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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1496279" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>May still be one or two that do it with horses, but they're older folks and not the young wild guys I see some talk about in this thread. Every one here used to use horses and dogs when this county was still open range..had to since the cattle and hogs were running in the national forest, which is not what most think of as a forest. It was then and still is by every definition, a jungle. The stock didn't see people for 6-9 months and sure didn't see feed except hay at hay points during winter. (When I came back from overseas the 1st time, that had all changed as the county enacted a stock law the same year I went in the service.) </p><p>The best rough stock cowboy left in this area with good horses and good stock dogs died in 2015, one of the old time cowboys. </p><p>There are some younger (than me) guys up the road that will help you with their horses, but they aren't high school age. </p><p></p><p>I know my sister's grand daughter's husband lives out near Weatherford, and still does it sometimes, but he makes a living as a rodeo pickup man & roper and has cattle of his own as well so he has good horses and dogs. </p><p></p><p>My vet will come out, but I usually take them in to her place in Coldspring. I don't have the greatest pen but she says it's lots better than some she goes to. Like CB, most of mine come right in the pen if they see a bucket in your hand. When all mine got out during the flood, all that survived came back home from the Forest on their own within 3 days..looking for something to eat. (No such thing as limiting water on my place, just too much of it in too many places even in dry times) </p><p></p><p>I sure don't do it anymore like when I was a teenager. Different kind of cattle than what we had when I was a teenager. The cows changed because i did as i got older. That whole spurring a horse thru thick brush and briars got old real fast..too hard on the horse and the rider. I don't know which was bloodier at the end of the day..me or the old horses we had. (I don't even own a horse any more)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1496279, member: 18945"] May still be one or two that do it with horses, but they're older folks and not the young wild guys I see some talk about in this thread. Every one here used to use horses and dogs when this county was still open range..had to since the cattle and hogs were running in the national forest, which is not what most think of as a forest. It was then and still is by every definition, a jungle. The stock didn't see people for 6-9 months and sure didn't see feed except hay at hay points during winter. (When I came back from overseas the 1st time, that had all changed as the county enacted a stock law the same year I went in the service.) The best rough stock cowboy left in this area with good horses and good stock dogs died in 2015, one of the old time cowboys. There are some younger (than me) guys up the road that will help you with their horses, but they aren't high school age. I know my sister's grand daughter's husband lives out near Weatherford, and still does it sometimes, but he makes a living as a rodeo pickup man & roper and has cattle of his own as well so he has good horses and dogs. My vet will come out, but I usually take them in to her place in Coldspring. I don't have the greatest pen but she says it's lots better than some she goes to. Like CB, most of mine come right in the pen if they see a bucket in your hand. When all mine got out during the flood, all that survived came back home from the Forest on their own within 3 days..looking for something to eat. (No such thing as limiting water on my place, just too much of it in too many places even in dry times) I sure don't do it anymore like when I was a teenager. Different kind of cattle than what we had when I was a teenager. The cows changed because i did as i got older. That whole spurring a horse thru thick brush and briars got old real fast..too hard on the horse and the rider. I don't know which was bloodier at the end of the day..me or the old horses we had. (I don't even own a horse any more) [/QUOTE]
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