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Not your typical branding

Liberty Belle

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When the Hackamore brands they have a dress code. No tie and you won't be roping. Even wrestling calves without a costume is frowned on and everyone dresses to the nines in our county's social event of the year.

We may dress a little differently than your typical branding crew, but some world class cowboys, both in the arena and out, have worked their tails off here. One of our area veterinarians set his tuxedo tails on fire in the branding stove one year! Two medical doctors, several newspaper editors, assorted bankers, and a couple college professors have gotten down and dirty with the rest of us.

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The big fella in the black tuxedo and tails is the Big Boss Man at this branding. The good looking blonde in the funky, fuzzy hat is his oldest daughter.

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The cute blonde on the right is our oldest grand daughter and the lovely lady with the hot pink hat is daughter of the ranch foreman of the Bar H. The basket ball uniform belongs to one of the best ballplayers in the county - and she's pretty handy in the branding pen too.

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The good looking guy in the howdy-doody hat is a talented musician and good all-around hand. That’s his dad castrating.

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We may dress a little different than they do at most brandings, but these are world class cowboys.

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Get ‘er done! That's our oldest son behind the propane tank and his oldest daughter in the tan jacket and pink lame' pants.

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One of the best ropers we’ve produced in this area (and we’ve had some good ones) was paralyzed from the waist down in a four-wheeler wreck just after college. He had a special saddle built for himself and is still the best roper in the pen.

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This fancy lady’s husband is a world renowned auctioneer and a class act herself. Last year she busted several fingers roping at another branding, but she’s back in good form this year.

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We have the usual wrecks. This young cowboy is tuning on his rope horse that just dumped him unceremoniously amongst the wrestlers. The cowboy won this round and they dragged calves the rest of the day without incident.

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Another one of my granddaughters taking care of the son of the ranch foreman while his mother vaccinates. Very well dressed, aren’t they?

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The wife of the ranch foreman modeling her father’s bear skin chinks. Note the antler handle on the knife in her chap pocket.

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Some things never change. This is the poker game after the branding and before steer wrestling practice. That is our #1 son, third from the right.

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Ranch foreman’s father-in-law brought his coon with him. “Animal” is tamer than most of the ranch cats.
 

kolanuraven

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Great pics...loved the coon!!

I had a pet coon for over 14 yrs...they are great pets but do require A LOT of your attention to keep them " tame"!

Makes me think of all the fun I had with ol' Booger Kuhn , we jazzed his last name up bit!!
 
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Anonymous

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Great Pics Liberty Belle-- Now I want to see what kind of getup you were in... A Politician should never miss a photo opportunity :wink: :lol:
 

nr

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Those were really interesting. Just when I thought I had a good idea
what folks look like at a branding, you go and turn it upside down!

What DID you wear, Liberty??
 

ranchwife

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now THAT looks like fun!!! Loved the fuzzy pink cowgirl hat and some of the other getups i saw!!! I can only imagine the stories all had when they got home that night!!
thanks for sharing!! :D :D
 
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Anonymous

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Talking about Doctors-- the young lady Doc that moved here from New Jersey a couple years ago made it to two days of the neighbors branding...She got right in there and got down and dirty- they let her get her feel with several jobs, rassling calves, branding and castrating...She did say that she doesn't do shots- that she has nurses that do that :lol:

Neighbor was telling everybody later that she was pretty wicked with that knife and he wouldn't advise anyone going in for a vasectomy for awhile :wink: :lol:
 

Jinglebob

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There's dang sure some good hands in that part of the world. Soooo, how do you get an invite??????????? :wink:

I do believe I just might have a tie that I could wear. :lol:
 

Tap

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LB, Taylor, (the good roper) is one of the people I idolize. He has such a good outlook, and doesn't let things slow him down any more than they have to. I think I would be very nervous about roping calves if I was tied in the saddle like he is. That has to be one heck of a horse. His family has always had some good reliable horses.

Nice pictures. Isn't it fun to work in good green grass for once? :)
 

Liberty Belle

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Tap - the green grass is wonderful and after the inch and 5 hundredths of rain we got Monday, we might even make some hay around here. The boss moved the haying machinery down to #4 son's place east of Newell to put up his irrigated alfalfa before the bugs get it all. Did you get rain too?

I don't know JB, our dress code is pretty stiff. Maybe if you brought your guitar? The branding is usually the first Tuesday in June just after the regional high school rodeo in Buffalo and usually on the same day as the primary election. We were having so much fun we barely made it to our polling place before they shut down. Wouldn't that have looked good it I had missed voting in my own election?

OT and nr - since I'm the official photographer and reporter I never have a shot of myself, but I wore the skeleton t-shirt I use as part of my anatomy lesson when I teach first-aid classes. Sort of makes me feel like I'm just "skin and bones", which is kind of fun for a change. :wink:
 

Tap

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Glad to hear you got some rain LB. We only had a tenth. The north ranch we sold (actually traded) had a very good rain. Water standing everywhere in that sand. The hay looks real good there, but only half a dozen miles south here, it's very marginal. We are going to try and cut some next week.
 
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