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Friday flicks, July 20, 2007

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Soapweed

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Neighbor's new pony mule baby
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Front legs all tangled
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Meanwhile back up on the road
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On our way to pull bulls out of the yearling heifers
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Moving heifers to another pasture
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A casualty from years gone by
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Future cows
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Future something, not sure what
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Getting bulls out of the herd
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Heading them for the makeshift loading facility
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A top hand on a top horse
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We got them loaded
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Now back to pushing the heifers into a fresh pasture
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The Kosmo Kid getting ready to count them through the gate
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Saddletramp dragging a salt bunk to the new location
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Chalk-eye doesn't like this job too well
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Heifers on fresh grass
 
Interesting collection of bones in photo #6. 'Not an uncommon sight on a ranch. I don't want to bust a bubble but this seems a tad bit staged to me! :wink:

I have never seen the tag laying next to it's former owner like that before. Whenever I have tried looking for the cow's number, I have seldom found it and when I have, it has been quite some distance from the carcass.

Quaint little mule too!

As always Soapweed, great pictures... even if you have stretched the photgraphic license a bit this time!
 
JF Ranch said:
Interesting collection of bones in photo #6. 'Not an uncommon sight on a ranch. I don't want to bust a bubble but this seems a tad bit staged to me! :wink:

I have never seen the tag laying next to it's former owner like that before. Whenever I have tried looking for the cow's number, I have seldom found it and when I have, it has been quite some distance from the carcass.

Quaint little mule too!

As always Soapweed, great pictures... even if you have stretched the photgraphic license a bit this time!
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In all honesty, I didn't "stage" it real bad. :wink: I did find the skull and jaw bones a little ways away from the rest of the bones, so put them in a more "convenient" spot. :wink: The tag was actually there and did belong to this cow. I just "placed" it kind of where it would have been if she still had ears. :wink: The bones and tag all were off of the same critter.

efb said:
Speaking of quaint little mules, how's your mule doing Soap. Is he earning his keep? Haven't seem too much of him.
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He is a really nice mule. The last time I rode him was two weeks ago tomorrow, but our fall cattle work has yet to commence. We have been busy haying lately, and have really not needed to do much cattle work.
 
Great Photos Soapweed.

I noticed somethin in that first few set of photos. LOL you musta been in the lead pullin the trailer when the idea struck to stop and take a picture of the pony mule baby. Seems Peachblossom stopped to wait on you to get your clickin done before followin you on down the road to your destination. Interestin......cuz....if Im not the one drivin....I hafta holler..."Stop STop STOp.....STOP............now back up" LOL Funny how when you get the photo bug...your always on the lookout for an interestin photo opportunity, and those that are with you aren't lookin for it.

As for 'staging' the casualty of days gone by.....that's interestin that you found the tag. I have found tags from cows that have lost their tag and show up in the workin pens and we give them a new one. A few years ago we had a few replacement heifers we kept that WOULD NOT quite suckin....so we had to put the 'no sucks' in their noses. I think there were 4 of them. 2 lost theres within a couple weeks.....and the other two kept theirs in. I have since found both the 'no sucks' that came out. One was near where we feed hay in the winter, and the other was just out in the middle of the pasture. Funny what you can find when you keep your eyes on the ground.
 
JF Ranch said:
Interesting collection of bones in photo #6. 'Not an uncommon sight on a ranch. I don't want to bust a bubble but this seems a tad bit staged to me! :wink:

I have never seen the tag laying next to it's former owner like that before. Whenever I have tried looking for the cow's number, I have seldom found it and when I have, it has been quite some distance from the carcass.

Quaint little mule too!

As always Soapweed, great pictures... even if you have stretched the photgraphic license a bit this time!
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I had a cow die last summer and the wolves ate her when I found her about all was left was bones and a piece of hide about 3 ft square all rolled up.I unrolled it and there was the freeze brand.
 
Yep-- Like the old neighbor lady used to say-- once you go to the mules you'll never go back to a horse---she swore by the old riding mules...

Looks like Soaps got mule in his blood now :wink: :lol:
 
Great pictures Soapweed!!

Aww thats mini mules is sooo cute!!! :) :)

That thing is a Cecropia caterpillar. :)

Yall might have known it was a Cecropia caterpillar but for those who didnt thats what it is! :-)


Katy
 
That a wicked lookin caterpiller . Thats a good picture of that horse spookin of that buckett , at least if the horse was to stampede maybe that buckett would sail up behind you an create a little drag kinda like a drag car parachute ha ha .
 
Now me not being a mule fan...I hafta admit..that little pony mule is kind of cute at that age...I think ya need to buy it for a toy for your big mule...lol It's amazing the arrangement of bone ya find when yur out in pasture...We always try and find the tag, so I can let the computer know, cause it seems to argue with me when I say it's dead and it says it's not! Majority of the time we find it nearby. Great shots as usual..thanks
 
Soap, If you don't mind me asking, what brand and what size is the trailer hooked to your white Ford in the pics? It is a good looking trailer and I was just curious about it. Thanks, Clay
 
Speaking of skeletons on the range.........my brother or his son, not sure which, killed a rattlesnake and left it lay on the ground. A turkey buzzard waiting nearby dined on the snake and left the skeleton neatly in place. It was picked clean, with every scrap neatly cleaned off the bones. They watched as they were haying nearby. ANother snake killed later was eaten by a group of the buzzards was apparently fought over, as the bones were pulled apart and widely scattered over the area.

Watching nature makes ranch work even more interesting!

Birds flocking to the sprinklers and water placed for them in the yard are an ever changing show. Meadowlarks and robins like to find and eat the bugs under the sprinker, and even after it is turned off. Interesting to see them diligently and thoroughly wash themslves. Lifting their wings and splashing the water about like someone washing armpits! The sill things sure do foul their 'bathtub', though.

mrj
 
TN cowpoke said:
Soap, If you don't mind me asking, what brand and what size is the trailer hooked to your white Ford in the pics? It is a good looking trailer and I was just curious about it. Thanks, Clay
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It is a 24' Titan brand trailer, and is 6'8" wide. Even though it wasn't special ordered, it is set up just about perfect for our needs. There are three equal sized compartments, and all three gates have sliding doors. This came in handy a couple days ago. We loaded two bulls out in a pasture, but loaded two extra heifers with them. By using the sliding doors, it was easy to sort the heifers into another compartment and unload them back into the pasture, without danger of spilling the bulls.

Another feature I like on this trailer is the fact that the nose is high enough that it can be hooked to a pickup with a normal box, with no danger of boogering up the box on a sharp hill. Of course, with a flat-bed on a pickup, this is not a problem anyway.

Hope this helps.
 
Thanks Soap! Looks like a good trailer and 24 ft is a good size, not to large and not to small. Most all of the stock trailers around here are pipe sided Gooseneck brands. Have a good afternoon, and keep the pics coming of that cowmans heaven that you call home. Clay
 
Thanks for the pictures, Soapweed. I always enjoy seeing how you work cattle and especially loading those bulls out in the pasture. Remember how some readers here were incredulous the first time you posted pictures like that? Thought those bulls were hand-fed... :lol: :lol: :lol:

I believe your country is as dry as I remember seeing it. Am I correct in assuming that? Your cattle look good though, as usual.

MULES? Hummmmm...I remember hearing that anyone that rode mules were too broke to ride a horse and too proud to ride a cow. :wink: :P :shock: :-) :-) :-) :-)

Of course, I am just ribbing you a bit.
 

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