I am very proud to present my first book. It is filled with photos that I took at a branding at the ZX out in the desert near their Viewpoint headquarters. I also interviewed most everyone who was there that day to make the book more interesting. It is 11x13 and has 160 pages. I plan to do dozens of books eventually that will all be designed to match in look and feel to make a nice collection. I hope you will find it is a treasure to keep and enjoy for years and years to come. Click on the book graphic at the left to see a preview and order if you like.

Just thought I would tell you that I love your knew book and am looking forward to the next ones! Move on over KURT MARKUS there is a new book to add to our collections! Important for the Great Basin Buckaroos, this new book is a slice of life! Not doing so bad for the 'vanishing breed' now is it???? -Denise Smith

I have purchased a number of these kind of books over the years. What I like about your book over many others I have is that you take the time to tell about the people and their backgrounds and also give the reader a sense of the history of the ZX and it's location. I hope this book is only the first of many to come. Thanks. Gary Winckler

The Traditional Ranch Style Horse Branding photos are going up ...check them out here! It was a very exciting event except for one thing...the pouring rain! Here are the names of the traditional ranch style horse branding winners:
1st Chance Peila-Jade Cooper, 2nd Gary Miller- Jake Clark; 3rd Kenny Bentz- Jeff Maupin.

Old style ranch Bronc riding winner take all of $1000..Victor Madrigal ( and wait until you see the photos of the old style ranch bronc riding .....no flank straps to make these horses go...they blew just like they do on a cold morning on the ranch! Pretty spectacular!)

This is what traditional ranch style horse branding is about:

Eastern Oregon and northern Nevada are places where the ranch cattle numbers can be in the thousands, acreages in the hundreds of thousands, and horses in the cavvy for riding, dozens. You will see two days worth of photos that document old style traditional horse branding techniques that emphasize low stress handling of large numbers of young horses destined to be saddle horses. These techniques are still used today by many of these big ranches. First the horses are caught with a neck loop at which point they are allowed to fight the rope until they settle down and face the roper. (If a loop ended up tangled with a front leg, for example, it would have to be removed and another clean loop thrown). Then another rider throws a loop, generally over the shoulder, to pick up both front feet in a loop, and the horse is pulled to the ground where he is handled quietly and carefully by the ground crew who, along with the foot roper, maintain almost complete control of the horse by keeping his front feet a little bit off the ground. It was amazing to see, but the horses, without someone sitting on their neck or their hind feet being tied, laid very still without struggling thru the process of being branded with a hot iron on their hind leg. Then they were allowed to very quietly get up and walk off. Rock Creek Ranch owner, Gary Miller, and Rattlesnake Creek Ranch manager, Glen Shelley, organized the event showcasing traditional horse handling techniques which also include a demonstration of high action old-style bronc riding and vendors featuring traditional handmade buckaroo gear. Friday there was a pre-roping to get the horses thru their lst experience being roped, and Sunday the colts were branded in a competition. Two buckaroo cook wagons brought by Mike Buckner and Cameron Bean were on display and authentic camp cooking was enjoyed by all during the rainy, cool day. The day started with cowboy church services by Slash Lazy U Ministry. The bleachers set up high on big bales of hay were filled in spite of the rain and the extreme mud on the ranch roads.The general feeling by the many people who are interested in preserving these old buckaroo traditions was that this ought to become an annual event. It was held at the historic Bel A Ranch near Burns, Oregon.

Here are some photos I took of the old style ranch bronc riding:

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These are photos through the beginning of 2009. To see the rest of the 2009 photos click on the "2009 Photos" link in the upper right hand corner....

Klamath Traditional Ranch Roping 2/5/09
Klamath Bullmania, Ranch Bronc Riding, Wild Horse Race and Saddle Cow Riding 12/31/08

Big Valley Crump Ranch Preg Testing 2008

5-Dot Ranch rodear 10/8/2008
Doherty Slide Cattle Drive Fall 2008
Lyon County Ranch Rodeo, Yerington, Nevada 9/27, 28 2008
Tom Kiely Branding Plush Oregon 9/7/08
Spanish Springs Ranch Rodeo 908
Budweiser Clydesdales
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2008 Lakeview Labor Day Sunday
Modoc Fair Team Penning and Team Branding

Paisley Big Loop and Ranch Saddle Bronc July 2008
Yamsi Traditional Ranch Roping
2008
Harney County Ranch Rodeo7/12/2008

Joe Flynn Branding
Camas Prairie, OR 8/1/2008
McDermitt Nevada Ranch Rodeo July 5, 6, 2008

McDermitt, Nevada Cowhorse Ev ent 7/4/2008

Modoc Super Bull 2008

Minden Ranch Rodeo 2008
5-Dot Ranch Litchfield, CA
BLM Litchfield Wild Horses Burros
KerrRanch Barrel Racing 6/11/2008

Lovelock, Nevada Ranch Rodeo2008
Jordan Valley Big Loop 2008

Mcerquiaga Ranch KingsRiverValley, Nevada branding 2008

Opie Arena Rodeo 5/10/08 Crane, Oregon

Burns Bucking Horses and Big Loop May 11, 2008

Kerr Ranch Barrel Racing 5.3.08

Bly Horse Roping 4/27/08
ZXBranding 4/25/08

Warren Johnson Branding 408

Mark and Susan Doverspike Branding 408

Paisley Ranch Rodeo
April 2008

River Springs Ranch
Branding 2008

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Branding 2008

Horse Gathering Sorting 2008
Winnemucca Ranch Rodeo 2008
Klamath Bull Sale 2008
Cockrell Ranch Branding
Surprise Valley, CA

Spanish Springs Ranch Rodeo Falll 2007

J-Spear Ranch Fall Weaning

Bar Y Ranch Buffalo

88th Lake County Round-up

Lakeview , Oregon Cow Horse Classic 2007 Labor Day

Yamsi 2007 Ranch
Doctoring Event

Yamsi 2007 Traditional Ranch Roping Clinic

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Master Rawhide Braider

Leon Flick and Buck Rake Team, Plush, OR 2007

Fort Klamath Rodear Practice
Flynn Ranch Cattle Drive 2007

Paisley Ranch Rodeo July 2007

2007 Masten Ramsey Sunday Ranch Rodeo

2007
Masten Ramsey Friday and Saturday
Chiloquin Rodeo 2007

Harney County Ranch Rodeo 2007
McDermitt Ranch Hand Rodeo07 Day 2

McDermitt Ranch Hand Rodeo 07 Day 1

McDermitt Ranch Horse Classic 2007
Lake County Spring Cow Horse Classic
Rattlesnake Creek Ranch
Jordan Valley 2007
Burns Bucking Horses and Big Loop Roping 5/13/07
The Californios 2007
Paisley, Oregon Ranch Bronc Riding and Big Loop Roping April 2007
ZX Silver Lake Branding
Blossom Ranch
Nevada Desert Burros
Winnemucca Cowhorse Classic
and Ranch Rodeo 2007

Klamath Bull Sale 2007
Gray Stallion Memorial
Bullmania Pre-Event Bull Photos
Macdoel Chariot Races 2006-7
Great Basin Scenics
Dick Bradbury Winter Cattle Drive
Klamath Bull Futurity 2006
Adel, Oregon October 2006
Yamsi Traditional Ranch Roping
2006 Lake County Round-Up
Masten Ramsey, Alturas, California
2006 Paisley Big Loop Roping and Ranch Saddle Bronc Riding
Burns Ranch Rodeo
McDermitt Ranch Rodeo
Princeton Ranch Bronc Riding
Glen Shelley Saddle Bronc Gathering
Jordan Valley Big Loop 2006
The Californios 2006
Warren Johnson Branding 2006
Paisley Big Loop Roping 2005
MC Horse Sale 1990s Adel,Oregon
Photos for Bonton

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