Special Cowboy Moments

Steven Medlen, Butcher Extraordinaire

Steve Medlen has owned the House of Beef in Oakdale, California, once the cowboy captial of America, for 30 years and he's seen it all.

Bullfighter Gus Kronberg

Gus Kronberg is a 6'8" and 265 lb. no-body-fat bullfighter who has gone through a life transition and major refocus on bullfighting.

DSU Rodeo Honors the 1953 Team

Eventual NFR Native American Cowboy Pete Fredericks creates a 1953 rodeo team that rises to 3rd in the nation in its first year.

Rancher/Stock Contractor Dallas Schott

Dallas Schott was a proud owner of 2018 PRCA Bull of the Year and seven-time PBR World Finals qualifier, Spotted Demon.

Guss Arrendale of Springer Mtn. Farms

Springer Mountain Farms is a family-owned business nestled in the hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains with 25 years of experience in raising chickens.

Diamond J Cowboy Ministries

Rodeo Announcer and Pastor Al Parsons travels all over the USA and Canada conducting cowboy church services.

The Gem State Stampede Story

The Gem State Stampede in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho is a fast-growing, award winning rodeo thriller.

NCBA President Todd Wilkinson

National Cattlemen's Beef Association President, Todd Wilkinson, is a cowboy that wears many hats.

Rodeo Announcer Randy Taylor

Randy Taylor rode bareback broncs for about 20 years and then decided that, since he knew most everyone in rodeo and how everything worked, that being a rodeo announcer might be a good idea.

Rodeo Clown JJ Harrison Takes Flight

Gary Peters, Chairman of the Lewiston, Idaho Airport Authority Board, takes rodeo entertainer JJ Harrison airborne in a retro aircraft.

Kaye Nelson Interview

Interview with former Miss Rodeo North Dakota and wife of North Dakota's first PRCA World Champion Bronc Rider.

Kendra Dickson Interview

From ranch-raised cowgirl to buckle winning barrel racer to TV show host, Kendra has lived an interesting life.

Patriot Events

Patriot Events is the host of America's richest combined equine events.

Patty Franklin Interview

Interview with retired PRCA ProCom Official. A look at ProRodeo behind-the-scenes and what she's doing with youth now in rodeo.

Resistol Rookie of the Year Tanner James

Tanner James remained undefeated throughout his rookie season, posting a total of $46,323.41 in PRCA earnings to take the Resistol Rookie Header of the Year title for 2022.

The Hunts: Nora & Bruce

An interview with breakaway roper and goat tyer Nora Hunt and rodeo coach and Ag professor Bruce Hunt.

Youth Rodeo Producer Chris Neal

Born into the rodeo lifestyle, Chris Neal had a successful career as a tie-down roper before becoming one of the top producers of youth ropings in the country.

Hall of Famer Mike Mowrey

An interview with Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame member, former NCHA Board Member and Cutting Horse Champion Mike Mowrey.

Stock Contractor Steve Sutton

Steve Sutton, co-owner of the Sutton Rodeo Company, was named NFR pickup man in 1978, 1981, 1986, 1993, and 1995. He became an official stock contractor in 1982, making him the fourth PRCA contractor in the Sutton family.

Idaho Rodeo Hall of Famer Larry Smith

A lifetime achievement recipient and one of the most respected judges in the northwest.

PRCA Rodeo Announcer Marty Campbell

Meet the man that pastor's cowboys on the rodeo trail including in the Let'r Buck Room at Pendleton.

NFR Calf Roper Brad Goodrich

A story on the life of NFR Calf Roper Brad Goodrich and being a family man on the road.

Dancin' Dougie Hall and Alan Kole Gobert

Dougie Hall is a Native American bronc rider from Browning, Montana who entertains with every word out of his mouth.

Cooper Martin

NFR tie-down roper Cooper Martin's rodeo story is one of hard work and perserverance.

Rodeo Producer Stacey Jo Dowton

Stacey Jo Dowton created a school for timers in the PRCA.

Stroh Hereford Ranch

Stroh Hereford ranch was started 68 Years ago back in 1950 when newlyweds Tony and Leona Stroh purchased the land.

Stock Conractor Wade Sankey

Sankey Rodeo supplies a high level of bucking stock to ProRodeo and especially when it comes to their bronc, Black Tie.

Team Roper Mark A. Johnson

Mark A. Johnson grew up a city suburb boy who turned into a rodeo cowboy -- specifically a left-handed team roping "heeler."

College Rodeo At It's Best

Camaraderie and a sense of togetherness is the them that resonates throughout this DSU Rodeo Team that is currently 6th in the nation.

Veterinarian Mitch Hutchinson

A descendant of the Chase family, a rich Native American rodeo family that called the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota home, Mitch Hutchinson is a veterinarian with a long history of good work in Texas.

The Fettig Brothers

For 40 years, Fettig Brothers Rodeo had some of the nation's greatest bucking horses -- like Spur Dodger, Figure 4, and Reservation Red.

Teddy Roosevelt Comes to Life

Joe Wiegand is the world's premiere Theodore Roosevelt reprisor, so good in fact that he has performed at the White House.

Pickup Man Ryan Hanna

Ryan Hanna is a top notch pickup man who also bulldogged, rode broncs, his family produced rodeos and he's a full time rancher.

Home on the Range

For 67 years the best bronc riders in the nation have competed in a bronc match to win big money and raise funds for disadvantaged youth.

Shamus Haws Horsemanship Company

Shamus Haws runs a large registered Quarter Horse her as well as commercial cow/calf operation on rangeland that consists of steep mountain terrain.

Bull Rider Mike Bandy

A brother to country music artist Moe Bandy, Mike Bandy was a fixture in Oklahoma City at the NFR.

Fort Abraham Lincoln

This episode, which is about the fort that was George Custer's last command, is taped in he and Libby's mansion.

Mandan Rodeo

The Mandan Rodeo, located next to where Custer took off for the Little Big Horn, is one of the oldest rodeos in America.

Dave Urlacher Bronc Saddles

Longtime saddlemaker and Badlands Cowboy Dave Urlacher has become pro rodeo's top bronc saddle maker.

J. Michael Harter Cowboy Song of Hope

J. Michael Harter records a Paul Overstreet song that speaks volumes for the times we are in.

Nez Perce Rodeo Queen Loreal Ellenwood

Princess Loreal is making history by being the first Nez Perce woman to be on the prestigious Lewiston Roundup Court in 88 years.

Dale Gibson - Part 2

As a former bull rider and one of Hollywood's top stuntmen, Gibson has an endless number of interesting stories to tell.

Dairyman Tom Dugan

Tom Dugan moved with his family from western Wisconsin to Arizona in 1965 and helped start a dairy operation that now milks 14,000 cows a day.

Amy Wilson

Sometimes those who do the interviewing need to be interviewed and this gives viewers a chance to meet America's sweetheart.

North Dakota Rodeo Association

Many of North Dakota's biggest PRCA stars have been and are stars of the NDRA. This episode, taped at the height of the Covid scare, is an example of how to persevere no matter the circumstances.

Felix Santana

Felix Santana is an extraordinary rodeo specialty act that includes his Andalusian stallion, Romano, that is an elite Andalusian performance stallion of the Young Living Friesians herd.

M&M Cattle Services

Learn about ultrasound and A.I. services for cattle along with useful calving products and M&M Cattle history.

Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame Induction

We honor the men and women who inspire and exemplify a spirit of excellence that embodies the importance rodeo plays in farming and ranching communities.

Open Box Rafter Ranch Quarter Horses

A family-owned, working cattle and horse ranch located near Faith, South Dakota, in rouch Cheyenne River country.

Pake McEntire

Pake McEntire is an American country music artist, cowboy and he is elder brother to Reba McEntire

Slope County Rodeo

The historical Slope County Fair & Rodeo on the edge of the North Dakota Badlands is the eptome of the beauty of small town America

Holten Secret Lab & Ranch

Holten Secret Lab is a historical ranch in Oregon where classic automobiles are reborn.

Cattlewomen's Association

Women's role in cattle production is and has been an important part of the American West.

Jackson Baldwin

The story of a young boy who's wish was granted to attend the NFR and meet the cowboys & cowgirls before dying of cancer.

World Champion Sherry Cervi

An interview with 4-time world champion barrel racer Sherry Cervi.

Breakaway Roper JJ Hampton

Typically twice the age of her competitors, JJ Hampton is the newly popular world of breakaway roping.

Koopmann Family Beef

With a profound passion for raising livestock and the western way of life, Clayton and Natalie Koopmann had a desire to reconnect their urban neighbors to the ranch and where their food is produced.

Stunt Rider Dale Gibson

This real life cowboy is one of America's leading stunt riders and has expanded the complex and potentially dangerous skill of horseback riding to new dimensions.

Western Sports Industry Coalition - Part 2

The Western Sports Industry Coalition gathers in Los Angeles to battle Los Angeles City Council banning of rodeo.

Dave Duquette: Western Justice

Dave Duquette created Western Justice to combat those forces that want to destroy the western lifestyle.

Western Sports Industry Coalition - Part 1

The Western Sports Industry Coalition gathers in Los Angeles to battle Los Angeles City Council banning of rodeo.

Jenner Family Beef

Jenner Family Beef beef is not found in your grocery store because it requires extra handling and time to produce a product of this standard.

Korkow Rodeo

From Erv to Jim to TJ Korkow, they've grown as a rodeo stock contracting company every single year.

STR Cattle Consulting

Gerri Schumacher decided to take the knowledge she has gained during 40 years of ranching and start a cattle consulting business.

Roy Carter & Randy Magers

Two Texas Cowboy Hall of Famers and top bull riders entertain you with story after story.

Gonsalves Ranch in California

Gonsalves Ranch is a family cattle and farming operation based in Modesto California. The cattle operation maintains a herd of 120 registered Angus & Sim/Angus females and 250 commercial cows.

NFR Bronc Rider Wyatt Casper

NFR look at the life of one of rodeo's top saddle bronc rider who started out as a roper

Clay O'Brien Cooper & Jake Barnes

Jake and Clay are the most dominant and best known team ropers of all time. But it hasn't been easy.

Westphal Red Angus

Located in the Foothills of Montana's Snowy Mountains, Westphal Ranch guarantees animals with everything going in their favor.

World Champion Scott Mendes

Scott Mendes was always going to be a bull rider but Brent Thurman's death and meeting his wife changed his life.

Leland Red Angus

The Leland Ranch was originally homsteaded by Melvin's father, Tony, in 1911 on the edge of the Western North Dakota Badlands and bordering the Montana state line.

Intermountain Genetic Alliance

The Intermountain Genetic Alliance was established by a group of purebred Angus breeders throughout Utah to offer multiple breeds of cattle for sale.

Lundgren Angus Ranch

Focused on superior genetics that provide the package that the commercial cattleman continues to look for in a herd bull.

Bulls of the Big Sky

Some of their genetics trace back to the legendary Parisien, the first Simmental bull imported to North America.

Richard Angus Ranch

Richard Angus Ranch is a family owned and operated business that was established in 2009, selling top-of-the-line, coming 2-year old bulls.

Perry Quarter Horses

Since 1883 they've been breeding, raising and training AQHA Performance Horses while carrying on that American Ranching Tradition.

Schumacher Cattle

Schumacher Longhorn cattle have proven genetics with excellent dispositions.

From Cult to Country: Michael Ricks

Rather than be destroyed by a very challenging childhood, musician Michael Ricks has turned it into a positive and gift for others.

Western Artist Katie Von Krall

Katie Von Krall does speed paintings of celebrities at western events and rodeos that raises thousands of dollars for deserving charities.

Hill Meat Company - Part 2

In this day and age when food processing of any kind seems to be under attack, family-owned Hill Meat Company has excelled ethically.

Red Dirt Country Artist Pat Green

Discovered by Willie Nelson, Texan Pat Green is considered the father of the popular Red Dirt music craze.

Truck Equipment & Ranching: DTE

Kurt Wanner from Dickinson Truck Equipment is an expert when it comes to advice for ranchers regarding their equipment needs.

Music Producer Brett Tyler

What is it like being a music producer in Nashville? This is your opportunity to find out from a man who has worked with country music's top artists.

Wild Rides Rodeo Dickinson

Dickinson, ND is pure cowboy country, once home to Texans on cattle drives, noblemen from Europe and even Teddy Roosevelt.

Pickup Man Vannie Halliday

Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Pickup Man Vannie Halliday talks about what it's like to work at America's biggest rodeos.

Nutralix Equine Science

George and Karen Yost have developed equine nutrients that are off the charts in terms of effectiveness.

Country Artist Kevin Denney

Kentucky-born Kevin Denney is an country music artist who produced three chart singles, including "That's Just Jessie", a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks.

Blind Singer-Songwriter Hannah Clemenson

Blind Montana born singer-songwriter Hannah Clemenson, now 19, has been singing in honky-tonks since she was 9 years old.

Sarah Morrissey - Breakaway Roper

How many people work as a pharmacist for 10+ years and then give it all up to breakaway rope in professional rodeo?

SCM Banker of the Year: Dale Pahlke

"Serving the community" and "looking out for you" are Dale Pahlke's mottos and he's proven it with his support of agriculture and rodeo.

How Couples Met: Luke & Bittany Snyder

How Couples Met highlights the story of how a couple met, which in this case is PBR Champion Luke Snyder and his wife, Brittany.

A Vet on Mission: Shelley Lenz

Shelley Lenz returns to her Killdeer Mountain roots and opens a vet practice there and in Nicaraugua.

Xtreme Barrel Racing - Part 1

Barrel Racers from across the country compete in events leading up the the million dollars finals in June in Salina, UT.

How Couples Met II

Rodeo entertainer, Rider Keisner, and his girlfriend and arena partner, Bethany, reveal how their relationship began.

Panaewa Stampede Rodeo Hawaii

This Hilo, Hawaii rodeo has been in existence for 28 years and replicates cowboy traditions unique to the Islands.

Fort Custer

After the battle of the Little Big Horn, Congress dedicated funds to build what might have been the most hi-tech fort of its time.

The Big Horn Museum

Located in Hardin, MT, near the site of Custer's last stand, the Big Horn Museum is inundated with layer upon layer of history.

Wickenburg Arizona Cowboy Town

Wickenburg, Arizona has evolved into the team-roping capital of the world during the winter months. But there's much more...

Pendleton Hill Meat Company

If you love the American dream, you'll love seeing how Jim Cheney and his family turned a pork supplier into a national success.

Pendleton Round-Up - Mary Bonifer

Steeped in tradition, the western attire worn by the royalty of the Pendleton Round-Up is passionately created by Mary Bonifer.

Pendleton Round-Up Rodeo - Part II

The Pendleton, Oregon Round Up, held each year in September, might be the most unique and certainly one of the best in all of America

Pendleton Round-Up Rodeo - Part I

The Pendleton Round-Up was to be “a frontier exhibition of picturesque pastimes, Indian and military spectacles, cowboy racing and bronco busting for the championship of the Northwest.” It turned out to be that and more.

Sisters Oregon Rodeo Part II

In the era when life still moved slowly enough for daydreams, and neighbors visited each other on front porches, cowboys competed in the first Sisters Rodeo.

Buffalo Chip Saloon Part II

How can a saloon that has bull riding twice a week go on to hold a community together?

World Champion Ted Nuce

Nuce was selected to coach Team USA-Wolves: An all-Native American bull riding squad for the 2020 PBR Global Cup in Arlington, Texas.

The Cast of YELLOWSTONE

Yellowstone is the number one show on television and this show features interviews of cast members Forrie Smith and Cole Hauser.

Ned & Beau Ledoux

Ned talks about following in his father's musical footsteps and Beau in his father's rodeo and ranching footsteps.

Mt. Isa Mines Rodeo Part II

An International rodeo team, comprised of Americans and Canadians, competes head to head with the Aussies

John Wayne's Bar 26 Ranch Part II

Alice Johnson talks about her husband's partnership with actor John Wayne in the 26 Bar Ranch.

American Hat Company

The responsibility that goes with being the top hat producer in America.

War Bonnet Round Up

Another look at the oldest rodeo in Idaho.

College Rodeo's Cowgirl Superstar

Sitting down with college rodeo superstar Mia Manzanares and her family.

The Youree Ranch

The Youree family has joined together to create a barrel racing powerhouse in Oklahoma.

Bob Tallman

An enriching visit with the preeminent announcer in professional rodeo.

Mt. Isa Mines Rodeo

An international rodeo team again competes at the largest rodeo in the Southern Hemisphere, Mt. Isa, Queensland, Australia.

WSRRA Rodeo Finals

The Western States Ranch Rodeo Association started to allow the average day working cowboy, to have an opportunity to compete in sanctioned ranch rodeo events

St. Paul Oregon Rodeo

A Rodeo Woodstock, it's as if Hollywood built a Mayberry like small town and then staged a rodeo for 25,000 people.

Red Lodge Home of Champions Rodeo

When the chute gates opened on July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in Red Lodge, Montana, it was time to celebrate 90 years of Red Lodge Rodeo action.

College National Finals Rodeo

The future of rodeo is in the hands of the nation's top collegiate rodeo champions who you'll meet during this episode.

Cody Stampede

Cody is the "Rodeo Capitol of the World." From the turn of the century, rodeos and parades have been part of the 4th of July there, officially starting in 1919.

Sisters Oregon Rodeo

Since the era when life still moved slowly enough for daydreams, and neighbors visited each other on front porches, cowboys have competed at the first Sisters Rodeo.

Mason Rodeo Productions

Mason Pro Rodeo Productions, with over 45 years of rodeo experience, has an outstanding reputation for its unique and first class rodeo production.

John Wayne's Bar 26 Ranch

Alice Johnson talks about her husband's partnership with actor John Wayne in the 26 Bar Ranch.

Red Bluff Round-Up

Founded in 1921, The Red Bluff Round-Up drew 10,000 fans to its inaugural rodeo, and has consistently attracted the greatest names to compete for top money in front of 30,000 people.

Pendleton Round Up

History overflows everywhere in the Pendleton basis during this most unique and western rodeo in the world.

Spring Hill, LA PRCA Rodeo

Springhill is a city in northernmost Webster Parish that has produced Louisiana's oldest rodeo since 1951.

Lewiston Round Up - It's Wild

The Lewiston Roundup has brought high-quality and high-energy rodeo entertainment to north-central Idaho for 84 years.

Tri-State Rodeo in Fort Madison, Iowa

Each year Gene Autry's stock was rested during the train ride to Madison Square Garden in Fort Madison so why not produce a rodeo there.

Ellensburg Rodeo

The Ellensburg Rodeo is one of the ?old rodeos? and has earned its place as one of America's Top 10 professional rodeos.

Dayton Iowa Championship Rodeo

Dayton is a city in Webster County, Iowa, that has hosted the Dayton Championship Rodeo on Labor Day weekend since 1937.

Crow Fair & Rodeo

The Crow Fair Celebration is the largest Native American event in Montana, and one of the biggest powwows in the country.

XIT Rodeo & Reunion

In the 1880s, the XIT was the largest ranch in the world under the fence, and it sprawled across the Texas Panhandle.

Chief Joseph Days Rodeo

As Chief Joseph Days approaches its 67 year, it retains its community flavor while providing world class entertainment.

Amberley Snyder's Pure Grit

Amberley Snyder is a paraplegic barrel racer that is the very definition of pure grit.

Oakley Independence Day Rodeo

Little Oakley, UT started a rodeo in the 30s that now draws 24,000 people mostly from Salt Lake, 50 miles away.

The Clackamas County Fair & Rodeo

The first Clackamas County Fair began in Gladstone Park in 1907.

Mount Isa Queensland Australia

Special Cowboy Moments RFDTV takes an American Rodeo Team to Australia to compete at the Mt. Isa Rodeo, the largest rodeo in the southern hemisphere.

War Bonnet Round Up Idaho Falls, ID

The San Luis Valley War Bonnet Round Up began in 1919 and al the oldest professional rodeo in the state of Colorado.

Sidney Iowa Rodeo

The Sidney Iowa Championship Rodeo started in 1923 when Earl and Henry Tackett decided to entertain those at the Old Soldiers Reunion. Members of Sidney American Legion Post 128 quickly assumed sponsorship and made it an annual event.

Ski Hi Stampede Monte Vista, CO

The San Luis Valley Ski Hi Stampede began in 1919 and is the oldest professional rodeo in the state of Colorado.

Eagle County Fair & Rodeo

Eagle County Fair & Rodeo first attracted prospectors in the late nineteenth century, then skiers to resorts at Vail and Beaver Creek, and also, for nearly 80 years, rodeo fans to the Eagle County Rodeo.

Wolf Point, MT Wild Horse Stampede

Starting in 1915 local cowboys and Indian would hold an impromptu gathering and host a little afternoon rodeo on the downtown dirt streets.

Miles City, Montana Bucking Horse Sale

Miles City, Montana has more western history per capita than anywhere in the world.

Wood Mountain SASK Stampede

The North West Mounted Police (WMP) set up an outpost across the creek to the east of us in 1874.  After Sitting Bull and his people crossed the “Medicine Line” in 1877, that small outpost had the attention of every bureaucrat in North America.   

Buffalo Bill Cody Stampede in Cody, WY

Cody, WY is the "Rodeo Capitol of the World." From the turn of the century, rodeos and parades have been part of the 4th of July here in Cody, Wyoming.

Black Hills Roundup Belle Fourche, SD

The Black Hills Roundup traces its roots back to 1918 when 15,000 people got together to raise funds for World War 1.

Buffalo Chip Saloon Cave Creek

The Buffalo Chip Saloon rose from the ashes after an arsonist put it to flames and brought back bull riding and energy to downtown Cave Creek.

Western Fest PRCA Rodeo Granite Falls, MN

The collaboration that gave birth to Western Fest and The Western Fest Stampede Rodeo dates back to the Granite Falls Centennial celebration in 1979.

Santa Maria Elks Rodeo

Behind-the-scenes at the 75th annual Santa Maria California Elks Rodeo.

Nacogdoches Rodeo

Considered to be the oldest town in Texas, Nacogdoches was founded in 1779 by Don Antonio Gil Y'Barbo. The history of the Nacogdoches region begins with the Caddo Indians, who lived in the area before the Spanish, and through to the present day.

Oakdale California Rodeo

In 1945, when Oakdale, CA was known as the "Clover Capital of the World" they created a rodeo and soon became the "Cowboy Capital of the World."

Mount Isa Rodeo in Queensland Australia

An American Rodeo Team goes to Australia to compete at the Mt. Isa Rodeo, the largest rodeo in the southern hemisphere.