Cows and heifers headed downhill out of the snowy Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming.
Tag: cattle drive
Saddle at Six Pics
We did saddle at six… Which, honestly, is late compared to how we did it in the “olden days”! Saddle at four was more like it! But that’s ok… It turned into a long enough day as it was… No big wrecks, it just takes time to gather a pasture, sort out the neighbor’s cows,…
Wordless Wednesday – “Back”
For this WW, Brandon chases her back to the herd…
Me and My Girl
Sometimes the day starts off with a kick! It’s cool… And running downhill just feels FUN! Well, it definitely went downhill from here… We gathered the pasture, turned them out into the lane, and they were happy happy cows. As in nopedon’tcarewheremybabyis, leavemealoneandletmeeat, cutmeoutofthebunch?Idon’tthinkso, whyisyourhorsesweatingthisgrassiswonderful. We were wanting to leave the yearlings in one pasture…
Father-Daughter Dance
When we moved our cows the other day, Dally was Dog of the Day. However, Lucas was along with Vernon in the Rhino… and once we’d made the Big Loop (and saw the elk) and arrived back at the corral to pick up *those* cattle, Lucas was free to join in the fun. Believe me,…
We Have ELK!
Last night the decision was made to move our cows. They are up in our high mountain pasture, which, unfortunately, has a fair amount of larkspur in it. Tall purple larkspur, while a somewhat attractive wildflower, is also highly toxic to cattle. It also must taste ok, because they’ll eat it! The older it is…
Ranchwork
I spent almost a half an hour trying to shove a piece of OSB onto two weak lightweight sawhorses before I got totally disgusted and just leaned it against the bottom logs and sawed out the hole for my light switch. I think I said a Bad Word. But when I finally raised it to…
Fragments
The morning came to me in fragments. The tell tale dust rising above the tall sagebrush was a simple clue that cows were walking through it. Brown Horse stepped on crusted dried mud, or crispy and crunchy sagebrush, or a spray of fine dust sifted at every hoof print, depending on our location. Birdsong welcomed…
Yesterday
The girls rode today, so I was Head Babysitter. So… Here is *yesterday* in photos… Morning light… Resting already… Get her, Lucas! Lucas and Boomer getting them out of the creek… Change of dogs… Dally on duty… Old roses by the homestead… Thirsty horses… Tall grass…
By Jove
Here they come. Me and my partner blocked this road and forced them uphill on the other road. We did well, even though my partner slept through most of it. Yup. We did good. They’re headed the right way now! We kept the heifers from joining the party by moving them two fences away… By…