leanin' H
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Please, nobody tell Joe Biden, but we went shooting last week as a family and my wife shot my buddies AR-15. I told her she should stick a double barrel shotgun but she doesn't listen very well. Had a great time and enjoyed it.
Liitle H and Mrs. H both drew turkey tags that will start in April. So liitle H was seeing how her 20 gauge did. She shoots pretty dang good. Turkeys better be nervous.
Arent we a horrible family shooting deadly weapons for fun? :roll:
Even littlest H was shooting and knocking a spinner target round and round. He loves shooting a 10-22. My buddy, pictured, had that spiffy little 10-22 that he got his wife and Littlest H warmed up the barrel quite nicely.
Thought i'd show ya how the snow has started melting here in the last week. Even have some spots of dry ground. I built this gate last fall going into my wirelot. It keeps the cows in which is kinda why i made it.
Nobody will ever confuse me with a talented fabricator like Sparky or Denny but i can "bird-crap" weld with the best of them. This is my own invention for a gate holder-closer thingamajig dohickey. It holds the gate closed and works when i open it.
Have some calves on the ground. Been perfect weather for calving for the time of year. Due date was February 26th but was just under half done then. #8 heifer calf out of a little black angus cow we raised. There was 8 inches of snow ten days ago. Now it's dry in spots.
Mother and daughter. Good Lord must be telling me to keep some heifers as only one set of twin bull calves and the rest are lil' sisters.
#7 had a heifer calf too. Newest kid around here. Doing well and enjoying the last few rays of sunlight of the evening.
Her mother is as good of a cow as i own. Gentle but aggressive enough and a great momma. Her calves top my weaning weights like clock work. Kept her heifer calf last year and hope this years model sticks around too.
Some of the others lounging around til supper time. Had some straw scattered through the brush when the snow was here incase a cow calved, she'd have a kinda dry spot to calve.
#4 with my AI success, cross-bred Hereford heifer calf. Still grinning how it turned out.
Same pair. Thanks again to Ned Jr.!!!!! I owe ya a case of pepsi.
This is my only bull calf. His twin brother was needed by a neighbor as a graft. Since my #1 cow had raised a set of twins last year with no problems and weaned 1087 pounds of calf, i thought about letting her do it again. But my buddy really was in a bind and that ol' cow probably could use the break so we did some trading.
"Hey mom, how about ya bring the milk dispenser over this-a-way". My dog was with me and his cow came on a trot to make sure he wasnt a coyote.
Here she comes. She's 10 and like her owner, getting better with age. :wink:
Making sure that this black calf belongs to this black cow. Or mayber she's reading his tag number.
Musta been the right number. Since 2008 she has had 8 calves with an average 205 day weight of 688 on 6 head. (Not counting this year of course). Her only fault is she has given me just one heifer calf and she got upside down in a ditch and died last fall. 
She was just like ol #1 too. Her first two calves averaged 703.
The red cow is the black cows mother. That red cow is a little bigger than i'd like but she has been a great cow. Starting to slow down a little and is the last to calve the last two years. Will be hard to see her go when the day comes. Hopefully has a few years left though.
She's a nice long,deep cow. I branded her with my dad's brand beofre i had my own brand and then re-branded her with the cork-eyed H.
The haystack is shrinking but that tends to happen about this time of year. Hopefully early April will bring some grass and my self-propelled hay processors can transform into grass grazers.
There is still a lot of snow on the north slopes of the Sheeprocks. The snow station at 7300 feet says there is 29 inches there. Sweet!
Standing in line at the buffet. Tri-blend hay with protien tubs for supplement and IFA intermountain stockman mineral. They seemed to haved wintered pretty good but i see em' everyday.
More ladies having supper. Only one heavy cow looks close and the rest oughta be atleast a week or so. We shall see. I think they are about right condition wise. Not too fat but not rail thin either. Oughta breed back and really bloom as the grass comes on.
I got a corral or two to clean when the cows go out on the mountain. The bullpen is at the top of that list. Plus i gotta replace a post he has about rubbed over. Think i'll set a 9 foot railroad tie about 4 feet deep as a replacement. That'll show him.
I'll end with some shots of the remuda. Ol' ranch is starting to show his age at 16. Been a horse with lots of heart. I kinda take it easy on him if i can with a few days off after a big circle.
My sorrel mare Reba is 17. She still likes to cover the country with me. I sacked her out and started her myself. She has been a pretty good mare if i do say so myself. But i am gonna have to either buy another gelding or start a colt pretty soon so i dont find myself afoot.
Mrs. H has a nice 5 year old mare called Lena coming along. She has a kind eye and has the potential to be a pretty nice horse. Quick and willing, just needs more days on the mountain.
Liitle H has her paint mare pumpkin. She is 11 and about perfect for little H. They are best pals. Littlest H rides Ranch a little but claims he wants his own horse. I better tuck some money away for horse sales i guess. Hope i didnt bore ya. Have a fine evening.
Liitle H and Mrs. H both drew turkey tags that will start in April. So liitle H was seeing how her 20 gauge did. She shoots pretty dang good. Turkeys better be nervous.
Arent we a horrible family shooting deadly weapons for fun? :roll:
Even littlest H was shooting and knocking a spinner target round and round. He loves shooting a 10-22. My buddy, pictured, had that spiffy little 10-22 that he got his wife and Littlest H warmed up the barrel quite nicely.
Thought i'd show ya how the snow has started melting here in the last week. Even have some spots of dry ground.
I built this gate last fall going into my wirelot. It keeps the cows in which is kinda why i made it.
Nobody will ever confuse me with a talented fabricator like Sparky or Denny but i can "bird-crap" weld with the best of them.
This is my own invention for a gate holder-closer thingamajig dohickey. It holds the gate closed and works when i open it.
Have some calves on the ground. Been perfect weather for calving for the time of year. Due date was February 26th but was just under half done then. #8 heifer calf out of a little black angus cow we raised. There was 8 inches of snow ten days ago. Now it's dry in spots.
Mother and daughter. Good Lord must be telling me to keep some heifers as only one set of twin bull calves and the rest are lil' sisters.
#7 had a heifer calf too. Newest kid around here. Doing well and enjoying the last few rays of sunlight of the evening.
Her mother is as good of a cow as i own. Gentle but aggressive enough and a great momma. Her calves top my weaning weights like clock work. Kept her heifer calf last year and hope this years model sticks around too.
Some of the others lounging around til supper time. Had some straw scattered through the brush when the snow was here incase a cow calved, she'd have a kinda dry spot to calve.
#4 with my AI success, cross-bred Hereford heifer calf. Still grinning how it turned out.
Same pair. Thanks again to Ned Jr.!!!!!
I owe ya a case of pepsi.
This is my only bull calf. His twin brother was needed by a neighbor as a graft. Since my #1 cow had raised a set of twins last year with no problems and weaned 1087 pounds of calf, i thought about letting her do it again. But my buddy really was in a bind and that ol' cow probably could use the break so we did some trading.
"Hey mom, how about ya bring the milk dispenser over this-a-way". My dog was with me and his cow came on a trot to make sure he wasnt a coyote.
Here she comes.
She's 10 and like her owner, getting better with age. :wink:
Making sure that this black calf belongs to this black cow. Or mayber she's reading his tag number.
Musta been the right number.
Since 2008 she has had 8 calves with an average 205 day weight of 688 on 6 head. (Not counting this year of course). Her only fault is she has given me just one heifer calf and she got upside down in a ditch and died last fall. She was just like ol #1 too. Her first two calves averaged 703.
The red cow is the black cows mother. That red cow is a little bigger than i'd like but she has been a great cow. Starting to slow down a little and is the last to calve the last two years. Will be hard to see her go when the day comes. Hopefully has a few years left though.
She's a nice long,deep cow. I branded her with my dad's brand beofre i had my own brand and then re-branded her with the cork-eyed H.
The haystack is shrinking but that tends to happen about this time of year. Hopefully early April will bring some grass and my self-propelled hay processors can transform into grass grazers.
There is still a lot of snow on the north slopes of the Sheeprocks.
The snow station at 7300 feet says there is 29 inches there. Sweet!
Standing in line at the buffet. Tri-blend hay with protien tubs for supplement and IFA intermountain stockman mineral. They seemed to haved wintered pretty good but i see em' everyday.
More ladies having supper. Only one heavy cow looks close and the rest oughta be atleast a week or so. We shall see. I think they are about right condition wise. Not too fat but not rail thin either. Oughta breed back and really bloom as the grass comes on.
I got a corral or two to clean when the cows go out on the mountain. The bullpen is at the top of that list. Plus i gotta replace a post he has about rubbed over. Think i'll set a 9 foot railroad tie about 4 feet deep as a replacement. That'll show him.
I'll end with some shots of the remuda. Ol' ranch is starting to show his age at 16. Been a horse with lots of heart. I kinda take it easy on him if i can with a few days off after a big circle.
My sorrel mare Reba is 17. She still likes to cover the country with me. I sacked her out and started her myself. She has been a pretty good mare if i do say so myself.
But i am gonna have to either buy another gelding or start a colt pretty soon so i dont find myself afoot.
Mrs. H has a nice 5 year old mare called Lena coming along. She has a kind eye and has the potential to be a pretty nice horse. Quick and willing, just needs more days on the mountain.
Liitle H has her paint mare pumpkin. She is 11 and about perfect for little H. They are best pals. Littlest H rides Ranch a little but claims he wants his own horse. I better tuck some money away for horse sales i guess. Hope i didnt bore ya. Have a fine evening.
