12,977
of his creation.
507
00:46:13,011 --> 00:46:17,395
And so I see that as a
continual, for a period of time,
508
00:46:17,429 --> 00:46:19,086
this is what man will do.
509
00:46:19,121 --> 00:46:21,364
- Oh, I'm I
- Okay, so this is my brother-
510
00:46:21,399 --> 00:46:22,365
- Hey, what's up?
511
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:23,194
Yeah, okay, cool,
512
00:46:23,228 --> 00:46:24,298
good to meet you, man.
513
00:46:25,506 --> 00:46:27,681
- I think that is
a continual calling
514
00:46:27,715 --> 00:46:30,270
of what man is called to do.
515
00:46:40,521 --> 00:46:42,016
- We're just in the
process of kind of,
516
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:43,362
we're sorting a lot
of different ways.
517
00:46:43,386 --> 00:46:45,768
So yesterday and today,
two big days for us.
518
00:46:45,803 --> 00:46:50,773
Weaning, we're sorting cows,
one, two, three, four, five,
519
00:46:52,223 --> 00:46:54,343
different ways, depending
on which pasture they go to.
520
00:46:55,157 --> 00:46:57,021
A lot of record keeping here,
521
00:46:57,055 --> 00:47:00,093
we're different being
a seed stock herd
522
00:47:00,127 --> 00:47:02,267
we're raising breeding
cattle, right?
523
00:47:02,302 --> 00:47:05,236
Individual animal management
is very important.
524
00:47:05,270 --> 00:47:07,031
Instead of this
pasture being a unit
525
00:47:07,065 --> 00:47:07,997
and that pasture being unit,
526
00:47:08,032 --> 00:47:09,861
every single animal is a unit.
527
00:47:11,069 --> 00:47:13,451
And so with that
we keep inventory
528
00:47:13,485 --> 00:47:15,004
of where every
single animal goes.
529
00:47:15,039 --> 00:47:17,800
I mean, we've got spreadsheets
this long showing every move
530
00:47:17,835 --> 00:47:19,733
that every cow has
made on this ranch.
531
00:47:20,941 --> 00:47:23,495
Right down here at
the far two pins,
532
00:47:23,530 --> 00:47:27,396
we've got an individual feed
efficiency testing center.
533
00:47:27,430 --> 00:47:30,123
I mean, as you look
at our global society,
534
00:47:30,157 --> 00:47:34,230
we've got a lot more mouths
to feed, not anymore land.
535
00:47:34,265 --> 00:47:36,612
So the best way I know
to feed these people
536
00:47:36,646 --> 00:47:39,235
is to be more efficient
in producing the food
537
00:47:39,270 --> 00:47:41,686
with the given
resources that we ask.
538
00:48:07,401 --> 00:48:08,851
- So on this side of town,
539
00:48:08,886 --> 00:48:12,165
a lot of my family lives here
in really close proximity.
540
00:48:12,199 --> 00:48:14,270
My wife and I just
bought this house
541
00:48:14,305 --> 00:48:16,341
and we'll be moving
into it here soon.
542
00:48:17,549 --> 00:48:20,380
And then just down the
street is the house
543
00:48:20,414 --> 00:48:24,177
where my grandfather was
raised and where he lives now.
544
00:48:25,661 --> 00:48:26,661
- Going to eat?
545
00:48:27,835 --> 00:48:30,183
I slept 12 hours last night.
546
00:48:30,217 --> 00:48:32,461
- We don't know exactly
where we've been.
547
00:48:32,495 --> 00:48:35,533
We've been South of town,
past the South Brown Ranch
548
00:48:35,567 --> 00:48:39,364
went West, turned
North, came out by.
549
00:48:40,365 --> 00:48:42,298
We've been 50 miles.
550
00:48:42,333 --> 00:48:45,060
Well, we've been, Rob do
you have a hat or a cap?
551
00:48:46,061 --> 00:48:46,854
- No, thank you.
552
00:48:46,889 --> 00:48:47,889
- Okay.
553
00:48:48,822 --> 00:48:50,168
Anyway, y'all come on in.
554
00:48:51,376 --> 00:48:54,932
- It started in about 1903,
555
00:48:56,795 --> 00:48:59,005
in the early times in
the cattle industry.
556
00:48:59,039 --> 00:49:03,941
And a lot of it was
just new and different.
557
00:49:12,777 --> 00:49:17,333
Changes happened,
in a lot of ways
558
00:49:17,368 --> 00:49:19,577
but in a lot of ways
it was the same.
559
00:49:22,787 --> 00:49:24,168
The cattle, the horses,
560
00:49:26,204 --> 00:49:29,242
things that made a
lot of difference.
561
00:49:32,831 --> 00:49:37,560
And as it changed
we changed with it.
562
00:49:39,459 --> 00:49:41,599
We'd do a lot of
things horseback.
563
00:49:41,633 --> 00:49:46,604
And then today
you're in a pickup,
564
00:49:47,846 --> 00:49:50,608
but I still love it
and take care of it.
565
00:49:50,642 --> 00:49:55,199
We had a lot of fun, a
lot of hard work to it.
566
00:49:56,924 --> 00:49:58,926
We're just part of it,
and part of the family
567
00:49:58,961 --> 00:50:01,688
and another
generation's coming on,
568
00:50:01,722 --> 00:50:04,725
and it means a lot to us.
569
00:50:05,692 --> 00:50:08,936
- Has it been fun watching dad?
570
00:50:10,110 --> 00:50:14,149
- It's a real neat deal
to help one another,
571
00:50:14,183 --> 00:50:16,013
like I said, it
doesn't just happen.
572
00:50:17,669 --> 00:50:19,430
- It's taken a few
generations, haven't it?
573
00:50:19,464 --> 00:50:21,018
- Yeah, and more to come.
574
00:50:21,052 --> 00:50:23,227
- And more to come.
575
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:30,337
And so when people
get tied to something
576
00:50:30,372 --> 00:50:32,453
that always brings you back
to something you wanna help,
577
00:50:32,477 --> 00:50:34,652
you wanna be a part of that.
578
00:50:34,686 --> 00:50:39,691
- You've been noticing
like a generational gap?
579
00:50:39,726 --> 00:50:42,763
- Yeah, there's been a
generation gap of people
580
00:50:42,798 --> 00:50:44,810
that didn't necessarily come
back, that were born here
581
00:50:44,834 --> 00:50:46,595
but didn't come back
and we've seen that
582
00:50:46,629 --> 00:50:50,219
in our school numbers dropping
in the past three years.
583
00:50:50,254 --> 00:50:52,566
Now, my generation
and the millennials,
584
00:50:52,601 --> 00:50:54,154
I guess you'd say are,
585
00:50:54,189 --> 00:50:56,881
are starting to come back and
be a part of the community,
586
00:50:56,915 --> 00:50:58,883
which has been fun to watch.
587
00:50:58,917 --> 00:51:01,817
Of my age group I'm one
of the first to come back,
588
00:51:01,851 --> 00:51:03,508
but we're trying to make it
589
00:51:03,543 --> 00:51:05,890
to where there's not
another generational gap.
590
00:51:05,924 --> 00:51:07,340
- Gotcha.
591
00:51:07,374 --> 00:51:09,273
- We wanna make it better,
whatever way we can.
592
00:51:11,482 --> 00:51:14,278
What a group of people have
been doing for a short time now
593
00:51:14,312 --> 00:51:16,901
in Throck Morton is really
trying to revive the school.
594
00:51:16,935 --> 00:51:20,491
And because if the school
falls, the town falls,
595
00:51:20,525 --> 00:51:23,045
we've seen it happen in a
lot of rural communities.
596
00:51:27,394 --> 00:51:30,121
- Nelson you throughout
all of our conversations
597
00:51:30,156 --> 00:51:31,709
about Throck Morton
School District
598
00:51:31,743 --> 00:51:33,435
you've talked a lot about,
599
00:51:33,469 --> 00:51:35,609
what are our expectations
for our children?
600
00:51:37,024 --> 00:51:39,406
And I'd love to hear
from the newest resident,
601
00:51:39,441 --> 00:51:43,583
and homeowner of Throck Morton,
Texas of his expectations
602
00:51:43,617 --> 00:51:45,447
of why he moved back
to Throck Morton.
603
00:51:45,481 --> 00:51:47,104
If he can do that in 30 seconds.
604
00:51:50,831 --> 00:51:52,991
- It took you more than 30
seconds to ask the question.
605
00:51:57,010 --> 00:51:59,426
- My expectation is
a place to be typed.
606
00:51:59,461 --> 00:52:00,841
Whenever I graduated
high school,
607
00:52:00,876 --> 00:52:03,430
I didn't have the
intention on coming back.
608
00:52:08,642 --> 00:52:11,507
I've lived here my whole life
but this has been different
609
00:52:11,542 --> 00:52:13,992
'cause I'm moving
in with a new life.
610
00:52:14,027 --> 00:52:17,548
I can be a part of a
lot of different things
611
00:52:17,582 --> 00:52:21,448
in the community that I couldn't
whenever I was in school.
612
00:52:21,483 --> 00:52:24,900
- I've definitely seen how
everyone loves each other here.
613
00:52:26,764 --> 00:52:29,801
- If you don't move back,
the town's not gonna be here.
614
00:52:29,836 --> 00:52:30,802
I wanna come back to the ranch
615
00:52:30,837 --> 00:52:33,080
and I want the town to be here.
616
00:52:33,115 --> 00:52:35,324
We are coming in at
a really good time.
617
00:52:35,359 --> 00:52:37,292
And that we needed Throck Morton
618
00:52:37,326 --> 00:52:39,466
and Throck Morton needed us.
619
00:52:46,956 --> 00:52:48,717
The impact the
Browns had on Throck Morton
620
00:52:48,751 --> 00:52:50,236
was easy to see
621
00:52:50,270 --> 00:52:52,962
just how they cared and
loved for those around them.
622
00:52:56,863 --> 00:52:59,866
But their influence was not
limited to only Throck Morton.
623
00:52:59,900 --> 00:53:01,350
In my last days there,
624
00:53:01,385 --> 00:53:03,594
they began preparations
for a ranch rodeo coming up
625
00:53:03,628 --> 00:53:05,699
that their family had
a large presence in.
626
00:53:09,013 --> 00:53:11,878
- This would be the 37th
annual, Texas ranch round up
627
00:53:11,912 --> 00:53:13,604
in Wichita Falls.
628
00:53:13,638 --> 00:53:18,402
And my dad gathered up
three or four ranches.
629
00:53:20,990 --> 00:53:22,958
Wouldn't it be neat
if we could find a way
630
00:53:22,992 --> 00:53:25,616
for our ranch
cowboys to get back
631
00:53:25,650 --> 00:53:29,861
to what we do on a daily
basis at the ranch.
632
00:53:29,896 --> 00:53:34,349
- He had the kind of the
vision of being different
633
00:53:34,383 --> 00:53:37,006
than regular rodeos.
634
00:53:37,041 --> 00:53:39,837
- Going to a ranch rodeo
and seeing the more
635
00:53:39,871 --> 00:53:41,839
kind of the way
rodeo really started
636
00:53:41,873 --> 00:53:44,566
was what we've returned
back to with ranch rodeo,
637
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:47,707
where the men on our
ranches can compete
638
00:53:47,741 --> 00:53:49,847
and you do it with a team
and you do it with guys
639
00:53:49,881 --> 00:53:52,539
that you're with and
work with all the time.
640
00:53:52,574 --> 00:53:55,853
And so my dad helped
start this, which is now,
641
00:53:55,887 --> 00:53:59,650
I mean, ranch rodeo is across
the nation and people love it
642
00:53:59,684 --> 00:54:01,341
because it's their hometown team
643
00:54:01,376 --> 00:54:03,412
that they come to cheer for.
644
00:54:03,447 --> 00:54:07,209
So team meeting here for ranch
rodeo, big weekend ahead,
645
00:54:07,244 --> 00:54:08,175
excited about it.
646
00:54:08,210 --> 00:54:10,488
You know all the plans made,
647
00:54:10,523 --> 00:54:13,698
what needs to be
done here and there
648
00:54:13,733 --> 00:54:16,943
and kind of coordinate that
and come up with a game plan.
649
00:54:16,977 --> 00:54:20,705
So would you kick
us off with a prayer please.
650
00:54:22,293 --> 00:54:23,639
- Lord, thank for this day,
651
00:54:25,227 --> 00:54:27,988
thank you for the rain
that you sent our way.
652
00:54:28,023 --> 00:54:32,510
Lord, thank you for allowing
us to do what we love to do.
653
00:54:37,101 --> 00:54:39,897
Lord, please keep head
protection over all the cowboys
654
00:54:39,931 --> 00:54:41,450
and livestock this weekend,
655
00:54:42,831 --> 00:54:45,937
shine your life, in
Jesus name I pray, amen.
656
00:54:45,972 --> 00:54:48,043
Everybody that's
there I would love for you
657
00:54:48,077 --> 00:54:49,631
to go cheer on Tucker Carley,
658
00:54:49,665 --> 00:54:52,530
their talent
competitions at one.
659
00:54:52,565 --> 00:54:53,773
- Okay.
660
00:54:53,807 --> 00:54:54,957
Do you know
what you're gonna do?
661
00:54:54,981 --> 00:54:56,189
- Nope.
662
00:54:58,674 --> 00:55:00,342
We talked about it last
night and we were like,
663
00:55:00,366 --> 00:55:01,757
"Well, we're not wanna
figure something out."
664
00:55:01,781 --> 00:55:03,507
- We'll see if Tim
McGrew faith he'll do it.
665
00:55:04,646 --> 00:55:06,510
Oh, maybe Jason.
666
00:55:10,168 --> 00:55:11,687
- Y'all wanna win this thing?
667
00:55:11,722 --> 00:55:12,757
Absolutely.
668
00:55:15,450 --> 00:55:19,592
- We won this event in
1984, 1992 and in 2006.
669
00:55:21,766 --> 00:55:24,079
I Love it will be great.
670
00:55:28,911 --> 00:55:30,188
- One, two, three.
671
00:55:33,295 --> 00:55:36,781
- It's time, proud and time
to win this baby again.
672
00:55:42,925 --> 00:55:44,237
Okay, let's do it.
673
00:55:58,700 --> 00:56:02,462
- So every year, a saddles
awarded to the top cowboy
674
00:56:02,497 --> 00:56:06,880
at the ranch rodeo and in
1992, Donald Brown won it.
675
00:56:08,192 --> 00:56:09,376
And so Atlanta has been training
676
00:56:09,400 --> 00:56:11,057
to hopefully win it this year.
677
00:56:15,337 --> 00:56:17,650
- This show, my goal
is to go in there
678
00:56:17,684 --> 00:56:21,239
and be slow and smooth
and let him be correct,
679
00:56:21,274 --> 00:56:23,207
more laid back and ready to go.
680
00:56:27,314 --> 00:56:30,525
- Golan is very talented
and he's great with a horse,
681
00:56:30,559 --> 00:56:32,941
he's great with the rope,
he understands cattle.
682
00:56:34,977 --> 00:56:37,911
- Now he's a very
talented cowboy.
683
00:56:37,946 --> 00:56:41,328
I think that this saddle will
be a really big award for him
684
00:56:41,363 --> 00:56:42,985
that he's always wanted.
685
00:56:48,128 --> 00:56:50,476
- I'm confident Golan is
gonna win that saddle.
686
00:56:59,381 --> 00:57:03,420
- Hello Texas, Wichita
Falls, how are you tonight
687
00:57:03,454 --> 00:57:05,042
on the side of the rail?
688
00:57:07,009 --> 00:57:10,219
Well, we thank you,
this is the original,
689
00:57:10,254 --> 00:57:11,773
the granddaddy of them all,
690
00:57:11,807 --> 00:57:16,122
37 consecutive years, the
Ranch Roundup right here.
691
00:57:16,156 --> 00:57:18,607
I'm Charlie Flock
from Grandview, Texas
692
00:57:18,642 --> 00:57:20,816
along with my partner in crime,
693
00:57:20,851 --> 00:57:25,234
James from La Cruz de in Mexico.
694
00:57:33,208 --> 00:57:34,461
- And the intention of the event
695
00:57:34,485 --> 00:57:38,696
was to bring the ranch
cowboys off the ranch,
696
00:57:38,731 --> 00:57:42,631
bring 'em to town and have
good friendly competition
697
00:57:42,666 --> 00:57:47,015
in the events that mirror
what we do on the ranch
698
00:57:47,049 --> 00:57:48,672
on a regular basis.
699
00:58:01,616 --> 00:58:03,272
- Now, wild cow milking
every now and then
700
00:58:03,307 --> 00:58:05,067
you gotta catch a
cow in the pasture.
701
00:58:05,930 --> 00:58:06,930
Yeah.
702
00:58:17,148 --> 00:58:19,496
Don't spill that milk.
703
00:58:19,530 --> 00:58:22,878
- And brand new calves and
doctoring one when he gets sick
704
00:58:22,913 --> 00:58:25,571
and being able to rope
and do it in the pasture,
705
00:58:25,605 --> 00:58:27,676
those are all real
life situations.
706
00:58:30,610 --> 00:58:32,957
Paning cattle out of,
taking 'em outta the herd
707
00:58:32,992 --> 00:58:34,787
and putting 'em into a pen.
708
00:58:38,135 --> 00:58:39,757
Riding we still
break horses today
709
00:58:39,792 --> 00:58:41,656
and we need to ride
one that can buck.
710
00:58:58,120 --> 00:59:01,641
The camaraderie has been
amazing among the teams
711
00:59:01,676 --> 00:59:04,264
for 37 years, since
this event began.
712
00:59:06,301 --> 00:59:09,028
- Those multi-day
tournaments you don't win it
713
00:59:09,062 --> 00:59:11,824
in the first day,
you can only lose it.
714
00:59:15,344 --> 00:59:16,553
They're in striking distance
715
00:59:16,587 --> 00:59:19,694
to do some good
tonight, it's fun.
716
00:59:41,612 --> 00:59:46,375
In all these places, it just
drive out in the country
717
00:59:46,410 --> 00:59:50,656
and you're gonna find
the same basic culture
718
00:59:50,690 --> 00:59:53,003
that you find in
Throck Morton, Texas,
719
00:59:53,037 --> 00:59:58,008
is alive in South Saga City
in Japan, it is in Australia
720
00:59:59,216 --> 01:00:02,909
and all the way to
wherever you go,
721
01:00:02,944 --> 01:00:05,567
all you have to do is drive
out in the country and find it.
722
01:00:05,602 --> 01:00:07,396
It's not very far away.
723
01:00:10,537 --> 01:00:13,679
And if people in the
outside world could see
724
01:00:13,713 --> 01:00:18,615
that that's what's out here
maybe it restores some of that,
725
01:00:18,649 --> 01:00:21,859
you're feeling about
mankind, still out there,
726
01:00:21,894 --> 01:00:23,516
there are those kind of people.
727
01:00:33,940 --> 01:00:35,632
- In my time with
the Brown family,
728
01:00:35,666 --> 01:00:37,392
I have not only felt their love
729
01:00:37,426 --> 01:00:39,463
and seeing how it
impacts their community,
730
01:00:39,497 --> 01:00:41,327
but I also see them
as a beacon of hope
731
01:00:41,361 --> 01:00:43,122
for the future of the cowboy.
732
01:01:02,451 --> 01:01:03,383
- As Americans found themselves
733
01:01:03,418 --> 01:01:04,902
more and more living in cities
734
01:01:05,800 --> 01:01:07,284
and working for other people,
735
01:01:07,318 --> 01:01:09,562
and being at the mercy of
forces beyond their control.
736
01:01:09,596 --> 01:01:14,187
The idea that at one time
there was this figure
737
01:01:14,222 --> 01:01:17,294
who was in control
of his own destiny.
738
01:01:17,328 --> 01:01:19,537
This becomes even more powerful,
739
01:01:19,572 --> 01:01:22,126
the farther it is
from everyday reality.
740
01:01:23,749 --> 01:01:27,062
Nations sort of
live on their myths.
741
01:01:27,097 --> 01:01:29,340
The stories they tell
themselves about themselves.
742
01:01:31,791 --> 01:01:33,527
- I feel myself closer
to a better understanding
743
01:01:33,551 --> 01:01:34,551
of the cowboy.
744
01:01:36,037 --> 01:01:38,695
But Kelly's words ringing
my ear as I return home.
745
01:01:38,729 --> 01:01:39,730
Is it true?
746
01:01:39,765 --> 01:01:41,180
No matter where I go,
747
01:01:41,214 --> 01:01:42,882
will I find the same
culture, the same passion,
748
01:01:42,906 --> 01:01:44,010
the same spirit.
749
01:01:46,530 --> 01:01:47,669
Let's find out.
750
01:03:14,687 --> 01:03:16,620
- We've heard the
legend of the Gaucho.
751
01:03:16,654 --> 01:03:18,587
Now it's time to go
and see the real thing.
752
01:03:20,106 --> 01:03:22,868
We were invited to go to
Miguel's Estancia in Patagonia,
753
01:03:22,902 --> 01:03:25,491
just outside of San
Martin, De Los Andes.
754
01:08:19,854 --> 01:08:21,890
Once we finished
working cattle that morning,
755
01:08:21,925 --> 01:08:24,859
we stopped by a creek,
unsettled, watered our horses
756
01:08:24,893 --> 01:08:25,894
and started a fire.
757
01:08:33,592 --> 01:08:35,318
And because of the
coolness of the weather,
758
01:08:35,352 --> 01:08:37,527
they even packed lunch
in their saddle bags.
759
01:13:13,630 --> 01:13:15,494
Before I arrived in Argentina,
760
01:13:15,529 --> 01:13:16,954
I heard that Miguel
had written the book
761
01:13:16,978 --> 01:13:19,153
about the forming of
his ranch in Patagonia.
762
01:13:20,430 --> 01:13:21,673
So when I asked him about it,
763
01:13:21,707 --> 01:13:23,571
he was thrilled to
show me, pioneer.
764
01:15:56,759 --> 01:15:58,968
Well, as it turns
out, Kelly was right.
765
01:15:59,002 --> 01:16:00,521
It doesn't matter where you go,
766
01:16:00,556 --> 01:16:02,178
but if you venture
into the country,
767
01:16:02,212 --> 01:16:05,595
you will find people that
share commonality of servitude.
768
01:16:14,604 --> 01:16:18,366
From the animals in the pasture,
to the food on our plates.
769
01:16:18,401 --> 01:16:20,265
And if you take the time
to get to know them,
770
01:16:20,299 --> 01:16:22,612
what's earned is a better
understanding and appreciation
771
01:16:22,647 --> 01:16:26,064
for what they do for us,
thankless day in and day out.
772
01:17:08,796 --> 01:17:10,522
Returning home from Argentina,
773
01:17:10,556 --> 01:17:13,076
I bring Miguel's
story home with me,
774
01:17:13,111 --> 01:17:16,390
and I'm reminded of just
how powerful a story can be.
775
01:17:49,043 --> 01:17:54,014
Second place cattle.
776
01:17:55,429 --> 01:17:58,535
- When you tell this
story, you automatically,
777
01:17:58,570 --> 01:18:03,506
I think help ensure
that there is a future.
778
01:18:06,198 --> 01:18:10,306
- As much myth as it is history,
myths are very powerful.
779
01:18:10,340 --> 01:18:13,378
Although the moment of the
cowboy in history is brief.
780
01:18:13,412 --> 01:18:16,553
The moment of the cowboy in
American memory goes on and on.
781
01:18:28,807 --> 01:18:32,604
- All established one place
where we could all relate to.
782
01:18:34,951 --> 01:18:37,057
And we could all come back to.
783
01:18:41,613 --> 01:18:44,512
One place where
we all came from,
784
01:18:46,929 --> 01:18:48,689
very important place.
785
01:19:33,113 --> 01:19:34,770
Is not the cowboys.
786
01:19:34,804 --> 01:19:36,737
Returning home It's an
honor to share the stories
787
01:19:36,772 --> 01:19:39,740
of my journey,
stories of family,
788
01:19:42,639 --> 01:19:43,639
of courage,
789
01:19:48,024 --> 01:19:49,094
of change,
790
01:19:53,305 --> 01:19:54,305
and of unity.
791
01:20:04,730 --> 01:20:06,225
And I can now put to
rest the questions
792
01:20:06,249 --> 01:20:07,561
that once burned inside me.
793
01:20:08,769 --> 01:20:10,529
The truth of the
cowboy is simple,
794
01:20:10,564 --> 01:20:12,393
it's our histories
that make us different,
795
01:20:12,428 --> 01:20:14,913
but our future that
brings us together,
796
01:20:14,948 --> 01:20:16,294
toward a common purpose,
797
01:20:16,328 --> 01:20:18,952
feeding the world,
one plate at a time.
798
01:20:29,341 --> 01:20:30,722
- Amen.
799
01:20:48,740 --> 01:20:51,881
And we all have a
call to answer to.
800
01:21:15,525 --> 01:21:16,906
Seek and you will find,
801
01:21:18,114 --> 01:21:21,014
knock and the door
will be opened to you.
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