Jimbo Humphreys || 2023 Ranching Heritage Association Working Cowboy Award Honoree

Jimbo Humphreys | Guitar Ranches
Dickens, Texas

James “Jimbo” Humphreys has pursued cowboy life from various directions during his 52-year career by making a living punching cows, cooking on chuck wagons, training horses, building fences and corrals, and crafting bits and spurs. Humphreys got his start at an early age on the Pitchfork Land & Cattle Co. ranch where his father served as ranch manager for most of his childhood. As a chuck wagon cook, he cooked for several well-known ranching figures, including Ray Hunt, Bob Moorhouse, Buster Welch and Craig Haythorn.

As Humphreys entered back into the horse business, he introduced Ray Hunt’s gentler approach to horse training at the Pitchfork ranch and mastered another skill – building bits and spurs. His involvement in the horse industry led to competing in the Stock Horse Association of Texas and involvement in the American Quarter Horse Association and Ranch Horse Association of America. In 1995, Humphreys started working for the Guitar Ranches, a third-generation family-run operation, earning the role of ranch manager and cowboying daily.

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