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Shelly
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DJL
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Northern Rancher
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| Another good one was when I was trying to graft a twin onto an old cow-she swiped my hat off with her tail but I hung in there and got himon a teat from behind. Then she started to crap-ALOT-right on top of my head-down my neck-she was kicking like hell but I hung in there. All that fertilizer but no big increase in hair growth.
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Soapweed
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One cold night my son was having trouble getting a cow that was calving into the barn. She broke a chain on a corral gate and got out into a bigger lot. He came in to tell me his troubles, and being plumb tuckered out, I suggested we both go back out in about thirty minutes.
We did, and even with two of us, the calving cow would not go into the smaller corral. I caught my good old grey horse, Tomcat, and swung onto him bareback. The cow would not cooperate. I rode to the barn, and put my saddle on, cinching it tight enough to rope the cow. I left my flashlight in the barn, so my roping arm would be free. Back into the lot we went, and the old red rip with tail outstretched headed off towards the far fence. I kicked ol' Tomcat, and threw my lariat. The loop sailed around the neck of the ringy cow, and I dallied up tight. She choked down a couple times as my horse dragged her towards the barn. We would give her some air, and Will would persuade her from the back.
Finally we had her pulled into the barn. I got off my horse, and started her into the head-catch, so we could check her out and make sure the calf was coming right. I felt she needed to be checked, as she had been calving for quite some time. Just as I shut the head-catch on her neck, she flipped her ear so I could read the tag. "Oh no!" I exclaimed, "Guess what Will, we got the wrong cow!"    
The whole process had to be repeated one more time.
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DOC HARRIS
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One cold night my son was having trouble getting a cow that was calving into the barn. She broke a chain on a corral gate and got out into a bigger lot. He came in to tell me his troubles, and being plumb tuckered out, I suggested we both go back out in about thirty minutes.
We did, and even with two of us, the calving cow would not go into the smaller corral. I caught my good old grey horse, Tomcat, and swung onto him bareback. The cow would not cooperate. I rode to the barn, and put my saddle on, cinching it tight enough to rope the cow. I left my flashlight in the barn, so my roping arm would be free. Back into the lot we went, and the old red rip with tail outstretched headed off towards the far fence. I kicked ol' Tomcat, and threw my lariat. The loop sailed around the neck of the ringy cow, and I dallied up tight. She choked down a couple times as my horse dragged her towards the barn. We would give her some air, and Will would persuade her from the back.
Finally we had her pulled into the barn. I got off my horse, and started her into the head-catch, so we could check her out and make sure the calf was coming right. I felt she needed to be checked, as she had been calving for quite some time. Just as I shut the head-catch on her neck, she flipped her ear so I could read the tag. "Oh no!" I exclaimed, "Guess what Will, we got the wrong cow!"
The whole process had to be repeated one more time. |
Another vote for Electronic Identification - and l-o-o-o-n-g distance wands!
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Soapweed
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sw
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nr
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DOC HARRIS
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Northern Rancher
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| An old boy who range calves told me once-the only people who work in the dark are whores and thieves lol.
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Soapweed
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Soapweed
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| Cal wrote: |
Another time we were at a small town 4th of July celebration. My great aunt, who really was getting hard of hearing, had to tell this story at the top of her lungs just as the preacher started to ask the blessing, and mind you she was dressed up like a pioneer woman and smoking a generic cigarette. She said, "I'm getting so damn deaf I can't even hear myself fart anymore. I went to the doctor about it and he said he couldn't help my hearing but could give me something to make me fart louder". Lots of funny memories from the old folks. |
That was a cute story, Cal. Your granddad was a character, but I believe his sisters taught him how. One time, one of his sisters (I think it was Olive) and her husband led a tour down to the Gordon Massacre site on the Niobrara. It was an eventful day, and she was very entertaining.
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