"Working" cowboys are paid by the ranch owner. "Rodeo" cowboys have to win their events to collect prize money. "Urban" cowboys work at normal jobs 9-5 and hang out in country western bars at night. "Rhinestone" cowboys ... well, who knows
A pittance, however few real cowboys desire a different occupation.
You can make several thousand a week on the rodeo circuits. There is precious little that resembles what you believe to be a cowboy's life anymore. We still have horses, but SUV's and ATV's have replaced most of their functions.
In many ways: they watch for calving cows or cattle that have injuries or sicknesses that need to be doctored, they watch out for predators or varmints that may try to kill off some cattle or take newborn calves, they move cattle to a fresh grazing area, the list goes on.
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Cowboys are good at horse riding
Build houses.
Thousands of dollars but not extremely expensive
In the late 1800s the Chisolm trail was used to drive cattle by cowboys. The cowboys originated in Texas and drove the cattle to Kansas to be sold.
yes
at the end of the cattle drive, the cowboys rest and drink and fight
drag
the cowboys
Herd cattle
No, it was their livelihood.
cowboys
owners branded cattle that roamed freely, and then cowboys rounded them up
Cowhands, cowboys, etc.
Ranchers hired cowboys to gather and drive the cattle east. The expansion of the railroads shortened the cattle drive, enabling the cowboys to simply drive the cattle to the nearest rail stockyard.