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The Night Before Christmas Twas the night before Christmas below the Mason Dixon line, The reindeer were worried, but Santa assured them they would be fine. All those rednecks with rifles, they said they would rather not, Santa promised them, no one would get shot. They got in position in front...

Freedom’s not easy America’s paid her debt, In lives and limbs of some forgotten Vet. Our capitol’s been burned our flags been torn, Many men died defending it, their lives we mourn. After the battle of Fort McHenry in Chesapeake Bay, Francis Scott Key wrote the words we still hear today. During...

My version of a redneck love poem Roses are red, my truck is too, I’d give you a kiss, but you’d steal my chew. I luv you more n more each passing day, You smell nearly as good as fresh cut hay. You’re the cream in my butter, the coffee in my cup, You’re just about as purty as a blue tick pup...

Freedom’s not easy America’s paid her debt, In lives and limbs of some forgotten Vet. Our capitol’s been burned our flags been torn, Many men died defending it, their lives we mourn. After the battle of Fort McHenry in Chesapeake Bay, Francis Scott Key wrote the words we still hear today. During...

Ole number 801 Several of you know that I run a few cattle on the place. Several have also asked about a bull in particular. A couple of years back I purchased some calves with the intent to grow them out and sell at a later date, reaping the benefits of weight gain over production cost...

Hey Ya'll, I got a question. How does a 4 wheel drive dual wheel flatbed handle in snow. I'm considering buying one and have a few questions I just don't know the answers to. Round here a dual wheel truck will get stuck if the grass is a little wet. I have driven a dual wheel but not a 4x4. I'm...

Today I got a gutcheck. I am no longer the alpha male on the place. My son an I have been working together on the farm for years. I have always been the one to set the pace. I set the bar as to how much we would get done. Today he outworked me. We were doing some really intense manual labor and...

Bill, Tom, Brent, Robert and Steve spend months planning the perfect backwoods elk hunting trip. Two days before the group is to leave Brent's wife puts her foot down and tells him he isn't going. Bill, Tom, Robert and Steve are very upset that he can't go, but what can they do...? Two...

I have a calf that has symptons that a lot of folks will be seeing in the near future. Those of you that know right off what the problem is hold off a couple of days and let folks think about it. I'm doing this mostly for folks that haven't been in the business long. ( Hint ) It's something you...

Here in N.W. Alabama things are getting dry. There is a creek running through one of the pastures that is completly dry. Weeds were growing in it. Out of 6 ponds on the place none of them have enough water to last much longer. The ponds are at the lowest level I have ever saw them. I still have...

The Pentagon announced today the formation of a new 500-man Elite fighting unit called the United States Redneck Special Forces. These Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas boys will be dropped into Iraq and have been given only the following...

A young boy had a problem with a cat and went into town looking for a vet. He went into the vets office to talk about his cat. The vet was in a big hurry and quickly met with the boy. " what's the problem son" The boy said "My cat is constipated what can I do" The vet gave the boy some...

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father...

Hey Ya'll most of these stories don't turn out as this one did I'm still amazed so I thought I'd share it. As many of Ya''ll know I volunteer with a local rescue squad in this area. There is a rather large national forest near here that claims several lost people a year. Most of them are...

After reading a similar post about the younger generation not getting into farming I was wandering what was the average age of folks on here. no need in replying if you don't want to you can still get in the poll without posting your age. There are a couple of young uns on here that have...

Someone on here several months ago posted a topic on calf sitting. I read over it and thought what the ______. Guess what I'm doing this week, yep calf sitting. Long story made short, well shorter. My 75 year old Mamma sold out her herd this spring. Shes a real stubborn woman. She insisted on...

As my ole buddy Caustic puts it. I got slapped in the face by a wet possum today at the sale barn. Everbody hears about how good someone does at the salebarn, but rarely do you hear about them getting their head handed to them in a spitoon. Thats just what happened to me today. Most folks know I...

Glue a small strip of reflective tape to a eartag and you can see them at night with a flashlight much easier.

I was spraying fence lines today and something happened that I thought may need to be explained to our northern neighbors. I got off the tractor to open a gate and before getting back up I did the fire ant shuffle. Now everbody in the southern United States know what this is, but with summer...

I've created a spreadsheet that I use to track my cattle. I've have saw drop down menu's used in Excell. Does anyone know how to do this. For instance I have a catagory with sex and the choices are Bull, steer, heifer or cow. Somehow you can put in a down arrow with the choice's where you click...