Description
(with David Weaver and Gwynn Turnbull-Weaver)
Branding is a documentary-style instructional video that takes viewers into the world of the buckaroo at a series of “rodera-style” cattle brandings. It chronicles a way of life while educating viewers of the finer points of branding, including details of gathering, size and shape of branding traps, where to put the fire, ground work and stock management, setting up shots, dallying, running rope, pulling, managing calves at the fire, slack handling and the etiquette that saturates it all. In addition, there are tips for handling green horses through the ever changing situations of the branding pen, as well as information about the signature rope of the buckaroo; the rawhide reata. Interviews include some of the regions handiest cowboys – Martin Black, Buck Brannaman, and Larry Schutte, to name a few – who share their unique insights and opinions.
Running time is approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
DVD Format.
