Burris Optics Presents Cowboy Insurance Monday, May 29
Greeley, CO – “The whole purpose of family-owned ranching is just having the ability to stay in business.” – Jim Butcher, Cowboy Insurance
The business of veteran and multi-generation ranchers goes far beyond the P&L sheet. It is an all-consuming job and lifestyle—a 24/7 responsibility that doesn’t stop for rain or snow or dark of night. And at no time is that truer than during calving season.
Cowboy Insurance is a Burris Optics original film that draws viewers into the Gateway Simmental Ranch, a fourth-generation cattle concern in Lewistown, Montana. Run by Jim Butcher and sons Logan and Brock, the film is an in-the-mud portrait of the ranching lifestyle and the never-ending challenges of livestock management. Spring, in particular, requires these ranchers to dig deep as they work the critical and often chaotic two-month calving season, combating unpredictable weather and predators to ensure their calves make it to the summer pastures. Read more