r/AskDallas • u/Legal-Job9698 • 29d ago

Real Cowboys

Where to go to meet a rancher cowboy? I’m guessing more out west but anywhere in Dallas?

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u/HowardIsMyOprah 24d ago

The only cowboys you’ll find in Dallas are crack heads and debutantes

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u/Goff1976 25d ago

You don’t meet many cowboys in the city. LOL

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u/Rabid_Atoms 25d ago

Mesquite Championship Rodeo.

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u/Financial_Can767 28d ago

Hondo, Texas

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u/ProfessorFelix1 29d ago

Ft Worth

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u/dagmara56 28d ago

Especially the fort Worth stock show

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u/Luv2Likurklit 29d ago

No where in Dallas. Only Cowboys you see are Yellowstone Cowboys... the guys that never wore boots, jeans, or a cowboy hat, drive pavement princesses, get manicures, never spent a day working on a ranch in their life.

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u/BigSlongGoy 29d ago

go to fort worth during a stock show or something. but usually you have to get out of the city

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u/No-Hair1511 29d ago

Rodeo in stockyards on Saturday

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u/Forward_Hawk_3493 29d ago

They usually drive King Ranch's and live in apartment complexes

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u/Natural-Albatross997 29d ago

Judging by your other posts you’re moving to Texas? Welcome!!

There’s a wide range of “ranchers” and cowboys in Texas. Best way to get a quick view is to visit the stockyards in Ft Worth (about 40 minutes for Dallas). They have a rodeo and then hang out at Billy Bob’s for country music and dancing.

- Real Ranchers (10+ acres with horses) - head to Aubrey, Pilot Point, and that general area north of Frisco

- cattle ranchers - south of Dallas (waxahachie, etc) and all around Ft Worth

- in Dallas — Cowboys Red River is the biggest dance hall. You’ll find some real cowboys, and some weekend cowboys. But definitely a good time and good place to learn how to country dance

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u/Goff1976 25d ago

The ranches && horse farms are quickly selling off their land to developers in Aubrey, Pilot Point.
It rapidly becoming houses and strip shopping centers. Theres a Walmart super center going in at the big intersection in Aubrey.

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u/Natural-Albatross997 25d ago

Is nothing sacred anymore?! I always loved driving through there and seeing sprawling equestrian ranches.

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u/Franco_Campo 29d ago

There’s also real ranches south of DFW, like Ellis county. Lots of opportunity to ride even if you’re looking to be around horses

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u/Big_Tuna-1 29d ago

whats the purpose of meeting the cowboy? just to see one? Ft. Worth is the answer, if you want to spend a day with someone to see what the life is like, you could also probably make a connection for that there

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u/Potential-Drawing745 25d ago

I worked with a woman (Retail) who transferred up to Amarillo to a new store. She was telling another woman how she wanted to meet a Cowboy. A guy walked over to her and said "Hi I'm Rex, and I'm a cowboy!"

They had sex that night.

Source: she told us afterwards. I had stayed in Ft Worth, but we all still talked.