longhorns

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...