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Oregon. Home to the world’s largest living organism, the world’s tallest barbershop pole and America’s deepest lake.
Will it now also be known for crowning the next winner of the third season of Ultimate Cowboy Showdown, the cowboy competition series hosted by country music icon Trace Adkins? Viewers will have to tune in to see if Buck Faust, a cattle rancher and horse trainer from Prineville, with a larger-than-life personality can come out on top.
Oregon can hold a lot of challenges for ranchers, with a diverse climate, and varied terrain, but it ultimately toughens cowboys. After years of roping, training horses, calving cows, and running his own cattle operation in Prineville, Buck feels he is ready to compete in one of today’s toughest cowboy competitions, in the often harsh conditions of Wyoming.
In Ultimate Cowboy Showdown, top cowboys from across the United States compete to win a herd of cattle (worth at least $50,000), a coveted belt buckle, and a lifetime of bragging rights. As they lock horns in a series of grueling challenges, they are judged on their skills, knowledge, grit, and passion. The diverse male and female contestants include ranch owners and managers, horse trainers, ranch hands, bull riders, and rodeo competitors. One-by-one, the cowboys who don’t perform are eliminated by country music icon Trace Adkins and a panel of expert judges. In the end, only one cowboy rides away with the herd.
Season three of Ultimate Cowboy Showdown premieres on Thursday, April 21 at 8pm ET on general-entertainment network INSP.
