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Couple, three pix from May 1, 07

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Jinglebob

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Went to a branding in the breaks yesterday. Unfortunetly, my batteries in my camera zonked out pretty quick and the spares had no chartge. Stupid re-chargable batteries. I did mange to get a few tho'.

This little lady was some upset that we had the nerve to try and pen cattle where her baby was. She'd charge and try to get me to follow her away. Amazing how gutsy these little mothers are.
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Here's the front shot of the feller who had a bunch of ladies in a twitter last year. He's kind of quiet and when I told him his picture from last year had a remarkable effect, he just laughed. Didn't seem to think he needed any ladies numbers, tho'. Sorry girls. :cry:
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Here's what he was wearin' for chinks. Tho' I kind'a think they are really just fringed at the bottom chaps. :wink:
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Tap said:
I was busier looking at his horse and gear JB. Good looking tack he has. Did you make the saddle or chinks for him?
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No, he got a good saddle/gear maker for that. :wink:

Did you find some brandin' help for the style you wanted to do?

Thats how we did these. Great time and a real nice day.

If you called Travis, I'll bet he'd trade with you. :-)
 
Jinglebob said:
Tap said:
I was busier looking at his horse and gear JB. Good looking tack he has. Did you make the saddle or chinks for him?
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No, he got a good saddle/gear maker for that. :wink:

Did you find some brandin' help for the style you wanted to do?

Thats how we did these. Great time and a real nice day.

If you called Travis, I'll bet he'd trade with you. :-)
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After I posted, I thought to myself that I bet he has saddle built at Capriola's. You don't have to play second fiddle to anyones work JB.

We are still debating about how we are going to brand our late bunch. How many do you like to do a day for a medium sized crew of 8-10 people? Heading and heeling that is.
 
Tap, we've sure done 150 to 175 with that size crew and was doneby 1 pm.

A lot depends on the ropers.

One guy here just wants us to go ahead and heel them and drag them out and then just put the rope on the front feet. Less windmilling of calves.

Heading and heeling seems to work best with an older, slower crew or at least people who work cattle that way. When there are some cows in the bunch, that helps also as does helping each other out and holding the cattle up so another person can take their shot. Then it's more a matter of dropping a soft loop on the neck of the calf and when the heeler is in position, you just give a slight tug on the head end which puts the calf in a good position for the heel shot.

Even if they are heeled first and then drug out by the heels, it's nice to have a rope on the head to control the calf. He can't get out of line and swing around, like when someone misses the tail when they are laying one down.

When done correctly, I believe heading and heeling can be the gentlest way to to work the calves, other than maybe chicken catching them, but even with chicken catching, on these bigger calves, that can get pretty hard on them too, when they really drop one down that is struggling.

Nice thing about heading and heeling them, they are stretched by their front and back feet between ropes and horses that have a certain amount of give. And no one is in the way when the crew goes to brand, vaccinate or dehorn. And good hands will sidepass their horse to roll a calf from side to side, if need be.

That is one thing I really like about Soapweeds calf contraption, no one is in the way and the calf is held pretty securely, but not held too securely to where he will get injured.

I've had a rope around my hindfeet and drug a little. It really ain't all that uncomfortable and doesn't hurt as much as somebody twisting on an ankle or wrist. :)

And in rocky or gumbo country, you can lead one out head first, slowly and not skin one up.

Sorry to get so longwinded, but I thought some others reading this post might see why some of us prefer doing it this way.

Also, you can have a nordfork set up and somebody taking turns going to it, while the others are headin' and heelin'. We like to drag on either side of the fire. Oh, and make sure you have a littler more room than usual for the ropn' pen and the workin' part as you are strung out a bit more and need people to be able to get out of each others way, when they have a calf roped on both ends and also when the are holding the calf.

Good luck. I wish we didn't live so far apart. This dang diesel is gettin' way expensive.

That and Gramma is clampin' down on all my spring fun. Shoot! She thinks I need to stay home more and work! :shock:
 
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LA LA

WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO
It's HIM again...thanks Jinglebob~

Call the young girls and tell them this fellow will be there,
you should get LOADS of help. hee hee hee :lol:

Come to think of it, I know a young UNattached lady
that would make the drive... :)
 
well i see fh made it back woo hooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jb
i have branded calves by heading and heeling them a good bit
you are right about a crew working slow is faster in that area
out in nevada where the ropers would throw a longer loop ot worked well but when i got to some other places in the country and the guy's started trying to team rope them it got to be hard on the cattle
i did work with some crews around southern colorado that knew how to get it done
we even head and heeled some two year old hef's along with there first calves at one place
but i think the most efficent way of heading and helling to brand i have ever seen was out of a rodear in the open but that takes alot of folks that know what they are doing and equipment
until later
jerry
 

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