From what is out there they did plenty of riding on the show buy most stunts were done by stuntmen. Landon stated on Johnny Carson that Dan blocker broke his collar bone in season 2 doing a stunt and that he literally popped it back in place and finished the scene. Usually you can tell when it's...
I hope bonanza ends up on bluray. And if it does I will simply sell my complete set, but a part of me thinks it will just end up on streaming instead. I hope they put the whole thing up unlike gunsmoke who's season 1-6 aren't included ( which makes no sense).
Now that bonanza is complete can we expect streaming at some point? I suspect others like rawhide may stream eventually as well since they now all have HD files sitting somewhere waiting to be uploaded.
Only way I see it for rawhide is if ( God forbid) Clint passes away. Supposedly it will have a bluray release ( 1 season) this year. As for bonanza maybe we will get a bluray release later down the line for a cheaper price.
That's what I did ( placed my order on target). I bought season 2 way back when so I'm just going to get the complete series to finish my set. And give the others away to friends