Late April 2016

[Soapweed]

Doing another branding

Gathering the herd

Persuading them into the branding corral

The cows sorted out easy because they really wanted the green grass.

Calves ready to brand

Almost ready

Peach with her vaccine gun in readiness

Hard workers

More hard workers

Jesse keeps the calves coming.

My sister and her grand-nephew

A good old boy

From Missouri

He and his grandson

Bought these two old tractors from me

Kosmo Kid branding while Grandma Jean looks on and reads a good book

Pistol-packin' Peach

The others doing their jobs

Calves lined up waiting their turns

We will continue after a brief intermission.

Briefly intermissioning

Securing cattle in shelter preparing for a potential early spring snowstorm

Homeward bound after completing our mission

Grandkids in towels

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Another great set of pics, so nice to see a family working together.

I understand the reason for the ATV's but I sure miss seeing the horses and the roping brandings. You had a pretty efficient crew that got a lot done without raising any dust.

 

[Soapweed]

Another great set of pics, so nice to see a family working together.

I understand the reason for the ATV's but I sure miss seeing the horses and the roping brandings. You had a pretty efficient crew that got a lot done without raising any dust.

We still do.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Another great set of pics, so nice to see a family working together.

I understand the reason for the ATV's but I sure miss seeing the horses and the roping brandings. You had a pretty efficient crew that got a lot done without raising any dust.

We still do.

Oh I know but I enjoyed seeing which horse who was riding.

I haven't been able to figger out which Ranger is which. :lol: :lol:

 

[Soapweed]

The Rangers do allow older folks with infirmities to still be viable cowhands, and to be downright truthful, Rangers are fun to ride. They stand still to get on, they stay ground-tied while you attend to other things, and they "gallop" through the hills without fear of them stumbling. You can haul salt and mineral as you go, and the "saddle bags" don't bounce with a heavy load.

Of course, I have even been guilty of trying to argue that mules are better than horses.

 

[Bruce]

Another great set of pics, so nice to see a family working together.

I understand the reason for the ATV's but I sure miss seeing the horses and the roping brandings. You had a pretty efficient crew that got a lot done without raising any dust.

:agree:

 

[Faster horses]

Another great set of pics, so nice to see a family working together.

I understand the reason for the ATV's but I sure miss seeing the horses and the roping brandings. You had a pretty efficient crew that got a lot done without raising any dust.

We still do.

Oh I know but I enjoyed seeing which horse who was riding.

I haven't been able to figger out which Ranger is which. :lol: :lol:

Me too. But it is called change.
None of us like it, but at times it is necessary. Sometimes we don't change, but everything changes around us.