Branded yesterday

[BRG]

Heading out


a couple good cowboys


a sunny valley


Sorting


My boy taking a rootbeer break


Dad, my boy, and friend/bull customer


Dad and my boy taking a rest


Having a beer


Dad and the nordfork


Brothers and some of the best cowboys around


Me


Me again


The finished product

 

[alacattleman]

great picture's :cowboy:

 

[SRBeef]

Great pictures. Thanks for taking the time to post them. It sure points out the wide range of cattle systems in this country! Sure is different from mine. I've been to the stock barn in Herreid, are these photos from that area? Grass and cattle look good. Fine looking cattle going through the sale the day I was there. I like the fact they take great care to identify the producer for most groups. Still a people business as well as a cattle business. Jim

 

[40-4171]

Looks like fine summer cow country!!. When my wife and I travel, it's usually to the Western Dakotas.

 

[BRG]

Great pictures. Thanks for taking the time to post them. It sure points out the wide range of cattle systems in this country! Sure is different from mine. I've been to the stock barn in Herreid, are these photos from that area? Grass and cattle look good. Fine looking cattle going through the sale the day I was there. I like the fact they take great care to identify the producer for most groups. Still a people business as well as a cattle business. Jim

Thanks! We are about 80 miles west of there.

 

[Kingfisher]

Great pictures. Thanks for taking the time to post them. It sure points out the wide range of cattle systems in this country! Sure is different from mine. I've been to the stock barn in Herreid, are these photos from that area? Grass and cattle look good. Fine looking cattle going through the sale the day I was there. I like the fact they take great care to identify the producer for most groups. Still a people business as well as a cattle business. Jim

Thanks! We are about 80 miles west of there.

Thanks for your post. What does the brand stand for?

 

[LazyARanch]

Awesome pictures, really enjoyed them!

Especially the one of your little guy having a root beer break!

 

[kenny thomas]

Everything looks great even if one of the pictures is of you. :lol:
I have got to ask what is the nordfork?
Also it seems there is no shade for the cows. How do they handle that or is there some trees we do not see?

 

[Dylan Biggs]

Everything looks great even if one of the pictures is of you. :lol:
I have got to ask what is the nordfork?
Also it seems there is no shade for the cows. How do they handle that or is there some trees we do not see?

Nordfork device is the double tuning fork shaped hinged contraption that BRG's dad is holding. As the heeler drags the calf by the Nordfork is placed over the neck and settles just behind the ears and the jaw of the calf once the calf is stretched out, and essentially holds the head of the calf while the heeler keeps the heels. The one end of the nordfork is attached with a piece of rope to an old inner tube that is tied to a stake in the ground for the anchor.

I don't know if that description makes any sense, hopefully it helps.

 

[Dylan Biggs]

BRG, thanks for the photos. The country, cattle and horses all look great.!

 

[jilleroo]

Fabulous photos! How many calves did you put through?

 

[kenny thomas]

Everything looks great even if one of the pictures is of you. :lol:
I have got to ask what is the nordfork?
Also it seems there is no shade for the cows. How do they handle that or is there some trees we do not see?

Nordfork device is the double tuning fork shaped hinged contraption that BRG's dad is holding. As the heeler drags the calf by the Nordfork is placed over the neck and settles just behind the ears and the jaw of the calf once the calf is stretched out, and essentially holds the head of the calf while the heeler keeps the heels. The one end of the nordfork is attached with a piece of rope to an old inner tube that is tied to a stake in the ground for the anchor.

I don't know if that description makes any sense, hopefully it helps.

Thanks, Dylan. It does make sense.

 

[BRG]

Everything looks great even if one of the pictures is of you. :lol:
I have got to ask what is the nordfork?
Also it seems there is no shade for the cows. How do they handle that or is there some trees we do not see?

Not much for shade in our country.

 

[BRG]

Fabulous photos! How many calves did you put through?

We only did around 150 head.

 

[iowa hawkeyes]

I love the photo of your dad and your son. It would be a great Father's Day gift to him that I'm sure he'd like.

 

[3waycross]

Man alive Brian I sure like that Dun horse. :nod:

 

[BRG]

Man alive Brian I sure like that Dun horse. :nod:

He is pretty dam good, once you catch him

 

[3waycross]

Man alive Brian I sure like that Dun horse. :nod:

He is pretty dam good, once you catch him

Had a Dun when I was a kid that was that way. He got cured of that by an old vaquero from Mexico he used a kind of a running W on him. He was pretty easy to catch after that. It did take a while for the hide to grow back on his nose though. :nod:

 

[Ryder]

Everything looks great even if one of the pictures is of you. :lol:
I have got to ask what is the nordfork?
Also it seems there is no shade for the cows. How do they handle that or is there some trees we do not see?

Nordfork device is the double tuning fork shaped hinged contraption that BRG's dad is holding. As the heeler drags the calf by the Nordfork is placed over the neck and settles just behind the ears and the jaw of the calf once the calf is stretched out, and essentially holds the head of the calf while the heeler keeps the heels. The one end of the nordfork is attached with a piece of rope to an old inner tube that is tied to a stake in the ground for the anchor.

I don't know if that description makes any sense, hopefully it helps.

I was wondering the same thing. Thanks to Kenny for asking and DB for answering.
Why the chaps? Sure doesn't look like much brush in that country.

 

[BRG]

Everything looks great even if one of the pictures is of you. :lol:
I have got to ask what is the nordfork?
Also it seems there is no shade for the cows. How do they handle that or is there some trees we do not see?

Nordfork device is the double tuning fork shaped hinged contraption that BRG's dad is holding. As the heeler drags the calf by the Nordfork is placed over the neck and settles just behind the ears and the jaw of the calf once the calf is stretched out, and essentially holds the head of the calf while the heeler keeps the heels. The one end of the nordfork is attached with a piece of rope to an old inner tube that is tied to a stake in the ground for the anchor.

I don't know if that description makes any sense, hopefully it helps.

I was wondering the same thing. Thanks to Kenny for asking and DB for answering.
Why the chaps? Sure doesn't look like much brush in that country.

They are chinks, not chaps Anyway, you get to the next pasture North and East and it is filled with plum thickets and other berry bushes that the cows like to hide in. So that is one reason for the chinks, but today it is mainly for roping and dragging the calves. It is a heck of a lot easier on your leg and a pair of pants if the rope drags over the chinks instead of your bare leg. Also, I feel a lot more comfortable around a hot iron, vaccination needle, and kicking calves wearing a little protection where most of the action is.