Nice thing about having a couple cell towers on the ranch...



Yeehaw!

That looks awesome, Sam. Beautiful country.

Fantastic!!!!!!!!

Nice enough pony I reckon, but he's not ol' Fred.

Nice lake view.

Wow, what a view!

It's good the pony isn't camera shy.

Really nice.

So how many jackrabbits and partridges did you kick up?

Looks fun!

Beautiful country Sam, just stay atop that pony.

Nice Samuel

Nice, very.

Good day!

There any fish in Lake Chiggersareonya?

Some amazing country to be riding in.

jealous Sam.

High tech redneck!

Better than tractor videos!

Do you break and train you own horses or are they ready to go when you get them.

🦄✌️😎

When I "sang", riding my gelding Dusty, he'd run faster, trying to run away from me. [img]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z_SOobHOw4[/img]

That was a nice break from looking at the side of the neighbors house here in my upstairs home office.....

Where's all the dogies? How you gonna tell 'em to get along little dogie if you ain't got none to tell?

I'm jealous, until you get tossed..........I'm way too old for that crap.........way too old.

Love the vids, thanks sammo

Beautiful country you have there, Sam.

Finally figured out where I'd heard that "Oh Oh" expression you use to sign off with. You must be a fan of Wendy Williams.

My eyes keep seeing "Live from Seattle" as the thread title . . .

Pretty cool, Sam.

Love that country up there. Looks like a helluva day for a ride on a nice pony.

It appears that SamO kissed his horse, and rode off into the sunset.

Are you sure about the sunset?

Looks like a stepper.

I always looked forward to topping the last ridge and getting the first view of Fort Peck lake. It is a sight that I never tired of.

Awesome big fella !

I could get ta liking that lake view mate !

Looks like awesome country, enjoy!

Thanks for the update sam..........

You cant crank these out often enough as far as I'm concerned....

One other question....

Is wendy Williams a dude or a dudette?

Are you thinking you might want to hit it?

Hey, you never know.....

Nice to see a horse doing what it is supposed to do.
Obey a human!!!!

Been on a horse twice in my life.
They dont have a key .........

After the 2nd " ride ".......

I down loaded my 1980 yz250g and blasted the trails.
Had enough of the I aint gotta do schitt dude ranch trail horse ride.


Some dude in my unit from wisconsin knew a family that had a dude ranch up in boulder that we went too for the weekend.

Those dude ranch horse,s were azzholes....
Wouldnt do schit other than stay on the trail
Nose,s to azzholes in a line following dude ranch cowboy guy in the lead all of em knowing the rountine.
Go for walk around the huge loop and back to the ranch.

Im sure a real working horse is much different rather than the carnival merry go round I went on.

2nd horse tried to bite my thigh like 4 or 5 times cause I was trying to make him go off the trail.
Had enough of the giant plant eater doing that schit....

I yarded up the reins real tight low behind his head, gave him a good hard quick tug with my left hand and got his head pulling back into his neck .
Fugging wayled him with a hard punch with my right in the base of his ear.
Did one of those horse snicker nostril sounds.
How do you like that Mr. Ed.......

Didnt try to bite me after that.
But he wouldnt get off the trail still either.

I'm not a horse type person I geuss...


LOL!!!

Beautiful country Sam.

I enjoyed horse riding in my youth but the bucking, kicking and biting can be a bitch.

Awesome video, Sammo!


Do you tie your turquoise yetti on to the horses butt?

Sam Your one Lucky Guy!

Good video. Looks like your horse walks right out. One of the things I really like about my mare. Nice scenery too.

You mean to tell us that somebody finally found something to like about a mare?

LOL! Yeah, but I guess I'm one of those rare birds that gets along with'em. Does take a little different kind of mindset.

Horse looks like a traveler

Oh, I'm sure Samm0 had a coupla cold travellers, in the saddle bags !

Sorry, it started out as a great day but the pasture we were going to move into is now partly on fire.


Just got home.


Buddy who is/was still out there figures 5k acres burned and with the wind thought the only thing that would stop it is the lake.

Almost got the ranch buildings and corrals.

That’s no bueno.

wow

Sorry guys lots of great replies but I'm pacing around looking out the window.

We live 80 miles away and the smoke has now drifted in to the south.


Bunch of firefighters out trying to stop it.

My hat is off.

Little girl asleep in the saddle.

Time to call FF Conrad!

Wishing you all the best, it looks super dry.

D'oh!


We were at a structure fire yesterday.....no grass fires today thankfully.

Damn click-bait. I thought it was something juicy.

If you get bucked off, just remount.

Of all the FF I know in NE MT, you were obviously my first thought.

Beautiful country!!

Looks to be called the Hill Fire. 200 acres at last call into dispatch.


Lots of good overhead headed there. DNRC guy I have worked for is headed up or already there.


Thats good. He is top notch.


Valley County Rural......"Long Run" are good, capable folks.


Looks to be Helitack and lots of BLM engines too.


Good luck to them guys.

Funny how it goes....couple weeks ago I bought barley from a Valley County Long run firefighter.


Up in Fraser country.

Yep. Pretty smooth.

If we can just get two more weeks of good luck and the blowtorch stays off....

I met 6-7 rigs headed out as I was headed in.

Helo for tomorrow?


100F and 22mph wind.


I was thinking we might want to postpone day 2 of the move.


Hopefully my Intel overestimated the acreage.

As for the horse.

He is indeed a traveler.

Better be, wasn't cheap.


I might name him Slim.

Buy a dirt bike, ya hippy.

The fire is scary schit though!

Hoping winds and fire lay down for ya!

Well dayom.

You tell a gelding.

Ask a stud.

Negotiate with a mare.

Hey Sam,

Any updates on the range fires?

Sorry man late update.


I believe they had and hopefully still have it contained. Lots of help from the Feds.

Super tankers and helos.

Cats on the ground.


I didn't go out there today.


Hot and windy.

It was a miserable day.

Sam, hope they get a good handle on alla that fire stuff for you.

I just hope you guys don't turn into a NorCal situation.

We've got a Red Flag day to look forward to tomorrow, and a Fire Weather Warning for Monday and Tues due to possible T storms. Don't need any strikes around here. 91F for the high today with 21 MPH wind, and with the sun going down we're presently at 19% RH. Not good conditions unless one likes fires.

Fortunately for us, nothing presently burning nearby our place. Nearest is 60 or so miles away with the wind blowing away.

But we're getting all the smoke from the bigger fires to the SW of us. Visibility has been down to a mile or so at times.

You MT guys, looks like you might have a couple of incidents on the E side of the mountains up north?

Dad and I took a quick nap after lunch.




It was spooky out this afternoon.



Moved water, that was about all we did.

Wife swathed some lentils. Got done before the wind started.


I just worked on combines.....waited for the pager to start chirping.



You guys needed a nap!

Same deal here and all over the place Geno.

101F and gusts to 28mph this afternoon according to the weather history.



Very happy to not hear the fire whistle blow.


Good day to not even bother combining or messing around if a guy didn't have to.

There must be solace in knowing that six months from now it will be -40°F.

Brian, a guy had better be tough or stupid to live and work here.


Got it made if you happen to be both.....grin

Back to the original topic.


The new horse.


He's a little light on the bones and showed up a little skinny but he's in good shape.

Smooth and likes people.


Good attitude and personality.

Does anyone make or use nonferrous, e.g. non-sparking, ground contacting components for the equipment you guys rely on this time of year? I'm guessing presumably grain harvesting and haying?

Uh, no.


But the market is burning up in anticipation for such a line of products......

Who wouldn't want to hang out with SamO all day and as a bonus he didn't end up under BigJim's saddle.

JC's just been appointed Chief Marketing Officer.

Girl friend has one with almost the same mark on the fore head, he is a ass but she does the rescue thing. he is just real leary of people from what he went through. One day I hope to put a saddle on him he is a work in slow progress.

Brian, good question.

We were actually talking to a bud about that this morning.


Bud heard the big farmers using new(er) machines were having trouble with fires.



Hanging stuff off the ends of headers, rear axles, still lighting up.


Most of the combine fires I've heard about are 1-3 year old green ones.

A certain farmer is up to 6 fires so far.


Luckily he is now keeping a fire truck on site and they catch them before they blow up.
(knock on wood)






And of course you can hit a rock, bend a (sickle)guard and get a quick hot spot on the header.

Ouch.


For Jim.

I will put a mule hide horn wrap on that sucker for Free Ninety Nine!

i got the horse and she's got the saddle.....we like to ride side by side.....

Dang, I sure wish I was a younger richer man.

I need me a horse and a mule or so for packing into places.

Of course, if I was a younger man I'd just do like I did then and carry my scheidt myself.

I like Tractor videos

Speaking of wood.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/...o-stop-a-speeding-bullet-it-s-super-wood

Jim,

I had a cousin we called Uncle Bill as he was nearly the age of our folks. Big fella like you.

His daughter got a big ol' Shetland cross pony, bigger than standard for sure? Not sure been a long time. Didn't like riders so much when they got him. Uncle Bill said I'll break that horse quick and put his leg over and sat the dang thing, trying to get him off. Pony/horse gave up after a couple of minutes. Kids rode him pretty good after that. Fugger bucked my right off once though when I hit him in a tender place with the switch. Off the property and down the road he went. No saddle, we rode him without.

They got him back a couple miles away as I recall.

Last time I was on horse back was in 83 guided hunt in the Teton Wilderness Wyoming. First couple of days were treacherous for this city boy. After day 3 I started to relax and enjoy the riding.

Shetland=azzhole

No tractor videos??

How about a picture of an ex marmot?

Not a bad description for that one many days.

But his kids loved him.
Me, not so much after getting tossed.

Young Daniel has a pony.......that sombitch is a treasure.

Too funny.

Cuzzin', that is an awesome pic!


I am jealous.


The smiles....

Even the pup is smiling!

Gawd dayum! That's a big ol boy ain't he...

Those make good gravy

WTF Jim, I just noticed you puzzed out and grabbed it with a fricken muli-tool?!

The friggin dogs had chewed its tail off.......then it schit on itself after I shot it.


I had already washed my hands once already that day.....

Laughing!



I figured as such...



This morning's brilliance.

OK, I can see that.

Makes sense in my world too. Can't be wastin' water in a drought year.

What was that dark spot running at the beginning? Edit: I watched t full size, deer...



Happy Birthday!!!🎉🎊🎈

Sam, you have Russian Olive on your place?

Looks awfully green around there too. Almost makes my eyes hurt.

Yes, enjoy the BD evening! No box wine tonight, hope you got yourself some White Claw in a nicely decorated can.

Happy Birthday.

Sam, any bulls over 350” should be herded south across the lake into Unit 700.

Countdown to archery season has begun.

Stay safe

Fred

I love this. Envious of you guys out in the country. I'm stuck in this chit hole called Anaheim, So Cal. have been most of my life. Looking forward to some cooler weather so I can chase Coyotes. I hunt eastern CA and Nevada. Looking forward to getting lost.

Yeah, but I bet there is good food to eat in Anaheim.

Not to mention Dizzyland!

Haven't stayed up this late in awhile.




Kings, 3-4 deer in the vid.




Geno, Russian olive is all over the place close to the river.


And that Brome grass will burn green!

No box wine, the usual light beer routine with a new bottle of tequila.

Easy on the tequila.



Gotta move water at 6AM, can't be too hungover....
(throw caution to the wind)

I reckon. Wife's been cooking a lot due that covid BS. But your right a lot of variety here. Always wondered what life would have been like had pop never moved us out here in 1960 and I had actually grew up in my home state of West Virginia. One things for certain I would have started hunting at a much younger age as opposed to starting in my late teens.

Jim, thank you.



Older and wiser as we speak....






Kroo, I think there might have been a good bull hiding.

I have another horse/cow vid on my phone,

Nice pic of Slim, Sam. What is hangi g on his neck? Where'd he come from?

Ain't been to Dezzyland since the 1960's. And I live in the same City. I don't understand these people who travel half way around the world to go there. Or the locals who go in there every week. One advantage if you could call it that is we are not subject to the rolling power blackouts because Anaheim is on it's own grid I guess you could say. I think it prolly has something to do about the infrastructure put here years ago cause of Disney. When we make out our utility payment for water and power it's payable to 'City of Anaheim' As opposed to PG&E like most of So Cal

Happy birthday!

ooh ooh

Sams got fancy braided whomping reins.

Sam, no problem if you can't reply until tomorrow sometime.

Just wondering what flavor of conifer there?

And I thought I saw all them damn weed trees down by the river. They sure do perfume the air in the late spring though, eh?

Wonder if he can get YETY to make a set of bags for his horse.

And a barn that needs painted.

I remember asking the guides at the hunting camp in Wyoming. "What do you guys do in the off season?" One word, Cowboy.

Sad. Plenty of that around here. One of my favorite hunting areas out by the Cal Nevada border place called Cima Dome burned down a few days back.

Just grass and fence burned.






The fire shouldn't have been fast enough to burn up many critters.

Happy BD, Sam!

Doh.
Took another look. Missed the crossover up high.

Happy birthday sam,.. .nice looking horse.

Doesn't take much of grass and fences burning to be a real pain in the ass to ranchers...

Glad it was nothing more though, Sam!


That new horse of yours got thoroughbred bloodlines?

How ya feeling this morning Sam? Happy bday.

2 things I’ve learned about horses over the years:

1 - When riding smile with all 4 cheeks (uncle taught me that one)

2 - for long days in the saddle get the skinniest one you can find. Your legs with thank you later.

Great looking horse and a really well composed photo. Is that from an Iphone?

Cut their nuts off and they WILL obey, is what someone horsy told me once....

On the fire Sam, just close the gate....

A ND rancher tried that - he told us that he was half-way back to the house before he realized it wasn't going to help.

There might be reason why you folks tell ND jokes?

Thanks all for the b-day well wishes.



Barry, it is a registered quarter horse but certainly a little lanky looking. My buddies were asking if it had any Arabian blood.

Unless the paperwork is bogus(for a different horse) it should be 100% quarter horse.


I really like the horse. We were busting through the pines within about 5 minutes of starting out and he was fine. Wasn't to sure about the soft coulee crossings but got better as we went along.

Little bit of a hot blood which isn't a bad thing out in those hills.





Heeler, don't feel too bad. Did sleep in a little though, blame it on a long, hot week, certainly couldn't have been the tequila.....

Pumps are pumping and I'm taking the rest of the day off.
(knock on wood...)




Smarquez, the pic is from my trusty old(wore out) Canon G15. Lens is all scratched up and half the time the zoom doesn't work but I still prefer it to a new smartphone for pics.

Earlier this summer I bought a Samsung S20 and it takes good pics but I'm having issues with two different photo hosting sites. I'm too inept to figure it out and haven't really tried either.




Las, oh you betycha those Nort Dakoatdans are a simple lot for sure!

Happy belated cake day Samm0 !



Cheers !

Unless the paperwork is bogus(for a different horse) it should be 100% quarter horse



Shirley that would never happen, right? <smirk>

Would you be implying that horse folks might not be entirely trustworthy?

Some are not, just like anywhere. I’ve heard of papers being “borrowed”.

If I was just a bit closer, I’d ride with ya Sammy.