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<blockquote data-quote="TexasJerseyMilker" data-source="post: 1762515" data-attributes="member: 42782"><p>About Ghost Cattle From the Fire- I sure enjoy reading the stories on here so here is mine.What happened was in 2011 there was a giant 55 square mile forest fire that burned up the ranch, everybody else's ranch and 1790 other houses, including my cabin in the woods. My friend Jarad had to sell all the cattle because there was nothing to feed them. All the fences in the whole coutry were burned up too. Jarad and I had been best friends for years. We moved into a small building that had not burned that I called the calf hospital. They kept refigerated penecillin, vaccines, calf equipment in a sort of a kitchen. It had a bathroom too.</p><p></p><p>Well, three stray cattle showed up on the ranch, a white mottle cow, a big red heifer and a black steer. You could only see them in the distance. These animals were literally wild as bucks. If they even glimped you way far off they ran crashing and breaking through the burnt trees. The white mottle cow was the craziest of them all and was their leader. Then, a Hereford bull showed up, stayed with them awhile then he must have gone home. The cattle were thin and the pasture was burned up. We would put out cubes for the cattle but they only showed up after dark. We decided to try and catch and sell these cattle.</p><p></p><p>It took a year of inching the cubes in a baby pool closer and closer to a trap where it was possible to herd cattle into some strong corrals made of sucker rod. The corrals were made of steel thats why they had not burned. Finally the cattle were coming into the trap at dusk. By then the white cow had produced a calf. We inched the feed closer and closer to the corrals.</p><p></p><p>If these cattle even got to somehow read you mind with a 6th sense they were off crashing throught the trees and fences that were left. You could not look at them or even think about them or they were off to the races. Finally, Jarad got all four in the corral, snuck up came running toward them and shut the gate.</p><p></p><p>When there are stray cattle in that county you are supposed to turn them in to the Sheriffs. They take them away to Animal Control and put an ad. If no one responds they sell the cattle and keep the money. Or the finder can run an ad, not sure what they are supposed to do with the money. You have to run it for a month. Jarad put an ad but no one who called could describe the cattle. So we sold them at the auction yard for thousands of dollars and split the cash. We'd been feeding them for a year. I guess in a way we were cattle rustlers. My great great grandfather raised cattle in west Texas and drove cattle to Kansas on the Goodnight Loving trail and sold them. It is said that he also 'changed the brands' of Mexican cattle so it is a sort of family tradition. </p><p></p><p>This Ghost Cattle poem is sung to the tune of Ghost Cattle in the Sky. Mostly it has the same words but some are altered.</p><p></p><p>A young cow person went out riding on a lovely day </p><p>Upon a ridge she rested as she went along her way</p><p>When all at once a spooky herd of wild eyed cows she saw </p><p>A-crashing through the burned barb wire and up a blackened draw </p><p></p><p>Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel </p><p>Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath she could feel </p><p>A bolt of fear went through her as they thundered through the fence</p><p>For she saw some people carryn' cubes and knew they must be dense</p><p></p><p>Yippie yi Ohhhhh </p><p>Yippie yi yaaaaay </p><p>Ghost cattle from the fire</p><p></p><p>Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat</p><p>They're sneakin round to catch that herd, but they ain't caught 'em yet</p><p>'Cause they've got to hide forever on that range up in the sky </p><p>Tryin' catch wild cattle from the fire</p><p>That vanish and can fly </p><p></p><p>As livestock ran away again one took God's name in vain </p><p>Damned bovines come and go at will a grazing on our range</p><p>Its Factor D* today girl and with us you must ride </p><p>And try and catch this crazy herd, across these endless skies </p><p></p><p>Yippie yi Ohhhhh</p><p>Yippie yi Yaaaaay</p><p></p><p>Ghost Cattle from the fire</p><p>Ghost Cattle from the fire</p><p>Ghost Cattle from the fire </p><p></p><p> *Factor D is Determination</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasJerseyMilker, post: 1762515, member: 42782"] About Ghost Cattle From the Fire- I sure enjoy reading the stories on here so here is mine.What happened was in 2011 there was a giant 55 square mile forest fire that burned up the ranch, everybody else's ranch and 1790 other houses, including my cabin in the woods. My friend Jarad had to sell all the cattle because there was nothing to feed them. All the fences in the whole coutry were burned up too. Jarad and I had been best friends for years. We moved into a small building that had not burned that I called the calf hospital. They kept refigerated penecillin, vaccines, calf equipment in a sort of a kitchen. It had a bathroom too. Well, three stray cattle showed up on the ranch, a white mottle cow, a big red heifer and a black steer. You could only see them in the distance. These animals were literally wild as bucks. If they even glimped you way far off they ran crashing and breaking through the burnt trees. The white mottle cow was the craziest of them all and was their leader. Then, a Hereford bull showed up, stayed with them awhile then he must have gone home. The cattle were thin and the pasture was burned up. We would put out cubes for the cattle but they only showed up after dark. We decided to try and catch and sell these cattle. It took a year of inching the cubes in a baby pool closer and closer to a trap where it was possible to herd cattle into some strong corrals made of sucker rod. The corrals were made of steel thats why they had not burned. Finally the cattle were coming into the trap at dusk. By then the white cow had produced a calf. We inched the feed closer and closer to the corrals. If these cattle even got to somehow read you mind with a 6th sense they were off crashing throught the trees and fences that were left. You could not look at them or even think about them or they were off to the races. Finally, Jarad got all four in the corral, snuck up came running toward them and shut the gate. When there are stray cattle in that county you are supposed to turn them in to the Sheriffs. They take them away to Animal Control and put an ad. If no one responds they sell the cattle and keep the money. Or the finder can run an ad, not sure what they are supposed to do with the money. You have to run it for a month. Jarad put an ad but no one who called could describe the cattle. So we sold them at the auction yard for thousands of dollars and split the cash. We'd been feeding them for a year. I guess in a way we were cattle rustlers. My great great grandfather raised cattle in west Texas and drove cattle to Kansas on the Goodnight Loving trail and sold them. It is said that he also 'changed the brands' of Mexican cattle so it is a sort of family tradition. This Ghost Cattle poem is sung to the tune of Ghost Cattle in the Sky. Mostly it has the same words but some are altered. A young cow person went out riding on a lovely day Upon a ridge she rested as she went along her way When all at once a spooky herd of wild eyed cows she saw A-crashing through the burned barb wire and up a blackened draw Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath she could feel A bolt of fear went through her as they thundered through the fence For she saw some people carryn' cubes and knew they must be dense Yippie yi Ohhhhh Yippie yi yaaaaay Ghost cattle from the fire Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat They're sneakin round to catch that herd, but they ain't caught 'em yet 'Cause they've got to hide forever on that range up in the sky Tryin' catch wild cattle from the fire That vanish and can fly As livestock ran away again one took God's name in vain Damned bovines come and go at will a grazing on our range Its Factor D* today girl and with us you must ride And try and catch this crazy herd, across these endless skies Yippie yi Ohhhhh Yippie yi Yaaaaay Ghost Cattle from the fire Ghost Cattle from the fire Ghost Cattle from the fire *Factor D is Determination [/QUOTE]
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