I like A Brown Christmas- Pic's

[Tap]

We might need some rain before next summer, but for now I will take this open weather.

Here is our bull herd. We have been feeding them some cake every two or three days.

Cows scattered out on range, grazing.

These are doing pretty good for not getting anything but grass, water, and salt.

More cows on range.

We hiked a ways up the draw from the pickup.

This one is our recently remodeled ranch house. Really, it is taken at the old Half Ranch. It has been there a long time. Different rocky point than you saw in the other picture.

 

[Jinglebob]

Good pix Tap.

This is sure as hell a good time to have a drought, ain't it? :lol:

(in my best Bing Crosby voice) "I'm dreaming of a brown Christmas."

 

[Soapweed]

Your cattle look to be in very good condition, Tap. That South Dakota hard grass is powerful stuff. Nice pictures.

 

[Liberty Belle]

You country looks great Tap, just the same as ours! I talked to my cousin outside Denver yesterday and she had almost three feet of snow piled in front of her door.

Sing us another chorus of that song Jinglebob...

 

[Faster horses]

The cattle look good, Tap!

Here's to a brown Christmas!

 

[Jinglebob]

You country looks great Tap, just the same as ours! I talked to my cousin outside Denver yesterday and she had almost three feet of snow piled in front of her door.

Sing us another chorus of that song Jinglebob...

OK LB. Anything for our favorite politicion. :lol:

I'm dreaming of a broooowwwwnnnn Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know.
Where the grass is growing
For cows to be mowing
And we don't have to shovel any snnooooowwwww.

Hows that?

:wink:

(This time I did it in my best Willie Nelson voice) :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Faster horses]

Such talent is very rare!!!!
:wink: :shock: :clap: :lol2: :nod:

 

[nr]

That sounded just like Willie. Howd you do that, JB?

 

[Tap]

Your cattle look to be in very good condition, Tap. That South Dakota hard grass is powerful stuff. Nice pictures.

Yes Soapweed, it is good grass. The only problem is that it is so short it doesn't take much snow to cover it up. Usually the wind blows enough to move the snow off anyway. :wink:

 

[txag]

Thanks for the pictures, Tap. Good lookin' cattle & pretty country. It's sure different from our area down here.


*Those hereford bulls are just slightly outnumbered. :lol:

 

[JF Ranch]

What? No mineral? And Faster Horses didn't lay into you? You're really treading on thin ice there, Tap!

Great pictures, good cattle, BIG country... and a brown Christmas. It doesn't get better than that.

 

[Jinglebob]

Your cattle look to be in very good condition, Tap. That South Dakota hard grass is powerful stuff. Nice pictures.

Yes Soapweed, it is good grass. The only problem is that it is so short it doesn't take much snow to cover it up. Usually the wind blows enough to move the snow off anyway. :wink:

Many people don't know that the wind is why this ever became cow country to begin with. The wind blows the snow free, especially from the north and west facing slopes. In the old days, cows got to eat the east and south slopes in the summer and the rest in the winter.

If it wasn't for wind, how would all them cows in the sandhills ever got a drink, before electricity?

 

[Soapweed]

Your cattle look to be in very good condition, Tap. That South Dakota hard grass is powerful stuff. Nice pictures.

Yes Soapweed, it is good grass. The only problem is that it is so short it doesn't take much snow to cover it up. Usually the wind blows enough to move the snow off anyway. :wink:

Many people don't know that the wind is why this ever became cow country to begin with. The wind blows the snow free, especially from the north and west facing slopes. In the old days, cows got to eat the east and south slopes in the summer and the rest in the winter.

If it wasn't for wind, how would all them cows in the sandhills ever got a drink, before electricity?

You'd be surprised at all the natural ponds, swamps, and lakes in these hills, along with a multitude of creeks and several good-sized rivers. Windmills just allowed watering spots closer together.

 

[Jinglebob]

Yes Soapweed, it is good grass. The only problem is that it is so short it doesn't take much snow to cover it up. Usually the wind blows enough to move the snow off anyway. :wink:

Many people don't know that the wind is why this ever became cow country to begin with. The wind blows the snow free, especially from the north and west facing slopes. In the old days, cows got to eat the east and south slopes in the summer and the rest in the winter.

If it wasn't for wind, how would all them cows in the sandhills ever got a drink, before electricity?

You'd be surprised at all the natural ponds, swamps, and lakes in these hills, along with a multitude of creeks and several good-sized rivers. Windmills just allowed watering spots closer together.

Yeah, and look at all them spoiled rotten cows you guys got. Wouldn't walk over 200 yards to get a drink. :x

:wink:

 

[Northern Rancher]

I've only seen a couple in my life and that was two tooo many-we did have a pretty wild rubbver tired wagon ride instead of a sleigh ride xmas eve.Our big snows recharge our water systems and give our grass a start. We've got a short growing season but furious growth are grasses aren't drought adapted so brown christmas's mean a 'blue' summer.

 

[Red Robin]

I really enjoyed our trip to SD this last fall. If I was ever going to move to a foreign country, it'd be SD. Nice pictures Tap, thanks.

 

[IL Rancher]

We will of course have a brown and green christmas hee... So much rain and mud and it has been s warm that the fescue has stayed green... I imagine we will get a good snow again this year but we are already half way to season average with that one 14-15 incher I think. .. We are way wet for December however... Must be around 6-7 or even 8 inches of precip so far.

 

[Tap]

I've only seen a couple in my life and that was two tooo many-we did have a pretty wild rubbver tired wagon ride instead of a sleigh ride xmas eve.Our big snows recharge our water systems and give our grass a start. We've got a short growing season but furious growth are grasses aren't drought adapted so brown christmas's mean a 'blue' summer.

Every year on the local news they tell us what our probablility of a white Christmas is. I think that means an inch or more of snow on the ground. I have not seen it this year, but I am almost positive it is less than 50% of the time, and I think it is around 40%. So we have our share of both. About 15 years ago, it got up to a steamy 15 or 20 below for a high on Christmas Day. Brrrrr! Today is nice, but real windy here.