cattle drive

[NMVaquero]

I honestly do not know how many acres, it is close to 30 square miles in total. Everything is up there with the exception of the heifers.

Will they tend to stay grouped or do they scatter over that huge area. :shock:

To add to TB's question, do someone stay up there with them? If not how hard is it to get them located and gathered come fall?

I bet some town folks would pay pretty good $ for the use of a horse and helping you push the herd around that 30 mile area for a couple of days. Throw in 3 hots and a cot and you're off. Looks like a great adventure for your family.

I have the best ranch hand ever that goes up to check them and prepare the next pasture (put the lay down fences up). He is there about three weeks of the month and stays in a cabin built in 1906 or our camp trailer if close enough to road.

I Have been considering the tourism aspect but I am concerned the life style and terrain will eat people alive.

 

[NMVaquero]

good pictures. what kind of preditors you deal with up there?? if Alan dont mind me asking...

Bears and lions along with the occasional idiot hunter that mistakes a slow cow for an elk or deer.

 

[dun]

good pictures. what kind of preditors you deal with up there?? if Alan dont mind me asking...

Bears and lions along with the occasional idiot hunter that mistakes a slow cow for an elk or deer.

Those were our problems too. We tried having yokels halp moving the cows and gathering, can you spell "circle jerk"?

 

[NMVaquero]

good pictures. what kind of preditors you deal with up there?? if Alan dont mind me asking...

Bears and lions along with the occasional idiot hunter that mistakes a slow cow for an elk or deer.

Those were our problems too. We tried having yokels halp moving the cows and gathering, can you spell "circle jerk"?

Honestly, we only get one chance to do it right when we go up or down the mountain.
Not just anyone can come along.

 

[Alan]

good pictures. what kind of preditors you deal with up there?? if Alan dont mind me asking...

I don't mind, by the way have much is your net worth? Ah never mind that ...... How much did you have to spend on that young lady you posted a few days ago. :lol: :lol: :hide:

 

[Alan]

good pictures. what kind of preditors you deal with up there?? if Alan dont mind me asking...

Bears and lions along with the occasional idiot hunter that mistakes a slow cow for an elk or deer.

Those were our problems too. We tried having yokels halp moving the cows and gathering, can you spell "circle jerk"?

NMVAQUERO, what a great post and a great life style to raise a family in.

Thanks for the pics, please keep them coming.

:tiphat: alan

 

[Anonymous]

Alan, I have 652.39 in my account. How many cows do you have?

 

[NMVaquero]

Alan, I have 652.39 in my account. How many cows do you have?

Take it elsewhere children.
Please.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

good pictures. what kind of preditors you deal with up there?? if Alan dont mind me asking...

I don't mind, by the way have much is your net worth? Ah never mind that ...... How much did you have to spend on that young lady you posted a few days ago. :lol: :lol: :hide:

if you want the truth, youll have to ask my ex's :cowboy:

 

[Anonymous]

Alan, I have 652.39 in my account. How many cows do you have?

Take it elsewhere children.
Please.

:tiphat:

Nmvaquero, where abouts is that range? Looks like it up near Taos. Reminds me of the rim up in the AZ mountains. Beautiful pictures!

 

[NMVaquero]

Alan, I have 652.39 in my account. How many cows do you have?

Take it elsewhere children.
Please.

:tiphat:

Nmvaquero, where abouts is that range? Looks like it up near Taos. Reminds me of the rim up in the AZ mountains. Beautiful pictures!

Thank you sir.
That is located about one hour north of Durango, CO.

 

[Alan]

good pictures. what kind of preditors you deal with up there?? if Alan dont mind me asking...

I don't mind, by the way have much is your net worth? Ah never mind that ...... How much did you have to spend on that young lady you posted a few days ago. :lol: :lol: :hide:

if you want the truth, youll have to ask my ex's :cowboy:

Been there done that. :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[TexasBred]

Nice pics. I don't much like trees but gotta admit they look good in your part of the country. :clap:

GB only purpose I can see for them is to catch a hold of when you fall off the horse and start sliding down the mountain. ;-)

 

[NMVaquero]

Nice pics. I don't much like trees but gotta admit they look good in your part of the country. :clap:

GB only purpose I can see for them is to catch a hold of when you fall off the horse and start sliding down the mountain. ;-)

Or for a horse tired of his rider to try and scrape said rider from the horse's back.

They are nice for shade on a hot day though!

 

[slick4591]

Love the pictures! Thanks for posting them.

 

[cow pollinater]

Or for a horse tired of his rider to try and scrape said rider from the horse's back.

Or lean into and bump a leg. :lol:
Neat pics.
Are these all native cows that kind of know the drill and make it easy on you or do you have to gather that in the fall? Do they come down on their own when it gets cold to where you can chum them a little?

 

[NMVaquero]

Or for a horse tired of his rider to try and scrape said rider from the horse's back.

Or lean into and bump a leg. :lol:
Neat pics.
Are these all native cows that kind of know the drill and make it easy on you or do you have to gather that in the fall? Do they come down on their own when it gets cold to where you can chum them a little?

They are "native" cows mostly. We bought some steers and they are a pain for sure.
Keeping our own heifers really makes life easy.
P.S. A long horn cow always leads the group once you get them on the right path.

Here lately, October is not cold enough to make the cows want to go home. They would rather stay up on the mountain till the first snow but the permit expires in October.

Chumming cows is frowned upon. No feed is allowed on the permit due to the potential for non native grass or alfalfa taking seed.

 

[denvermartinfarms]

What does the grass look like on the lease? Is there many open areas or is it pretty mixed?

 

[NMVaquero]

What does the grass look like on the lease? Is there many open areas or is it pretty mixed?

Dry this year. Real dry.
With as much area as it covers there is a mix of everything.
Base of the lease is 7k feet. Top is just over 10k feet.

 

[chippie]

Thank you for sharing your photos. Hope that your cows have a good year.