ATVs replace horses for Montana cattle rancher

The Highwaymen have a song called "The Last Cowboy Song". See the video below if you've never heard it, it's hard to be a old horse rider and not feel a bit of a tear well up as you listen to these four country legends sing it.

What has me thinking about The Last Cowboy Song is an article about ATVs on the Channel 9 KXLH News website out of Helena, Montana. They talk about how 84 year old rancher John Rumney has switched over to ATVs for the bulk of the work that used to be done using horses.

As the Highwaymen say, another piece of America's gone if the cattle ranchers are starting to mend fences and herd the cattle with ATVs rather than horses.