to the land of 60 foot ropes and 40 foot throws! Where spade bits gleam beneath the bright lights and fine bridle horses and "reata men" still grace the arena!
Through the years many have requested video footage of the event. This DVD is a compilation of seven years of video highlights captured at this unique ranch roping event. From the grainy images of the event in its early years, to dazzling images of our recent performances, the DVD gives viewers a lengthy visual experience of attending The Californios.
Ranch roping buffs, seasoned hands, and all interested in the vaquero/buckaroo traditions will thoroughly enjoy this 43 minute video montage set to up beat music. It is a mixture of roping clips, stock horses and competitors, doing what they do best, roping their way into Californios history!
The DVD will be available for $39.95 through Eclectic-Horseman Mercantile (click here to order) or call 1-866-773-3537 or 303-449-3537.
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Incredibly photographed, this documentary style instructional piece takes viewers deep into the world of the buckaroo at work, branding cattle on the western ranges.
David Weaver and Gwynn Turnbull Weaver have compiled this rare opportunity for viewers to be "a fly on the wall" at a series of authentic, real life brandings in the "rodear style".
David Weaver offers a lifetime of experience from the big outfits of the region while Gwynn brings the ethical relationship between horses, cattle and stockmen into focus. Their clear insights, learned in their decade long Ranch Roping Clinic tours prove to be a balanced, interesting mix of theory and application.
Peppered with actual interviews with some of the regions handiest cowboys, hard to get information is intricately woven into spectacular actual footage. Martin Black, Buck Brannaman, and Larry Schutte, to name a few, share their unique insights and opinions. More than just philosophy, this in depth masterpiece chronicles a way of life while educating viewers on the finer points of branding. From the peripheral details of gathering, size and shape of branding traps, where to put the fire, ground work and stock management; to the actual roping, setting up shots, dallying, running rope, pulling, managing calves at the fire, slack handling and the etiquette that saturates it all. In addition, there are tips for handling green horses through the ever changing situations of the branding pen, as well as information about the signature rope of the buckaroo; the rawhide reata.
Set against the strikingly beautiful high desert vistas of the Great Basin and the oak studded hills of California, this video is a must have for all who hope to achieve true handiness or anyone enamored with the West and its time honored stockmanship.
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