Exclusive | Real cowboys weigh in on Yellowstone, reveal what the hit show gets right and wrong

Hold your horses. As the hit ranch drama “Yellowstone” nears its end – without star Kevin Costner – real cowboys are weighing in on what they think of the show. Russell True, 64, who is the second generation owner of the White Stallion Ranch in Arizona, told The Post he thinks “Yellowstone” is “absurdity, surrounded by reality.”“Obviously, they have to up the ante for drama.So, we have gun battles with AK-47s.

There’s bombings.There’s a lot of violence [on the show] that’s way overstated,” he added.“But [creator] Taylor Sheridan is an absolute unmitigated genius.

The stuff that comes out of Costner’s mouth, or Beth’s  – I feel very strongly that it speaks for us.” Now in its fifth and final season, “Yellowstone” follows the Dutton family, owners of the largest ranch in Montana, including patriarch John (Costner) and his adult children Kayce (Luke Grimes), Jamie (Wes Bentley), Beth (Kelly Reilly) and Beth’s husband, Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser). It’s spawned several spinoffs, and according to the network, 17 million viewers have tuned in.Costner exited after the first half of Season 5.

The second half premieres Sunday, Nov.10 on Paramount Network (8 p.m.). Hunter Grayson, 33, who owns Black Hat Ranch in Georgia and appeared on the Fox reality show “Farmer Wants a Wife,” told The Post that if you dial back the drama and violence in “Yellowstone” by “about 80%, you’ve got a pretty accurate assessment of what real ranch life is like.”Grayson added, “There’s not a day that goes by that we’re not worried about somebody developing the pasture next to us.

Or, people complaining about the smell of the cows.You name it, we’ve all heard it! There is a good touch of reality to that show.

It’s over-embellished in the drama and violence department to gain and contain viewers.”“But, I don’t have any complaints,” he continued.“It’s a little over the top for me to relate to on a realistic aspect...