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1-50 either married and 2 full time jobs or single and live very simple and own a few sheep also. 50-150 married and 1 good full time job and 1 part time. or single living simple (maybe one sheep). 150-300 full time rancher and wife works part time and have a kid that does way more than a 10...

please correct the above post, the collection is of rusty metal, starting to get depressed now

had to do something with my collection of tractors, tools, panels, feeders,trailers, .......what the... is wrong with me

Just wanted to mention, although some rodeo events have nothing to do with ranch work, they are originated by cowboys, maybe after working calves or something, I tried for years to perfect the pony express mount at dang near every gathering or cattle working I went to as a kid and even now when...

Did someone ask if Ty Murray is a cowboy? and also stated he was a champion bullrider, yes he is all of that world champion caliber bull rider, bronc and bareback rider, not to bad a roper and I remember a few years back he was in the pro rodeo sports news riding a jumping horse in some big...

when ya sell feeders you take them to where the buyers are don't ya? whether the sale barn or a contract buyer that buys them in the pasture it is the money that tells me where to sell, we have soime good contract buyers and a scalehouse in town so I go with them usually but will not hesitate to...

so what are your heifers weighing at bull-turn out and how old and what breed?

I think it is an excellent question and pertains to beef production also. Alot of people feed up their replacements, especially to sell, I just bought 30 from a local rancher that were not overfed, they look good, not covered up with alot of flesh. How do you people feed your replacements? Mine...

the bad part of banding is it is sometimes hard to know if you have two, with a knife you can count two in hand. A one-nutted steer ( or gelding, or man can reproduce) When castrating you can usually get the high nut out by relaxing a leg, pushing the belly down and kinda milking the nut out...

we do it whenever we need to cut a bull calf that is to big to throw, like stated, just bend the tail up in line with the spine , with a fair amount of pressure, and the guy behind the calf can go to work. My uncle has an electric immobilizer that is supposed to be very slick, I haven't seen it...

hey jw is that one of them new fangled super m's with live hydraulics and all the bells and whistles? I feed with a 1944 M outfitted with a F-10 loader it can damn near lift the big bales gonna put a heavier front end under it when I have to but not a minute before and also I believe you might...

sorry ran outa room. costs more than 250 need to be looked at hard to see what ya can do different and also does raising beef allow you to live a better life than not. Todays beef cattle CAN be low maintence if ya let them and will make you money in the long run. WOW what a flurry of off the...

I don't know what it costs to run a pair other places, but if you are not making money now you better bail...here anyway feed grain is cheap, calf prices are record highs... so is fuel but, look at the stuff considered "necessities" now and how the houses and 3 stall garages are filled up , the...

MSSCAMPyou're opinion of me matters very little. I am sure you are a very nice lady and are knowledgeable about ranching and such, but you do have a habit of stirring the pot and read things into posts that just arn't there.also LA4angus, I don't remember writing one smart alec post, maybe ya...

hey case, I just remembed, a few weeks ago I replied to someone about working calves or something...anyway I had a few insults from a couple people here that complained that i was to excited about branding and castrating and they thought " I must be 18 or 19" I emailed one and she apologized...

and invite the cousin over for a bar b que?

that all might be true bigbull, but if it was my rig and my time, the critters to be hauled best be penned up and ready to load as soon as I get there. also caseih, you could haul hay for some of the smaller operations and who knows what else, my experience has been that when people know about...

I'm with you beefy, but what if she decides to jump back, and prices are veen higher?

fortunately for me I have never used the rifle, but I have a bow and arrow setup that you should be within 10 yards or so, but from what my rancher buddies tell me ,mif ya can get in that 20 to 30 yard mark ya should be ok, depends on the rifle i imagine

Well i just read my post, I meant have the vet or you shoot the cow with the tranquilizer. not have the vet shoot you! Sorry I don't know how to type and it takes me a while to put my thoughts into a keyboard, and they usually don't sound like I wanted :cboy: