Episode 205
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- Predator Control
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- Ranchers in Lane County loose valuable livestock every spring when coyote packs swell with new pups. Coyotes cost farmers hundreds of dollars a year in sheep and other small livestock. To give local farms some much-needed relief government payed trappers have been employed to catch these troublesome predators. The expense of the program however, and the humaneness of the trapping, has sparked a debate about issues of predator control.
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- Helicopter Ranching
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- Dick and Patty Jenkins run the Barton Lake Ranch near Burns. They're cattle ranchers, but to cut back on the price of hiring cowboys, they use a helicopter to track and herd their cattle.
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- Buckaroo
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- A cowboy can do a little bit of everything, but a buckaroo sticks to tradition. That's the opinion of one Harney County buckaroo who rides out every day in silvers spurs, with an old-fashioned vest and a scarf around his neck. A buckaroo prefers a horse to a pickup truck, and he's highly skilled in roping, riding and branding. The word buckaroo comes from the Spanish vaqueros who were the first cattlemen in Oregon.
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