Cold day.

[Boot Jack Bulls]

It was a cold day at Boot Jack
Cattle Co., but I did snap some cool pics while doing evening chores. First picture is a group of mature does waiting for a treat.

 

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Here's more mature does enjoying their part of the facility.

 

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Titan showing off some very impressive curls and watching over his kingdom.

 

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My 23 month old daughter checking in with my ApHC gelding. He is a retired rope horse, but will be coming out of retirement to teach her to ride in the spring.

 

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And finally, the whitetail buck my husband shot about an hour in to opening morning. 8 point, 18" inside spread. Honestly, he's one of the bigger bodied bucks I've ever seen up here outside a deer farm.

 

[M-5]

Nice pics

 

[ram]

Boot Jack Bulls, how close are you to Hayward?

 

[bird dog]

What did that buck weigh out at? He looks like he has some years on him.

 

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He is probably only about 3 years old. Had almost no white on him, and very lean. We did not weigh him, didn't want to risk breaking a tine moving him more than necessary. Here is a pic of him hanging, feet are in the rafters and nose is 2 inches from the concrete. Took a skid steer to lift him up....sorry ahead of time if the pic is too graphic for some!
Ram, we are about 1 1/2 hours Southwest west of Hayward. Buck was taken on my crop land 10 miles north of Menomonie, Wi.

 

[pricefarm]

Those are some very nice boer goats. Big a meaty looking. Couldn't find nannys like that around here.

 

[Boot Jack Bulls]

Those are some very nice boer goats. Big a meaty looking. Couldn't find nannys like that around here.

Thanks much! We breed them big, like our cattle and dogs! I think our horses are the only smallish animals we have. From what I have seen, a solid 90% of the " meat goats" listed on the internet are a long way from true Boers.

 

[boondocks]

Those are some very nice boer goats. Big a meaty looking. Couldn't find nannys like that around here.

Thanks much! We breed them big, like our cattle and dogs! I think our horses are the only smallish animals we have. From what I have seen, a solid 90% of the " meat goats" listed on the internet are a long way from true Boers.

What's your market for the meat? (Assuming that's what you do with them)...

 

[pricefarm]

Those are some very nice boer goats. Big a meaty looking. Couldn't find nannys like that around here.

Thanks much! We breed them big, like our cattle and dogs! I think our horses are the only smallish animals we have. From what I have seen, a solid 90% of the " meat goats" listed on the internet are a long way from true Boers.

Ya around here 80-100lb nanny goats are considered big.

 

[skyhightree1]

Nice deer... Do you all have to put that tag in his ear ?

 

[Boot Jack Bulls]

Boondocks, most of our goats are sold as breeding stock. The few weathers we raise are usually sold as market prospects for state fairs in the Midwest. On occasion, we sell a few weathers for butcher. Sold by the pound and marketed on the internet and by word of mouth.

Pricefarm, our does usually mature at 175 to 250 pounds. Our bucks usually mature at 200 to 300 pounds. Our senior herd buck, Austin, is something of an outlier though, and matured to 350 pounds.

Sky, the tag is required by DNR from kill to butcher. If they find you without one in a dead deer, they will fine you, take your gun, take the truck the deer was in, take your hunting privilegedges, etc. They mean business!

 

[boondocks]

Boondocks, most of our goats are sold as breeding stock. The few weathers we raise are usually sold as market prospects for state fairs in the Midwest. On occasion, we sell a few weathers for butcher. Sold by the pound and marketed on the internet and by word of mouth.

Pricefarm, our does usually mature at 175 to 250 pounds. Our bucks usually mature at 200 to 300 pounds. Our senior herd buck, Austin, is something of an outlier though, and matured to 350 pounds.

Sky, the tag is required by DNR from kill to butcher. If they find you without one in a dead deer, they will fine you, take your gun, take the truck the deer was in, take your hunting privilegedges, etc. They mean business!

No doubt due to the chronic wasting disease. My understanding is that it's been found in WI. I have now heard of 2 hunters dying from likely prion disease (in one case, possibly acquired years earlier).

 

[Boot Jack Bulls]

We have been aware of CWD in WI for the better part of 2 decades now. It is actually the reason that you cannot bait deer in most counties of northern WI. The tag is just part of the system. When you buy your liscense for the season, you get so many tags depending on which county you live in. Everyone gets a buck tag. Some get a doe tag, and some get a second doe "bonus" tag. You have to pay for each of them, on top of the initial liscense. The biggest reason for the tags is to catch poachers. Like I said, no tag in a dead deer means you loose the deer, your gun, your truck, etc. If the DNR doesn't get their cut right away, they will take it out of your hide when they catch you. I'm so used to the system here, I kinda just assumed it was the same everywhere!

 

[TexasBred]

We have been aware of CWD in WI for the better part of 2 decades now. It is actually the reason that you cannot bait deer in most counties of northern WI. The tag is just part of the system. When you buy your liscense for the season, you get so many tags depending on which county you live in. Everyone gets a buck tag. Some get a doe tag, and some get a second doe "bonus" tag. You have to pay for each of them, on top of the initial liscense. The biggest reason for the tags is to catch poachers. Like I said, no tag in a dead deer means you loose the deer, your gun, your truck, etc. If the DNR doesn't get their cut right away, they will take it out of your hide when they catch you. I'm so used to the system here, I kinda just assumed it was the same everywhere!

All are tagged here as well and have been for ages. Just not the "fancy" looking tag you guys use. It actually comes off the license and must be filled out with name, date, etc. and attached to the deer.