Ranching with Grizzly Bears!! Day 1
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- Опубліковано 29 січ 2025
- Ranching serves to protect and conserve the landscape for Grizzly Bears in Montana just by doing what ranchers do anyway. That does not mean that Grizzly Bears don't create enormous challenges to those who live near them.
This video is about one family who lives and ranches with bears all year round in Montana.
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I sat on my porch for an hour and 20 minutes, listening to cows moo, and you men talk. I’m 75 years old, it both blessed my heart and made me weep a little.
I was raised on a ranch in the texas panhandle I 83yr and can't sit a horse any more so watching the videos sure gives so much calm and brings back so many good memories.thanks 4 letting ride along with uall God bless
America wake up, these guy's cant explain this any better, so everyone needs to listen to what he is saying, this is so true. I remember when quail were all over Georgia, Alabama.... Now you want see one anywhere. Keep up the excellent work... 👍
They are working hard to make a living. Heaven in the summertime, not so much in the winter. Thanks for the video!
Yeah it gets pretty tough in the winter.
Love what you’re doing to shine a light on the truth about Wolfes and Bears. I love Rangers and their families. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻♥️♥️🇺🇸🇺🇸
Probably the best video I have ever seen on YT! Better than a TV show. Thanks much...
Well thank you. I am very humbled.
Thank you for taking us with you today. I miss my horse. I cannot ride anymore my family will not let me. I am 80 years old now. but one never looses the will to ride. God bless.
So true. I am crippled and 44 surgeries. I will be 70 in Aug. My 2 rescues are not ridable. But no one will take me trail riding! 😢
Great video! Bet those are some tired ponies! ;) The 'glamor' of ranching shrouds the true 'hardships' that folks endure. Truly a profession or calling where the high times carry the low! Enjoyed this video immensely! :)
Another very fine video - keep them coming! I especially appreciate the discussion on the responsibility of ranching and maintaining the pristine nature of the land without interference from the predators that potentially overpopulate and destroy the eco balance.
So glad there is people like u educating us city dwellers
It was great to ride along with you guys. Really enjoyed the talk. You are so right about people not understanding the problems wolves and bears can cause. Some people are just beyond ignorant. Great country. Really made my soul feel better after this ride. Thanks for taking me along.
At the end of the video your horse standing there after you removed the saddle. Just awesome. That high plains meadow with the Rockies in the background, has to take away all the bad days of ranching.
Thanks for bringing me along - fun ride !!!!!!!!!!!!
Such a great video. Thanks for taking us along.
You bet! Glad you enjoyed it!
🐎Pretty Calibar. 😁
Thank you Trinity !! This was my Sunday nite movie. ❤😍☺😃😄
Oh. Good. I am so glad you enjoyed it.
I always say...if you can get pizza delivered...you're too close to town.
😄 Yep. Never lived somewhere that was possible.
pizza today sucks anyways...
@@robertvose7310 no kidding!
Smh.
Talk about not living away from town..I know 23 miles for groceries is really not that far but on our farm it was 20 miles of dirt road travel then we hit pavment ..so it just seemed for ever when getting groceries..we had four children at the time..and of course they wanted pizza to eat, a ponderosa dinner , go to burger king...so I made dinners. Of just that..one night would be homemade pizza, then fries and grilled burgers, home cooked Chinese food..so that wanting to travel just for a certain meal..diminished...they looked forward to a special home cooked meal.. but sometimes when all the chores where done on a Saturday night we would take that trip into town..the kids specialty was a dinner at ponderosa..so that city life seemed not so out of reach for them...and that is how my children grew up. Me is still over the farm life I am 73 and ride my big boy Ruger bought him at 7months old he is now 15..he is quarter horse/througbred.16 hands..on one side all foundation bred.national cutting horse hall of fame ..and the other thoroughbred racing..even a Kentucky derby winner Jet Pilot I think it was 1946 or 47...loved your video on ranching...always wanted to do that..but I was happy with our 350 acre farm we raised polled white face herdfords and horses..ans chickens
You simply amaze me you put out great videos and you talk about history all the cowboys you work with are are very eager to talk about their history as cowboys hats off to you sir and thank you
Great video. Sharing the reality and danger of the ranching is an eye opener!
Yes. Living and working there is very different than visiting. 👍
What a great "documentary" on ranching with Grizzlies. What beautiful pristine country and those ranchers are working their tail off to enjoy a way of life :-) Thank you so much for the video.
Loved Montana and the Philipsburg Valley from June through September. After that, not so much. Thanks for taking us along on the cattle move.
love the life perspective for culture and America today! Own it! love it!!!!
Amen!
Hello from Bozeman! This was great!
A hunting guide once told my dad that when you're on horse back the grizzlies won't mess with you. I have always wandered how true that was.
Your content is always so great. Thank you🙂
Well. They don't mess with you on a horse with a good dog for sure. 😄
My daughter leads tourists on horseback in Glacier Park. That is what they told her in training.
True, plus a horse will smell a bear quite aways off. One trick to practice real hard is to stay on your horse when it vacates the premises.
Sat down to watch “1923” but just could not stop watching this gorgeous episode. So enjoy the chat about dog breeds, cattle brains and the impact of wolves on wildlife…the moose info was an eye opener. Thank you for the insights Trinity.
Boy…is that some beautiful country! Thanks for bringing it to us! God bless
At 70 I always enjoy the lingo of cowboys...brings back memories
The second, the second the horse moves, the doggie is in step. love it...
Yes. They are paying attention to everything! 😳
Been there,but hadnt had to deal with bears and wolfs. I came from a ranching family to having a farm of my own,and owning cattle, and horses. Its alot of work. So glad that u want that life. Really like the show. I live about 30 minutes from town,i get groceries once a month.
Excellent! I see ranching and grizzlies and I’m here! Hope I can watch it all at once. Thank you for promoting one of the most vital aspects of our economy.
Thank you Trinity for showing us the ups and downs of ranching as well as the beauty of this lifestyle. Always enjoy your videas.
I appreciate your videos very much. I am the son of immigrant parents from Holland. Some of my fondest memories as a child were going to visit my aunt and uncle who ranched between Depuyer and Pendroy. Growing up on a farm in Minnesota to spend a week at their ranch and being a cowboy for a week was an amazing experience
This country is absolutely beautiful!
Thanks so much for taking us along on your day at this ranch. Gorgeous scenery and great commentary! This helps me to appreciate a steak every time I have one! So much goes into that business! God bless you guys and all who do this for a living. I wish you a very Merry Christmas from Pennsylvania!
Thank you, Trinity. This was glorious to watch with my morning coffee. Lots of good teaching going on here (most of your vids). I have come to the conclusion that what you both were discussing about folks idiocy and inability to have gratitude most often times is simply a matter of reference point and perspective, or lack thereof. Unlived experiences give people no reference point. You do a great job of attempting to educate folks. Some folks wont ever be able to realize the bigger picture, though. I call that "chosen ignorance". Its difficult for folks from the city to understand certain concepts because they are so separated from themselves and nature. People are now generations removed from how what they eat comes to the table and how it got there. I had the good fortune to be able to stay during some summers growing up with a great aunt and uncle who still ran great grand dads' farm in NC. Not many have that opportunity anymore. I attempted my best to expose my own children to what farmlife is and why it is so important and where their food comes from (not a box). I am a pretty smart person from the city, but also nature savvy as a science major. Avid hiker with an extreme love of the natural world (I truly feel I could never get enough). With that being said, I know what I know, and I know the vastness of what is still unknown to me. I watch you ride and think to myself "oh, how I would love to do all that", or "I'm gonna' do that some day." The reality is not likely, though. I have enough sense to realize the dangers involved in such an endeavor. Still would like to visit Montana some day and ride a horse for a short while. Would love to stand on a mountain and breathe in some clean air...Montana is still on the bucket list. Maybe one day I can pick up a travel contract at one of the hospitals there so I can see your beautiful state for a little while. I just turned 55, so we'll see...
Thanks for all your great content! Stay safe and best wishes from Michele in hot sunny Florida. 😊
Beautiful country. Love watching the dogs work and learning how you ranch in grizzly bear country.
Enjoy watching the working dogs. I remember trying to catch horses in Montana. Interesting how that pressure thing works with horses and cattle. Glad I found your channel.
Me too. Please always let me know what I can do better.
One of the best videos I’ve seen , the way you explain things that was happening regarding sorting was just fantastic , you do such a great job and the land was just amazing, Montana is just beautiful! Great job !
May have watched this before but it was still real good. Good conversation, good philosophy on life. Wish everyone could grow up on a ranch just because of what it teaches you.
my dog is losing her mind with all the cattle making noise. lol
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@@LifeintheWest no seriously the second she heard them bawling she ran up, then saw the dogs and went nuts..She love little doggies..get along...
Stunning area...Just beautiful..Looks like healer and collies I think...
Yep!
I love this video, thank you so much. It was a beautiful day, gorgeous country, and fascinating.
This was absolutely terrific watching. You said it when you described it as a " Heaven ". Beautiful. Thank you for sharing this and God bless you and your family.🙏🌌
God Bless you too Trinity, & thanks for a great vid that was highly educational, stewardship wise! There's something magical, learning to live amongst bears and other apex predators - thank you...
Thank you for all of the great insight and informative discussion regarding ranching!!
Thanks for a beautiful ride in beautiful country with really smart people. I use to ride. I watched the whole thing while cooking and doing paper work and it brought me back to one special experiences I had punching cows in my teens.
Glad to see that black horse of yours doing so well.
Yes. He is really doing good this spring. 👍
This one was a dandy...thank you for the ride along! 🍻
Hi Trinity Andrew smith here from UK , really love your videos of cattle ranching in Montana. The country side reminds me of our Yorkshire dales where I live . I must tell u something every English wants to be a cow boy , keep the good work up much appreciated . Move on out we burn day light ha
Trinity what a fantastic video I'm so thankful to have been along for the ride. You folks all done a great job on the drive and the dogs are invaluable. Thanks for taking us along.
It's not an easy life...But some days? Amazing...
That is definitely the case. When it's good, it's REAL good!
Enjoy your videos, we run 125 head here in S.W. Arkansas and live with black bears but nothing like what this ranch is dealing with. Thanks for putting your time and effort into these . God bless .TSL.
Enjoyed this video Trinity, I always enjoyed working cows as a Kid in south Texas . This one shows the Public what goes on behind the scenes,not just riding the range on horse back. Keep up the great work
This is absolutely beautiful.The ranch heaven!
You said it.
Such an awesome place and awesome lifestyle. Respect
Yes. It is a completely different way of life.
Beautiful country, Very interesting cattle drive. I have only seen this is movies. I did see a drive outside Sheridan Wy a few years back. The cattle were crossing the Deckers Road . Lot of hard work involved.
I grew up and farmed all of my life on family homesteads about 40 miles from Conrad, out on the prairie. We would look for a chance to go fishing up past Dupuyer on Birch Creek. Those were some good times, before the '64 flood, but never encountered grizzlies back in those days, nor wolves. What Mike says about being a steward and caring for animals as it pertains to bears and wolves is exactly right. I enjoyed this video, still have friends around Valier and Dupuyer. We're gettin' older, fewer of us left.
Thank you for the video. Very informative and relaxing. 🤠
You are very Welcome. ☺️
Love this! You've got a sweet horse, he's awesome. Oh and those cattle dogs...absolutely LOVE THEM. It blows my mind how good they are at doing what they do and the kicker is they love their job!
Love the way the dogs all work together, that one poor dog has a limp. I hope they check him out.
Salt of the earth people right there ! I could listen to him talk for days. Reminds me of the guy the raised and taught me most of what I know. The conversations were had the exact same way. Pushing cows in the Idaho mountains on horses. Really appreciate the video.
It’s a hard way of life; always being prepared to do anything. Much respect. ❤
Mornin' Trinity....🤠
What an incredible day you had!!!
Calabar is starting to come into his own and think before making a bad decision--he's beautiful!!..
Thank you for taking us along!!
Truely God's country❣️🙏❣️
Long work days, but the attitude of the rancher carries one through like it was nothing...LAID BACK and going about his day to day business.
My favorite TRUTH of the day::
"Emotion driven passion without responsibility, stewardship, or accountability leads to so many problems.
Mismanaged stewardship never ends well."
Kind of sums it all up in a nutshell.
Unfortunately, "they" are everywhere.
we have them too, just not on such a large scale as you, yet "they" (who DON'T live rural) want to control and dictate what we can do on our own properties...
we've even found the BLM becoming more and more of a dictatorship😢
(Direct quote to my husband: "We're the BLM and we can do whatever we want!") ....😵💫seriously??
Safe travels, friend❤️❤️
Stay FROSTY...
Keep your powder dry and your head on a swivel...
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I was about to ask what you do when the horse sinks, and then it happened! Such a beautiful ranch. Thanks for taking us along on the cattle drive.
Wow….this video was great, thanks Trinity!
Love the scenery and the commentary.
I like how your videos explain how ranching is done now. Don't make a lot of money but they have to love the lifestyle. Great video, now on to #2.
Your living the life brother! Trying to get my family out of the city now! I pray for the day!
It was always that same cow turning around and coming back at the dog. Beautiful video Trinity. It was always my dream to live in a place like that.
Wow, and thank you for presentin!g the beauty, the dangers, the hardships and realities of living and ranching in Montana. You are clearly skilled and motivated to show us the truths on ranching. Thank you for your efforts to bring us informative and entertaining films on ranching or what I would say is farming on steroids! Love your work!
Your best video yet. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the ride in some very beautiful and scenic part of America.
Excellent video and tremendously informative commentaries at the end of the video. I live in Montana and have always wanted to live in the same area that you were driving the cattle to pasture. Use to have 40 acres in the Lyons Creek area, but, had to transfer the title after a divorce. Live just outside the Helena area now on 20. Hope to sell someday and move over to that area. Love riding horses, been doing it since I was a child. At 62, I'm not going to be doing any Bonanza type ranching, but having a decent spread and a few horses would be nice. It's always been my dream for that kinda life. I'm originally from Florida. Miami Florida. Originally moved to Lincoln Montana and totally loved the place. The ex didn't and insisted that we move to Helena. Well, with her and the 40 gone now, maybe I can start actually living my life once again in the same area you were in, where you made the video. I visited the area one time back in the late 80s looking for land. Believe it or not, haven't been back since. Been all over the state of Montana, but haven't seen Dupyer since the late 80s. I hope when I return to see it again, it's not to visit, but, rather to live there. My retirement dreams come true!!!
retirement? I hope your clueless asparations understand that Montana's median age is 40 the highest west of the Mississippi, and it's low population state that young people leave for good jobs, there's no work force in the state to wipe your old butt and nursing homes are failing left and right in the state cause young people leave and aren't there to man them, you have a rude awakening coming, and nothing but old people are the ones moving there reminds me of the clueless clowns that are now suffering in high cost hell hole Florida, Midwest is best
Great video Trinity. I enjoyed the commentary. Its always interest to see how others live and the challenges that they have to deal with.
This was one of your most enjoyable videos to date Trinity, very insightful for those that have no experience of living of the land, I hope it has educated a few people of just how difficult it is striking a balance between nature and working the land, all wildlife has a place but the ranchers have a place in the scheme of things as well, it was a pleasure to listen to Mikes story of his family ranching in the area for generations, a great video as I said, thanks for sharing this with us all.
Loved the vlog. Enjoyed the cows, dogs, horses, people, open country.
Smart Great Grandpa! same as my parents family out of Idaho, Wa, Montana, and Minn...
Yep. If you saved some cash during that time period, you were ahead.
I just made food & now you posted a video. Tonight can’t get any better. Hope you’re having a good day!
Love your videos. Not only are they entertaining but informative. It’s great to learn about the different aspects of ranching stewardship of the land.
Thanks!
Hey. Thank you so much for the support!! 👍
Super Video! Really shows the hard life ranchers have, no days off.
Fabulous video hearing you three talk about real life stuff. Thank you so much for sharing and teaching all at the same time.😊
beautiful country , I enjoyed watching
Thanks for the video. Always enjoy them
Idyllic! Gorgeous country.
But ...
I'll leave the ranching to you, and I'll sit over here, on my recliner, with my tiny dog on my lap, and criticize. 😂😂😂
Seriously, your videos are waaaay better than any movie!
I love the steaks you provide. What you do is hard work that I can no longer aspire to. Too many of my joints have been replaced or altered. Arthritis decided this for me.
So I'll cheer from the sidelines.
Your golden dog is limping. We really enjoyed your show. Thank you.
Great video. Beautiful land, so glad to see they are getting rain this year and things are greening up. Hope they get to hay this year.
I watch a lot of your videos and enjoy them. This video may be the best one I've seen so far!
Great video again Trinity. I have been in bogs like that myself while working on ranches in Wyoming. I had a horse rear on his hind legs & pivot 180 degrees to get out before he got any farther into it. Got an old army weapons carrier stuck in one, one time. Got it out, but it was tough. I always wondered if those bogs were like what Will James called "musk kegs" up in Canada. I remember walking out on one of those bogs & seeing the ground moving up & down, like waves, maybe 10 to 15 feet away. It was like the sod was floating on top of the bog. I could walk on it in places & not break through but a horse could break through & get "high centered". I was lucky & never got one in that far. That was in southern Wyoming near Saratoga. I don't remember now where it was exactly, but it may have been in the muskrat basin or on the Red Desert where the ground would be really dry, you know how the ground gets baked dry & is all cracked & crunchy & then you ride over it & break through into a mud bog. Some of that dry, baked, cracked looking ground is just that, but other places hides a mud hole or a bog beneath it. It gets a little freaky riding in them places sometimes.
Loved this video. As a New York Beef farmer. I love learning about the west
Awesome, thanks! Reminds me of being a cheechako in the Nikola valley learning about ranching for a summer. American ag: it's the heart of freedom.
Sorry for your losses. I pray for you, your family, and your herd. Cool mustache
It’s so cool to see the cattle handling sorting. I just always wished I could have worked on a ranch but never had the opportunity. Thanks for showing and sharing.
I enjoyed watching Y’all work the cattle…🙌
I love watching these videos. Making me homesick. 😅
Trinity, it's absolutely gorgeous country side in Montana! I love your videos so much! I used to work cattle with my uncles and aunts during the summer. I'd love to be there with you
Yes. That has always been some of my favorite country in the world!
@@LifeintheWest
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I appreciate your conversation about responsibility and stewardship. I’d like to add that that for me one way i practice environmental responsibility and stewardship is to not eat a lot of beef. I do have personal experience with what it takes to produce a pound of beef and I think it’s actually somewhat irresponsible for us to be such massive meat eaters. Meanwhile, I love your channel and the way that you share about the world of cattle ranching - its clear its not just an industry to you folks.
I thank you for such informative videos, so informative, really enjoyed this one. It is a lot of work and time putting these videos together. I hope you don’t mind my sense of humour, but your wandering around in the dark trying to find the beautiful black Calibar was so funny. I bet he was trying to remain motionless, holding his breath, behind a post so you couldn’t find him, so he could get an extra hour of shut eye. For a young horse I was truly amazed how brave he was when, in the pen the whole heard of loud volume moo’s turned around and faced him.
When Calibar got bogged, glad that he and yourself were alright, but I must say you could almost read the thoughts going through Calibar’s mind…….’ok Trinity enough is enough, I’m going home now, you can stay here’.
Happy Anniversary to you and your wife..Hope there are many .more to come. Beautiful commute.. God bless. 🇺🇸🌹❤️
Thank you for all you do man
This video is so good, it makes me think even I could do it... then common sense returns! One thing that might help is to add captions for the other speakers - couldn't hear much of what they said.
And that looked like a good-sized bear! Way cool video man.
Thank you so much. I loved every minute .
This is ur best video yet love ur video keep them coming please