The Life Story of a Montana Rancher

Ranchers are part of our history in these parts.
But we seldom see them, and even less often hear their stories.
We traveled to tiny Alzada, Montana to hear the true life tale of a lifelong cowboy.
#Montana #Rancher

Пікірлер: 83

  • @jimpotter8027
    @jimpotter80275 жыл бұрын

    I'm soon to be 69. When I grow up I'm gonna be a cowboy.

  • @johnchesley648

    @johnchesley648

    5 жыл бұрын

    Right on, young man.I'm right behind you.

  • @ricardoestrada1176

    @ricardoestrada1176

    4 жыл бұрын

    61 still kicking may God bless everyone enjoy life

  • @CathalMcwilliams

    @CathalMcwilliams

    2 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @joeyrb4509
    @joeyrb45092 жыл бұрын

    Hard working, honest and genuine. Everything that you can respect.

  • @deanfirnatine7814
    @deanfirnatine78144 жыл бұрын

    That way of life is the Icon of America, may it never end

  • @CathalMcwilliams
    @CathalMcwilliams2 ай бұрын

    I would love a life like this. Pure heaven.

  • @karenjenkins4473
    @karenjenkins44734 жыл бұрын

    aint no place like montana and the cowboys and ranchers there god bless them and love n prayers for them all.. cowgirl sweetpea

  • @willm678
    @willm6784 жыл бұрын

    I live in Montana and have grown up here. This kind of life appeals to me so much. I hunt and fish with my dad and love the quiet open ranges and streams, and a lot of the people I’ve hunted with are ranchers or former ranchers. They’re all great people. A quiet life is sometimes the best.

  • @ifsheisgonetowherethere6259

    @ifsheisgonetowherethere6259

    2 жыл бұрын

    My grandpa stayed in Wisconsin after his brother and parents moved to Noxon. They started a store and various businesses there. All I know of anymore is their descendants have an outfitter's there. My grandpa got mad at his brother and changed the spelling of our name from Weare to Weir. He never spoke of them. Just before he died, the nurses said he spelled his name like the original name. Sure enough, we still had relatives there and in Ord, Nebraska with that spelling. I learned more about grandpa's brother from bits and pieces of a book called Behind These Mountains that I saw on the internet. According to the book, my grandpa had a little brother that passed away from eating an apple that must have still had insecticide on it. Montana is so Beautiful!

  • @willm678

    @willm678

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ifsheisgonetowherethere6259 that’s such an interesting story! Thanks for sharing it w me😁

  • @nancyflong
    @nancyflong2 жыл бұрын

    As always your ending words are touching!

  • @nerolsalguod4649
    @nerolsalguod46492 жыл бұрын

    I worked on the Johnson ranch on the Blackfeet res some years back. We ran 1600 pair and planted wheat , baled hay and all the things that ranchers do. What a life. I now have a small farm, like my parents did and at 68 I still enjoy the peace, the critters and especially birthing time.

  • @lawnchaser
    @lawnchaser4 жыл бұрын

    As a 25 year old, this is definitely the kind of lifestyle I want to have

  • @user-cb3de3di9y

    @user-cb3de3di9y

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just do it, just recently I started wearing cowboy boots, belt/buckle, and a hat because why not? Society can't dictate what you do or how you do it as long as it's not illegal or harmful. Being a cowboy isn't a birth right my friend, it's a mindset

  • @Darkman2083
    @Darkman20835 жыл бұрын

    A true man in a world that is sorely lacking in them.

  • @robertcalamusso4218
    @robertcalamusso42183 жыл бұрын

    A Real American ! Nice to see Gents out there like Ed.

  • @klutch8753
    @klutch87532 жыл бұрын

    As a 36 year old Filipino man i wish i could live and make a home in a place like this. Greetings from the Philippines.

  • @Hey_its_Koda
    @Hey_its_Koda5 жыл бұрын

    He looks good for his age. Time for me to start getting up early and drinking coffee.

  • @AntonioMartinez-ed3wo

    @AntonioMartinez-ed3wo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ninja k so you think that getting up early and drinking coffee makes one look good !!??

  • @46rambo49
    @46rambo496 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Ed for sharing, too many city folk are letting this lifestyle fade away.

  • @eccentricdetectorists9754
    @eccentricdetectorists97546 жыл бұрын

    He's living the Good Damn dream! A true Man an Legend.

  • @rickgunier8314

    @rickgunier8314

    4 жыл бұрын

    Eccentric Detectorist's Amen

  • @deborahgrantham7387
    @deborahgrantham73873 жыл бұрын

    Where he lives you make your own decisions, you are self motivated and you take responsibility for the results.

  • @Peter-rg4ng
    @Peter-rg4ng4 жыл бұрын

    This a TRUE American soul.

  • @marciacolvin7446
    @marciacolvin74466 жыл бұрын

    Who ever disliked is a city folk

  • @s.leemccauley7302

    @s.leemccauley7302

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yep

  • @MayaRaimondo

    @MayaRaimondo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jacob Stahl 😂

  • @MayaRaimondo

    @MayaRaimondo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Staahhhppp!!! This cowboy is a kindred spirit!

  • @canadians2214
    @canadians22143 жыл бұрын

    Very good video, and a very talented cowboy. Keep up the good work Ed. And thanks for sharing your story with us.

  • @bigehoward8338
    @bigehoward83385 жыл бұрын

    My goodness he is a relic and I hope he's family learns the way and the brand he can teach to much. What I wouldn't give for a day of riding with him

  • @MayaRaimondo
    @MayaRaimondo4 жыл бұрын

    50 hours???? 😳 I’ll buy one! That’s a work of heart.

  • @ricardoestrada1176

    @ricardoestrada1176

    4 жыл бұрын

    good morning cowgirl I love your shades they look awesome on you may God bless you Wherever You Are🌷

  • @northtexas6714
    @northtexas67145 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful man!!

  • @righand
    @righand5 жыл бұрын

    Now this is cowboy cool.

  • @winnabegobob1547
    @winnabegobob15475 жыл бұрын

    This is life I'd give it all up to be a rancher

  • @carlosgaldamez1850
    @carlosgaldamez18506 жыл бұрын

    THANKS 4 THIS VID I LOVE THIS LIFE GOD BLESS YA KEEP GOING

  • @mikestone9129
    @mikestone91296 жыл бұрын

    Montana ranchers are a dying breed.

  • @archithlon

    @archithlon

    4 жыл бұрын

    There is new blood in this spirit all over my world😁

  • @colejacob4673
    @colejacob46736 жыл бұрын

    The ranch life is the best life! I also do leather working too; it's a lost art.

  • @larryj8924
    @larryj89245 жыл бұрын

    Sadly not raised a rancher, but sure enjoy seeing a true Cowboy Rancher keep up the traditions.

  • @kherifkhamis8460
    @kherifkhamis84602 ай бұрын

    True cow boy old man.

  • @craigmonteforte1478
    @craigmonteforte14786 жыл бұрын

    Pretty cool lifestyle. Lots of talents

  • @manfredlaub1776

    @manfredlaub1776

    5 жыл бұрын

    AND A LOT OF WORK

  • @StuckInNy
    @StuckInNy6 жыл бұрын

    Very Nice! Things like this I take with me!

  • @socaloutdoors7355
    @socaloutdoors73556 жыл бұрын

    Pretty spry for 73!!!...that cowboy way of life must be the secret.

  • @ratherbwithhorses

    @ratherbwithhorses

    5 жыл бұрын

    @The Bohannon Cannon great comment. The war on all things animal keeps people alienated from real life. The claiming all things animal related as cruel scan easy lie to spread to those who have no life with animals.

  • @bodhixxx1
    @bodhixxx15 жыл бұрын

    I was born into agriculture back in 1977. Grew up on a irrigated cow place /crop farm now over in eastern Montana on a Dryland cow place no crop no haying and I notice less and less cow people. Being a transplant usually the daughters of a rancher bring home some "dude" and then they expand their ranch as far as male cowboys on our own ranch we are a dying breed my life summed up will be a fart in the wind.

  • @lesterchristensen4287
    @lesterchristensen42875 жыл бұрын

    Talk about freedom.

  • @stripes7153
    @stripes71535 жыл бұрын

    There's lots of people like this, people just don't know about them because they don't leave the city. All over New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona there's these kinds of people. I'm sure there's plenty in other states, including California too. There's definitely fewer now, but still quite a lot. Everyone marvelling at him makes me laugh. He's very skillful, but not alone.

  • @whitter86

    @whitter86

    4 жыл бұрын

    there are people like this in every state. If there's a cow in the state there's a cow poke workin em may not have a big ol operation but theyre the backbone of the country. Same with farmers

  • @Ghostrider-oc4ni
    @Ghostrider-oc4ni2 жыл бұрын

    He's my grandpa

  • @glxylzrz2496
    @glxylzrz24963 жыл бұрын

    Montana Ranchers and texas cowboys are still cowboys but totally different at the same time 🤠

  • @mvtv-montanavigilantetv5976
    @mvtv-montanavigilantetv5976 Жыл бұрын

    After losing a rental in the small mining town of Marysville, I ended up (2.5 weeks in) on an 1850s homestead ranch SE of Ashland -- just a tad west 'n north of Alzada. NOT working it; renting from the aging legacy children happy with Billings. Still stunned daily only to see the vast hand tools, equipment and things necessary to carve out a life here. All I can do to mow back the jungle. Merely walking outside can stop you in your tracks by the beauty, howling coyotes or even the SNAPPING TURTLES that wander up from the pond. ("winter'? nah, it'll be fine." yikes!)

  • @jaimelopez4711
    @jaimelopez47115 жыл бұрын

    Fuck yah would love rhat life style good 4 him and 007

  • @benedictomenjivar5152
    @benedictomenjivar51525 жыл бұрын

    How can I get in touch with him to buy some spurs?

  • @donaldmcintoshdonaldmcinto8704
    @donaldmcintoshdonaldmcinto87044 жыл бұрын

    There are still cowboys out there,you just can’t see them from the road. Cowboys are as common as sin.

  • @carlosmontana8840

    @carlosmontana8840

    4 жыл бұрын

    Every time they do one of these they act or literally say the last cowboy. Stupid.

  • @sheerwillsurvival2064
    @sheerwillsurvival20645 жыл бұрын

    Living the dream my dream someday

  • @boruth420

    @boruth420

    4 жыл бұрын

    By the grace of God

  • @ssgtsouth
    @ssgtsouth4 жыл бұрын

    Hope this wrangler is still going strong.

  • @brycebertolino7017
    @brycebertolino70175 жыл бұрын

    I have hung around with those old boys. They have to have MBA skills to keep those places running even if they inherited them. Then there’s the stamina and physical strength. They could knock your blank straight. We’ve hauled cattle for them on a handshake. He probably has to mechanic and butcher wood along with pulling calves.

  • @beverlydavis1216

    @beverlydavis1216

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'PMm

  • @c_turfgrass7773
    @c_turfgrass77732 жыл бұрын

    How do I contact this gentleman?

  • @lemmepitts8296
    @lemmepitts82963 жыл бұрын

    Everybody wants to be a cowboy intill it's time to do cowboy stuff

  • @orfie25
    @orfie255 жыл бұрын

    02:28 Silver Life

  • @luissramirezz9349
    @luissramirezz93495 жыл бұрын

    Go to mexico & you’ll see a bunch of ranchers

  • @skyfull1558
    @skyfull15585 жыл бұрын

    Why they aren't no more outlaws on horseback !

  • @olchat2012
    @olchat20125 жыл бұрын

    And they've tried telling us John Wayne was it...

  • @Geometry_Class14528
    @Geometry_Class145284 жыл бұрын

    Why so manny views !!!!!!!!

  • @bosse641
    @bosse6414 жыл бұрын

    True American. Sadly a dying breed. America is soon history.

  • @andywerner838
    @andywerner8383 жыл бұрын

    Poor ranchers lol ill be happy to give you some cheese and crackers with your whine

  • @waltersickinger1499
    @waltersickinger14993 жыл бұрын

    Take away the horse and a cowboy is no more romantic than a ditch digger.

  • @sosapablo1995
    @sosapablo19955 жыл бұрын

    If he is a cowboy, where are the cows??

  • @suzieparis6821

    @suzieparis6821

    5 жыл бұрын

    Its about whays in the heart first..Honor Respect for starters