Deezco Livestock

Cochrane, Alberta

Just as in the days gone by, the roundup and brandings are still just about the most important events of the cowboys' year. These brandings are carried out almost exactly the same as they were over one hundred years ago. The roundups are more than a working event. They are a time when cowboys from various ranches get together and swap stories and lies about their experiences. Most roundups usually end with a big barbecue, which becomes the main social event in the cowboys' year.

The herding, branding and breeding of cattle is a grand, independent and health-giving way of life, the praises of which have been sung by cowboys through the ages. It makes one wonder just how many city dwellers, ever have vivid emotions and longings for the sight of cattle grazing on the rolling and golden prairie hills with the sight of the glorious Rocky Mountains in the distance.

If you're a cowboy to make money,

then you better have your head examined

RN Branding Crew

 

There are as many different branding markings in Alberta as there are ranches. Some are simple; others are more elaborate. Some cows change hands so many times and are branded so many times before finally going to market that they begin to look like walking billboards.

 

DEEZCO BRANDINGS

PHOTO GALLERY

2005 Branding

2004 Branding

2003 Branding

2002 Branding

2001 Branding

2000 Branding

1999 Branding

1998 Branding

Cowboy of the year

2005 Cowboy of the Year

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