leanin' H
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Well, i decided that posting pictures is like getting bucked off a horse and i couldnt let it beat me. So i did some trial runs and think i may have figured out a way to post them the size i want from photobucket. Here goes nothing.....
Had to start moving cattle across the allotment this morning. Sure was a fine day. Temps in the 80's and even a few clouds. Daylight was perfection as always.
Heading up Pole canyon to make a gather on whatever we could find.
The cows had a decent scatter as they chase grass on the ridges. Thought the range looked pretty good for the kind of year we have had thus far.
Some were heading to water and some were still having breakfast.
Chance's dog "Jake". We covered about 12-15 miles today. With those short legs he musta covered 3 times that.
Riding east toward the head of the canyon. The fence between the allotments is in tough shape and the head of the canyon sometimes has a cow or two of Phil's. But thanks to a weekend of mending fence this spring, nary a bovine was spotted on the wrong side of said fence.
Father and son heading back down to where the cows were after finding where they were not.
Just a scenery shot of the canyon.
Once we got back to where the cows were, we scattered out and knocked them down to the trail in the canyon. This canyon has big open ridges and a few thick cedar pockets. We rode the open ridges today. We'll go hunt in the thickets next trip. Cisco was paying attention to where Chance was across the draw. Hard to see him from here but.....
There he is thanks to a Sony zoom lense.
We bunched up what Chance and i had and started them southwest toward the pass heading to the Jonnybull Hollow. Phil made a loop east and south and met us down there. We all got together and started them for the pass.
The canyon burned 6 or 8 years ago. But there are still a few little cedar pockets.
Heading up the hill. The burn did open up the cow trail a lot better.
Pausing to let the ponies puff and use the altitude to see if we missed any over further east.
Crossing the top of the pass and dropping into the Jonnybull hollow.
Chance rode a 3 year old gelding he calls Wizz. The young feller is a pretty good horseman and his colt is coming along nicely.
They jammed up at the gate after we had em' strung out. Phil manuvered past them as opened the wire gate and away we went.
Cisco did good and we got all the cattle punched through the gate into Ott's canyon. The last half mile is a willow infested son of a gun. But they all made the trip to new grass. Ended up with 55 head.
Thought i'd share a few picture of the mouth of Ott canyon. It is rough and rocky down low but has good grass up top and across the ridge tops. Be nice to spray some roundup on some willows but the forest service would blow a gasket. :roll: To bad we cant spray for ledges and slide rock too. :wink:
The fence between the state land and the forest allotment is a testament to hard work. All wood posts dug by hand a generation or two ago. We have walked it just about every spring to keep it in good repair. That is challenging enough.
I love Ott canyon just because it's rough and a challenge. Kinda feel proud that me and my pony can travel across ground that would make a mountain goat nervous.
The nice thing about ledges and sliderock is cows wont try them very often. Makes is nice to butt a fence up against and use the natural topography to stop bovines. Hope ya'll enjoyed going with us today. Every day a horseback is a great day. Have a fine evening!
Had to start moving cattle across the allotment this morning. Sure was a fine day. Temps in the 80's and even a few clouds. Daylight was perfection as always.
Heading up Pole canyon to make a gather on whatever we could find.
The cows had a decent scatter as they chase grass on the ridges. Thought the range looked pretty good for the kind of year we have had thus far.
Some were heading to water and some were still having breakfast.
Chance's dog "Jake". We covered about 12-15 miles today. With those short legs he musta covered 3 times that.
Riding east toward the head of the canyon. The fence between the allotments is in tough shape and the head of the canyon sometimes has a cow or two of Phil's. But thanks to a weekend of mending fence this spring, nary a bovine was spotted on the wrong side of said fence.
Father and son heading back down to where the cows were after finding where they were not.
Just a scenery shot of the canyon.
Once we got back to where the cows were, we scattered out and knocked them down to the trail in the canyon. This canyon has big open ridges and a few thick cedar pockets. We rode the open ridges today. We'll go hunt in the thickets next trip. Cisco was paying attention to where Chance was across the draw. Hard to see him from here but.....
There he is thanks to a Sony zoom lense.
We bunched up what Chance and i had and started them southwest toward the pass heading to the Jonnybull Hollow. Phil made a loop east and south and met us down there. We all got together and started them for the pass.
The canyon burned 6 or 8 years ago. But there are still a few little cedar pockets.
Heading up the hill. The burn did open up the cow trail a lot better.
Pausing to let the ponies puff and use the altitude to see if we missed any over further east.
Crossing the top of the pass and dropping into the Jonnybull hollow.
Chance rode a 3 year old gelding he calls Wizz. The young feller is a pretty good horseman and his colt is coming along nicely.
They jammed up at the gate after we had em' strung out. Phil manuvered past them as opened the wire gate and away we went.
Cisco did good and we got all the cattle punched through the gate into Ott's canyon. The last half mile is a willow infested son of a gun. But they all made the trip to new grass. Ended up with 55 head.
Thought i'd share a few picture of the mouth of Ott canyon. It is rough and rocky down low but has good grass up top and across the ridge tops. Be nice to spray some roundup on some willows but the forest service would blow a gasket. :roll: To bad we cant spray for ledges and slide rock too. :wink:
The fence between the state land and the forest allotment is a testament to hard work. All wood posts dug by hand a generation or two ago. We have walked it just about every spring to keep it in good repair. That is challenging enough.
I love Ott canyon just because it's rough and a challenge. Kinda feel proud that me and my pony can travel across ground that would make a mountain goat nervous.
The nice thing about ledges and sliderock is cows wont try them very often. Makes is nice to butt a fence up against and use the natural topography to stop bovines. Hope ya'll enjoyed going with us today. Every day a horseback is a great day. Have a fine evening!
Less than a week ago..... "I'm never gonna post pictures again" :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: 
