cypress hills gather 07

[elwapo]

gathered bred heifer field before winter sets in hard south of the hills

Montana's sweet grass hills in the back of the heifers

my crew consisting of my wife and daughter (yes it was rather frigid early in the morning )

me and my paint

grass still good in the flats

Grampa and his crew checking things out

 

[Red Robin]

Panoramic pictures elwapo. That grandbaby a boy or a girl?

 

[elwapo]

A 2 yr old boy full of p & vinegar. There is 10 years between daughter and son which ensures me some good help for the next 20 years...I hope.

 

[DJL]

That's quite a way to arrange for help. I had twins......what was I thinking? :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Jassy]

Grass looks great for this time of year...and yur horses look like they summered well...Cattle look good too...Thanks

 

[Faster horses]

Thanks for sharing pictures of your country, family, cows and horses.
I like your headgear. (You know what I mean: what you have on
the horses heads)...just in case anyone reading this thought something
different... :? :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Soapweed]

I like your pictures, elwapo. Golly, you can see forever in that country, can't you? You have a good looking crew and a beautiful area in which to ride. You are a lucky feller.

 

[PureCountry]

Great pics. How's your calf crop looking this year? Bringing a string up to Farmfair this year? Can't remember if you bother showing or not.

 

[elwapo]

Purecountry
We wean way to late to hit the show circuit. We have a good set of purebred and balancer bulls this year with our weaning weights averaging 810.52 lbs on October 20th.Our heifer and steer fields are going to be gathered this week. We stick all the cows and calves out on the prairie for the summer so there is no possible way our bulls could compete with the bucket fed 1000+ pounders in early November. We take a pen of bulls and heifers to the Medicine Hat pen show in December and that is the extent of our showing. My daughter does the 4-h and junior Gelbvieh shows as well. I am not much of a politician, so I really don't have an interest in chasing the purebred breeders market. That being said, we always sell a hand full of bulls to breeders at our sale every year.

 

[elwapo]

Soapweed
thanks for the comments. That kind of hit home when you said I was a lucky fella....... I dont take the time to ponder that enough.