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WyomingRancher

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Like everybody else, I've had a busy fall and haven't taken time to post lately. Here are a few pictures from the past month.

Sorting our cattle to come home from the forest.
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The cows were happy to be home.
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We vaccinated the calves when we unloaded them. This year we didn't weigh them since we didn't have access to good scales. When we shipped the steers October 10, they averaged 626#. We kept all of the heifers.
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The heifers... can't wait to turn them out!
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They're good eaters... like their mothers :D
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The dogs ready to start today's heifer training session. My Casey dog is still doing well, but is pretty disgusted with this set of heifers... they aren't training as fast as "usual"... maybe because there are more of them (or maybe because she is getting a little older :wink: ). :D .
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I've also been moving into my new "cottage".
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Hunting season opened monday, now if I can find a way to get rid of the other 150 head of elk that live here, I'd be set :wink: . Fall fence fixing has been a nightmare :shock: .
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Your calves look like they had a good summer. We're weaning and preg testing next week. This is the first year we have ever kept all of our calf crop for yearlings, I guess next fall our hindsight will be 20/20.

Do you sort off a few calves to dog-train them and then add a few more as you get the first group dog-broke, this works well with a large group.

Glad the elk are your problem, they died out of the Chilcotin a century ago. The F&W have tried to reintroduce them a couple of times but the Indians make short work of those projects :D
 
gcreekrch said:
Do you sort off a few calves to dog-train them and then add a few more as you get the first group dog-broke, this works well with a large group.
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Yep, I do work them in smaller groups, but this set of heifers seem flightier than normal. In the past I've selected for quiet heifers, and maybe by keeping them all, I'm having to deal with heifers who would normally be in a feedlot by now :D . I'm not saying these cattle are wild by any stretch, just not as quiet as I'm used to, but are improving daily :wink: . The dogs and I are just having to work at it this time :D .
 
Good looking calves! Sounds like maybe we're all of the same mind, I'm going to keep all of my heifers also. Would like to keep my entire calf crop and run 'em as yearlings next year, but my banker needs a pay check.
 
I like your cottage a lot. I often wish I could sell my house and move into a cottage just like that. The trouble is that I would have to sell the land too. My house is right in the middle.
I may do it anyway if house prices come back up and I can find some land to move to soon.
 
We actually had planned to keep the heifers since our cow numbers are down and we need to start re-building. My neighbor has decided to run all his calves through as yearlings too.

Yes, my cottage is going to be great! I wanted something small and efficient to heat. The ranch provided an old trailer house to live in, but there was no way in the world I was going through another winter in it! It couldn't heat above 60 degrees last January, and my life's too short to live like that :wink: . The downfall is that I now have a house payment :roll: . This IS the dumbest purchase I've ever made, but I needed better housing, and think I will enjoy being in it come January :D .
 
Great pictures, thanks! The heifers do like good little eaters, they seem to be weaning just fine :) Your cottage looks great...more pictures please. Mike might be elk hunting at your place next year...they saw lots of wolves and very little game in Idaho.
 
I have to say, those are some fine heifers! They are looking nice and fat. Also, that is quite a nice elk! I may have to consider trying for a tag for your country and coming up to get me one. :wink: For forest land, that sure is some nice grass and seems to have made some fat cows. Wish we had grass like that around here. :cry:
 
Your first few pictures are the best part of Wyoming...pretty country. Heifers are looking Good! The guys around here give me a hard time about "Jazzy Breaking" the heifers...last spring they give my little dog a workout, but in the end they all know her by name now..lol
 

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