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cowcatcher
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 Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:43 pm Post subject: Wild cattle catchers needed in California! |
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| Wow! The power of the world wide web. I got an email from a ranger in California looking for someone to catch and REMOVE about 100 head of wild cattle from forest rangeland. Thought it was a joke to start with but is legit. Job is in very remote location and would be for someone that knows what they are doing. I of course am on the other side of the country and my private jet is in the shop. Ha ha. I emailed the ranger back and told him if I heard of anyone closer I would let him know. Any takers? Let me know. Would be alot of WORK but for us that like wild cow catchin' it can be alot of fun too. Paul
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ropesanddogs
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TWOROPES
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Please P.M. me with the info, if there are truly 100 head, I will haul to cali and take the job. P.S. ROPESANDOGS, I HAVE A LITTER OF JAM-UP CURS FOR SALE, WILL BE VERY GRITTY.
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the_jersey_lilly_2000
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| TWOROPES if you go......we want PICTURES!!!!!!!!
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Faster horses
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| YEAH, Pictures...FOR SURE!!!!
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PPRM
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| Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:57 am Post subject: |
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| What part of California?
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cowcatcher
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| Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Two Ropes. I sent you a p.m. I believe it's northern California. Paul
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| Those cattle might belong to somebody. I'd give it a lot of thought before I got too excited about going all the way across the country to do a job like that. Sometimes the reason why they try to get an outsider for jobs like that is because there's more to the story and none of the locals will touch it.
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TWOROPES
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| Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Texan wrote: |
| Those cattle might belong to somebody. I'd give it a lot of thought before I got too excited about going all the way across the country to do a job like that. Sometimes the reason why they try to get an outsider for jobs like that is because there's more to the story and none of the locals will touch it. |
You are right about that, I catch cattle for three different counties in central texas, and you better know the legalaties. The first thing I would want to see is a siezure warrant, and then a notorized contract.
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PPRM
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I know a lot of Klamath Basin Cowboys and think there are a lot of the same type in Northern California. So, I am pretty suspect that they can't find any locals......
PPRM
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ropesanddogs
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Then again,a hundred head of slicks,in real bad,and big, country you've never been in really hurts your odds of catchin all 100,plus its cali,which means lots of peta type liberals...Just imagine the headlines...And think about cattle that are that wild,ive roped old cows that wouldnt even hit the end of the rope before they turn around and die,i mean foam spittin fall over dead,not to mention,loadin them,assuming youd be able to get a trailer in there,then how many people in cali have seen what we call a good catchin yella dog can do to a set of ears?Catchin the wild stuff isnt pretty,and the general city folk would cringe,you know as well as i do...Not to mention what can happen to your horses,dogs and yourself...Not to rain on anyones parade,or step on any toes,this is just the thinking thats keepin me from loadin up and headin out there...I think ill just stick to my local jobs...BTW what counties are ya ketchin for TWO ROPES?I know the fella that ketches for Falls,and the fella that ketches for Mclennen county,i dont think our county(colorado) has an official stock catcher,but there are plenty of guys around (myself included) that do just that...What are ya askin fer those pups?...anyhow,yall be carefull....
-Colt
Ps,i dont know if its just popular western media,but the way i see buckaroo type guys portayed in documentaries like "the remuda" and "Tapadero",is kidve an easy on stock slow going,quiet trot over here trot over there,pet my horse kindve people.Kindve like in Tim o'bryne's book "cowboys and Buckaroo's" he talks about screwing up at a rodear,and how you'll get " a stern look from the boss".....!? Man,down here in the brush,things are fast,and hard,hot and bloody,Ive seen guys that ride the trashiest,goofy lookin 1972 aerna saddles,yet theyll waste no time in ropin an old brahmer bull that dont want to pen,and theyll have to go buy a rope every other week because even if they tie off theyll pop,or wear from pasture loadin,and if they dally theyll waer smooth through anyhow...I also notice that hardly any of the buckaroos ive seen,or rather those influenced by them,never have tie ropes,yet they have more ornaments hangin off of everything,and a rope that may be a few years old,and go on and on about poetry and such...Im sure this will ruffle some feathers,but im curious...Have i only seen the wanna be's and the "almost are" kindve guys? Cuz if thats how the whole lot is,it'd be hard to picture em catchin a hundred head of wild stuff in a hurry...If im wrong,plaese help me be right,and don't get your feelins hurt....
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Jinglebob
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Then again,a hundred head of slicks,in real bad,and big, country you've never been in really hurts your odds of catchin all 100,plus its cali,which means lots of peta type liberals...Just imagine the headlines...And think about cattle that are that wild,ive roped old cows that wouldnt even hit the end of the rope before they turn around and die,i mean foam spittin fall over dead,not to mention,loadin them,assuming youd be able to get a trailer in there,then how many people in cali have seen what we call a good catchin yella dog can do to a set of ears?Catchin the wild stuff isnt pretty,and the general city folk would cringe,you know as well as i do...Not to mention what can happen to your horses,dogs and yourself...Not to rain on anyones parade,or step on any toes,this is just the thinking thats keepin me from loadin up and headin out there...I think ill just stick to my local jobs...BTW what counties are ya ketchin for TWO ROPES?I know the fella that ketches for Falls,and the fella that ketches for Mclennen county,i dont think our county(colorado) has an official stock catcher,but there are plenty of guys around (myself included) that do just that...What are ya askin fer those pups?...anyhow,yall be carefull....
-Colt
Ps,i dont know if its just popular western media,but the way i see buckaroo type guys portayed in documentaries like "the remuda" and "Tapadero",is kidve an easy on stock slow going,quiet trot over here trot over there,pet my horse kindve people.Kindve like in Tim o'bryne's book "cowboys and Buckaroo's" he talks about screwing up at a rodear,and how you'll get " a stern look from the boss".....!? Man,down here in the brush,things are fast,and hard,hot and bloody,Ive seen guys that ride the trashiest,goofy lookin 1972 aerna saddles,yet theyll waste no time in ropin an old brahmer bull that dont want to pen,and theyll have to go buy a rope every other week because even if they tie off theyll pop,or wear from pasture loadin,and if they dally theyll waer smooth through anyhow...I also notice that hardly any of the buckaroos ive seen,or rather those influenced by them,never have tie ropes,yet they have more ornaments hangin off of everything,and a rope that may be a few years old,and go on and on about poetry and such...Im sure this will ruffle some feathers,but im curious...Have i only seen the wanna be's and the "almost are" kindve guys? Cuz if thats how the whole lot is,it'd be hard to picture em catchin a hundred head of wild stuff in a hurry...If im wrong,plaese help me be right,and don't get your feelins hurt.... |
I'm pretty sure , what little I've been around, that there are buckaroo types who would sure enuff get it done. Hell they come from the old California tradition, where they considered it fun to rope bears! and they dally'd when they did it.
I'm pretty sure there are good hands where ever you go. Lots of "claim to be's", pretty fair sprinkling of average hands and of course a few real good hands. Everywhere.
They might go about it different in the brush and the mountains. Every place has it's why's as to what they do and how they do it.
If they are lookin' for outside help, it's probably not on the up and up and probably the greenies tryin' to get somebody kicked off a peice of ground. Ask Ranchy about that kind of stuff or get some back issues of Range magazine.
I think if I was younger I would enjoy catchin' wild cattle. At my age, I don't heal that fast and don't like tearin' up my horses and gear.
I guess when you get to be a grampa with gray hair, it tends to slow and mellow some of us guys. 
By the way, I got in on a deal, years ago with some "farmer" cattle that turned out to be way more work than fun.
As far as thinking someone who quotes poetry as less manly, just go on out to Elko and mention that to some of them big ol' fellers who show up there. Sonny Hancock was about as wild and wooly as they came, as I understand it, and he was a dang good poet.
Saddle Tramp is probably as good a hand as you'll find anywhere, made a livin' off the back of a horse and doin' every job that needs doin' on a ranch, and he spouts poetry off and it'sa plumb interestin' to listen to. He's not ashamed to mention that he looks to the Good Lord to help him out, either, but he sure ain't no wussie.
I try real hard not to judge books by their covers, after being wrong about so many for too many years.
Shoot, I've even got to the point where I think there must be some good hands in Texas.
For that matter, I've met a couple, come to think about it. 
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Man,if i had about a thousand $ (for gas) to get there,and i didnt take this colt starting job last week...I would so do my damndest to make it happen,theres nothing in this world i treasure more than catchin the wild stuff...I really wish i wouldnt have seen this post because now ill be dreaming about it....a hundred (or more im sure) head of the fightingest, wildest, horse killinest ,stock in all of california...Aw screw it,im un chanin the dogs and mountin up,how long ya think itll take to ride from San antone to califernia?..... 