Some photos from my folks' winter range

[lazy ace]

I figured that would make you put down the cold one and type. :lol:


Happy New Year

Oh no I just went out and got a straw from the kitchen for the cold one. :lol:

I can multi task with the best of them.

have a cold one

lazy ace

 

[Red Robin]

BMR the straw in the kitchen he went and got had 500 other buddies with him and a string tied them to a handle. They're good for sweeping and knocking down cobwebs and other multi-task projects around the house that TTB has him doing. :wink:

 

[Tap]

Those are some very nice pictures of some country that I really like TTB. I would really like to have some range like that to calve cows in. They could take quite a storm and get by fine. I bet last winter at this time that country looked a lot different than it does now. Did they have to pull the cattle out of there to get feed to them?

Thanks for posting the photos.

 

[Turkey Track Bar]

Those are some very nice pictures of some country that I really like TTB. I would really like to have some range like that to calve cows in. They could take quite a storm and get by fine. I bet last winter at this time that country looked a lot different than it does now. Did they have to pull the cattle out of there to get feed to them?

Thanks for posting the photos.

Hi Tap...

Actually they can take a big storm on the range, and last year the cows stayed out all winter. The snow on the winter range melts pretty quickly, unlike the snow at the home place which tends to just keep piling up, especially in the spring.

The gumbo mud is a worser problem (for humans at least) than the snow. And drought...is the worst problem!

These cows have only had hay once in their life, in the severe drought 4-5 years ago. We couldn't move on to the range as soon as normal, and we didn't have any other feed, so we had to feed hay.

It's funny how hard it is to acclimate cows that have had hay 6 months of their life, for generations to going out and grazing all winter. We had bought some cows, that our cows kinda trained. Our neighbor bought cows a year ago that had been raised in the haying scenario, and he had to move them out of the corral almost everyday. They just stood around looking for the hay!!!

Tap, do you have any Four Wing Saltbrush in your country? I know they have it around Miles City. If you don't and would like to plant some, let me know, I bet I can score you some seed.

New Year's Cheers---

TTB :wink:

 

[HAY MAKER]

Good lookin cattle and country TTB,I have always like that part of the country,whats the average annual rain fall there ?
good luck & Happy New Year.

 

[lazy ace]

BMR the straw in the kitchen he went and got had 500 other buddies with him and a string tied them to a handle. They're good for sweeping and knocking down cobwebs and other multi-task projects around the house that TTB has him doing. :wink:

Boy you got that right TTB works me pretty hard. Some days she even takes computer time away from me. :wink:

Hey by the way we had OKRA for Christmas Eve supper in Colorado. It doesn't taste any better there either. :wink: I had three very small bites and that was it. Strike three for OKRA.

have a cold one

lazy ace

 

[Red Robin]

Nothing better than Okra. I had two helpings last night. Roast, gravy, potatoes and carrots , okra and seems like something else. Black eyed peas, cornbred and buttermilk and some boiled cabbage tonight. It's a special night you know. :lol: These rulin' days need to be taken serious.