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    Hormones during calving

    On occasion we have one of those onery mother suckers, I give them 2 chances then they are gone. Last one puched me 6 feet into the snow bank mid-april, thought i was a gonner too, so did she! I won she went down the road in the fall
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    Who?

    We have those marmots up here also, coyotes love'um. wont see a one til late april or may
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    What's the weather like at your place?

    32 below zero here, clear skies and no wind. Lotsa northern lites too known as aurora borialis
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    Cougar

    Yes you shall...try Alaska where you will be appreciated
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    Cougar

    In Rogue valley southern Oregon back in 40's and 50's, cougars and bears were an issue. They got very big! Of course I was little pre teen back then so everything was big. Where I live pass 60 plus yrs we have wolfs and grizzly's that threatin critters, most often chained up dog teams. Our...
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    Mystery P-51 Pilot

    wow thx 4 sharing this true story
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    Hello from interior Alaska

    twice last summer on way to anchorage. Trapper Creek and Talkeetna my favorites, I always stop by the new three bears store in Trapper Creek. Next time thru I'll stop by Moore's in Talkeetna
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    Hello from interior Alaska

    Faster horses, what yr was that trip? Did you drive to Dawson city? Was the "wool" from Muskox? Fly into Fairbanks & take the interior trips down into McKinley park now named Denali
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    Hello from interior Alaska

    Most youngsters don't last long anymore up here in our biz, to much easy money in government jobs. I have watched many come and go, new crop every couple years:) If ya head into Fairbanks touch base I'll show ya around...if I still above ground
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    Hello from interior Alaska

    Yes Chicken is Caribou country close to Canada off the Taylor "Hiway" been there hunting back in the late 60's early 70's, it ain't no hiway but state keeps it open thru winter now. Flat is still off the beaten path, still gold there too. Afognak is own by Native corporations, nuff said...
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    Hello from interior Alaska

    Alfalfa doesn't come back over winter so some times I use vetch after roughing the ground with harrow to get a good fall cutting (sept.) of brome. Timothy is grown here also, most used for horses
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    Hello from interior Alaska

    short grass, Soldotna as you know is 600+ mi. south of me, another whole type of climate. North of Alaska range is the "real" Alaska and land of the midnite sun, literally. I manage just fine at 84 yrs age and been doing this since territorial days in the fifties. I have down sized from 320...
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    Common Horse Sense

    It's a shame "common sense ain't common", eh?
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    Hello from interior Alaska

    It is a tricky time late August early Sept. just gotta read the weather rite and skip that fishing trip:)
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    What is an annoyance that Ranchers have to deal with everyday?

    Snow getting down into my boots, haven't learned yet how to stay on the trail:)
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    Snow on the mountain

    Very nice pix, gotta take a close look at Utah as 2 grand daughters live there and their mom, my oldest girl is moving there in Feb. North east Ore. looks nice too, I was raised in south west area, Central Point
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    Hello from interior Alaska

    Hello, I'm ranching 30 miles north east of Fairbanks, Alaska. Tough life but doable. Been at it 50yrs or so. We get 2 cuttings of brome grass hay (sometimes) a season.
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