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Different strokes for different cowpokes

Soapweed

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Hi Ho Silver, aaawwwwwaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy
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Finding a victim
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This ain't the way the cowboys do it.
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And out of chute number one comes a black son of a gun
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Yee haw
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Putting in an ear tag
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In the shark cage
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You can haul them in this thing, too.
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Finding the right colored tag
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The lady and the tramp and the kid with his genuine leather apron
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Saddletramp
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A top cowhand and mighty good cook
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The youngest member of the crew
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More weedy than soap
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A colorful local character who I'm proud to be related to
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A couple of wayfaring strangers
 

Judith

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As always the photos are fabulous!

The cage sure looks handy to keep the mommas from sneakin up behind you!

Does the calf sling help? I noticed one photo peach blossum is sittin on one and in the next a little feller is hangin out like laundry.

Did this ordeal cause Saddletramp to have a nervous breakdown? Poor fella looked a might confuzzled by the whole fancy gizmo!
 

Soapweed

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Richard Doolittle said:
Now that's a rig that would fit my style!! The only thing I question is the maneuverability. Can you turn the 4 wheeler ok with that cage attached?

It turns pretty well, but there is a bit of side draft to deal with. You just have to compensate for it. It goes over rough hilly ground a lot better than I thought it might.
 

Soapweed

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Judith said:
As always the photos are fabulous!

The cage sure looks handy to keep the mommas from sneakin up behind you!

Does the calf sling help? I noticed one photo peach blossum is sittin on one and in the next a little feller is hangin out like laundry.

The sling works quite well. You can drive over the calf and get him hung up in the sling, while you are out of danger. The cow follows right along, and when you get where you want the calf to be, just reverse the process. Peach Blossom used it a couple times yesterday when two cows both wanted to claim the same calf.

Did this ordeal cause Saddletramp to have a nervous breakdown? Poor fella looked a might confuzzled by the whole fancy gizmo!

It must be said that Saddletramp in no way endorses the use of this product. How can cowboy poetry be derived from such a misbegotten uncowboylike way of handling cattle? :wink: :) :)
 

Mike

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Tell Saddletramp that my wife saw the picture of him and asked me what that was in his right front shirt pocket.

I told her a condom.

All she said was.................................DANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:
 

Judith

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Yup and it's darn tooting good! (no it didnt burn...smart bum)
We also have jalepeno tater chips :) I was stunned when I was in Phoenix AZ! Nobody had tasted them before so I spent the next 6 months illegally shipping chips to the US :)
 

CattleArmy

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I believe it was in the fencepost that I saw the calf contraption advertised. Is it hard to hook up and unhook from the four wheeler? For the driver to get in the pen is there a small gate on the side between it and the four wheeler?

How handy/unhandy is setting up the sling for the calf to ride in?

I think to help protect the rancher it looks like a pretty good deal for taging. However I'm more for giving mad mama's a one way trip to town. :) One did some major damage to my dad last summer. :(
 

Cal

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Soap, would it be handy at all to tag'em while they're in that sling? I had an MRI last week show a little "Arthur" in my knee, and every day ain't necessarily a good day to "get down". :(
 

Soapweed

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Judith said:
Yup and it's darn tooting good! (no it didnt burn...smart bum)
We also have jalepeno tater chips :) I was stunned when I was in Phoenix AZ! Nobody had tasted them before so I spent the next 6 months illegally shipping chips to the US :)

There could be jalepenalties to pay with illegal chipments like that. :wink: :)
 

Judith

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:roll: UGGGGG Soapweed!!!!!!!

Do I have to send you back to jail using my cell phone?
Do we need to send you back to the "pun"itentury?
No wait then Saddletramp will push you into poison ivy so that you can "break-out" Then you might have to roll in the mud so that you can come clean later :)

Have you learned your lesson about pun fights with Judith??????

Seriously are the selling the jalepeno Thundercrunch your way yet?
 

Soapweed

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CattleArmy said:
I believe it was in the fencepost that I saw the calf contraption advertised. Is it hard to hook up and unhook from the four wheeler?

It's easy to hook and unhook. Just one pin in front and one in the back. Peach Blossom has a big block of wood handy to put under the cage on the side where the wheels aren't. There is a spare wheel made to go in that spot, but the block of wood is handier if it is unhooked in the same spot every time.

For the driver to get in the pen is there a small gate on the side between it and the four wheeler?

The drives just gets off on the right side of the four-wheeler, and you are automatically in the pen. To get back out, you just get back on the four-wheeler from the right side, or you could duck down and go out the front double gates where the calf is caught.

How handy/unhandy is setting up the sling for the calf to ride in?

It's not too "unhandy," but the calf still has to be lifted up into the sling.

I think to help protect the rancher it looks like a pretty good deal for taging. However I'm more for giving mad mama's a one way trip to town. :) One did some major damage to my dad last summer.

It does sure take the danger out of tagging a calf with a mean mad momma.
 

Soapweed

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Cal said:
Soap, would it be handy at all to tag'em while they're in that sling? I had an MRI last week show a little "Arthur" in my knee, and every day ain't necessarily a good day to "get down". :(

Cal, it would be handy enough to tag them while in the sling, but the hassle of lifting each calf up into the sling might outweigh any benefits involved.
 

Soapweed

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Judith said:
:roll: UGGGGG Soapweed!!!!!!!

Do I have to send you back to jail using my cell phone?
Do we need to send you back to the "pun"itentury?
No wait then Saddletramp will push you into poison ivy so that you can "break-out" Then you might have to roll in the mud so that you can come clean later :)

Have you learned your lesson about pun fights with Judith??????

Seriously are the selling the jalepeno Thundercrunch your way yet?

I've not seen any Thundercrunchies this way yet, but I don't get to a grocery store very often. With all that hot eatin' there would be jalepeno to pay, and a participant would prefer to have mouthwash hooked directly to a fire hydrant. :wink:
 

Jerry H

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that contraption looks like it works great
for those who enjoy working that way
but i'm with saddletramp
when they take the horses and ropes out of cowboying i'm going to town to do somthing else
until later
jerry
 

Cal

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Jerry H said:
that contraption looks like it works great
for those who enjoy working that way
but i'm with saddletramp
when they take the horses and ropes out of cowboying i'm going to town to do somthing else
until later
jerry
Nothing to worry about...there'll always be dude ranches. :D :D
 
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