Branding Fall calves 3 man style.

[CattleArmy]

Bunching up waiting for the latest "hot new brand".

3 man branding style.
One guy ropes while one puts the metal contraption on them. Horse and rider hold one end and the other end is the metal thing that is tied to a rope conected to a stake in the ground. The third guy brands, vacinates, pours, cuts. The second guy helps the third too. 3 men can do close to 100 calves in a few hours.

Standing in the barn listening to all the branding activity outside. This is a new horse my Dad picked up at a horse sale for "the right price". He's gentle and was used in the feedlot. The wide open spaces are a new adventure for him.

 

[Shortgrass]

He's a good lookin horse.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Looks to me that your Dad is a TALL man. :lol:

 

[bverellen]

I assume the guy on the horse pulls until the slack is taken out of the staked rope on the steel neck collar?

Thanks.

Best Regards............

bart.

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[CattleArmy]

BMR - You are correct my Dad is 6'5".



Bart: Yes the rider pulls until there is no slack. The contraption (only name I've heard them called is not politically correct) actually is quite slick and easy to use.

 

[Soapweed]

BMR - You are correct my Dad is 6'5".



Bart: Yes the rider pulls until there is no slack. The contraption (only name I've heard them called is not politically correct) actually is quite slick and easy to use.

Cattle Army's dad is a super horse hand. Many is the time I've seen him put on a pretty good show just riding his horses with only a string around their necks. Just this spring on the parking lot of the local water hole emporium, he took a recently purchased sale barn special $800 green broke horse and showed him off by riding him bareback with just a lead rope around his neck. It was good for a quick $200 profit. :wink:

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

BMR - You are correct my Dad is 6'5".



Bart: Yes the rider pulls until there is no slack. The contraption (only name I've heard them called is not politically correct) actually is quite slick and easy to use.

Cattle Army's dad is a super horse hand. Many is the time I've seen him put on a pretty good show just riding his horses with only a string around their necks. Just this spring on the parking lot of the local water hole emporium, he took a recently purchased sale barn special $800 green broke horse and showed him off by riding him bareback with just a lead rope around his neck. It was good for a quick $200 profit. :wink:

Sounds like a great hand.
I just noticed the stirrups cause mine hang fairly low as well. Yesterday I jumped on a little horse Tam had been using on a dare from the kids. I was hoping the cows didn't step on my toes while pushing them down the sorting alley. :lol:

 

[Decker]

We used Nord forks this year for branding as well they work great. We tye a innertube in between the Nord fork and and the stake so it's not such a jolt on the calf and it makes it easier to take it off.

 

[CattleArmy]

We used Nord forks this year for branding as well they work great. We tye a innertube in between the Nord fork and and the stake so it's not such a jolt on the calf and it makes it easier to take it off.

Decker this one had an intertube too. We only use these to brand the late spring cow calves and then to brand the fall calves. When we brand the big bunch of spring calves ropers drag them to a set of wrestlers that rope and tail them to the ground.

 

[CattleArmy]

BMR - You are correct my Dad is 6'5".



Bart: Yes the rider pulls until there is no slack. The contraption (only name I've heard them called is not politically correct) actually is quite slick and easy to use.

Cattle Army's dad is a super horse hand. Many is the time I've seen him put on a pretty good show just riding his horses with only a string around their necks. Just this spring on the parking lot of the local water hole emporium, he took a recently purchased sale barn special $800 green broke horse and showed him off by riding him bareback with just a lead rope around his neck. It was good for a quick $200 profit. :wink:

***Puffs out chest all proud.***

Thank you for sharing your story Soapweed. He is a horse man, loves, and respects them. He also is it seems looking for a deal. When it comes to horses unless it's the grandkids or grandma's it's for sale for the "right price".

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Hey CattleArmy I just noticed your signature where it said "GO FORD".


I had a truck like that once but then i got a DODGE. :wink:

Don't have to tell it to GO. :lol: :lol:

 

[CattleArmy]

Ha Ha BMR.

 

[MikeMcc]

BMR - You are correct my Dad is 6'5".



Bart: Yes the rider pulls until there is no slack. The contraption (only name I've heard them called is not politically correct) actually is quite slick and easy to use.

Cattle Army's dad is a super horse hand. Many is the time I've seen him put on a pretty good show just riding his horses with only a string around their necks. Just this spring on the parking lot of the local water hole emporium, he took a recently purchased sale barn special $800 green broke horse and showed him off by riding him bareback with just a lead rope around his neck. It was good for a quick $200 profit. :wink:

I sure hope that cattle army's dad never stops buying those sale barn specials. Profit or not,some are very happy to buy them.

 

[Soapweed]

BMR - You are correct my Dad is 6'5".



Bart: Yes the rider pulls until there is no slack. The contraption (only name I've heard them called is not politically correct) actually is quite slick and easy to use.

Cattle Army's dad is a super horse hand. Many is the time I've seen him put on a pretty good show just riding his horses with only a string around their necks. Just this spring on the parking lot of the local water hole emporium, he took a recently purchased sale barn special $800 green broke horse and showed him off by riding him bareback with just a lead rope around his neck. It was good for a quick $200 profit. :wink:

I sure hope that cattle army's dad never stops buying those sale barn specials. Profit or not,some are very happy to buy them.

Glad you like the horse. I owned him for two hours and broke even when I sold him to CattleArmy's dad. For me, to break even on a horse deal is almost considered profitable. It just doen't happen all the time. :? :wink: Just think, I had all that excitement of briefly owning the horse and it didn't cost me a dime.