John from Merritt British Columbia Canada. Thank you for your efforts in teaching this in a concise and understandable way. I’d just about given up watching videos in frustration and listening to self promotion. I wish our terrain here was more conducive to this type of ranch roping and that the ranchers could see the value in not getting the cattle stirred up so bad. Sometime our branding look like a Chinese fire drill. Hats off to you and your wife.
Nice videos Sir. Im from South Africa. Hardly any cattle farmers using horses but I aspire to attain the most knowlage to become a cowboy. Someday I would like coming to America and learn the cowboy way. Cheers
My name is Mark Bossert. I’m originally from South Dakota but am now living in Colorado. I wanted to say thank you for your videos. I’m only 21 years old and I’ll I’ve done is cowboy my whole life. I never had anyone to teach me how to rope when I started so I watched your videos over and over and you were the inspiration and still are. Thank you
Hey Pat. I found your video today after getting home (Payette, ID) from the Big Loop in Jordan Valley. I know these tips will help me with my roping. Thanks. Rich
Greetings from The Netherlands. It 's a delight to see a professional in a one take video doing it all right.
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My father worked as a cowboy after WWII; he could do several “fancy” shots. He didn’t teach his kids anything “cowboy”... I’ve since learned that everything he made look easy is damn hard. Nice video
Hello I’m from South Africa and l love you’re way of cattle ropeing , I’m still learning but I’m getting there thanks for your video it’s helping me a lot
First generation unbranded leppy that will never make a great horseman, choosing my benefactor for the good equipment I've gathered up fightin' off the Paiutes from stealin' it here in McDermitt Oregon.. Now, I'll study the video.. Thanks for keepin' the industry alive.. Sincerely, Vernon Hasenkamp
Mr. Pat, I appreciate the time that you and Mrs. Deb are putting into these videos. I was having trouble with turnover loops because I learned wrong and getting past the muscle memory has been tough. It is finally coming together for me though. I first came across some of the shots while watching you and Buck in his Ranch Roping Dvd's. If you come out with instructional dvd's they will be a big success because you are a very gifted and natural teacher. There are a lot of us that will never see these shots because of geography and for this style of roping to continue, that will have to change. In my territory, I can't get ranch roping to take root but there are other areas where it will spread. The slow motion on this video was awesome. Western Kentucky.
Thanks Pat! As a newcomer and foreigner I tell you how much I enjoy your teaching. Since the first time I saw you in Tapadero DVD until now in UA-cam. Please, keep going teaching. What I most like is the you are just real. By the way, geography: I´m spaniard living in Spain!
Good day Sir. I just want to thank you for taking the time to educate us common folk. We don’t get much teaching on roping down here in South Africa. I’d give anything to get over there and learn from a great man like yourself! Love watching your videos and really appreciate your attention to detail. I will definitely be applying all that I’ve learned from your videos to my ranch roping over here. God bless you, from all the roping folk in South Africa.
Zach here from south west Indiana. Awesome videos, really appreciate you taking the time to teach this type of roping. I enjoy learning the technique of big loop roping.
Another masterful tutorial! Can't wait for the roping video to come out! Born and raised in Billings MT and joined the army and now have a Farrier business out in Woodlawn TN just outside of Fort Campbell.
Just found your channel and have began practicing the shots your showing and it’s unlocked another level of roping I didn’t know was possible! From Elko, Nevada btw!
Thanks for taking the time to teach us something so valuable. We are changing the way we've always handled our cattle. We see improvement in cattle and mules and horses. Marathon tx
Always nice to get some hot tips from a fella that’s been there and done that a time or two and doesn’t seem to know how to miss. All the best. - Idaho
Howdy from north Texas! Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with those of us who want to better our roping skills. You’re a great teacher.
Pizen switch... lol , Yerington Nevada. Thank you both so very much for all of your videos. I can’t begin to tell you how much I truly appreciate them.... pat your a master at your craft, please keep the roping videos coming... I can’t get enough of em 🤠
I really enjoy the videos, Mr. Puckett is an excellent teacher. I hope you do a compilation of his cattle and horse handling videos as well as the roping ones. Looking forward to when you get the videos completed and make them available. Terrell, TX
Good instruction, simple and to the point. I can appreciate that all the way from central Florida. Thanks for taking the time to put that video together.
Just found your page and I love the videos. Your knowledge and respect for the animals reminds me of the man who taught me years ago Your only 5 hours away so I’m looking at your horsemanship clinics for next year. Cheers from Elk Grove
Been watching your videos for a ‘bout a year now. I Always learn something from you. Appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I would me glad to have the roping video when it’s available. I’m from central Arkansas.
Thank you for a really good introduction on roping. I’m in the Andes Mts. of Peru. From NY . I have been in Peru 15yrs. Looking forward to more good videos.
Thank you so much.. I'm going to work on this tomorrow. I'm a trainer and have been for many years. I'm always learning and have enjoyed learning from your videos. Kellyville, Oklahoma Thank you again.
Hello Pat and Deb. I was introduced to ranch roping at one of your clinics in Perry Ga about 20 yrs ago. I am glad to see you are still sharing your knowledge. I enjoy your Videos
Mr Pat &Mrs Deb thanks for these how to’s! I keep goin back to them time and again please keep teachin and I’ll keep tryin them.. would love the chance to be a saddle partner to all that knowledge and stories!!
Good morning. Robin from Helena, MT. On the horsemanship journey and greatly appreciate your knowledge, I thank you. Just getting back into roping after many years. Thank you for breaking it down and I appreciate the history you add. I hope it is never lost sir.
From Maryland. Grew up in California. Didn't learn about bridle horses, Dorrence brothers and Ray Hunt until I'd been away for several years. Turns out the Dorrance Ranch was only about an hour from where I lived. Big missed opportunity but never too late to learn. Thank you for all your videos. Fun and educational.
Thank you for the video Mr. and Mrs. Puckett! I am going to start at square one with what you demonstrated. Unfortunately, I built most of my roping foundation on team roping. I have a lot of bad habits to break, but on the other hand I wouldn't know about the Californios style if it weren't for team roping. I am back from school now and I am excited to work on my roping this summer! Baltimore Maryland sends it's appreciation.
Hello from Iowa. Worked horses and cattle from Iowa to Colorado when I was younger and thought I had a pretty good handle on things of this nature. I am really glad you are sharing your knowledge and skills with the world this way. Such a great gift to all of us. I've yet to watch a video that I didn't learn some terrific skills and ways of doing things. Thanks so much for sharing. Greg
Thank you Mr Pat! I’m from California and expandin my tool belt as far as ranch ropin goes. This is so helpful and you make this very easy for any young bucks to learn! Appreciate y’all and thank you!
Great video,. I have been working on my turnover shots or a whike how,. until I saw this video I had no muffler dear about splitting the loop.. Your video made it so easy for me, to get my shots of start turning over . Thank you for sharing your knowledg. Look forward to more videos ,. From Western Nebraska Looking in Western Iowa .
MR. Puckett; Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world. I have been trying to figure out the proper way to throw branding loops for a couple of years now. You do a fabulous job of breaking down the different loops. I will be practicing these the proper way now, thank you from Scio, Oregon
From Jacksonville, Illinois. We run a small ranch and would like to keep the western way of ranching going as long as possible. No one around us ropes or ranches the traditional way. Me and my boys are starting out roping and I find you videos very informative. Lots of stuff for us to work on. Thank you.
Howdy! I am from The Volunteer State “Tennessee”. I discovered your videos one week ago and subscribed after watching two of them. I enjoy your no-nonsense straight to the point manner of instruction. Your dry humor adds to the enjoyment of learning from you. I look forward to watching as many of your videos as I can squeeze in. Stay safe, be healthy, and don’t trust the government!!
I a new roper from Bloomington, CA. I’m Abel Fernandez, it’s a pleasure to watch and learn from you and your wife, awesome cinematography! I’ll continue to plug your old style.
I just found these videos. I know its late but thanks. I live and was raised in the foothills of North Carolina. Grew up farming and ranching. For years the only roping I was familiar was team roping and tie down roping. I competed some up into my 20's. around 20 years ago I had the opportunity to ride and rope with a man that grew up in California with huge wealth of knowledge of horsemanship and roping that I had never heard of. The small amount of knowledge I was able to absorb from him has helped me tremendously over the years. Then about 15 years ago I met another man that was living local to me and originally from Tennessee. He had worked ranches all over the country and never stayed in one place very long and still doesn't. He was a regular the local roping pen on practice nights. I never seen him compete and not sure if he ever did. I am still amazed at his skill and the real world ranch style of roping he had. I have two sisters that have moved to Montana is the last ten years which results in a cross county trip on occasion for me and my family. I try to take those opportunities to visit with folks the can teach me and my son a little about the different styles of roping and horsemanship. My son is 14 and had the same interest I do. I am hoping he has the chance to be exposed to some of the same things I did over the years, but it is few and far between in this area. There is a place a couple of hours from us that host true ranch ropings/ doctoring, etc. Most of the others around here are called ranch roping but are far from it. We truly enjoy watching your videos and the knowledge you share. Thanks
Era, TX Learning to rope. I’ve learned scoop loops from day workers in north and west Texas dragging calves in small pens and I was taught the trap shot from a Great Basin cowboy that brands calves in a rodear. My release on the trap shot is not very accurate, I’ve been told that’s the first shot I need to be proficient with. Seeing you break it down differently than I’ve seen before is helpful. Splitting the loop helps me visualize what the loop is doing upon release. Thank you. Brent
I'm from Oregon, since you asked. Formerly Central Oregon, currently western Oregon on a small mom and pop operation running mostly yearlings. I only began roping last summer when I needed something to do while my back was still broken and I couldn't go back to riding yet. I mean, I could rope a bit as a kid, but nothing to get excited about. My father, grandfather and every great grandfather in known recollection cowboy-ed for a living, but I took about a decade's long hiatus because I'd gotten to the point in which I just felt like I couldn't stand horses, haha. But when I decided I wanted to get serious about this and do something I actually wanted to do with my life, I learned from some great mentors. The kinds of folk that won't necessarily openly tell you anything or give you more than a tip, but I understand now why that's the case. Nobody gets handy for free - you may not be paying in money, but everyone that wants to be the best they can be pays with something. Maybe it's saddling fifteen horses for a guy, hauling their stock, or simply watching, observing and never overstating your abilities that compels someone to teach you what they learned a harder way. At any rate, I appreciate your videos as well. That bit about splitting your spoke has made a tremendous difference for me on those backhand heel shots especially.
I enjoyed your insights. When Pat was in his early 30’s, he nearly quit cowboying because he was getting discouraged with the “turn the cow or kill the horse” mentality. He started searching for a mentor and learned how to start horses a better way. It turned everything around for him. Later on, he went to college and got a degree in ranch management. So I can appreciate why you took some time off. Thank you for the comment...
Congratulations on the video, you have helped me a lot to learn more about horses and cows. I am from Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, here already speaks a lot about horsemanship but almost nothing about stockmanship.
I just found this video you made a while back.. I'm a rancher from Alberta Canada and I've always been a lousy roper.. I can catch a calf if I'm pretty much on top of him but have trouble making a safe dally.. This video showed me that maybe I got to start all over again with the basics. I just turned 80..never too old to learn.. I'm breaking a real nice little filly and dont want to mess her up with my sloppy roping.. Thanks kids.. I'll tune in to the rest of your videos ..maybe I'll get smarter instead of just older!! Cheers from Maggie at White Haven Farms
good morning Mr Pat. I'm from Andorra, the only persone in the hole country that ropes, luckly there a plenty of cattle farms everywere so, i'm always busy. Thank you for theses videos that help all of us out
I love your videos I'm from Southeast Arizona that what you can mountains and I'm from I'd love to see some of your clinics but I've been watching you I'm getting a new mustang and I love to train them thank you mr. And God bless
I'm Scots, long time living iin foothills of Sierra Nevadas Southern Spain. Loving the vids, I found a Western Horseman magazine in Kirkauldy, Scotland, somehow, back in late 1960's. I am a jeweller, but always caballos primero. Forty years learning with horses, right now starting a lovely 6 yr old lusitano. Loving the history and skills, so much great knowledge gets lost... thank goodness for internet. I learned with books, but mainly horses. Thank you!
Tim from outside Carlisle PA, bought my first lasso a Spydr5. Been using a climing rope for leg catching my skittish goats. Glad I came across your video and definently will use these techniques when practicing.
Pat, at 72, I’m learning to rope... I can ride and shoot, but never got the roping down... thoroughly enjoyed your lesson here... you have a good style of teaching... thank you for passing along your years of experience... Dolores, Colorado (Four Corners).
Hi Pat, I'm just an old man from South Carolina who enjoys your videos. Thanks for doing what you do.
John from Merritt British Columbia Canada. Thank you for your efforts in teaching this in a concise and understandable way. I’d just about given up watching videos in frustration and listening to self promotion. I wish our terrain here was more conducive to this type of ranch roping and that the ranchers could see the value in not getting the cattle stirred up so bad. Sometime our branding look like a Chinese fire drill. Hats off to you and your wife.
Nice videos Sir. Im from South Africa. Hardly any cattle farmers using horses but I aspire to attain the most knowlage to become a cowboy.
Someday I would like coming to America and learn the cowboy way. Cheers
My name is Mark Bossert. I’m originally from South Dakota but am now living in Colorado. I wanted to say thank you for your videos. I’m only 21 years old and I’ll I’ve done is cowboy my whole life. I never had anyone to teach me how to rope when I started so I watched your videos over and over and you were the inspiration and still are. Thank you
Hey Pat. I found your video today after getting home (Payette, ID) from the Big Loop in Jordan Valley. I know these tips will help me with my roping.
Thanks. Rich
I am from Brazil, but I live in Texas. Your tutorial is the best I ever watched. Thank you very much!
First generation rancher from IL. Appreciate the education
Greetings from The Netherlands. It 's a delight to see a professional in a one take video doing it all right.
My father worked as a cowboy after WWII; he could do several “fancy” shots. He didn’t teach his kids anything “cowboy”... I’ve since learned that everything he made look easy is damn hard. Nice video
Hello I’m from South Africa and l love you’re way of cattle ropeing , I’m still learning but I’m getting there thanks for your video it’s helping me a lot
im from Homestead Florida thanks for making these videos . could watch you throw loops for hours
This is generational knowledge being passed down. It should be treasured! Thanks for taking the time!
First generation unbranded leppy that will never make a great horseman, choosing my benefactor for the good equipment I've gathered up fightin' off the Paiutes from stealin' it here in McDermitt Oregon.. Now, I'll study the video..
Thanks for keepin' the industry alive..
Sincerely, Vernon Hasenkamp
Great demonstration of useful shots. Thanx from a german horseman in training
Mr. Pat, I appreciate the time that you and Mrs. Deb are putting into these videos. I was having trouble with turnover loops because I learned wrong and getting past the muscle memory has been tough. It is finally coming together for me though. I first came across some of the shots while watching you and Buck in his Ranch Roping Dvd's. If you come out with instructional dvd's they will be a big success because you are a very gifted and natural teacher. There are a lot of us that will never see these shots because of geography and for this style of roping to continue, that will have to change. In my territory, I can't get ranch roping to take root but there are other areas where it will spread. The slow motion on this video was awesome. Western Kentucky.
Agreed
Thanks Pat! As a newcomer and foreigner I tell you how much I enjoy your teaching. Since the first time I saw you in Tapadero DVD until now in UA-cam. Please, keep going teaching. What I most like is the you are just real. By the way, geography: I´m spaniard living in Spain!
Saying thank you from Trinity Tx. Love all your information. Wish I could learn half of what you know.
Good day Sir. I just want to thank you for taking the time to educate us common folk. We don’t get much teaching on roping down here in South Africa. I’d give anything to get over there and learn from a great man like yourself! Love watching your videos and really appreciate your attention to detail. I will definitely be applying all that I’ve learned from your videos to my ranch roping over here. God bless you, from all the roping folk in South Africa.
Howdy Pat
I found your videos today.
Good stuff!
Love your humor and skills.
I'm John from North Central Montana.
Zach here from south west Indiana. Awesome videos, really appreciate you taking the time to teach this type of roping. I enjoy learning the technique of big loop roping.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Mr. !!!!
Great video! Thanks for taking time to break down these shots !
Much appreciated from NW Iowa
This is by far the best roping advice ive seen on you tube ever. Love your guys' videos!
I'm in Kentucky. Just found your videos this morning. Subscribed already. Thanks for taking your time to help us learn.
Thank you Pat and Deb for all the great videos you guys make. I'm looking forward to your roping dvd. Dylan Palm, Snohomish Washington
Thanks. Love the slow motion shots. Makes the shots much easier to fallow.
Watching from Hines Creek AB Canada.
Thanks Pat, nice to see you passing on your knowledge that you've no doubt built up over the years.
Roger from New Zealand
Another masterful tutorial! Can't wait for the roping video to come out! Born and raised in Billings MT and joined the army and now have a Farrier business out in Woodlawn TN just outside of Fort Campbell.
Thank you folks!
I watch and enjoy every video and I have a lot of respect for you.
Johnny from Manitoba Canada!
Thank you! I wish I had these videos twenty years ago. I really appreciate you taking the time to show us.
Scott Warren North Carolina
Just found your channel and have began practicing the shots your showing and it’s unlocked another level of roping I didn’t know was possible! From Elko, Nevada btw!
Thanks for taking the time to teach us something so valuable. We are changing the way we've always handled our cattle. We see improvement in cattle and mules and horses. Marathon tx
Always nice to get some hot tips from a fella that’s been there and done that a time or two and doesn’t seem to know how to miss. All the best. - Idaho
I am from lewiston, Id. Originally from Colton, Wa. I love the videos!!! Thank you so much for producing them!
Howdy from north Texas! Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with those of us who want to better our roping skills. You’re a great teacher.
Outstanding. Pat is a natural teacher and trainer. No wasted words. Thank you for those tips that make all the difference. Costa Mesa, CA.
Pizen switch... lol , Yerington Nevada. Thank you both so very much for all of your videos. I can’t begin to tell you how much I truly appreciate them.... pat your a master at your craft, please keep the roping videos coming... I can’t get enough of em 🤠
I really enjoy the videos, Mr. Puckett is an excellent teacher. I hope you do a compilation of his cattle and horse handling videos as well as the roping ones. Looking forward to when you get the videos completed and make them available. Terrell, TX
Thank you Pat and Deb for your teaching and sharing of information. Shingletown Ca.
Been a roping student and for years you are amazing thank you for teaching this
Great video ! I will never be catching a cow with a rope but it was very interesting to discover all these fine technics. Thank you from France !!!
Big thank you from Phoenix AZ, for helping me learn a new skill 👍
Good instruction, simple and to the point. I can appreciate that all the way from central Florida. Thanks for taking the time to put that video together.
Thanks, great info & good refresher of fundamentals, from Eastern Idaho
So pleased I found your channel got something to work with now thank you. I am in Cumbria Uk
Howdy, I’m from Colorado and I was looking for different styles to try. Very informative and great instruction to the old ways
Just found your page and I love the videos. Your knowledge and respect for the animals reminds me of the man who taught me years ago
Your only 5 hours away so I’m looking at your horsemanship clinics for next year.
Cheers from Elk Grove
Hey Pat, really appreciate you making these videos. Hollering at you from Bushnell Florida
Been watching your videos for a ‘bout a year now. I Always learn something from you. Appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I would me glad to have the roping video when it’s available. I’m from central Arkansas.
I am from Poland, Europe. I love your videos and all the tips and tricks. Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge and please keep it coming.
Learning all the way from George, South Africa! Loving the videos!!
Thank you for a really good introduction on roping. I’m in the Andes Mts. of Peru. From NY . I have been in Peru 15yrs. Looking forward to more good videos.
Thank you for sharing your life time of knowledge. You and your lovely wife have so much to give. A big hello from Idaho Falls, Idaho
Another great video, thanks much from Clancy, Montana.
Minnesota here, Thanks for doing these videos. Great teaching
Minnesota....enjoy your teaching style and humor
Thank you for keeping the true cowboy tradition alive! Keith from Alabama
Thank you so much.. I'm going to work on this tomorrow. I'm a trainer and have been for many years. I'm always learning and have enjoyed learning from your videos. Kellyville, Oklahoma
Thank you again.
Hello Pat and Deb. I was introduced to ranch roping at one of your clinics in Perry Ga about 20 yrs ago. I am glad to see you are still sharing your knowledge. I enjoy your Videos
Mr Pat &Mrs Deb thanks for these how to’s! I keep goin back to them time and again please keep teachin and I’ll keep tryin them.. would love the chance to be a saddle partner to all that knowledge and stories!!
Good morning. Robin from Helena, MT. On the horsemanship journey and greatly appreciate your knowledge, I thank you. Just getting back into roping after many years. Thank you for breaking it down and I appreciate the history you add. I hope it is never lost sir.
Really instructional tutorial, I'm a new roper from New York and this is a nice base to build off of, well done!
From Maryland. Grew up in California. Didn't learn about bridle horses, Dorrence brothers and Ray Hunt until I'd been away for several years. Turns out the Dorrance Ranch was only about an hour from where I lived. Big missed opportunity but never too late to learn. Thank you for all your videos. Fun and educational.
Just love this! You guys are so awesome
Good God, I feel I will never be able to master these roping techniques! Such talent in these videos.
New to roping. I have gained so much information in two days from all your videos. Thank you sir! Greetings from Las Cruces, New Mexico!
Thanks, Pat. I always learn from you. From Malibu CA.
Weatherford, Texas. Appreciate you sharing all you have learned
San Diego, California here. I love watching and learning from you. Would love to come ride in those beautiful hills of yours.
Thank you for the video Mr. and Mrs. Puckett! I am going to start at square one with what you demonstrated. Unfortunately, I built most of my roping foundation on team roping. I have a lot of bad habits to break, but on the other hand I wouldn't know about the Californios style if it weren't for team roping. I am back from school now and I am excited to work on my roping this summer!
Baltimore Maryland sends it's appreciation.
I am Ralph from South Wales UK, you have taught me so much about roping, thank you sir.
Thank you for commenting!
Hello from Iowa. Worked horses and cattle from Iowa to Colorado when I was younger and thought I had a pretty good handle on things of this nature. I am really glad you are sharing your knowledge and skills with the world this way. Such a great gift to all of us. I've yet to watch a video that I didn't learn some terrific skills and ways of doing things. Thanks so much for sharing.
Greg
Love your videos I’m from central Alberta I run 900 mothered cows and I’m trying to learn something new everyday. Keep posting videos
Fort Macleod Alberta Canada. Loving your videos and learning from a master.
Thank you Mr Pat!
I’m from California and expandin my tool belt as far as ranch ropin goes. This is so helpful and you make this very easy for any young bucks to learn!
Appreciate y’all and thank you!
Love watching you throw hoops ! From Glen Innes Australia
Great video,. I have been working on my turnover shots or a whike how,. until I saw this video I had no muffler dear about splitting the loop.. Your video made it so easy for me, to get my shots of start turning over . Thank you for sharing your knowledg. Look forward to more videos ,.
From Western Nebraska
Looking in Western Iowa .
MR. Puckett; Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world. I have been trying to figure out the proper way to throw branding loops for a couple of years now. You do a fabulous job of breaking down the different loops. I will be practicing these the proper way now, thank you from Scio, Oregon
Loving all of these videos here from Bastrop Tx
Really enjoyed a very informative video on this subject. Southwest Wyoming.
From Jacksonville, Illinois. We run a small ranch and would like to keep the western way of ranching going as long as possible. No one around us ropes or ranches the traditional way. Me and my boys are starting out roping and I find you videos very informative. Lots of stuff for us to work on. Thank you.
Howdy! I am from The Volunteer State “Tennessee”. I discovered your videos one week ago and subscribed after watching two of them. I enjoy your no-nonsense straight to the point manner of instruction. Your dry humor adds to the enjoyment of learning from you. I look forward to watching as many of your videos as I can squeeze in. Stay safe, be healthy, and don’t trust the government!!
Wish I had a mentor like you when I first started, watching and relearning it the right way from Pinch, WV.
I a new roper from Bloomington, CA. I’m Abel Fernandez, it’s a pleasure to watch and learn from you and your wife, awesome cinematography! I’ll continue to plug your old style.
I just found these videos. I know its late but thanks. I live and was raised in the foothills of North Carolina. Grew up farming and ranching. For years the only roping I was familiar was team roping and tie down roping. I competed some up into my 20's. around 20 years ago I had the opportunity to ride and rope with a man that grew up in California with huge wealth of knowledge of horsemanship and roping that I had never heard of. The small amount of knowledge I was able to absorb from him has helped me tremendously over the years. Then about 15 years ago I met another man that was living local to me and originally from Tennessee. He had worked ranches all over the country and never stayed in one place very long and still doesn't. He was a regular the local roping pen on practice nights. I never seen him compete and not sure if he ever did. I am still amazed at his skill and the real world ranch style of roping he had. I have two sisters that have moved to Montana is the last ten years which results in a cross county trip on occasion for me and my family. I try to take those opportunities to visit with folks the can teach me and my son a little about the different styles of roping and horsemanship. My son is 14 and had the same interest I do. I am hoping he has the chance to be exposed to some of the same things I did over the years, but it is few and far between in this area. There is a place a couple of hours from us that host true ranch ropings/ doctoring, etc. Most of the others around here are called ranch roping but are far from it. We truly enjoy watching your videos and the knowledge you share. Thanks
Era, TX Learning to rope. I’ve learned scoop loops from day workers in north and west Texas dragging calves in small pens and I was taught the trap shot from a Great Basin cowboy that brands calves in a rodear. My release on the trap shot is not very accurate, I’ve been told that’s the first shot I need to be proficient with. Seeing you break it down differently than I’ve seen before is helpful. Splitting the loop helps me visualize what the loop is doing upon release. Thank you.
Brent
I'm from Oregon, since you asked. Formerly Central Oregon, currently western Oregon on a small mom and pop operation running mostly yearlings. I only began roping last summer when I needed something to do while my back was still broken and I couldn't go back to riding yet. I mean, I could rope a bit as a kid, but nothing to get excited about. My father, grandfather and every great grandfather in known recollection cowboy-ed for a living, but I took about a decade's long hiatus because I'd gotten to the point in which I just felt like I couldn't stand horses, haha. But when I decided I wanted to get serious about this and do something I actually wanted to do with my life, I learned from some great mentors. The kinds of folk that won't necessarily openly tell you anything or give you more than a tip, but I understand now why that's the case. Nobody gets handy for free - you may not be paying in money, but everyone that wants to be the best they can be pays with something. Maybe it's saddling fifteen horses for a guy, hauling their stock, or simply watching, observing and never overstating your abilities that compels someone to teach you what they learned a harder way. At any rate, I appreciate your videos as well. That bit about splitting your spoke has made a tremendous difference for me on those backhand heel shots especially.
I enjoyed your insights. When Pat was in his early 30’s, he nearly quit cowboying because he was getting discouraged with the “turn the cow or kill the horse” mentality. He started searching for a mentor and learned how to start horses a better way. It turned everything around for him. Later on, he went to college and got a degree in ranch management. So I can appreciate why you took some time off. Thank you for the comment...
Congratulations on the video, you have helped me a lot to learn more about horses and cows. I am from Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, here already speaks a lot about horsemanship but almost nothing about stockmanship.
Northern Nevada, less then 2 hrs east of Reno.
This helps alot going to try and transfer this to my boys who are 9. Thanks mister
Really glad I found this video. Already got the last shot down.
From Southwest Arizona.
I just found this video you made a while back.. I'm a rancher from Alberta Canada and I've always been a lousy roper.. I can catch a calf if I'm pretty much on top of him but have trouble making a safe dally.. This video showed me that maybe I got to start all over again with the basics.
I just turned 80..never too old to learn.. I'm breaking a real nice little filly and dont want to mess her up with my sloppy roping.. Thanks kids.. I'll tune in to the rest of your videos ..maybe I'll get smarter instead of just older!! Cheers from Maggie at White Haven Farms
good morning Mr Pat. I'm from Andorra, the only persone in the hole country that ropes, luckly there a plenty of cattle farms everywere so, i'm always busy. Thank you for theses videos that help all of us out
I love your videos I'm from Southeast Arizona that what you can mountains and I'm from I'd love to see some of your clinics but I've been watching you I'm getting a new mustang and I love to train them thank you mr. And God bless
" Brilliant ! , Brilliant ! Explanations. ..... Thank-You Pat & Deb ! ..... North Queensland , Australia. ... Vaya Con Dios !
I'm Scots, long time living iin foothills of Sierra Nevadas Southern Spain. Loving the vids, I found a Western Horseman magazine in Kirkauldy, Scotland, somehow, back in late 1960's. I am a jeweller, but always caballos primero. Forty years learning with horses, right now starting a lovely 6 yr old lusitano. Loving the history and skills, so much great knowledge gets lost... thank goodness for internet. I learned with books, but mainly horses. Thank you!
Tim from outside Carlisle PA, bought my first lasso a Spydr5. Been using a climing rope for leg catching my skittish goats. Glad I came across your video and definently will use these techniques when practicing.
Great skills ,Sr !! From Las Vegas NV Love roping!@
Enjoyed your video, I'll definitely continue to watch from the Mtns of NC
Really enjoyed your videos. Central Ohio
Pat, at 72, I’m learning to rope... I can ride and shoot, but never got the roping down... thoroughly enjoyed your lesson here... you have a good style of teaching... thank you for passing along your years of experience... Dolores, Colorado (Four Corners).