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Using teaching techniques developed by Bud Williams and video to demonstrate and expand on each point, we will cover the following: 1) factors affecting our communication with animals, 2) stockmanship basics - learn to read and react to what the animals are telling you, 3) your attitude – what a difference it makes, 4) natural instincts of livestock; 5) we do not want to be seen as a predator, 6) pressure and release, 7) the difference between taming and teaching livestock, 8) release is important, 9) your positioning, 10) our job is to create a situation where we have less stress on our animals, 11) what you will gain from better stockmanship, and 12) how these principles apply to placing livestock on rangelands. These stockmanship techniques must be learned, practiced, and applied by every stock-handler who wishes to “place” livestock on unfenced lands. Placing livestock isn't a beginner-level skill. You must learn the basics of good stockmanship, apply them to all aspects of working with your livestock, train your livestock to take pressure, and drive them at all times using proper communication so they feel comfortable and will stay where you place them (rather than move off because it's not a good place to be due to how you handled them). Finally, when placing animals their movement needs to be stopped in such a way so they will stay where you put them until you return, and you must return before they run out of feed or water and move them to a new location (trust must be maintained).