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<blockquote data-quote="4kfarms" data-source="post: 845896" data-attributes="member: 16963"><p>******* I am new to this page ( today as a matter of fact) .. however I stumbled upon this page by accident trying to LOOK UP PLACES TO WORK CATTLE FOR FREE. - Go fiqure. Several of my friends and myself have worked cattle and rode horses for many many years. My kids were FFA /4H we did heading/heeling/breakaway/barrels/Penning/Sorting all sorts of things. There are NO Places around NC that have cattle to work. Tried USTPA, AQHA and a bazillion other places,...apparently NC is 'western Pleasure' and "Hunt-seat country"..not exactly "working horse friendly"..</p><p> That being said, I decided to look online and saw this. I can tell you- us "regular" people that don't have the several THOUSAND dollars a week per person to go on "cattle drive dude ranches " would jump at the opportunity to work cattle in return for just like a meal and a bedroll. We are not a bunch of idiots out there yee hawin' all the weight off the cows. We know how to work a herd slowly ..perhaps the American Dude Ranchers Assoc. and some of the cattle ranchers are missing a huge opportunity in having "free" help come in @ brandings, sortings, and round ups, they need to find people that LIKE doing it - that don't usually get the opportunity to do so. Just mentioning.. </p><p></p><p>*********PS.. looking for a few calves to practice boxing/cutting/rollbacks etc.. in our arena at the farm - somewhere realtively close to Raleigh NC - and hopefully working types- we had some angus someone gave us free to play with last yr. They don't hold up well to heat and being worked with the black fur etc.. need something rangy- like roping cattle// corrientes' longhorn crosses -- something like that .. thanks :cboy:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4kfarms, post: 845896, member: 16963"] ******* I am new to this page ( today as a matter of fact) .. however I stumbled upon this page by accident trying to LOOK UP PLACES TO WORK CATTLE FOR FREE. - Go fiqure. Several of my friends and myself have worked cattle and rode horses for many many years. My kids were FFA /4H we did heading/heeling/breakaway/barrels/Penning/Sorting all sorts of things. There are NO Places around NC that have cattle to work. Tried USTPA, AQHA and a bazillion other places,...apparently NC is 'western Pleasure' and "Hunt-seat country"..not exactly "working horse friendly".. That being said, I decided to look online and saw this. I can tell you- us "regular" people that don't have the several THOUSAND dollars a week per person to go on "cattle drive dude ranches " would jump at the opportunity to work cattle in return for just like a meal and a bedroll. We are not a bunch of idiots out there yee hawin' all the weight off the cows. We know how to work a herd slowly ..perhaps the American Dude Ranchers Assoc. and some of the cattle ranchers are missing a huge opportunity in having "free" help come in @ brandings, sortings, and round ups, they need to find people that LIKE doing it - that don't usually get the opportunity to do so. Just mentioning.. *********PS.. looking for a few calves to practice boxing/cutting/rollbacks etc.. in our arena at the farm - somewhere realtively close to Raleigh NC - and hopefully working types- we had some angus someone gave us free to play with last yr. They don't hold up well to heat and being worked with the black fur etc.. need something rangy- like roping cattle// corrientes' longhorn crosses -- something like that .. thanks :cboy: [/QUOTE]
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