Vaquero, Californio, Buckaroo, Ranch Roping, Hackamore Horse Calf Branding

[@Rideonasunset]

No yelling, hollering, just professional patience and teaching when needed. Beautiful respectful, artful, mindful

[@redhorse8937]

Nice quiet horse handling, no drama, no wrecks. And I'm amazed that these men are wearing white shirts, and they're CLEAN!

[@woodwardthomaspeer1384]

Nice horse, I love all the nice equipment

[@2degucitas]

They take pride in their clothing and tack. Nicely done.

[@modernvaquero]

First, thanks to everyone for your kind remarks :-) The rider you saw with the rein attached at the mouth piece was 12 years old when the video was shot. I believe this was his first time branding in a two rein. His father attached the rein high to avoid any accidental pressure on the horses mouth as the young man learned to handle his rope and reins under the pressure of a working situation. Thanks and Vaya con Dios

[@jakefryberger3177]

Good job guys I love all the gear you use and sing people take their time to work cattle is such a joy. The old ways are a lot better than just running them through a chute

[@215jami]

Those Cattlemen are good enough for a PHD in Horsemanship and not only that ,I appreciate the long sleve tradition.

[@MRREE-zw6xc]

damn it shows how long and how practiced they are at it. those were some clean hind leg roping they made it look easy

[@VeloxTrainingGroup]

Sweet job! Nice low stress work, good to see someone keeping up with traditions.

[@craftykimmer]

Wow is all I can say. Only 9 months under saddle? Woooooo. I wish I had a 10th of that skill. What a nice horse and great job of training her.

[@bridgerartists]

I bought one of your videos- Beginning Vaquero Style ranch roping- and it has helped me a lot- actually i am about to leave for an all day cattle drive. Thank you so much!!!

[@MissBBunnies]

I love that you guys treat not only your horses but also your cattle with great respect. You guys are great at what you do! Thanks for showing people how it should be done!

[@whimperer]

easy to watch~keep them coming for her. a horseman's pride is easy to justify when it is for the horse rather than the crew. ken

[@granitehills2t]

While I love and appreciate the Great Basin method of branding, I fully understand that folks in other areas need to get branding done faster, because they have irrigation, fencing, farming, etc to do in the spring. Obviously heading and heeling is sooo much better for the horses and ropers but it takes longer and some ole boys (like my Dad) want to get it done faster by dragging to the fire and flatassing.

[@codypendant1]

Nice horse, you rarely git out of a walk. Nice rope-work, too. Slow n easy. I can't dally worth a dang,lol. I got my start in Cuttin' horses, and now I'm workin' on my Roping. Yer horse is framed up nicely and is off to a great start... c):~)

[@modernvaquero]

Shawn, actually no their is not. Ear tags are pretty worthless as they are regularly lost, microchips are relatively easy to cut out, and in many Western states branding cattle for identification is the law. Cattle theft is still a big problem and their really is no other effective and reliable method of identifying cattle, especially those that run on the open range. That is why it is against the law to have cattle that are not branded.

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[@7kole4]

Wish a young buckaroo like me from Idaho could work with an older vaquero like yourself. @ModernVaquero

[@alkaliinc1181]

It seems a lot more efficient and less stress on the livestock to heel and drag to wrestlers or a norfork

[@robgriz72]

alkali inc I’ve heard arguments for both. It comes down to the owners preference, it’s his calves you’re branding so you do it his way

[@modernvaquero]

jccrick123... Most of the guys are using polys but I am using a nylon. The other video I have posted of the same horse I am using a rawhide reata though 215jami... Thnaks :-) Vaya con Dios

[@7kole4]

id love to work with an experienced vaquero like yourself, im only 21 and have always buckaroo'd in Idaho.. i want to work with someonoe like yourself.

[@modernvaquero]

Ya, I don't throw many fancy shots when I am schooling a green horse, especially when it is the first branding like it was with this mare. I usually keep my focus on making a fancy horse and leave the fancy loops to you younger guys :-)

[@50magnum805]

The California vaqueros are originally from Baja California more specifically Baja California sur. This is where they get their name California’s or cuerudos. The cowboy that was in countered with Western expansion by the United States were actually chinacos (like the one in the video), Who after their bravery in the battle against Spain were granted large portions of land in California. This cowboys hat was brim with silver buttons all over and their saddle was identical to la silla charra (saldivar) from central Mexico but with a smaller horn as well as a longer lasso/rope that they took into battle.The Spaniards brought the horse and horsemanship that they learn from the moors Which later developed in central Mexico to the style of herding with a lasso( from la farro ha)and saddle with a horn(from the Spanish war saddle).

[@LJPMotorsports]

wrong

[@LJPMotorsports]

Cattle was big business in alta Calfornia prior to the U.S. invasion. The Californios (in the modern state of California, on the U.S. side) traded cattle hide, which is why they were called California bank notes by the Americans when they arrived.

[@mariepi]

Baja California is a desert without grass , only camels can live in that land

[@50magnum805]

@@mariepi what are you talking about? How about you take some landscape ecology classes before you comment. The Baja California terrain is arid. That’s why the Cowboys that come from there are called cuerudos ( original Californios) aviada.blogspot.com/2015/10/la-cuera-del-ranchero-sud-californiano.html?m=1 The Cowboys from Alta California are actually from Chinacos from central Mexico. They were granted large land portions of land in Alta California when Mexico won the war for independence against Spain as they were brave fighters in the war usually using their long riatas and garrochas as weapons. www.highnoon.com/hn-ss8-2010feature.html

[@TheMariepi3]

Cows in Baja California South only ate cactus ! (there is no grass)

[@modernvaquero]

Granitehills2t.... for some reason the buckaroos here in the great basin call it "the California side" when you rope a calf frome the right side. I lived the first 30+ years of my life on the Central Coase of Claifornia (Santa Ynez/Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/Atascadero) and most folks there heel claver from the left side so I am not quite sure how that saying came about?

[@sly3232]

Love this video would love to participate in that one day

[@bandaid69]

I like the lite color stovepipe chaps!

[@mquigly1547]

Around here youd be looking for a new job you rope a 150lb calf around the neck in the branding pen. Nice horses and good hands. Hell of a heal shot at 5:30 and a 6:50.

[@claudiapark9390]

Great video, would like to see the brand you use.

[@gmwwc]

nice work. low stress

[@fancigal]

very nice horse! Level headed and calm, love to see a horse like that during their first real bit of work. Just curious, but how large is that operation?

[@RaulMartinez-bf3ll]

There's actually misconception when it comes to the Californio vaquero. The Californio vaquero has its Origins in the Baja area and never even migrated up into Alta California. These California vaqueros adopted the vestiment from the soldado de cuera and further develop in Baja. The cowboys that we see in California are actually chinacos which were granted land in California after the independence of Mexico. When the Mexican-American War started a lot of Americans noticed the ferocity and skills that these chinacos cowboys had fighting against the Americans that they later adopted the tradition and mispronaunce the word vaquero with bukaroo.

[@modernvaquero]

Raul Martinez Actually it goes back more than that. It goes back well before Mexico was it's own nation. The California vaquero goes back the the Spanish vaquero and many actually wanted to keep California separate from Mexico when Mexico declared independence from Spain.

[@RaulMartinez-bf3ll]

California Bridle Horse Native Americans, mestizos and criollos are the ones who gave birth to the Mexicans. There is many kinds of cowboys in Mexico but one of the first was the charro and chinacos (californio/bakorro). The Charo was usually a Criollo( white born in spanish Mexico) that evolved from the spanish horsemen. The vaquero came later and originated in the mexican State of chihuahua. The vaqueros were predominantly Mestizos( European/Native American mix) since Native Americans were not allowed to ride horses in Spanish Mexico. Calling a charro a vaquero was actually an insult back in the day since mestizos were seen as inferior or less then their white counterparts. Many of these cattle workers( vaqueros) adopted a lot of the Charros techniques and spread North seeking their own land. In northern Mexico is where they further evolved and this is why Chihuahua is known as the capital of the vaquero in Mexico. The Cowboy from Texas is almost identical to the northern Mexico vaquero because the techniques and vestiment was adopted from the vaquero. The true Californio cowboy has its origin in Baja California sur ( vaquero californiano) that due to their isolation and distance of the rest of Mexico evolved a bit differently. Furthermore, this cowboy was isolated and was rarely even found in Northern Baja. The chinacos were the ones that would later be known as Californios in the United States but are actually from the middle region of Mexico ( like the charro), these cowboy where granted land in great portions of Alta California during after Mexicos independence. Moreover, these chinacos where admired for their bravery and skills by the Americans during the Mexican-American War, theses cowboys fought viciously against the Americans as well as the French. No one in Spanish Mexico wanted to be a part of the Spanish Empire because even the Spanish where above a criollo ( white born in spanish Mexico). The Spanish were simply Horseman which were the stepping stone for.the vaquero. Even the Spanish didn't denominate there self vaqueros, they were referred to as Caballeros or soldados de cuera. A lot of the elements of the North American Cowboy like the lazzo, chap, type of spurs and vestments were introduced by the Mexicans to the Americans. The Spanish didn't use the lasso and it developed in Mexico just like the lasso developed independently in other country's like Argentina.

[@RaulMartinez-bf3ll]

California Bridle Horse Many of the criollo generations grew up in Spanish Mexico and had never set a foot in Spain, this is why they sympathize with the land they grew up on and lived on their whole life. The people who stayed in Mexico wherehappy to have acquired their independence because just like Americans, they were tired of being controlled and taxed buy a European power. After the Mexican-American War many Mexicans/ Spanish wear executed and hung due to racism and obtaining their land. Also, the American government made them prove that that land was given to them by the Mexican Government knowing that they did not speak English (they could not protect there self in court) or had any sort of identification that could prove that the land was granted to them. This was simply an excuse to obtain land from them. I don't understand what you mean that California wanted their independence, some of the first people to be deported from California where actually Americans, this was a law that was put in place by theCalifornia/mexican government. Moreover, the Mexican Government had already developed an understanding that the Anglo Americans coming into the country were simply filibusters trying cause a Revolt (which ultimately did happen). I stated Mexican mestizos as well as Mexicans of strong Spanish descent were being executed or simply fleadh further deep into Mexico to avoid persecution. The Mexican from California where aware of what had happened in Texas and feared for their life. This is the reason they where not too fond of the American Invaders. To concluded, due to much of the cattle being abandoned by the mexican heading south, many american later recruited Mexicans from across the border to show them how to work the cattle on land they where not familiar with. Racism and discrimination towards Mexicans and spanish continue well into the 50s and 60s.

[@daniellozada3408]

Raul Martinez thank you for sharing some valuable history(our mestizo heritage) the vaquero cultura started in what is now Northern Mexico... Politics have zero to do with the vaquero culture

[@RaulMartinez-bf3ll]

Daniel Lozada yeah you're right, the traditional North American Cowboy Origins come from northern Mexico, more specifically chihuahua. It might not be my major, but I do minor in Hispanic studies😉

[@tyrellmecham2946]

Looks really good! Do you have any tips on how to get a horse acting like yours?

[@eccentricdetectorists9754]

Tyrell Mecham Purchase a " cutting horse". Out of Oregon. Anything with the bloodline of "LittlePeppy Conger" would do well. Or about 5 years of cowpunching to gain the experience.

[@henryhenry903]

Eccentric Detectorist's im not sure what you seen that I didn’t to say you would need cutting bloodlines to make a roping horse all it takes is something big enough ( lots of cutting lines are a little small) and fast enough to keep up with a small calf as they are the fastest thing you will be chasing and then a good cowboy (most important part of any good horse)to give him a job for a while

[@omardediosgonzalez630]

Good horse

[@granitehills2t]

At 2:20 or so someone says "He's coming in on that California side" What does that mean? Looks like a scoop shot to me. The scoop shot it alot more effective if the calf sees you, to avoid windmilling. Right?

[@TheNinerion]

amazing! I want to do this kind of stuff too!

[@foiran]

I noticed a guy was riding two rein but he had the reins on the bit behind where the bar joins the shanks rather than on the shanks, I’ve never seen that before, why was he riding like that? Thanks.

[@franciscojosecano2217]

esos bucaros con esa caballeria vestimenta y sombreros ANDALUSE la cultura de ganado que llevo ANDALUSIA al continente americano desde alaska norte al sur a la tierra de fuego

[@bodeycowboy841]

nice loops really great rope work on a green colt or filly

[@slaterhorsetraining]

Dang.... sure running those cows a lot

[@modernvaquero]

🤣

[@manuelbaraldo9843]

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[@shawnmckech4636]

Boy PETA would love this video, lol

[@bullantoffroad]

peta suck

[@RailWayBandit]

Shawn Mckech Fuck PETA!

[@robgriz72]

Who cares 🤷‍♂️

[@scottmay100]

what outfit is this?

[@modernvaquero]

mquigly1547, Funny how different things are depending on where you come from. Where I grew up in California you would be sent packing if you heeld them and drug them to the fire.

[@allanlavallee7171]

And in Saskatchewan you heeled and brought them in. Two heels and nothing else. Different customs

[@ropenride737]

you have a very pretty mare and this was an interesting little video :) Maybe you can answer a nagging question for me.....it's one of those I just can't figure out and it bothers me to no end... What are thoses vaquero style hats called that you wear- the round, flat brimmed ones with a slight lift in the back? a silly question I know, but this is just killing me!!

[@westernbuckaroo4889]

Hannah Andrews it has many names such as a vaquero, a buckaroo or just a flat brim or flat top, that hat usually shows that that take after the buckaroo style to an extent if not all the way. It’s just a certain style. Hope that helps!

[@granitehills2t]

Roping with a two-rein now that takes skill! Or really big hands...........

[@dudusuperfa667]

vaqueiro :-) Brasio:-) :-) :-) 10:-) :-)

[@ROPEFAST06]

A mexican charro would have a field day here...

[@martinabiviera4188]

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[@shawnmckech4636]

In this day in age, there isn't another way to mark animals than by using a scalding hot branding iron?

[@woodwardthomaspeer1384]

I say, with everyone else being "allowed to hold onto thier root's and traditions", why not let them hold thier's?

[@AnnieOakley379]

Not really. Freeze branding is a more stressful process for cattle, & eartags are easy to remove by thieves. The calves are running & playing again minutes after being branded. They're fine.

[@robgriz72]

Simply put? No. It is the most effective and proficient way for us to mark our calves

[@sofiebrammer1482]

And you seriously consider it somehow manly to treat a baby cow like that?

[@Ethan-lj7jh]

Shut the fuck up snowflake

[@sofiebrammer1482]

@@Ethan-lj7jh I guess the snowflake is obviously more the one who needs to fight against a calf to feel manly. I would Not care at all if the calf would do that voluntarily, but sadly it doesn't. You can Not ask it and you can clearly see at their behavior (and by using common sense) that they do Not like that.

[@Ethan-lj7jh]

@@sofiebrammer1482 well no shit it isn’t gonna volunteer for that but it’s what needs to happen

[@sofiebrammer1482]

@@Ethan-lj7jh Why does it "need to happen"?

[@robgriz72]

@@sofiebrammer1482 mostly because it’s the law. It shows ownership of the calf and prevents/discourages theft. And it has absolutely nothing to do with being “manly”. Men, women, boys and girls participate in our brandings

[@melissagasvoda1239]

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[@martinabiviera4188]

retta.

[@rileytindra3554]

Sad

[@quanahglade9073]

how is it sad

[@sofiebrammer1482]

@@quanahglade9073 It's sad to treat a baby cow like that, just for fun and showing how manly you are. They are stressed, they are afraid. They Don't Like to be treaten like that, that is more than obvious.

[@Ethan-lj7jh]

@@sofiebrammer1482 it’s a calf and it’s not helpless then can really kick hard

[@sofiebrammer1482]

@@Ethan-lj7jh Oh yes, that shows that it likes to be treaten like that and makes it less pathetic to fight against a baby. Not.

[@Ethan-lj7jh]

@@sofiebrammer1482 it’s not a helpless baby it’s a calf it’s tough they can survive in 60 below whether there tough the brand probably freaks them out more than it hurts them