DILLON HIJACKED THE PODCAST!! | Apr 11, 2024 16

Tucker Martin (00:01)
Hey y 'all, Dylan hijacked the podcast. Here's what he has to say.

Tucker Martin (00:10)
Alright everybody, this is Dylan Jacobs. I'm doing the podcast hijack today. I have a few things on my mind. One thing on my mind in particular right now is different styles of cowboying in different parts of the country. I'm not saying I'm the most traveled, not saying I'm the most well -versed, but I have been around a little bit. Currently I live in northern Utah.

northeastern Utah about 30 miles off the Colorado border. Uh this is an area that I've not ever spent any time until I moved in so I just kind of jumped in uh head first and and got myself into this area and you know you you get a little bit of funny looks when you grow up on the on the Arizona Strip and you come from a from a ranching background and a cowboy background and and

you transplant entirely, you transplant somewhere else. I've done this a couple times in my life. The first time I transplanted, I went down to Southwestern New Mexico. My sister married a good cowboy from down there and he helped me get a job on a ranch down there and I was cowboying down there for about a year. And then I've gone back several times to that area to help with different...

different parts of the works and different times of the year and everything from working horses and starting colts to weaning calves, shipping calves and feeding them for the 45 days or, you know, just calving out and raising babies and helping mamas and everything. And so as you go to different parts of the world and different parts of the country, different parts of the state, different parts of the county even, you're running to different.

different folks, different walks of life. You know, down south, you've got the, you've got the punchers, you know, your Arizona and Western New Mexico area. You've got the cow punchers down there that ride a Swirl Fork saddle and wear Arizona bell leggings or shotguns or something like that. And then, you know, have some shape in their hat. You move up here where I...

where I am now and it's completely different than anywhere else. You go to the Great Basin, you know, Nevada, Southern Idaho, up in Wyoming, you know, parts of Utah, you have some buckaroos and then you have some people kind of in between and everybody up here is kind of different. Like somebody...

somebody likes to ride a team roping saddle all the time and somebody else will be riding a slick fork Wade with buck and rolls and somebody else will be riding a Visellia saddle, Visellia style saddle, a slick horn and no swells and a high shovel candle, a six inch shovel candle and you know, it's a completely different world up here. So I kind of jumped in head first and going up down south, like I said, I...

Grew up on the Arizona strip area and was kind of in the middle of everything. You know, there's same thing down there. There are some buckaroos and some in between and some punchers. until I until I got out and got away from where I grew up, I didn't really understand what, why and how everything does everything. But, you know, down south, the Cowboys down there, ride in some a little rougher country and they need a saddle with with swells and they.

You know, they rope with a shorter rope because that's what the country needs. It's a necessity. It's not just strictly out of style, out of what you want to wear. You want to wear a taco hat. You want to wear bat wings. You want to wear tapaderoes on your saddle. You know, bulldogs, as a lot of folks call them. And, you know, because the brush is so thick down there, you've got to do it. You have to wear them long shafts. You have to wear...

You have to put bulldogs on your saddle so you don't get brushed through your stirrups or get your boots ripped up or your spurs ripped off. And, you know, the cattle down there are different cattle up here. Up in northern Utah, they have bigger frame cattle down, you know, Arizona, New Mexico, the cattle are a little bit smaller because that's how they have to be to live off the land and live off the country and everything. And it's just interesting and something something that you all want to look at.

look at and think about as you make your travels throughout the world, throughout your life. And a lot of people get caught up in the controversy between buckaroos and punchers and flat hats and taco hats and Wade saddles and slick horns and tying on hard and fast to this wall fork saddle. Each place has their things, has their style, I guess you could say, for...

reason they don't just do it because they want to they do it because the country makes them be that way so what next time you your punchers get in an argument with a buckaroo stop and think well you know these guys grew up in the flatlands or or you know maybe that's how that's where they chose to make their living maybe they transported from you know southern arizona central arizona to montana wyoming area maybe they maybe they like that better you know so next time next time you get an argument with somebody about

Well, you're wearing a taco hat and I'm a flat hatter. I'm a buckaroo and this way is better and do things slow and, you know, pack a 60 foot rope and yada, yada, yada. You know, everybody, everybody has their own thing and everybody does their own thing for their own reasons. So just remember that that as you as you travel and you get around places, don't be so quick to jump down somebody's throat about how they do things, how they wear their hat, where they.

where they pack their rope, if they put rubber on their horn or not, you know, just think that their circumstances and their upbringing plays a lot of, plays a big factor in their, in the way they do things and why they do things. You know, everybody has things that work for them. Everybody has things that don't work for them. And, you know, I think if you keep your eyes open and keep an open mind a little bit.

As you go throughout your life, you can pick up some things from a buckaroo or pick up some things from a puncture that maybe you can incorporate into your life and into your horsemanship skills and into your cattle working skills and into your dog working skills and into your people working skills. You know, there's a lot of rough, tough cowboys out there that I've met that take their hats off for a lady when they walk in the door and you shake their hand, you take your hat off. And there's a lot of people who are kind and gentle spoken and...

And you know, they don't, they put their hat on, they wear their hat to eat dinner in. You know, they wear their hat when they shake a lady's hand and you know, one way is not better than the other and it's a little bit controversial, but you know, I'm not meant to start any arguments or anything, but to stop the arguments actually. So when you get around other folks and other ways of life, just maybe use your ears first and your eyes first before you use your mouth and use your brain and...

Think what can I pick up from this area? You know, what can I learn from this fella, from this hand, from this gal, from the way that this person rides their horse, or the way that this person moves around a cow, or the way that this person talks to their kids. You know, always try to pick something up. And as cowboys worldwide, whether you're from the flat hat wear in Nevada or the taco hat wear in Texas, everybody can pick something up from everybody.

And ultimately, we're all cowboys. Think of the things we have in common. Horses, cattle, dogs, our family. What would we have without that? Without the land that we're riding, what would we have? Where would we be without our, you know, without our horses? All of us would be a foot, you know, and that's something to remember, you know, the horses are the common ground between us and our cattle are the common ground between us. And...

our horsemanship is a common ground between us and, you know, lots of these, lots of these people need to step back and realize that and realize that, you know, maybe tying on with a 30 foot rope doesn't work up in, you know, Idaho or Wyoming or somewhere and maybe swinging a 60 foot rope doesn't work in the trees and the brush of Arizona. You know, so you've got to keep an open mind and...

and keep an open heart to the different ways that different folks do different things. And that's my podcast hijack. If anybody has any questions or you want to just visit with me, hit me up. Tucker, she can get you in touch with me. I am kind of changing my leather business a little bit here. I will still be taking custom orders for shaps. That being said.

I'm going to be very picky at what I build. I am no longer taking custom saddle orders for the time being, that might change, but for the foreseeable future, I will continue to build saddles and they will be what I want to build, when I want to build them, and how I want them built. So I will be experimenting with some different tree makers, some different styles of building things.

If y 'all have any questions, suggestions, things you'd like to see me do, or if you have some things that, some shaps or something you want built, hit me up. I'm always happy to entertain offers and everything. Also, I've got a handful of tack and things always for sell or trade. So y 'all hit me up if you're interested in doing some swapping or you just want to BS.

or if you want to come hang out with me for a few days, hit me up. I've got a big horse sale coming up. I got some really nice horses coming up in it. Running the feed lot. We're just about done calving out our pasture cows. My little girl's growing up like crazy and running around. And my wife is kicking butt, keeping up with her and keeping up with all of her coaching and all of our horses and everything that we've got going on right now. So we're busy, but we make time for the folks in our life that matter and chances are.

If you take the effort and take the time to reach out to us, we'll make take the time and make the time to connect with you. So hit me up. We'd always love to chat. Thanks. And this was my podcast hijack.

Tucker Martin (11:25)
Well guys, what do you think? That was pretty awesome. There were some awesome takeaways in there. What is our common ground? And I think I love that, that, you know, Dylan addressed that. Um.

that conflict within the industry, but I think that can roll over into all parts of our lives. Like as we go around, you know, trying to be good people and, and things like that, what's our common ground? Don't focus on the differences. Let's focus on, on our similar, our similar goals. Like in this example, I mean, the world is looking for ways to.

diminish the agriculture industry to make us less self sustainable. You know, the animal rights groups are all over anybody with horses or dogs or cattle and the industry is just under attack from a ton of different directions. So as horsemen's horse men's as horsemen, as you know, people in ag as cattlemen and stockmen and ranchers and,

rodeo lovers, competitors, we're all in this together more than we're in separate boats, right? So I love that he brought that up. That was awesome. I hope you all enjoyed the hijack. I know I did. This was kind of a fun idea that was kind of an off the cuff deal. We decided to roll with it and I love it. So if you have a thought you want to share a business to promote, just something, anything you want to do.

Hijack the podcast, reach out to me at tmranchramblin at gmail .com. Or of course you can catch me on Instagram at tm .ranch .ramblin and I am on Facebook. So reach out to me if you want to hijack the podcast. It can be short, long, I don't care the topic. This was super, super fun. And you know, part of my mission here on the podcast is to...

support other people. This started out as being, you know, primarily ranch women, um, ranch moms, things like that. However, I think we can all learn from each other. So no matter what it is you have to offer, where you're at, what you're doing, I believe that you can aid others, that other people will benefit from you. Um, so reach out to me if you want to hijack it. I can't wait to promote your business, to share your story and

to hear what you have to say, your thoughts, and I can't wait to chat. So until then, you guys, don't cut your dollies on the dream.