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The Truth About Ranching - The Story of a 5th Generation (1909) Montana Rancher
Chisholm Christensen (named after Jesse Chisholm), a 5th Generation Rancher and Montanan, gives us a unique behind the scenes look at what Ranching is really like in the 21st century. The Ranch started in 1909, where for 5 generations and over hundred years they have been raising cattle on the same land his great great grandfather homesteaded. Chisholm admits, "All of them figured out a way to be sustainable, so I guess it's my turn.
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Directed by: Cody Adams
Cinematography: Cody Adams and Paris Bread
Editing and Color: Cody Adams
Produced by: Cody Adams, Paris Bread, Brandon Kishpaugh
Talent: Chisholm Christensen, Chris Christensen, Donna Christensen
Thanks to Carol Christensen for hosting the team!
Ranching is more than just a job, its a lifestyle, a way of living. That life is often subject to factors outside of their control, where life and death are a daily reality. In the film we explore the themes of life and death, family, tradition, music, God, politics, and the future of Ranching.
We happened to be filming during tagging season, a time when cows are giving birth to their young. It is a fresh start to a new year. There really is no down time, while the camera crew was sleeping, the family was taking night shifts to monitor the herd and the new calves.
They all had plenty of stories to share about some years that were harder than others, and shared pictures of calves in the house to keep them warm during snowstorms and cold weather. Somehow though, they all rely on each other, and learn from the past generations. There is respect and pride in tradition and the past, but also a great excitement for progress in the future.
Hollywood's stories of the West are often over dramatized, skewed from reality. Nothing wrong with that in terms of entertainment value, just as long as we know there are real people out there, working cattle, caring for the land, and providing us beef for the dinner table. It's easy in this modern life to take it all for granted, especially when it comes trimmed and packaged from the grocery store.
The Truth About Ranching is a film to uncover the truths behind ranching. Many of us a far removed from such a life and remain curious about what really goes on behind the scenes. What is really running through the mind of those who are out there doing it?
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Traditional Cattle Branding In Central Montana - Waid Ranch est. 1897
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Not all traditions are dead, there are some are worth preserving. The Waid Ranch branded its first animal in 1897. Since then thousands of cattle were raised and sold. In the old days the cattle were driven down to the railyard and sent off to the slaughter. The Brand was the mark of ownership. Without a brand a rancher could not prove he was selling his cattle or his neighbors. Today the brand...
A Short Story About Giving Art A Try | SR Presents | Brush and Needle
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Its never too late to pick up a new passion. Avery Shamek is a man of talents and motivation. He was sort of a late bloomer when it came to art and his passion for it. He works in the Smith and Rogue warehouse by day, does tattoo work in his downstairs studio, as well as digital illustration and all sorts of techniques including pencil, pastel, and watercolor. A Smith and Rogue in House Product...
Handmade Western Hats in Montana (SR x Cofer) | Crown of the West
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Making western hats by hand started as a hobby in his Airstream Trailer, the rest is history. As a Montana brand ourselves, we are always on the lookout for other creators doing rad stuff in our home state. And after meeting John and Gina we had no doubts about a the beginning of a partnership. With John as the Hatter, and Gina the Manager, they make a pretty darn good team, and seem to really ...
The Ski Hill All to Ourselves Up At Showdown MT - Committee Ep. 21
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An Heirloom 1968 Ford Bronco Story - Bloodline
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His Grandpa purchased the Bronco back in 68, not for its looks, but for its utilitarian nature. Over the years it has transformed into a head turner. Mike's Bronco was passed down to his father, and from his father to him after spending long nights in the garage swapping engines and getting her road-worthy. Some day Mike hopes to pass on the torch, and maybe yell at his kids for not holding the...
Backcountry Snowboarding/Skiing near Neihart Montana and Showdown Ski Hill - The Committee Ep. 20
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We met up with some of the Committee near Neihart Montana for a late season lap not far from the Inconvenience Store and one of our favorite spots Bob's Bar. If you look closely, AJ is wearing a prototype of our new ski shell called the Yata. We are working on developing bibs to match as well. Stay tuned for more on those (Max can't wait to get his hands on one). This short trip included a cree...
Three Six Five Highland Alpaca Socks - Made in Peru (Alpaca and Pima Cotton)
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Our classic crew is made for longevity and comfort and we took our baby Alpaca fiber to a new level. With slightly more stretch than the Highlands Boot Sock, it's designed for everyday wear to keep up with you and whatever you're doing. The fiber in these socks has a close connection with the ancient practices of the Peruvian Highland Shepherds. Ancient Incan culture valued Alpaca, perhaps even...
Born in the Eighties - A Short Story About A Barn Find Vintage Honda Motorcycle
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Although vintage bikes all have their own quirks, they sure are a lot of fun to ride. And that is what its all about. For Brandon his 81 Honda XL500S brings him back to a simpler time one before computers took over the world. He is originally from Oregon (where he found the bike in a barn), and has recently been added to the Smith and Rogue Team here in Montana. Brandon's Getup Original Canvas ...
Behind the Scenes of Finding Waldron (A Backcountry Snowboarding Film) - with Darren Wood
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"Probably one of the coolest things I have ever done." Darren and Paris Bread met up with the rest of the crew morning of day two. Their objective, the drone photography. To their luck the weather held up for the whole day, letting us capture the magnitude of the mountains along the Rocky Mountain Front and what lies behind it, the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Darren (and Paris) were comfortable on...
A Backcountry Snowboarding Film - Finding Waldron
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Many don't see Montana like this, from the solitary snow pit atop the remote Front Range in Central Montana. No motorized vehicles, movie sets, or movie stars, just purple mountains and jagged peaks rising out of an ancient sea floor. As the guys winter camp among the trees and explore new lines on splitboards, they learn something from the unique experience, about their environment and their p...
Finding Waldron - Official Trailer - A Montana Backcountry Splitboarding Film
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Coming Fall 2023. Starring AJ Korslien, Maxx Galland, and Scott Moss. Finding Waldron - Trekking Beyond Boundaries, is a dive into the spirit of adventure. Why do men put themselves at risk for a few moments of bliss beyond what is considered ordinary? What is there to gain from such adventure? Three guys go off and find adventure along the Rocky Mountain Front outside of Choteau, Montana. Many...
Ramble On Backpack - A One Bag System For Travel
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The Camp Roll | 100% Cotton Canvas Shell + 100% Cotton Lining
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Nikwax Hydrophobic Treated Down Demo
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2023 Women's Denim Guide | An Overview with Taylor D
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Montana Obstacle Challenge | 2022 Knucklebuster (Raising Money for Veteran Healing)
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How Many Liters in a Duffel/Duffle is Enough for your Next Adventure? | You Ask We Answer
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New York's Garment District Still Carries the Torch - Clothes Made in the USA
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Flips and Chips - A Skateboarding Tour Across Montana (Great Falls, Helena, Cascade, Lincoln)
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Bob Marshall Jacket and Vest | Wool Insulated and DWR Treated Designed in Montana
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Shirt or Jacket? We Call it the Shacket | Introducing the Roamer and Drifter Shackets
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Hammerschlagen With the Committee (Also Known as Stump, Nails) | Committee Episode 21
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How to Stuff Our Jackets Into Their Pocket | For Efficient Packing/Camping Pillow
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Tommy's Park Episode 2 | Camps, Cliff Jumps and Creeks in Hawaii
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @jessicalmcdaniel9878
    @jessicalmcdaniel9878 13 годин тому

    The direction this country is going is sickening…we need MORE folks like this family! We need more ranchers! More people working for a honest living, doing something meaningful with their life. God Bless the ranchers

  • @jessicalmcdaniel9878
    @jessicalmcdaniel9878 14 годин тому

    Only want American beef. From the American rancher. Thank you sir, for all that you do, and your family does. From an equine enthusiast in North Carolina

  • @margaretporkolab7166
    @margaretporkolab7166 2 дні тому

    I was born in the wrong country. Mind you I rode everything insight since I was 2. Also went out to get dads cattle on my pony. Even if it was a 800 feet to the gate. Great video God Bless you all and stay out of the 22 count. From Ontario Canada

  • @jacmlondon
    @jacmlondon 2 дні тому

    First Grandson born 4wks ago. Time to rethink who will be stewarding this good land the Father has entrusted me with.

  • @michaeldoherty2289
    @michaeldoherty2289 2 дні тому

    Enjoyed the film. Good spokespersons for the ranching way of life. Very educated, articulate, and fascinating personalities. But I am thinking that its just fostering the stereotypes he talked about. The devils in the details. How are you treating the land? What are you doing specifically to make sure you treat private land the same as public land? So many other questions. No matter what course in life we choose, there are highs and lows. Most are dedicated to their path and give their all. The difference is, these folks have a very definite impact on the land , air, and water. Their actions affect us all very directly. And I think its magnified in a way that it's imperative that they grow and change with the needs of society and the earth itself. That did come out in the film, but I didn't see a lot of detail of what is being done to foster positive change. My experience with cattle ranching in Southern Idaho is not one of stewardship, but of public land chewed down to the dirt by overgrazing. Wildlife taking a back seat to cattle (or even persecuted) on critical winter range or summer grazing range. I hope that has changed with young ranchers like this gentleman, but I suspect it hasn't changed all that much.

  • @michaeldoherty2289
    @michaeldoherty2289 2 дні тому

    Its all about truth and forgiveness....then how does a rancher vote as they do?

  • @justinclements8762
    @justinclements8762 3 дні тому

    Great video, I vote this family have their own show. Also, this rancher should record in a studio and release tracks.

  • @susanheckelman285
    @susanheckelman285 3 дні тому

    I guess if you tried to use dogs, thinking cattle dogs, to keep the cow off her calf long enough for you to tag, vaccinate and band it, that would make the cow more aggressive in the present of a dog? I know most Border Collies are not strong enough for cattle, but one would think you could use a few good dogs for extra backup is needed.

    • @adamcleff5722
      @adamcleff5722 3 дні тому

      Dogs make a cow more protective and aggressive in a newborn situation.

  • @rolvinsalas5409
    @rolvinsalas5409 3 дні тому

    Ranchers are very important for every society, social stability, economic and environmental relevance, the problem is when a country give a lot subsidies and this subsidies provoke a huge cheap exportable production , and that production desestabilize other markets ,, I belive the agricultural sector of every country need help, but do not export subsidized products , cause ruin other ranchers and farms that do no recived those financial help ,,, rancher and farmer are part of a culture and spirit of a society , they give us our dairy food

  • @davidwilson7021
    @davidwilson7021 4 дні тому

    This guy could make a hit with his song.🎉

  • @harryw8474
    @harryw8474 4 дні тому

    Stellar video

  • @MartyGuerrero-ex4ou
    @MartyGuerrero-ex4ou 4 дні тому

    Stolen land

  • @Duck95ish
    @Duck95ish 4 дні тому

    God bless our farmers

  • @berntout3697
    @berntout3697 5 днів тому

    Stop the music!

  • @milliebanks7209
    @milliebanks7209 5 днів тому

    Love your story! Have subscribed and hope that this channel continues your story and is not some random story. Will see.

  • @gregoryivesdolbyatmosmusic
    @gregoryivesdolbyatmosmusic 5 днів тому

    Good job! My wife's family up there in Montana!

  • @nickwarner4613
    @nickwarner4613 6 днів тому

    Please tell me this song is available somewhere

  • @BillyBCM
    @BillyBCM 6 днів тому

    song at the end?

  • @ryanbeenken9937
    @ryanbeenken9937 6 днів тому

    Awesome video! So great to see the story behind these ranchers.

  • @ObsidianWolves
    @ObsidianWolves 7 днів тому

    Beautifully filmed documentary. Thank you for sharing.

  • @americannavajopatriot9412
    @americannavajopatriot9412 7 днів тому

    God bless🙏🏽the American farmers and ranchers🇺🇸 👍🏾God's blessings✝️ Deuteronomy 28:4-14 (New International Version) 4. The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock-the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. 5. Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. 6. You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. 7. The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven. 8. The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you. 9. The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him. 10. Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will fear you. 11. The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity-in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground-in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. 12. The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. 13. The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. 14. Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them. 🇺🇸Navajo Nation Arizona, USA🇺🇸

  • @SpicyArizonaRooster369
    @SpicyArizonaRooster369 7 днів тому

    44am

  • @garthtagge3526
    @garthtagge3526 8 днів тому

    Those are terrible rowels to use on a horse!

    • @user-sw9zc5jj6p
      @user-sw9zc5jj6p 8 днів тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂 I gotta hear this...... Please tell us

  • @TheBlueCollarConservative
    @TheBlueCollarConservative 9 днів тому

    Thank you for this. Many in the #Keto and #carnivore community need to see more videos like this! Thank you Smith+Rogue!

  • @full5rounds449
    @full5rounds449 9 днів тому

    Methane is only a "greenhouse gas" if the atmosphere doesn't have any water vapor in it. But guess what...?

  • @Brian-ej7uk
    @Brian-ej7uk 9 днів тому

    You either quit or keep going. They both hurt.

  • @edwardsimpson1583
    @edwardsimpson1583 9 днів тому

    Many thanks for sharing, the lady playing and singing was the best. Many thanks.

  • @victorialawless7660
    @victorialawless7660 10 днів тому

    I love this! Especially the bit about plant based meat. He's spot on.

    • @smithandrogue
      @smithandrogue 10 днів тому

      Agreed!

    • @kala3019
      @kala3019 7 днів тому

      Lol definitely clever. Though I would say there’s a difference between the machine creating the meat vs the “machine” itself being the meat haha

  • @larryschoenhoff4067
    @larryschoenhoff4067 10 днів тому

    The biggest problem with the cattle industry is the political turmoil that is always put on the people of this country so they can keep their power and control. ( From a cattle producer from Illinois, good luck to your future)

  • @Middyman43
    @Middyman43 10 днів тому

    What was that song at the end

    • @smithandrogue
      @smithandrogue 10 днів тому

      "Bloodline" by Chisholm Christensen

    • @Middyman43
      @Middyman43 7 днів тому

      @@smithandrogue thank you, it was done wonderfully

  • @acep2776
    @acep2776 10 днів тому

    My family, last name Newby, came to Montana to Homestead in the 1890s. They built a ranch over the years and watched the town of Chinook develop from the ground up.

  • @Pasoscortos
    @Pasoscortos 11 днів тому

    Precioso testimonio de esta Familia de Rancheros, God bless you and ur Family , Jesse Chisholm

  • @earllaiho588
    @earllaiho588 11 днів тому

    Great video!!!

  • @jan544
    @jan544 11 днів тому

    Yellowstone

    • @user-sw9zc5jj6p
      @user-sw9zc5jj6p 8 днів тому

      @jan544...... WHAT IN THE HELL are you trying to say?.......that made no sense😂😂😂😂

    • @Middyman43
      @Middyman43 2 дні тому

      Best national park out there!!

  • @missyq8979
    @missyq8979 11 днів тому

    Good folks and a good video 😊

  • @bradyjohnson6436
    @bradyjohnson6436 11 днів тому

    If anyone wants to hear more from Chisholm, he narrated his great-great-grandfathers story of riding the cattle trails up to Montana. It’s called Cow Tales. ua-cam.com/video/SM2okBkfxv4/v-deo.htmlsi=2wXYIhSM-k5oM6Uh

  • @Sunsetluver1
    @Sunsetluver1 11 днів тому

    20 minutes in,really enjoying this but it would be nice if the captions were bigger.

  • @AlanAdams-l3v
    @AlanAdams-l3v 11 днів тому

    Enjoyed the film! It’s good to know we have men like Chisholm in America!

  • @timhammonds2382
    @timhammonds2382 11 днів тому

    EPIC ❤

  • @timothyjackson8299
    @timothyjackson8299 12 днів тому

    Awesome video!!!

  • @jwhfab
    @jwhfab 12 днів тому

    Great video !

  • @MrRyanmcmahon
    @MrRyanmcmahon 12 днів тому

    Well done, some true grit there. How can I find out the hunting opportunities you have on your property? Thanks

    • @smithandrogue
      @smithandrogue 11 днів тому

      Send us a dm on Instagram

    • @MrRyanmcmahon
      @MrRyanmcmahon 10 днів тому

      @@smithandrogue I am not on Instagram or any social media. any other way? maybe an email? Thanks

    • @user-sw9zc5jj6p
      @user-sw9zc5jj6p 8 днів тому

      ​@@MrRyanmcmahon😊😊😊Dude,if you can afford to hunt these places...... ADOPT ME PLEASE.

    • @MrRyanmcmahon
      @MrRyanmcmahon 8 днів тому

      @@user-sw9zc5jj6p I doubt it, I was just looking to find out

  • @johna5669
    @johna5669 12 днів тому

    Most people don't understand the sacrifice our ranchers make nor the love for the rural life. The only place I ever found peace was on my horse in the wide open spaces.

  • @deanaltman6841
    @deanaltman6841 12 днів тому

    Good stuff. That was a really good song also.

    • @smithandrogue
      @smithandrogue 12 днів тому

      Thanks! Yeah Chisholm is a talented singer/songwriter and a man of many other talents as well.

  • @elgringoperdido.
    @elgringoperdido. 12 днів тому

    Thanks for this interesting and beautiful documentary!

  • @palomo1ful
    @palomo1ful 14 днів тому

    This lands belongs to the Native Americans you stole there land

    • @sailormoon517
      @sailormoon517 9 днів тому

      Well ol’ son the Indians likely were on the land where you live too. Maybe you should give ‘em’ your house…

    • @user-sw9zc5jj6p
      @user-sw9zc5jj6p 8 днів тому

      😂😂😂😂😂........ @palomo1ful Give it a rest....😂😂😂😂 Go watch the clip from the movie bury my heart at wounded knee and the meeting between sitting bull and the Army in officer. Before you comment about something,you really should at least be somewhat knowledgeable..... BUT......like the other guy says,if you feel guilty..... GIVE THEM YOUR HOUSE.

  • @nemanjagradinac5419
    @nemanjagradinac5419 21 день тому

    😂 no game bro 😂 you guys make some fantastic videos btw 👏🤙

  • @Khans1199
    @Khans1199 Місяць тому

    Is this the real deal?? Alot of brands are selling fake cotton and marketing it as Pima cotton!!

    • @smithandrogue
      @smithandrogue 22 дні тому

      Yup its the real deal, 100% pima cotton grown in Peru.

    • @Khans1199
      @Khans1199 20 днів тому

      @@smithandrogue how do we know its 100% real?? 🤔

  • @deanfirnatine7814
    @deanfirnatine7814 Місяць тому

    Miss that life

    • @smithandrogue
      @smithandrogue 12 днів тому

      What a life it is, hard work, lots of risk, but the reward is great.

  • @richhaupt8878
    @richhaupt8878 Місяць тому

    These folks are the real deal! God bless each and every one of you!

    • @smithandrogue
      @smithandrogue 12 днів тому

      Truly, no doubt about it. God bless!