Unfenced, natural grazing Lands; includes woodland as well as grassland.

A type of ranching on the open range rather than within fenced pastures or feedlots. (See also Range.) This type of ranching was popular in the Carolinas and Mexico before coming to the Southwest. It was done especially on the "staked plains" of the Southwest and the northern ranges before barbed wire came into use.

unfenced grazing lands on which cattle ran freely and ownership was established through branding