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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: 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. Either way, you wind up with this: then he goes on here: To wind up here: More later.
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Looks like a whole lot of fun.
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That is a little different than how it works up here....grin
Those big older bulls must try to stand their ground most of the time or do they try and run for awhile?
Those guys better know what they're doing and it looks like they do!
Great pics Curdog, very interesting!
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Damn hard way to make a livin' I am thinking!
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Whatcha doin messin with my cattle!!!! JK..
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Them's my cattle. I don't mark or brand but I do pull all their top teeth. Look in their mouth and if you don't see no front teeth they are mine.
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Them's my cattle. I don't mark or brand but I do pull all their top teeth. Look in their mouth and if you don't see no front teeth they are mine.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
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That is a little different than how it works up here....grin
Those big older bulls must try to stand their ground most of the time or do they try and run for awhile?
Those guys better know what they're doing and it looks like they do!
Great pics Curdog, very interesting! These "cowboys" - most are ranchers and their family members - all are used to working in this kind of country, but their cattle are not as wild.This same bunch,for the most part, have been coming down to the WMA and catching these wild ones for about 14 years. A couple of the older bulls had probably been roped before and escaped.They quit when the first rope hit their horns,and couldn't be heeled or tripped.Even with 4 ropes on him,one fought so long and hard that he choked down and then died.Probably weighed around 1700 or 1800 lbs. according to the ones who would know. The pilot is extremly good at this.He has the bull so focused on the helicopter that he can bring him right by the cowboys at top speed so that when they trip him,it really takes his wind for a minute or two
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Good time to be working there. If they have a wet spring, I will get over there just to see the country in bloom again--pretty spectacular when it happens!
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about the same way they wrangle mustangs here. 80 head is a pretty good count. how big an area did you cover?
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Looks like a hell of a time! I'm looking forward to more pics.
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I've caught a few wild steers over the years with a slight variation on this theme, minus the chopper. Involves roping the critter with an atv, then dragging said critter onto a livestock trailer. Sucessful execution involves bailing out the front door of the trailer before the steer gets payback... Risk probably exceedes reward here, but lots of fun.
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I'd like to know what those cattle do coming out of that trailer into the pens at the packer. Gotta be some dark cutters. Looks like a lot of work, but would love to see how those guys do it. Any video?
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is that up in the panhandle ?? looks like a blast
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South border I believe.
Y'all run any illegals into those pens CD?
your flippant remarks which you so adeptly sling
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Good time to be working there. If they have a wet spring, I will get over there just to see the country in bloom again--pretty spectacular when it happens! Pretty rare to see that Spanish Dagger dying from drought as in pic. 3. It's not looking good Mudhen.
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A couple of the older bulls had probably been roped before and escaped.They quit when the first rope hit their horns,and couldn't be heeled or tripped.Even with 4 ropes on him,one fought so long and hard that he choked down and then died.Probably weighed around 1700 or 1800 lbs. according to the ones who would know.
Oh yeah, I bet 1700lbs on a mature bull. Most of the big canner bulls here are around 2000lbs.
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