Hay is down

[DosArroyos]

The drought I'm in started in 1992.That's no joke.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

So sorry it is so dry where you are. I think most of the West is dry.
I think moving the cows to feed is a wise choice. Let us know how it goes.
How soon are you moving them and are you weaning the calves first? Or
selling them off the cow? Regardless, wishing you the best!!

We will sell some steer calves in October (bills to pay?) it would be the tail end steers and hfrs going to winter out west. The cows have winter graze for most of the winter then we will have to feed through calving.

 

[bullwriter]

Are you talking about wild hogs? We don't have them here, so I'm curious.
6 days of rain...we haven't had that for ages. We did finally get .4 in a thunderstorm Saturday evening. Sorry about your hay.

TwoGullies (DosArroyos), you must be in Texas.

I was amazed reading about the feral hogs of Texas. As a kid raised ranching in East Texas/Hill Country with relatives ranching in West Texas, I remember hunting wild feral hogs but they weren't as plentiful as now. My mom had her large garden fenced pig proof with a low electric wire. I was shocked when a cousin that visited the old ranch place last year, said it had been turned into a hog hunting ranch and the old house made into a bed and breakfast. We kept panels around our hay stack which was a royal pain at feeding time. Finally my dad added pins for easy opening or removal which was easier than untwisting baling wire.

I have never liked hogs.

A feral hog population can double in 4 months.

I was shocked that Texas has 50% of all the feral hogs in the USA. They cover almost the entire state. Interesting read.

https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/uploadedFiles/TFSMain/Manage_Forest_and_Land/Wildlife_Management/Non-Game/Feral_hogs_TCE.pdf

 

[DosArroyos]

Texas game biologists claim that once you start to see them get run over on the highway that they are beyond eradication in that area.