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Where would you rather be?

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Sometimes we get to feeling sorry for ourselves when weather gets a little rough. Where does everyone think they would rather ranch? Never been there but NE New Mexico has always intrigued me. From some pictures I've seen it would be similar to this place but with nicer winters. And of course there's always Hawaii!!
 
There's no place that i would rather be than right here with my red socks white socks and another new year. GOOD OLD OHIO.

Hey that might make a song.
 
I don't believe there is a better place to ranch than right where I am. And it's the best kept secret around.
If I had it to do over again I may take up in gcreeks area, if I could find a place without too many rocks. :wink:
 
As Per and I have said before there is no place like home. If we had no financial limits we would relocate to the hardgrass country in the Nicola Valley region of BC in a heartbeat but for now we will be content with where we are.
 
This is going to be a very interesting thread, I hope.
Mr. FH and I have always liked the Parkman (Pass Creek) Wyoming area. It is right on the Wyoming/Montana border going from Sheridan, Wyoming to Hardin,Mt.

I've already been intrigued by what you fellas have posted about
ranching country in Canada and New Mexico.
 
I sure like it here in eastern colorado but it getting harder here in colorado to ranch. Not as bad out here in the far eastern part but the closer you get to denver its harder and I think it might be getting that way up in the hills. I have always like Nebraska sandhills like around soapweeds place. You got good water and you dont have to go to far to get it. And all those pictures that he posts it sure looks like they get some good rains and good grass.
 
Pig Farmer said:
There's no place that i would rather be than right here with my red socks white socks and another new year. GOOD OLD OHIO.

Hey that might make a song.
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There's no place on earth I'd rather be... with my rednecks white socks and blue ribbon beer..... Ain't that a song???
 
Well right now I'd like to be hunting rutting mulies in Old Mexico but I wouldn't ranch anywhere else I'm not smart enough to manage this place right let alone somewhere new. If I had my druthers I could live with running bucking horses down in Hanta Yo's country. I like to visit other outfits but I doubt I'd ever move.
 
If I could live and ranch anywhere it would be right here on the desert but fulltime with no off-ranch job. I am sure there might be easier places to run cows and some of you folks live in some beautiful country, but my roots run too deep. In a perfect world I'd relocate Salt Lake City and the population center 4000 miles east so I'd have more elbow room. :wink: I'd love to visit some of ya'll's place's but I'll always come home. :D
 
The favorite place I ever saw was Rothney - a ranch tight into the SW corner of Calgary near Priddis. Natural fescue grassland, shelter, chinooks, running springs - it has it all. If only someone would relocate Calgary at least 200 miles away :roll:
I'm real happy with my place here though, as I was with our places in Scotland. I reckon home is where you make it - a state of mind and heart rather than a physical location.
 
My grandfather looked around before he settled here. He checked out the interlake in Manitoba and the foothills south west of Calgary. then he settled here. He didn't like the interlake and the Foothills was pricey in the 30's he figured. I think his criteria was this place was available.

I always thought i would like to ranch where the cows grazed year round everything was done on horse back. Guess I am as close to that as I will ever get. :D
 
katrina said:
Pig Farmer said:
There's no place that i would rather be than right here with my red socks white socks and another new year. GOOD OLD OHIO.

Hey that might make a song.
Click to expand...


There's no place on earth I'd rather be... with my rednecks white socks and blue ribbon beer..... Ain't that a song???
Click to expand...

Yea but I don't drink so I had to improvise! :lol:
 
Pig Farmer said:
katrina said:
Pig Farmer said:
There's no place that i would rather be than right here with my red socks white socks and another new year. GOOD OLD OHIO.

Hey that might make a song.
Click to expand...


There's no place on earth I'd rather be... with my rednecks white socks and blue ribbon beer..... Ain't that a song???
Click to expand...

Yea but I don't drink so I had to improvise! :lol:
Click to expand...

Me neither........ But I do wonder if you can even buy blue ribbon beer???
Say like the 70s song??? or was it later???
 
The only place I ever considered moving to was Australia- but I hate snakes and bugs and crawly things much worse than I dislike snow and cold- so that idea went out the window fast....

If I ever consider moving- it would be because of too many people and to find a lesser populated area- but since we're one of the sparsest populated areas in the country still- don't know where that would be....
 
The country right around Plainville, Kansas has appealed to me as just about right for running cows. Nice diversity of croplands and plenty of wide open grass country too. Doesn't get quite as cold for quite as long as a lot of Nebraska (usually :lol: ) but then it's also west of the humidity of the Kansas Flint Hills that'll scorch you in summer. Harder grass than east of there, too. I don't know, I've also liked a whole lot of the mountain west amidst my travels. Nebraska is a cowman's paradise also. Gee whiz, I guess it's tough to narrow it down! If I could make a full-time go of running cows I guess you could talk me into a lot of places.

HP
 
It's a good sign when most people here say that they are happy right where they are...I fit into that catagory too...almost...I love the Sandhills of Nebraska from late April till November...spring, summer, and fall are easy to live with...BUT come winter...I'm not a big fan! If I could take all the cows to a warmer climate for 5 months or so I'd do it..lol Instead of snow bunnies...we'd be snow cows heading south for the winter..lol
 
I'll go ahead and put my bid in for Colorado, right where Ned Jr. hails from, just inside the front range. We've been going out there for years, even know some folks fairly well now.

A couple of more years for the wife to get her Teaching Degree and then we can go and she can support my cow habit :wink:

bart.

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Another place I thought was just beautiful was on the eastern slope of the Big Horns north of Sheridan, WY. Awesome scenery. And of course if scenery is your main criteria there's gcreek's place.
 

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