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April 9, 2010

Soapweed

Well-known member
Somethinglookswrongwiththispicture.jpg

Something looks wrong with this picture. :roll:
Readytobrandcalves.jpg

Ready to brand calves
Roperreadyandraringtogo.jpg

Roper ready and rarin' to go
BradyandRena.jpg

Brady and Rena
Onecaughtandwaitingformetobrandit.jpg

Calf caught and waiting for me to quit taking pictures so I could apply a branding iron.
Wedo27calvesperdraft.jpg

We do 27 calves per draft, because that is how many doses of vaccine can be placed in a gun.
Tradingropers.jpg

Brady's turn to rope
Sharpeninghisknife.jpg

Kosmo Kid sharpening his knife
Peachloadingavaccinegun.jpg

Peach loading a vaccine gun
Goosewaitinghisturntodragcalves.jpg

Goose waiting his turn to drag calves.
TheKosmoKidsnicebrideSweetPotato.jpg

The Kosmo Kid's very nice bride, Sweet Potato.
Renaropingcalves.jpg

Rena roping calves
Peachloadingagunagain.jpg

Peach loading another vaccine gun.

The wind howled this morning, but the afternoon turned out to be very nice. We seized the opportunity to brand 83 calves after the noon meal. We worked the 83 calves in just a little over two hours, after the cows were sorted away from the calves.
 

gcreekrch

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Is that the first bunch Soap?

If you look on the bright side you will be done with branding and getting haying machinery ready to go before it gets dry enough to work calves here. :wink: :p

Calves looking growthy as always.
 

WyomingRancher

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Glad you had a nice day for branding :D . Your calves look really nice... and the more I look at them, the more I realize mine need a bit more frame :wink: .
 

cleland

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whats the deal that holds the rope, once the calf is caught. We have a few wrestlers and just hold tight the rope tight with the horse
 
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Anonymous

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Big Muddy rancher said:
That first picture just proves what some of us already knew. :wink: :D :D

I'm glad you said that- because I would have got chastised by some overly virtuous person for saying the same... :wink:

I do like Kosmos new suspender look.....If you look back in history- and the old pictures of the old cowboys-- the belts and especially the dinner plate sized trophy buckles of today weren't there-- but the suspenders were...

My Granddad wore suspenders and a vest almost every day of his life-- and usually a suitcoat and tie when going to town....
 

rowel

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soapweed i love seeing the pictures you post with the red white and blue in the background, everytime i see them i swell up with a lot of pride , thank you for flying them colors
 

Big Muddy rancher

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Oldtimer said:
Big Muddy rancher said:
That first picture just proves what some of us already knew. :wink: :D :D

I'm glad you said that- because I would have got chastised by some overly virtuous person for saying the same... :wink:

I do like Kosmos new suspender look.....If you look back in history- and the old pictures of the old cowboys-- the belts and especially the dinner plate sized trophy buckles of today weren't there-- but the suspenders were...

My Granddad wore suspenders and a vest almost every day of his life-- and usually a suitcoat and tie when going to town....


What? That cowgirls are tough. :D
 
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