If you're a fan of the TV show Yellowstone, you'll know the deal—you earn your place on the ranch by being branded. On the show, this means having a red-hot iron pressed into your flesh, leaving a ...

Branding cattle can run hot or cold. As ranchers mark their property on the ranges of Montana, cattle can feel the heat of the traditional red-hot branding iron, or the extreme cold of freeze branding ...

Hot iron branding of livestock is the oldest form of permanent identification and has been used for a long time in the western United States as proof of ownership. Freeze branding is relatively ...

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