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<blockquote data-quote="Bright Raven" data-source="post: 1609835" data-attributes="member: 27490"><p>Preface: I am not putting my horse in this race. I just want to post the following:</p><p></p><p>I lived 33 years in Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. I made friends with many, many ranchers. They let me hunt on their land, we went skiing with rancher friends and I kept up with the local goings on. I read Dave's comment the other day about the local ranchers going on vacations, etc. as evidence that they were doing well. Maybe they are and maybe they are not. Sometimes that kind of anecdotal evidence is deceptive. They may be burning a lot of old "family money". I know for a fact, lots of ranchers struggle to make ends meet. In fact, I witnessed local foreclosures on what looked like profitable ranching operations. I can promise you lots of big land ranchers struggle. I hunted on lots of big ranches with multiple sections of BLM and state land. None of them looked like they were getting rich. I have sat at their table and seen how they live. Most are no different than the poor hillbillies I see around here. I could go on. </p><p></p><p>I am not disputing ANYTHING Dave has said but my observations were not as rosy as his.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bright Raven, post: 1609835, member: 27490"] Preface: I am not putting my horse in this race. I just want to post the following: I lived 33 years in Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. I made friends with many, many ranchers. They let me hunt on their land, we went skiing with rancher friends and I kept up with the local goings on. I read Dave's comment the other day about the local ranchers going on vacations, etc. as evidence that they were doing well. Maybe they are and maybe they are not. Sometimes that kind of anecdotal evidence is deceptive. They may be burning a lot of old "family money". I know for a fact, lots of ranchers struggle to make ends meet. In fact, I witnessed local foreclosures on what looked like profitable ranching operations. I can promise you lots of big land ranchers struggle. I hunted on lots of big ranches with multiple sections of BLM and state land. None of them looked like they were getting rich. I have sat at their table and seen how they live. Most are no different than the poor hillbillies I see around here. I could go on. I am not disputing ANYTHING Dave has said but my observations were not as rosy as his. [/QUOTE]
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