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    Calf color

    We often hear of various colored cows referred to as a box of crayons. Buy these old one and done cows a person does have a good look at the cows but no idea what bull bred them. This year my calves are a real box of crayons. I have black cows with black calves and red cows with red calves. No...
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    Cull cow prices

    I went to a stock cow sale today. Rumors fo 90 cent cows isn't a rumor. And it is not just one excellent cow. The kill buyers bought the majority of the cows. Even solid mouth cows 7 and 8 months bred. Any of the bigger heavier cows went to kill. They were selling by the head but you could...
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    The rest of the story

    So I know a man who went to the Red Bluff sale. Sold a horse for $15,000. At that same sale was that Border Collie that sold for $45,000. This local guy had owned that dog. The dog had been on my place moving cows as a young dog. Turns out that the guy traded that dog for that horse. Sold...
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    End Table

    You might be a rancher (or a redneck) if an old empty protein tub serves as an end table on your deck.
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    And it begins

    Because of hay shortage and expense I waited to start buying the one and done cows. I started yesterday. I picked up 10 cows at the sale. All broken mouth cows that are bred 7 or 7+. They averaged weighing 1,134 and cost $838. The good new of the day was those big fat irrigated pasture cows...
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    $45,000 dog

    I was down at Bert's corral yesterday. He said that his dog's mother sold for $45,000 at Red Bluff. He figured that makes Griz worth at least half of that. So I looked up Red Bluff sale results. Sure enough Skittles brought $45,000 at the dog sale. My luck if I spent $45 on a dog it would...
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    Cougar

    I shot a cougar this afternoon. The first time I ever had a chance to shoot one. Not a real big one but my first one. He was basically about 50 yards up the hill across from the end of my driveway. That is about a quarter mile from the house. Shot it with the 30-30 that rides in the gun...
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    Old cows

    I did the close out cost on our old broken mouth cows from last year. We done good. S0 I went to a bred cow sale today just on a scouting trip. Cows topped at $1,400. Most were around $1,200. The broken mouth cow deal sure wouldn't work today. The kill buyers bought all those bigger framed...
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    NFR

    The 10th go round of the NFR starts in a few minutes. Every world championship is up for grabs other than the all around which Stetson Wright has sewed up.
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    Patty got spayed

    Patty got spade last week. So she has to wear the cone head until she gets the stitches out on Tuesday. She is not real happy about this cone head deal. But it hasn't slowed her down any. The vet instructions said to keep your dog from running and jumping. Yeh right. This is a 1,000 MPH dog. She...
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    The elk herd

    I have a cow tag that is good until the end of the month. This morning they are hanging out in an alfalfa field. Where they are is far enough from cover that I would have to be a Marine sniper to shoot one. For some reason they don't want to stand some place where I could easily sneak into...
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    More Rain

    It rained pretty hard last night and early this morning. After months of no rain in the last 2 1/2 weeks we have had 3 inches, maybe more. In 17 days it has rained on 6 of them. I don't know how much fell this time but the driveway looks like it was significant. I took the rain gauge down on...
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    This one shakes me to the core

    I just found out that one of my neighbors passed away yesterday, Rod Bunch. His son and daughter in law are my closest neighbors. I believe Rod was 63. He liked it when I came to brandings because then he wasn't the oldest guy there. A couple weeks ago I saw him on the road and asked if he...
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    I am so confused

    I got up at my normal time. Sat down at the computer. ate a bagel, and wait for it to get light outside. Clock on the wall says it is 10 minutes to 6. The computer says it is 10 minutes to 5. Then the wife comes by and changes the time on the clock on the wall. Does anyone really know what...
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    Price of fuel

    I went to the sale in Vale today. Stopped at Farewell Bend to use the restroom. As I walked past the pumps I looked to see the price of their fuel. Regular gas was $3.96 and diesel was $4.04....... Lets Go Brandon
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    Halloween Costume of the Year

    I about fell out of my chair. Just had to share this.
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    Not fit for man nor beast

    It is 46 degrees, raining hard, with a 20 mph wind, and gust to 40. I had to feed the calves. Today would have been a good day for a cab on the tractor. But...... neither tractor has one. Reminded me of all those years on the coast. Not good memories. More like nightmares. And I...
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    Lets Go

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    Skunk

    We had a different one earlier this week. So around midnight on Monday the wife said she could smell skunk. She went around a closed any open windows. Tuesday morning there was a slight skunk odor outside. Then Tuesday afternoon I was walking up the driveway along the corral fence. There...
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    The chickens are eating good

    The wife has been cleaning up the garden to put it asleep for the winter. The corn stalks went to cows on Tuesday. The green beans on Wednesday. Today was the vine plants, cucumbers, cantaloupe, and water melon. The chickens love over ripe water melon. She says there is 21 old water...
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