Creative Exits #3
Bozeman, Montana
2016

I wonder if they take off ride points if your hat exits you before you exit the horse? Given the importance of the hat to the cowboy persona, they probably should.

Left in the Dust
Bozeman, Montana
2016

Creative Exits #2
Bozeman, Montana
2016

Creative Exits #1
Bozeman, Montana
2016

A lot of bronc riders don’t make their eight seconds, but perhaps they should be awarded style points for their unique dismounts.

Tail-Dragger
Bozeman, Montana
2016

I’m pretty sure this cow didn’t like dragging the cowboy around the arena any better than the cowboy enjoyed being dragged. What puzzled me, and likely the cow as well, was why the cowboy kept hanging on given he didn’t seem to be slowing the cow down appreciably.

Cow Chaos
Bozeman, Montana
2016

Turn six teams of mounted ranch hands lose with a dozen wild cows with the task of getting some milk out of them and this is the kind of mayhem that results.

If Day Was Night and Black Was White #2
Bozeman, Montana
2016

If Day Was Night and Black Was White #1
Bozeman, Montana
2016

Postcard From Home
Bozeman, Montana
2016

Turf War
Bozeman, Montana
2016

Another conflict for space among magpies. In this case instant, the one with the choice perch on a dumpster is about to get usurped by a more aggressive colleague.  (This photo was obviously taken earlier in the year when there was snow on the ground. We can get snow here in July, but not that much, especially when temps have been hovering around 90.)