Made it down to the River and back.We caught 50 head and 49 made it to San Angelo to the packer.Not a brand or earmark to be seen.The cattle were fat as town dogs and wild as deer.

We caught about 30 of 'em wholesale[the helicopter ran them into a well hidden pen we built the first day].We got from 5 to 8 at a time that way over a three day period.

The rest were taken retail fashion[driving onto greasewood flats where the cowboys could rope and tie them}.These were mostly bulls.

A lot of my pictures didn't turn out for some reason , but maybe I have enough to give y'all an idea of how it all works.

The helicopter eases them out of the draws onto a flat where the cowboys are hidden downwind:

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The cowboys ride onto 'em and rope 'em.They head and heel if there are enough cowboys to go around,if not,they rope and trip them.

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Either way, you wind up with this:

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then he goes on here:

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To wind up here:

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More later.



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