gcreekrch
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Finally got a chance to get one of my spring 2011 projects done. Our driveway has been getting wider and softer with each spring so I fixed it properly this go round. First I excavated as much of the gravel fill as I could to save haling more in and then rolled out the carpet. It is not red but it will have to do. 
Started covering it up, this far by lunchtime.
Done by noon the next day.
Gathering cows since then. A big wind we got 2 days after the Sept. 22 snow took a lot of dead trees down, Our stock trails have been a mess.
A little powersaw work and sweat clears them off. We have close to 20 miles of trails that we maintain out of our own pocket. Other folk don't need to know where they are. :wink:
Found three pair at Big Swamp.
And another 8 pair at Lucy's Meadow later that day. Notice how breechy and wild they are from only being handled with dogs and a 4 wheeler. :wink:
On the road to the Upper Meadow hay field.
5 pair that found a hole in the drift fence about a mile from their range.
They were pretty hard to handle too. :lol: Got them back to their range and picked up about 25 more pairs that day and took them most of the way to the Morrison Meadow place. Dropped them at the edge of a huge alligator swamp that evening. It took 4 hours to get them the last 1 1/2 miles the next morning.
My kind of ATV land.
The last are photos taken this evening of the older cows that are being gathered into the home place meadows. The first 4 are on what we couldn't cut after it snowed.
Cow in forefront is dry due to wolves.
Almost darktime.
Started covering it up, this far by lunchtime.
Done by noon the next day.
Gathering cows since then. A big wind we got 2 days after the Sept. 22 snow took a lot of dead trees down, Our stock trails have been a mess.
A little powersaw work and sweat clears them off. We have close to 20 miles of trails that we maintain out of our own pocket. Other folk don't need to know where they are. :wink:
Found three pair at Big Swamp.
And another 8 pair at Lucy's Meadow later that day. Notice how breechy and wild they are from only being handled with dogs and a 4 wheeler. :wink:
On the road to the Upper Meadow hay field.
5 pair that found a hole in the drift fence about a mile from their range.
They were pretty hard to handle too. :lol: Got them back to their range and picked up about 25 more pairs that day and took them most of the way to the Morrison Meadow place. Dropped them at the edge of a huge alligator swamp that evening. It took 4 hours to get them the last 1 1/2 miles the next morning.
My kind of ATV land.
The last are photos taken this evening of the older cows that are being gathered into the home place meadows. The first 4 are on what we couldn't cut after it snowed.
Cow in forefront is dry due to wolves.
Almost darktime.
