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For some reason today I remembered riding at a college rodeo at Montana State in the spring of 1971. I was in the bareback which of course is the first event. I was the first gunner out. Reg Kessler had the stock. For those who didn't know him, Reg was a very large imposing man. I was a wet...

A friend was here yesterday evening a number of times he said it was going to rain. I said yep in about 2 months. I still had 21 bales to pick up. But it is raining!!! Go ahead and rain on my hay. It is suppose to be 90 degrees tomorrow. This 1/4 inch will dry off pretty quick. I will...

I always buy a crippled heifer about 700-800 pounds to feed up to kill. I look for one with a big knee or foot. I get them cheaper. This one was well below market value. The pen they go into isn't very big so they don't have to travel. And she is by herself so she wont have to compete for...

I assisted with a Baker county traffic jam yesterday. Something like 250-300 cow calf pairs marched up the road for about 8 or 9 miles. I don't know what time they actually got on the road but i know they started assembling them in the field at 7:30. It was around 3:30 when the tail end left...

It appears that it is going to be a snakey year. Yesterday I killed the 12th rattler in the last 13 days. Or maybe I am just lucky or unlucky. The snakes were certainly unlucky.

We capture and branded calves today. The crew showed up a little before 10 this morning. Getting them gathered took longer than we thought it would. It appears that about 15 pairs found a hole in the fence. They went on to the BLM and down into a hole. But we had enough people horse back to...

Yesterday we watched a message from Pastor Brett at Athey Creek. It was from Matthew. The 2 Marys going to the tomb and met by the angel. The short powerful message from the angel was just a couple sentences long. Come, an invitation. See, seeing is believing. Go, go out to the world...

First 2 brandings of the year this week. Always a ton of people show up to the early ones. Wait a month and a half and there will only be 6 people and a person will get worked half to death. Today I counted 10 ropers in the pen and 12 horses saddled up and tied to the fence on the outside. 7...

Maybe a bit early as it is only 4:25 but I am calling today a win. This morning as I was feeding there was 3 brand new calves. Gave B a call. I spotted him coming to tag calves so I hopped on the quad. First thing I ran into was a down cow. B got there and we rolled her up. After he tagged...

I see them selling farmer's dog food but there is the things ranchers dogs eat. It is at least a quarter mile out to the feed row and over half a mile to the far end of the field. I noticed the dogs going through the gate out to the field. The wife had an elderly lady coming over for coffee...

I am quickly losing what little faith I had in sale yard vets. I bought cows based on their preg checks to calf in February and March. So far only 3 calves have been born in February. I had a few early but fewer of them than normal. I have 50 left to calf. There is 37 days until the end of...

Our old friend leaning H has been making the big time with his poetry. He use to share his talent some with us. I miss him not doing that anymore so I copied one to share here. Hope he doesn't get mad at me for doing it...

80 cows moved to the front field late yesterday afternoon. This morning I walked down the driveway and opened the gate. No cows close. Walked back and got in the feed truck. Turned down the driveway and there was a cow standing in it. I figured she would follow the feed truck. I figured...

Last night about 7:00 I stepped up to the front door to shut off the porch light. A critter stepped into view between the house and fence. Went out the sidewalk gate. Just in view for a second or two. I hadn't ever seen something that matched the description. Moved like a cat but too big to...

We have another apple eating bear hanging out. Not the same bear as last year. This one is black the last year bear was cinnamon. The wife and son got a good look at this one last night. It was after dark. They shined a big bright flashlight on it and it climbed the apple tree. This one is...

The first night on our Crater Lake trip we stayed at the Woodsman Lodge in Cresent OR. The place is done up in outdoors man decorating. A nice comfortable place for an affordable price. But I had to take a picture of the toilet seat. One wrong move and you get your a$$ blown off.

Last night I had just sat down about 5:00 and the phone rang. It was B saying he heard there was smoke up Wood Gulch. He wanted me to check it out and call him back. There had been lots of lightning just a few minutes before. Well there sure was smoke. About then one of the guys pulls up...

I was locked out for about a week. I was beginning to think webfoot was going to dry up and become dryfoot. But through the modern technology and without the assistance of a 6 year old kid the issue got cleared up and I am back.

The fence builder started building fence on the neighbors and then mine. We talked to him last night. Said it would be quicker and easier to come in through my place. He asked if he could pull a goose neck trailer with a load of fence supplies in that way. The neighbor and I both said the...

As much as the urban dwelling people were scared of the idea that there might be a rattle snake in the yard I have to wonder. It has been nearly 7 years since I last killed one that was actually in the yard. But what would they think about a bear in the yard? Especially a sow with cubs. Like...