Cowboy humor: True stories about cattle 33 Articles

by J.E. Mason

"Moooooo!" I sat up in bed. All was quiet. The moon shone through the trees. I laid back down. Then I heard it again. "Moooooooo." There was lowing in my yard. I was sure of it. I crept to the window and tried...read more

by Sarah Williams

My grandparents bought a 20 acre piece of land near the Kings Canyon National forest, just outside of Fresno, California, when I was 7 years old. The "locals" referred to all of us as "City Slickers" because they had move...read more

by Julia Heckart

Her name is Blossom. Anyone who has ever seen her will never forget her luscious brown eyes and the seductive sway of her bovine hips. She is classically covered in black and white. One would say that she is white with ...read more

by Roger Pattison

My dad never, in his whole life, saw a cow. You didn't find very many in Brampton, grazing between the iron foundries and the air raid shelters. Never saw a cow, that is, even though twenty of them nearly killed him. He w...read more

by Rachelle Reese

Licorice the Bucket Calf Our calves like to enter this world on holidays and Licorice was no exception. He was born on New Years Eve, a strong bull calf who looked just enough like a buffalo to make us suspect his real ...read more

by Jennifer Pokorny

I grew up on a farm... I have cow stories. My favorite one was when I was at a friends house and we were sorting cattle. We were taking the baby calves away from the mommy cows. Anyway, there was this one white cow. Sh...read more

by Jillynne G

"I'm gonna' raise some Holsteins," my boyfriend, Peter, informed me one early fall afternoon, shortly after my fifteenth birthday. With dreamy-eyed verve and a mad desire to realize a life-long dream of being a "real" cow...read more

by A.L. Norman

I was raised on a small but spacious Hereford cattle farm in SW Missouri. Along side my family we did it all, from spring calving, to cutting in the fall. I never imagined any other kind of life. I thought I would always...read more

by Astrid Hicks

You can imagine my families baffled expressions when I suddenly announced "We're going to buy a farm and raise cows." They stared at me as if I'd lost my mind. Not only were we buying a farm, we were moving to O...read more

by Stef Daniel

We should have known we were in over our heads the first day we got our cows. We excitedly called our neighbor to come see the new "herd" and the only thing he said when he opened the barn was "You ain't got no cows"! Su...read more

by R.S. Collier

I grew up in farm country, or at least as much farm country as you can have in Central Virginia. Yep, it was me and two hundred and sixty acres of wide open spaces (minus the trees, creek, and fences to keep the cattle in...read more

by Misty Coplen

When I was younger, like every kid i longed for summer. My summer vacations were usually trips to Texas to spend it with my grandparents. I can remember opening the covered screen door that sealed in the cool air conditi...read more

by Holle Abee

Mooly, the Halloween Bull My cousin James has always been somewhat of a skinflint. He pinches pennies left and right to feed his family of five. Since they live on a farm, he had the bright idea to buy a jersey bull cal...read more

by Jessica Callele

Now if there was ever a story of some city mice living in the country! After living in the city my whole life, my parents decided to move out to a farm and try something new. By something new, they meant no power, no run...read more

by Sherrie Taylor

Redneck Bull Running There just isn't anything more delicious than BBQ'd corn on the cob and when you can feel the urge coming on in the cool of a summer evening you know you just have to find a way to satisfy the taste...read more

by Jessica Carner

I have suspected for quite some time that cattle are not the most intelligent creatures God placed on this earth, but a recent experience I had while caretaking on a friend's ranch proved my theory. My boyfriend, Micah...read more

by Melinda Redd

My husband and I live on a large cattle ranch in Utah. Good help is getting harder and harder to find. When we were getting married and having our first child, there was a cowboy on the ranch we'll call "Tony." Tony...read more

by Roger Hatfield

Living the life of a cowboy is very nearly a lost style of living. Few ranches use horses for actually herding or moving cattle on the ranch any longer. Large spreads find the use of four wheelers more efficient and easier...read more

by Dawn Keenan

This last winter here in Colorado was rough on a lot of ranchers, my family included. We lost a lot of calves, due to the frozen ground. The cows would drop a calf, the calf would lay down on the partially thawed ground du...read more

by Luvy Green

My best friend got married and moved to Iowa. Colleen was born and raised in the city and her new husband is a farmer, "milk cows ma'am," he belts out proudly. How they got together I still wonder. Ken invented the words "...read more