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It went to the Soapweed colum from the home page and read your posting about Kit Pharo and his philosophies. Know I am not defending Kit as I don't know him and have read only some about him.
What I take exception to is not your reason why you calve when you do and how you do it but what you said about people that calve later. Sure they might waste some time on ranchers but don't we all that post here. But because they don't calve early is going to lead to a gambling addiction ect is crazy. We all can have valid reasons for doing what we do. Some might not have the facilities to calve early, some might not have the numbers to justify the luxury of a night calver or even be able to afford a top notch hired man like Saddle Tramp. Some wives dont have the will or the ablility to rope ride and open gates like Peach Blossom (Your a lucky man). Some wives have careers that take them away from home(They have aspirations as well).
Some might like to change their work load around to invest more time with their kids, other have off ranch jobs to feed their ranching addiction.
I admire your ranching ability and your ranch and cattle and I think ranching is the greatest life going but one thing ranching allows us is to find what works best for ourselves .