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Stay in school and just keep working towards something rather than dropping what you have going on and starting at zero in a place you don't know with people you don't know.

Look around and find someone who keeps a few horses or cows and volunteer to take care of them for six months and begin to understand their needs and what it takes to care for them. Even a few chickens take a lot more care to keep them laying than you might think.

Don't find a boyfriend or husband who is involved in ranching unless he owns more than 10,000 acres. Us that don't own work as hard as the people that do, and when we die, our wives don't get the land!

Anyway, my advice is to start small and make sure this is what you want. You could get hired on to a place in Wyoming and get kicked in the head the first week because you don't know how to act around stock. Or maybe you get out like Jassy and have to trail cattle 20 miles in 0 degree weather with ice hanging off your face. Stuff like that may sound tough and romantic, but it makes your time here on Earth shorter in the long run. I used to love to throw hay because I'm a big guy and could toss a bale into the rafters like the little fellers throw it on a trailer. I'm only 38 and though I can still do it, I will probably need to have back surgery pretty soon to trim off two bulging discs because I can't feel my feet.

I guess I would just tell you that yes, there are Sundays on occasion where we eat homemade ice cream in the pasture and things are beautiful with the family fishing in the pond and cattle standing around.

The rest of the time is a lot of painful, physical work. If you want to work in this field, be a highly educated worker like a vet or AI tech or something like that. And if you're one of those, don't ever mess with stock unless you have them penned up right or you'll be needing surgery, too.

Want to know what it's like to ranch? Just up and decide to go build a mile of fence by yourself. That'd be a good primer. I know you're not afraid to work, but I will make my kids build fence first thing to let them see what they think about it. After you dig your fifteenth hole or so you may think that staying in school is a better call.

<blockquote data-quote="kwebb" data-source="post: 169874" data-attributes="member: 1236">Stay in school and just keep working towards something rather than dropping what you have going on and starting at zero in a place you don&#039;t know with people you don&#039;t know.Look around and find someone who keeps a few horses or cows and volunteer to take care of them for six months and begin to understand their needs and what it takes to care for them.&nbsp; Even a few chickens take a lot more care to keep them laying than you might think.Don&#039;t find a boyfriend or husband who is involved in ranching unless he owns more than 10,000 acres.&nbsp; Us that don&#039;t own work as hard as the people that do, and when we die, our wives don&#039;t get the land!Anyway, my advice is to start small and make sure this is what you want.&nbsp; You could get hired on to a place in Wyoming and get kicked in the head the first week because you don&#039;t know how to act around stock.&nbsp; Or maybe you get out like Jassy and have to trail cattle 20 miles in 0 degree weather with ice hanging off your face.&nbsp; Stuff like that may sound tough and romantic, but it makes your time here on Earth shorter in the long run.&nbsp; I used to love to throw hay because I&#039;m a big guy and could toss a bale into the rafters like the little fellers throw it on a trailer.&nbsp; I&#039;m only 38 and though I can still do it, I will probably need to have back surgery pretty soon to trim off two bulging discs because I can&#039;t feel my feet.I guess I would just tell you that yes, there are Sundays on occasion where we eat homemade ice cream in the pasture and things are beautiful with the family fishing in the pond and cattle standing around.&nbsp; The rest of the time is a lot of painful, physical work.&nbsp; If you want to work in this field, be a highly educated worker like a vet or AI tech or something like that.&nbsp; And if you&#039;re one of those, don&#039;t ever mess with stock unless you have them penned up right or you&#039;ll be needing surgery, too.Want to know what it&#039;s like to ranch?&nbsp; Just up and decide to go build a mile of fence by yourself.&nbsp; That&#039;d be a good primer.&nbsp; I know you&#039;re not afraid to work, but I will make my kids build fence first thing to let them see what they think about it.&nbsp; After you dig your fifteenth hole or so you may think that staying in school is a better call.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kwebb, post: 169874, member: 1236"] Stay in school and just keep working towards something rather than dropping what you have going on and starting at zero in a place you don't know with people you don't know. Look around and find someone who keeps a few horses or cows and volunteer to take care of them for six months and begin to understand their needs and what it takes to care for them. Even a few chickens take a lot more care to keep them laying than you might think. Don't find a boyfriend or husband who is involved in ranching unless he owns more than 10,000 acres. Us that don't own work as hard as the people that do, and when we die, our wives don't get the land! Anyway, my advice is to start small and make sure this is what you want. You could get hired on to a place in Wyoming and get kicked in the head the first week because you don't know how to act around stock. Or maybe you get out like Jassy and have to trail cattle 20 miles in 0 degree weather with ice hanging off your face. Stuff like that may sound tough and romantic, but it makes your time here on Earth shorter in the long run. I used to love to throw hay because I'm a big guy and could toss a bale into the rafters like the little fellers throw it on a trailer. I'm only 38 and though I can still do it, I will probably need to have back surgery pretty soon to trim off two bulging discs because I can't feel my feet. I guess I would just tell you that yes, there are Sundays on occasion where we eat homemade ice cream in the pasture and things are beautiful with the family fishing in the pond and cattle standing around. The rest of the time is a lot of painful, physical work. If you want to work in this field, be a highly educated worker like a vet or AI tech or something like that. And if you're one of those, don't ever mess with stock unless you have them penned up right or you'll be needing surgery, too. Want to know what it's like to ranch? Just up and decide to go build a mile of fence by yourself. That'd be a good primer. I know you're not afraid to work, but I will make my kids build fence first thing to let them see what they think about it. After you dig your fifteenth hole or so you may think that staying in school is a better call. [/QUOTE]

Verification: What animal is usually the product of a ranch?