That sounds a little like some of my cowboy novels, love them. But then again it also reminds me when men were not afraid of being men and women didn't hate them because they were men!
The cowboy genre is a neglected American art form. Nobody much reads Max Brand (Frederick Faust) much anymore.
Here's a robert service link...his poems are a hoot.
http://www.mochinet.com/poets/service/index.cgi