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The American West to me is
freedom.
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Free to make your own choices
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and live the life
you want to live.
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[TEXT: America Out West]
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[HORSE SOUNDS]
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[TEXT: Profile of a Rancher
Family]
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[MUSIC]
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We are the Hampton family.
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We’ve been on this land for over
a hundred years.
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We’re fourth-generation
ranchers.
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We have cattle, horses and
sheep.
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A lot of hard work.
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[Janna:] But it’s a special
connection we have with our
land,
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our animals and our community.
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[Sam:] I’m a cowboy and part-time
sheep herder.
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[TEXT: Steve Hampton
Rancher]
I’m a cowboy.
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[TEXT: Janna Hampton
Rancher]
I’m a cowgirl.
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[TEXT: Dan Hampton
Rancher]
I’m proud to be a
cowboy.
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[TEXT: Sam Hampton
Rancher]
And out west,
ranching is the way of life.
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I usually like to
get up
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and feed the horses first.
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So that they can have the energy
when we
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saddle and ride them.
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They can go most of the day.
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Good morning, Jack.
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Come on. Give me one bite.
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After we’ve fed the horses and
had our breakfast,
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then we put the saddles on the
horses
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and get ready to go out to hail
cattle.
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[TEXT: Janna Hampton
Rancher]
It’s not like in the
movies,
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where everybody is loping
around on their horses.
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I mean, everything is so fast-paced.
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[Sam:] It takes about a day
to move the cows from one
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pasture to another.
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[TEXT: Dan Hampton
Rancher]
You have to be good
stewards of the range to
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know how many livestock to put
in without over-grazing.
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[Sam:] We use horses to herd
them.
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We just get in the tail end of
the cattle and
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start moving them the direction
where you want to go.
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[Dan:] We raise about 600 tons of
hay.
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And in thinking of the livestock
production,
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we have about a quarter-million
pounds of beef that we sell.
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[Sam:] I really enjoy teaching the
younger generation
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how to trail cattle.
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[MUSIC]
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[Janna:] There’s so many different
jobs on the ranch,
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it’s hard to summarize.
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[Dan:] We all have our own
chores,
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but we do overlap and help the
other with the irrigating,
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the riding, the mechanical work.
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[Sam:] Fix fence, hay.
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[Janna:] I mean, we’re talking
plumbing, electricity,
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everything that has to be done
on this ranch.
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[Steve:] As a rancher, we have many
hats.
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[MUSIC]
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[Sam:] You don’t really have
to look. Once you step outside
it’s there.
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[Steve:] I enjoy being outdoors.
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You know every day is
different.
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[Janna:] But why do I choose here?
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It’s the connection and love to
this land and this area.
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[Sam:] Our life is rather
simple, but it’s very rewarding.
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[Janna:] You get a tremendous
feeling of satisfaction from
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the work you do every day.
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[Steve:] I think the values
of hard work
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and just being out here in the
fresh air,
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you just can’t beat it.
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[Janna:] You’re making a
difference in your
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family’s life.
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[Sam:] I think raising the
children on this ranch,
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with livestock and the great
outdoors, has been a real,
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real benefit to our life.