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Fall pics from southern Alberta

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DJL

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Sorry for the larger size, but smaller shots just don't do the country justice!
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some fall color

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color and grass

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more distant color and grass, which is beat up a bit because it's in the holding pasture

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and another color shot

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gathering yearling steers

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wild turkeys in the cabin yard
 
I always think of the high country in the fall,trees turnin color,bugling elk and snow, deep enough to drive them down to the valleys,beautiful country,thanks for posting the pictures of it............good luck
 
DJL said:
Red Robin these are red angus steers. The members of this association all run either black (predominately) or red angus.
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They look like nice steers. If you don't care and have any better pics, I'd be interested in seeing them and would like their breeding info if you don't care. You can pm me if you like or put it here , which ever you are comfortable with. They are fall born , been on grass since weaning I assume , what will they weigh?
 
Red Robin these aren't my steers; I work for the stock association for the summer. They are spring born long yearlings, raised in traditional ranch fashion (weaned last fall, backgrounded through the winter, and grassed for the summer), and I guess would average right around 1000 pounds coming off grass. I don't know the breeding on them, but they are good cattle and nice to handle. These pics were taken after the black groups had been trailed home.
 
DJL said:
Red Robin these aren't my steers; I work for the stock association for the summer. They are spring born long yearlings, raised in traditional ranch fashion (weaned last fall, backgrounded through the winter, and grassed for the summer), and I guess would average right around 1000 pounds coming off grass. I don't know the breeding on them, but they are good cattle and nice to handle. These pics were taken after the black groups had been trailed home.
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They look nice. Do you run them on Crown land ? I don't understand the association deal I guess. Speaking of nice to handle, I helped a friend of mine work about 150 black steers a couple weeks ago. They were idiots . I know there is good ones and sorry ones in every breed and I've seen lots of gentle black cattle but I am wondering if temperment shouldn't be looked at a little harder by the black breeders. One calf poped an eye out hitting the corral so hard and it was a stampeed if you so much as rattled a chain. :shock: It was a long morning. Dogs had alot to do with it in my opinion and dare I say it...horses too. They hadn't seen many men walking. He has the best facilities or it would have been a wreck.
 
Red Robin, these cattle are run on Crown land, or forestry, for the summer, according to government rules and regs. They are handled horseback all the time, and are good to handle for the most part. We run blacks here at home, strictly commercial, and temperment is a big deal, as we've been the route with snorty cows, but they are protective and have to be with the wolves coming through on a regular basis. Our cattle are quiet in the corral when we're on foot, or wandering through them with a flashlight in the middle of the night during a spring storm, but I would have to confess they don't like it if you're not on a horse when they're out in the field. They aren't wild and don't chase or anything, but look at you like you might be a predator, and move off. They are checked on horseback and salted with the quad, and are suspicious of any other kind of people appearance.
 
Nice pics DJL,like Pure said looks a bit like our battle river area.Just goes to prove Altas. just beautiful!!
 
If you can,post a picture of your cabin ,would like to see it. Greg and I have talked for a few years about putting a cabin on the river pasture.
 
DJL said:
Mrs. Greg, I shall try it later, but this has taken nearly all day trying to upload to photobucket, etc. I hate dial up!
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Thanks...I hear you about the uploading...grrr,takes FOREVER :)
 
Beautiful country but I would get claustrophobia with all those trees :wink: :lol: Do you use dogs up there to gather out of the brush? I get calls once in a while from my neighbor to bring my dogs to work the creek he winter pastures on because of the heavy brush- the border collies do a great job of bringing them out of the creek and getting them bunched.....
 
Oldtimer quite a few of us use dogs, as it's about the only way to gather rough country. I couldn't do the job without them. There are a few Huntaways around here, but 99% of the dogs are Border Collies.
 

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