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The one we were lookin' for.

leanin' H

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We took a jont out on the ranch looking for Horns and checking the grass. Spring fever is alive and well around here! :D Had to snap a shot of Little H on the skyline.
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She's my girl and a great horn hunting buddy. Must be those green eyes that help her find hidden treasure!
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Two pals on a sunny spring day. :D
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Mrs. H and Littlest H made a slightly lower loop across the ridge. Shorter legs! :D The little dude found a pile of bone. Just none of it grew from a bucks head! :lol: He picked up some various bones for his "collection"! :D
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Little H found something better than any old horn! A beautiful arrowhead made from the coolest flint I have ever seen. Arrowheads are mostly black obsidian in this country.
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The family and the find! I am pretty proud of my daughter. She found it all by herself and started squealing! A once in a lifetime treasure.
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The grass is starting to get serious! YIPEEEEEEEE!
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And to top it off....... the last calf showed up! We bought the cow as a late calver a couple years ago. She calved in August the first year. Then last year she calved on June 5th and she calved April 14th this spring.
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The new kid is a heifer and doing fine. The spring blizzard came and went and the grass is jumping! The calves are all here and a great treasure was found! Life on the desert is mighty fine today! :D Have a fine evening yourselves! :wink:
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Soapweed

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Life is grand, and you are wise to realize. Thanks for the fabulous photos. Congrats to your daughter on her wonderful find. :)
 

starvin'dog

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I always pause for a moment before picking up a shed antler, realizing that I'm the first person to ever lay hands on it. I can imagine the reverence of being the second person in perhaps ten thousand years to hold that arrow head.
Thats quite a cow you've got there H. Looks like a milker too, you must have some powerfull grass in that desert.
 

Hereford76

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that is a great arrowhead - looks like she might have a new hobby. i bet she has that for the rest of her life. i also got hooked on hunting for those treasures... found a few neat things, lots of arrowheads a hammer head and a stone spoon but haven't found an arrowhead or spear that big - pretty cool!
 

leanin' H

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starvin'dog said:
I always pause for a moment before picking up a shed antler, realizing that I'm the first person to ever lay hands on it. I can imagine the reverence of being the second person in perhaps ten thousand years to hold that arrow head.
Thats quite a cow you've got there H. Looks like a milker too, you must have some powerfull grass in that desert.

You know, I paused before I posted those pictures. I wondered if someone might question why I would get all excited over an arrowhead or get sideways for picking it up. But what Starvin' Dog said is exactly true!!!! What a deeply reverent and special moment it was to hold it and see it. I have such a great respect for the Native Americans and how they lived. I would never dishonor their heritage by looting a burial site or a scared area. But to find an arrowhead is one of life's awesome experiences. It will never be sold or discarded. It will have a special place of honor over lifetimes to come. Thanks for knowing how we all felt! :D

Thanks for the compliment on the cow. She is a little bigger than my ideal but the numbers at weaning and at the feedbunk on her calves make me smile. :wink:
 

Big Muddy rancher

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leanin' H said:
starvin'dog said:
I always pause for a moment before picking up a shed antler, realizing that I'm the first person to ever lay hands on it. I can imagine the reverence of being the second person in perhaps ten thousand years to hold that arrow head.
Thats quite a cow you've got there H. Looks like a milker too, you must have some powerfull grass in that desert.

You know, I paused before I posted those pictures. I wondered if someone might question why I would get all excited over an arrowhead or get sideways for picking it up. But what Starvin' Dog said is exactly true!!!! What a deeply reverent and special moment it was to hold it and see it. I have such a great respect for the Native Americans and how they lived. I would never dishonor their heritage by looting a burial site or a scared area. But to find an arrowhead is one of life's awesome experiences. It will never be sold or discarded. It will have a special place of honor over lifetimes to come. Thanks for knowing how we all felt! :D

Thanks for the compliment on the cow. She is a little bigger than my ideal but the numbers at weaning and at the feedbunk on her calves make me smile. :wink:

I'm a little older then Little H and have only found one arrow head. A real nice white one. When I walk the trail where I found it I always wonder what story it could tell. :)
 

Faster horses

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Seems like arrowheads are a special find, regardless of age.
We get to talking about them around here and invariably, a collection
will be brought out and discussed. There is such unsolved
mysteries connected with them, I think, which lead to their allure.

You're right, that one will be treasured for years to come.

Thanks for sharing your day with us, "H.
 

Silver

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Hey that's awsome 'H! A great family day and a cool find. I wonder what that point is made from? Around here they are all made from chirt. From what I understand that is not an arrow head, it is a small spear point used on small spears (darts actually) launched by an atl-atl, a small hand held launcher that could throw the little spear over 100 yds.
Anyway, I am sure it will be a family heirloom from this day forward and the best part will be the great family memories associated with it!
 

burnt

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That arrowhead is a beauty!

Arrowheads are indeed very special. They show incredible craftsmanship in their making and great skill in their use.

I only ever found one, back close to our creek, and lost it at school when I took it to show it to my friends. :( Not sure how that happened.

Hay Maker, I remember you putting up a picture or two of some arrowheads you found while plowing. I thought they were pretty cool.

'H, you got a pretty special family. And you are a great dad to them to do stuff with them like you do.











Pretty good for a turkey . . . . . .











. . . . hunter!

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DustDevil

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A beautiful day with a beautiful family in an unbelievable place.
I'm 51 years old and I haven't found an arrowhead since I was 6 years old.
On the ranch where I hunt, the rancher's Mom was going through their yard gate a few years back and stooped down and picked one up right where they'd been walking through since probably 1919 or so.
Recent rains had uncovered it, I guess. You may never know what history you're walking right past every day.
 

Jassy

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I think I've watched to many CSI show's...lol My first thoughts, wondered if there would still be any DNA or a fingerprint preserved on that arrowhead? The stories the arrowhead could tell...What a great family day you had and even better thanks for sharing it with us... :D
 
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