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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1477757" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>You guys crack me up. Just dress warm and do what needs to be done. Granted there isn't a whole lot to do this time of the year. No hay to make, no fields to plow. Just feed the cows and check on the water are about the only daily chores. Lots of guys work on equipment this time of year. In that case you start a fire in the stove before feeding so the shop will be warm when you get back.</p><p>It has been unseasonably warm this winter. Last year there was snow here from Dec.1 until late March. Lots of below 0 days. Thsi year we have only had two snows. One hung around for about 4 days, the other was gone by mid afternoon. On about the coldest morning we have had this year (12F) we went hauled cows from fall pasture to the winter ground. Gathered about 130 cows off about 2,000 acres. Approximately 100 fall pairs, 30 spring calvers, and half a dozen bulls. Hauled 4 semi loads of cows and three goose neck loads of calves about 35 miles. We left the house before daylight and it was dark when the last load of cows came off the truck. I wore wool socks in leather boots, long underwear, wranglers, a hooded sweat shirt, and carhardt coat, white ox gloves, and a stormy kromer hat. I was fine. It was a little chilly that first hour or so being horseback gathering but after that I was on foot and moving around. Long rides are a bit tough in the winter so we avoid them. But everyone has done them at one time or another.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1477757, member: 498"] You guys crack me up. Just dress warm and do what needs to be done. Granted there isn't a whole lot to do this time of the year. No hay to make, no fields to plow. Just feed the cows and check on the water are about the only daily chores. Lots of guys work on equipment this time of year. In that case you start a fire in the stove before feeding so the shop will be warm when you get back. It has been unseasonably warm this winter. Last year there was snow here from Dec.1 until late March. Lots of below 0 days. Thsi year we have only had two snows. One hung around for about 4 days, the other was gone by mid afternoon. On about the coldest morning we have had this year (12F) we went hauled cows from fall pasture to the winter ground. Gathered about 130 cows off about 2,000 acres. Approximately 100 fall pairs, 30 spring calvers, and half a dozen bulls. Hauled 4 semi loads of cows and three goose neck loads of calves about 35 miles. We left the house before daylight and it was dark when the last load of cows came off the truck. I wore wool socks in leather boots, long underwear, wranglers, a hooded sweat shirt, and carhardt coat, white ox gloves, and a stormy kromer hat. I was fine. It was a little chilly that first hour or so being horseback gathering but after that I was on foot and moving around. Long rides are a bit tough in the winter so we avoid them. But everyone has done them at one time or another. [/QUOTE]
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