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Post by angusrancher on Jun 5, 2020 12:20:55 GMT -6
Them are some good pics, sure dont mean about the sink hole, hope everything went well, that sure makes a good day bad, but it looks like you didn't miss a beat.👍 Thanks.....but when we were pulling on the stuck tractor with that barge rope, and it stretched.....and stretched, it was kind of an eerie feeling. I was worried about something breaking and being flung, and hitting one of the young guys. On one attempt, a shorter large rope, hooked with a doubled up chain to the barge rope, broke and sent the big chain whizzing by, but it went off to the side and didn't hit anything, but lots of momentum. There was really a lot of force to pull the tow tractors backwards when you pulled all you could on the barge rope, and stopped. |
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Post by tcranch on Jun 12, 2020 6:45:40 GMT -6
Worst case of mange in a 'yote I've ever seen! Literally right in our driveway, didn't even try to run when hubby walked out to shoot it. Actually, looked like it was ready to die anyway so at least it's out of misery. Lordy, did he stink!!  |
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Post by angusrancher on Jun 12, 2020 20:11:04 GMT -6
Worst case of mange in a 'yote I've ever seen! Literally right in our driveway, didn't even try to run when hubby walked out to shoot it. Actually, looked like it was ready to die anyway so at least it's out of misery. Lordy, did he stink!! Are you seeing a lot of others that are mangy? Also, there's a police station in Seattle, the abandoned east precinct, that is now inhabited by a big love fest that really could use a smelly dead coyote in their midst. You might consider a donation. |
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Post by tcranch on Jun 13, 2020 6:43:53 GMT -6
Worst case of mange in a 'yote I've ever seen! Literally right in our driveway, didn't even try to run when hubby walked out to shoot it. Actually, looked like it was ready to die anyway so at least it's out of misery. Lordy, did he stink!! Also, there's a police station in Seattle, the abandoned east precinct, that is now inhabited by a big love fest that really could use a smelly dead coyote in their midst. You might consider a donation. I'm not sure. Last winter I went into the old chicken house where we store small bales and one was in there, slipped out the other door. Scared the bejesus outta me - wasn't even sure WTH it was at first. Then about a month later another sighting in the central pasture. Same one? Probably, but could be more. Neighbor about 5 miles away shot one that looked very similar. |
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Post by angusrancher on Aug 2, 2020 17:55:58 GMT -6
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Post by angusrancher on Aug 3, 2020 18:25:55 GMT -6
Had about 150 of the last to calve that we hadn't branded yet. Younger calves still make great yearlings. The younger calves running as yearlings this year have evened out and done well. My Right-Wing, Northern Red-Neck, Long-Hair Country Boys made quick work of them. All of them great young people.    |
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Post by the illustrious potentate on Aug 8, 2020 13:18:57 GMT -6
That's some great scenery
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Post by angusrancher on Aug 23, 2020 11:02:07 GMT -6
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Post by angusrancher on Sept 6, 2020 18:31:39 GMT -6
Got a fishing hole where the boys have been catching some Northerns, Catfish, and Carp. Took my grandson to a lake in the Sandhills where he caught a couple Bullhead....but he doesn't like the ride down there, and no road at all the last leg of the trip. One of today's Northern's  popular baby boy names |
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Post by angusrancher on Nov 8, 2020 19:04:42 GMT -6
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Post by chuckie on Nov 8, 2020 20:49:26 GMT -6
Beautiful country. I love seeing the cattle in those beautiful pastures. Your fields are huge and ours have a tendency to be chopped up. We look like a patch work quilt as the trees grow along the fence lines to other fields. When I see pictures of the canyons, I think if West TN would stop no tilling, we would have better scenery too. I remember when I was a kid, that some land had such deep gullies that you could walk them forever. They were so deep and we played in them all day long. That was so much fun. I think at one time, those canyons looked like our gullies many many years ago.
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Post by bulltrader on Nov 18, 2020 20:14:31 GMT -6
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Post by angusrancher on Feb 14, 2021 18:28:38 GMT -6
In Sandhills meadows you can often find warm spring holes that don't seem to freeze up no matter how cold it gets. They don't smell the best, but are okay for cows to water out of. You can see a duck sitting in this one.  We try to sprinkle some salt around them if it's really cold and cows are drinking out of them, to keep them from getting icy around the edge. If a cow falls in one, they're kind of like quick sand, and they can have a hell of a time getting out. Have pulled numerous cows out of bog holes, and they're usually on the fight when you get 'em out. 
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Post by chuckie on Feb 14, 2021 19:15:07 GMT -6
Oh wow! That duck looks pretty happy to have a little water hole. What do you do to keep your water open during the cold temps? Do you have to keep the water pools busted open or does the water keep running all the time that the top never freezes over?
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Post by angusrancher on Feb 14, 2021 20:28:18 GMT -6
Oh wow! That duck looks pretty happy to have a little water hole. What do you do to keep your water open during the cold temps? Do you have to keep the water pools busted open or does the water keep running all the time that the top never freezes over? Where those cows are, the water holes in the swamp just stay open, the water is just warm enough naturally. There's a solar well we're using now that I chop the ice off of every morning. In other bunches there are electric wells with a floating tank heater secured near the float for the electric well switch. Don't have to do much to them, just knock the float loose if it freezes up, or torch the points a little if they get moisture in them. If one of them needs pulled to replace a pump it will usually be on the coldest day of the year. |
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