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#NFR14 | Stock Pens

They're just a short way from the Las Vegas strip, but the NFR stock pens seem a world away.

Author:: American Cowboy
Publish date:: Dec 12, 2014
Updated on: Apr 18, 2017

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It takes three days just to set up all the pens.

Riding out in the morning to gather the South Chinery pasture. TJ Roberts is the manager and Tyler Weatherford is the wagon boss. There was a crew of 12 men—six men in front and five behind me. It’s usually dark when we start out, so I’m always excited when the sun hits the horizon and I can do what I do best.

Clay Rodgers grew up on the Babbitt Ranches, one of the northern Arizona's largest, most historical outfits. Today he is a camp man at the Espee Camp.

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Sheila Carlson cowboys for Kit Metzger of the Flying M Ranch in Coconino County. She has previously cowboyed in Oregon and other Western states.

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