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    Y’all be careful-life is short

    This morning I met a guy who drew a limited entry archery permit for mule deer on the unit where I live and ranch. We left our valley at 5 headed for the mountain to unload 4 wheelers and go look for bucks on a scouting trip. We followed our water master and his wife up until they turned off at...
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    Cow Cow Boogie

    Well not really a boogie but I may have danced a short jig while it was raining. Ended up with just over 3 tenths of an inch. Smiles everywhere this evening at our house 😁 So me and the dog took a four wheeler and made the twenty mile round trip up to where I have my cows for the summer. Snapped...
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    “Wild” Horses

    Headed to work yesterday morning and about 200 head of mustangs were right next to the road grazing their way toward water. I took a few pictures. These broom tails are so used to people they walk right up to ya. Fun to see. But definitely not Wild A few grazed up to within ten feet. All...
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    Spring fling

    Spent a long weekend with the family in SE Utah hunting turkeys and setting up a bear bait for a friend. Sure is pretty country. Rolled in and set up the camp trailer We rode the trails prospecting for turkeys. Had a great time Staked out a few meadows and tried calling. Turkeys would answer...
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    More liberal genius

    https://www.ksl.com/article/50161869/range-wars-tension-mounts-in-the-west-over-public-lands-grazing-wild-horses-and-ranchers More left wing radical eco-terror attacks against western family ranches!!!! What a complete bunch of wackjobs.
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    Out the window pictures- sale barn trip

    Loaded five old cull ewes and a couple of hogs this morning about daylight. Finished the other chores and hit the road south and East for Salina Utah, home of Producers livestock auction. It’s a good little jaunt of 136 miles so to pass the time on the lonely two track highways I snapped a few...
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    Turned out on “grass”, right or wrong

    Turned my cows out on pasture this weekend. And turned out a bull today. The grass is trying but it’s sure slow. I leased this piece of ground two years ago and didn’t use it at all last year. It’s got a well on it and that’s a good thing in our dry country. And a good cement trough The new...
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    A Little Poetry from 2012

    I wrote this a few years back. Thought i'd share it with y'all The Monument I was riding across the desert on a windswept, winter day, minding my own p's and q's as i went along my way. When i noticed, there, a monument on a ridgetop, made of stone. Probably built by a lonely sheepherder, out...
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    Littlest H’s swine

    He has sure enjoyed showing pigs so we started raising them. Just too a sow out of the crate tonight and they are all happy to have some elbow room.
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    Branding season pictures

    Well it’s rapidly approaching that time of year when branding a start happening. I was thinking it might be fun to all post pictures of our own brandings as well as other we may attend. And if ya have older pictures from yesteryear that’s great too. In our part of the world we help neighbors as...
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    A poem i wrote when Little H's Mare died

    Heaven Sent Not even sure how it happened exactly and that may be the hardest part, but a little paint mare lay dead in the corral and it has almost crushed my heart. No sign of trauma or struggle, like she just layed down and died. And I know that should be a comfort but I still feel...
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    Doings in the desert-Part 1 and 2

    It’s a beautiful morning. Funny how it does that after ya get some much needed moisture. Took a passle of pics while I chored this fine Sunday morning. My last cow calved last nigh. Little bull calf to end up a 38 day calving season. I kept a bull calf from last year. Out of an Angus/Hereford...
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    Rain and snow make for a happy H

    It’s been a terrible winter. We nudged up to almost average snow but when it’s year four of a miserable drought, average doesn’t cut the mustard. Today we got one of those desert storms that can brighten up this cowboys day. Started with rain this morning and we got a quarter of an inch...
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    Biden= pathetic

    So uncle Joe has been President for about 2 months. And here is a quick recap of all the amazing things he has accomplished 🙄 1- Gas prices are up .50 since he instituted his ban on new leasing oil and gas sites. 2- So many illegal immigrants have overrun the border they have opened a...
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    Little H has a good eye for pictures

    It’s been awesome having our daughter here this weekend. She is a pretty dang good photographer if ya were to want my opinion. Thought I’d share a few of her latest Panda bear Heifer calf Miss photogenic. Another heifer Her cow is pretty mellow but in this pic she looks like a future waspy old...
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    Helped shipping some calves

    Has a fine morning helping a great friend ship his calves today. Was a frosty 7 above when I left the house to head the 72 miles down to his place. But the day was sure pretty We sorted a few heavy steers off to make the buyer happy. Nice corrals and alleys sure make sorting and shipping go...
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    Moonlight horses

    The old moon is full and sure shiny this evening on the desert. We ran a yearling bull over to the vet for a semen and trich test and it was dark when we got home. Had to snap a silhouette shot of the horses and their lunar night light
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    1st 2021 calf

    We had our first one hit the ground. Out of a great old cow I bought as a heifer from one of my mentors who passed away a few years ago. I kept her bull calf from last year a bull and I sure like him too. This heifer calf is about two weeks early but all was well. She is really vigorous and...
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    Littlest H is a beast

    I hope y’all don’t mind if I brag a little on my son. He started wrestling this year as a freshman having never ever wrestled before. He has work his tail feathers off to learn and be fit and strong. Ranch work helps for sure but he has been so good about not eating and drinking crap like fast...
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    Pretty way to end the day

    These January days have been cold but dry. The snow we have has about disappeared on the valley floor. As I fed the stock tonight God surely painted a magnificent picture.
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