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Once again, Chuck captures the mood and individuality of the working cowboy. Chuck loves to show the solitary isolation that many cowboys have to endure, as opposed to the camaraderie of a group of punchers that is common these days. To many a cow-puncher, being in his own company is preferred to being around a bunch of talkers.

Chuck is portraying the cowboy gathering up the cattle at the end of the winter for moving to summer pasture. Having been with them all winter, feeding them range cubes, or "caking them," the cattle have learned his voice and come when he calls. Because of the fog and lack of visibility, the voice is the only way to keep the cattle coming in and together.

This is an image of one of those cowboys that can't, and won't, be replaced by technology. There are just some jobs that require a cowboy on horseback, like finding and flushing out cattle in isolated country. Other such work is the doctoring that cowboys have to do on the spot so the cattle will survive the drive. Doctoring includes treating for worms, loco weed, rock cuts, ticks and sundry other ailments.

The cowboy is on a ranch gelding with good conformation. These horses have to be solid, especially for a solitary hand who can't afford any accidents out on the range where it could take days to get help.

Chuck prefers to show us the real cowhand--the permanent cowboy who still makes his living off the range. Chuck knows the cowboy's rough, physical existence that has him searching for cattle in some very lonely places. The cowboy has to know how to treat diseased animals as well as understand the habits of the range creatures that are always around cattle stirring up trouble. The cowboy has to serve as the protector of the herd.

With "Cattle Call," Chuck shows one more time why he is a master of creating images of the American cowboy--an image that may one day no longer be a way of life.

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