longhorn

As I gaze out over the rolling Texas pastureland of Star Creek Ranch, 200 or so regal Texas Longhorn cattle gorge on lush spring grasses. With their flashy multihued hides, impressive headgear, and sturdy builds, they seem as intrinsic to the Texas landscape as does earth, sky, and water. It nearly wasn’t so. Christopher Columbus...

The COWGIRL team headed out to a sprawling roper’s ranch in Prescott, Arizona, to shoot our cover with good friend, model, and cowgirl, Nicole Zuelke, who introduced us to the beautiful black-and-white, Howie Longhorn.  As anyone familiar with the beloved bovines knows, the normally docile descendents of America’s historic herds, when raised as pets are...

Julie, at Jack It Up Designs, creates decorative cow skulls that are the focal point in any room they are placed; each piece is carefully crafted to have its own unique style and flair. She’s done standard cow skulls, Longhorns, Watusis, Herefords, and even deer and other wildlife. From hair on hide, tooled leather, rhinestones, and...

Steer clear of run-of-the-pasture wall art and hang a western classic that elevates the iconic cow skull to artistic new heights. From turquoise and gemstone embellishments, to edgy studs, crystals, and carvings, decorating’s original found object—the steer skull—has come of age. Rene Gibson Longhorn skull with Tibetan pendant, turquoise, gold leaf tile, red coral, glass...