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Send Them On

Posted on June 19, 2023

Well, after a tired night’s sleep, I didn’t wake up feeling as bad as when I went to bed! I could hardly walk last night, so waking up mobile was an improvement. Don’t get me wrong, I was plenty happy to stay home and recuperate. They had just a long a day today as yesterday too.

So for those of you new to the blog, this land is a Bureau of Land Management allotment. We run our cattle out here along with a couple other ranchers. There are three pastures out here and we rotate through them according to a schedule from the BLM. If one area has no water or grass, they can modify that schedule for the health of the rangeland. The BLM tells us when we can go out and when we have to come back in. Our end date is June 20. This is considered public land, so hunters, campers, etc. can access this property. We do pay for the lease of this land through AUMs or Animal Units Monthly. That is the amount that a cow and her calf can eat in a month. Wyoming has 46.7% of its land under Federal ownership.

We ride, gathering cows according to which way the cows need to go, trying to keep from doubling back since cows get tired and hot, too! We have two different directions we need to go, so it takes a bit more organization when we sort.

We gather by spreading a net of riders along the landscape and pushing them to some designated “sorting ground” where we can pair mother cows and calves in the direction they need to go. We’ve trailed our cattle to my favorite sorting ground where we will pair them and send them on to graze on some of our private land.

I mean, really, I just have to stop every little bit and look and count my blessings even if some old cow can’t seem to find her calf ten feet away!

Today Victoria took a quintessential photo of range doctoring during gathering. This one is magazine worthy!

She did well, didn’t she?

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5 thoughts on “Send Them On”

  1. Susan says:
    June 22, 2023 at 4:33 AM

    The photos are amazing Thanks Victoria! You truly live in
    America The beautiful! Nothing like the west!

    Reply
  2. Joanne says:
    June 21, 2023 at 10:35 AM

    Excellent photos giving me, from Middle England, a good ‘picture’ of life on the ranch. Thank you.

    Reply
  3. Kathy says:
    June 20, 2023 at 3:46 PM

    Beautiful scenery! Thanks for explaining how the BLM allotment works.

    Reply
  4. CindyC says:
    June 20, 2023 at 10:08 AM

    Great photos, both of you!

    Reply
  5. Marilyn says:
    June 20, 2023 at 5:39 AM

    Some more interesting information, thank you. Great pictures and kudos
    to Victoria for hers. Love the photo of the 2 cows with the beautiful red hills in the background.

    Reply

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Carol, Wyoming rancher

Since 2008, I’ve kept this photographic journal of life on our working Wyoming ranch.  I share ranch work, my family, crafts and DIY, my English Shepherds, Bravo and Indy, and a love for this land.  Enjoy this red dirt country!

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