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This site is owned by Mike Thomas (Himself) and Nancy Lee (Web Wranglerette).

Bonnie Jean Kerr was the power and incentive for this website and a fellow collaborator in the past and possible future.

All contents copyright Mike Thomas 2008 except where noted otherwise.

No one paid a dime to appear on this site, and a million bucks couldn't buy one word.
 

What's New at the Bunkhouse

Mike Thomas Horsemen TV

What we lack in polish, we make up for in try.

Monthly Shows

October 2009 Show
Ricky Quinn Jr. Clinic, Goldfield Ranch, October 16-19, 2009

September 2009 Show
"How to Help the Farrier, Continued": Buddy, Mike and Greg work with a 20+ year old mustang that had never been trimmed without drugs or "tied and flipped upside down!"

Bonus July 20 2009 Show
Buddy Uldrikson and Lil Sister, 22 videos with nice 2-year-old filly: ground work, first rides and interviews with Buddy.

July 2009 Show
"How to Help The Farrier": Mike, Greg Gresenz and Daniel Tolliver demo ways to help farrier; Buddy Uldrikson and Little Sister.

May/June 2009 Show
Featuring Mike's intro, Mike and Big Al at saddle station, Nancy learning groundwork, Buddy Uldrikson and Cash.

March/April 2009 Show
Featuring Buck Brannaman and attendees at New River Clinic, Buddy Uldrikson and attendees at Congress clinic



Gatherings

Here's a short list of recent workshops and clinics:

Buck Brannaman New River Clinic, Apr. 9-12, 2010

Paul Dietz Workshop, Desert Hills, Dec 12-14, 2009
Ricky Quinn Jr. Clinic, Goldfield Ranch, Oct 16-19, 2009
For more, go to the Gatherings page.

 



Photo Galleries

Hundreds of photos spanning the last nine years are published online in Mike's Picasa Galleries.

Click here to see photos of Arizona Clinics taught by Ray Hunt (5 years), Buck Brannaman (5 years), Paul Dietz (5 years), Buddy Uldrikson (4 years), Ricky Quinn (3 years), and lots of events including brandings, cow working, private lessons and more, with hundreds of Horsemen and Horsewomen in the making!

On Deck

Dale Harwood Saddle Private Treaty Offering
In late 1979/early 1980, my name came up on Dale Harwood's waiting list. I got his phone call at the Madison River Cattle Company Ranch on the same day that Dale completed Ray Hunt’s incredible saddle. More...


Featured Article

Rocky Bob, Part One (1959-1971) I got a phone call yesterday from a ranch friend who was going through another Montana winter and all the difficulties of wintering a bunch of mother cows when calving has not yet started. We got to tradin' and swappin’ Montana and Colorado winter ranch stories...  Read more...

Best Seat in the House

    Mike and Smokey watch Ricky Quinn Jr.'s 2009 clinic at Goldfield Ranch, AZ, and think they'll share a peanut butter and jelly sandwich later.

(Click picture to see larger version.)

Web TV
 

We've got a Web TV experiment going. Check out the Monthly Shows in the text box titled "Mike Thomas Horsemen TV", up and to your left.

Bear in mind, Mike is 70 years old and sometimes gets confused!




The Bunkhouse







Chutes

Life is like a Rodeo.

You pays your entry fees, you take your chances when you nod your head for stock, the results are up to you and the results was your choice - win, lose or draw.

See who's up in the chutes this month!

Chute 1: Carolyn and The Yellow Cadillac

Chute 2: One Day with Ray, Tom and April

Chute 3: One Day with Ray, 1981: Haltering 38 Tough Mares

Chute 4: Profile: Mary Williams Hyde, Art Photographer
Chute 5: My Buckin' Tailbone by Sonya Spaziani
Chute 6: The Winds Blow Where They Will by Sonya Spaziani
Chute 7: Kathleen Sullivan forwards article by student Kate Burke - giving
incredible insight into Ray  

Chute 8: Kathy Armsby Speaks about Ray Hunt (and Paul Dietz and Buck
Brannaman)

Chute 9: One Day with Ray, 1979: "Ugly" the Horse Becomes "Good Looking"

Chute 10: Anacabes Elko General Merchandise Co., a great place to shop in Elko

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