Saturday March 16 2013
Originally, a 'cowpuncher' referred to a man prodding or punching a walking steak (i.e. beef cow) with an iron-spiked pole up a chute into a railroad car bound for slaughter. Eventually, 'cowpuncher' came to mean cowboys in general, and cowpunching referred to the work cowboys do.
But I know now why they really call it Punching Cows.
When your horse wants the sloooooow moooooo-ving tired little calves to get along, he punches them in the butt. Sometimes he bites them in the butt to hurry them along.
Jose punched this little calf along the wash on our cattle drive today. More on this adventure soon!
[video here]
or link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek275B-hSWQ&feature=youtu.be
