My old crippled longhorn steer didn't show up to the feed ground for two mornings. I figgered he finally died, but there is enuff snow that I couldn't look for him with the pickup or fourwheeler. So I took the tractor out to find him. Yep, dead as a doornail down on the creek bottom. I lifted his head with a short chain and chopped it off and tossed it in the loader bucket. Latched onto a hind leg and drug the carcass to the coyote feeding alkali flat. Went back to the barn and skinned out the skull the next day. I tied the skull to a hay bale on the truck for the drive across Denver to the skull guy. I think it may have offended some liberal senses on the way......grin

back when we was both in our prime...

Cool ornament. Ever strapped one to the front a caddy convertible? Just that

Some impressive headgear there!

Big ol’e boy. Gonna make a hell of a tribute

That’s a lot of bull!

Naturally pears sent. Hope you horrified some!

That is a big old boy!

Time was, a cow needed those horns to keep her calf alive.

Huntsman, how old was your steer?

Sorry for your loss. He sounds like he was family.

Quite the beast. How old was it?

Nice rack.

RIP old steer.

His name was Cap'n Jack. He was either 22 or 24, I can't remember. I had him for 13 years.

WOW!

What a beautiful longhorn, you should be proud and you will remember him for years to come on your wall.

Hope he left lots of good offspring and genetics behind.

F Liberals lol

KB

What a life OP. He was a big one.

Old AF.

Magnificent looking animal he was.

Isn't a full grown adult steer technically an Ox?

Now that sucks

sorry fur UR loss

Two pretty good looking animals in that first pic!

Not sure that's how steers work...but...

Technically they are considered steak.

The boss didn't believe me when I told him the skull weighed about 100 pounds. Till he picked it up......

F libs. Hope they are still traumatized

Opps missed that part I was too busy looking at the pictures lol

KB

I always enjoyed seeing that picture of both of you, sorry for losing him. He was fortunate to have you looking out for him. Enjoy the mount when it's finished.

Sorry for your loss. The mount will bring back fond memories.

You work for Fred Eichler?

This kid is the replacement I bought when he first started going downhill. Both his knees were as big as basketballs and he was always way behind everyone else. Last one to feed and water, but until now, he always made it. He was in poor flesh this winter and reminded me of the C.M. Russell drawing of the humped up, starving cow surrounded by wolves.....

What’s a steer good for anyway if you don’t kill it at 1200 lbs ?

Thanks for the pics and sharing.

Neat pics the steer alive and the skull. I had no idea they could live that long.
Good luck on the coyotes that will feast on him.
Hope to see some coyote pics, that you kill off of him.

Sorry for your loss.

Don,
Was he just a pet, or did he have a job.

No surprise on the head weight, used to hold the head with a hook while Dad
Skinned it, cut the meat and tongue off. Got old fast for a skinny teanager!

That's a lot of Bull!

He had a beautiful coat. Too bad it couldn't have been saved and tanned.

When they go they go quicker than you think.




CMR painting is 'Last of Five Thousand'.

The longhorns are just pets. Ranch showpieces.... The boss likes to bring guests out and go hand feed them cake for photo ops. I have 2 other big gentle ones and one hooky bastid. Dump a pile of cake off to the side to keep the mean one busy while they pet the other ones. The two new guys aren't gentle enuff for nimrods to deal with, so I keep them busy tossing cookies to 'em while the gentle ones are getting pics done.....

Bummer losing your steer Don. Hate that for you.

sammo, that's the one.....

A death of a pet is a death in the family.

It wasn't beautiful now. A lot of spots rubbed to leather on the hips and shoulders, from being crippled and struggling to get up and down....

Oh man....good thing he still had good horns!

Thanks for sharing, Don. Remember him as in your first photo

Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend, was a big boy, he had it made with you at the ranch.

Lucky enough to grow old living the good life.

Kinda sad Don. Glad you folks gave him a good life.

We have a steer too.


About two weeks ago.

Ded alright...

Damn Conrad, how big is that beast now?

I don’t know much at all about steers but that one sure is a fine looking animal….. sorry for the loss.

Curious, how wide are those horns? 5 feet?

That young one looks pretty good also!

Don, I know how you feel lost this one about a year ago. Rio7

closer to 6'..... 69 1/2 inches, tip to tip.....

Vet figures he is about 2800 pounds.

Probably about 6 foot at the withers.

Amazing they stayed in such good shape.


Guess he had nothing to fight about.

Don:

Hey how about an invitation for me and my varmint gun and a spotlight to spend some quality time at the coyote feeding station?
Say a couple hours after the sun goes down. I bring my dying rabbit call.

KC

Whack a few coyotes off him, Don.

That's a good send off.

LOL.

KC beat me but 40 seconds.

Sorry about the old boy Hunts. I try not to but sometimes get attached to some of the stock that's around for a while.

Looks like Kurt has his work cut out for him on that skull!

Yeah, do that and get yourself a superfly velvet suit, then drive down to Downtown and see what happens!

The new one: Is that a ready made bullseye?, or did some kid try to kill him with a pellet gun?

^^^This^^^

Cool stuff Don! Thanks for sharing.

Holy crap that was a biggun.

Nice axe. Gransfors Bruk?

Dude!

Never knew they'd get that big.

Don, that's some big horn there!

Kurt weenied out on this one. He don't have a tub big enuff. Had to take him to a beetle guy.

yup. small forest axe

Man, that was one big mo fo. I’m sure it’s tough to see one go after that much time.

MAGA, Mr Jim. God Bless your kids,

I love them longhorns. Beautiful animals. Edk

Damn Don, sorry to hear this, but the skull and horns will be a good momento.

open invite, KC. But you'll be on yer own. Sundown is bedtime......grin

I think you get an ox when you cut a full grown bull. Thinking they let them mature and muscle up to be used as draft animals but cut them to settle them down.

I could be mistaken, I’ve never pulled a wagon or plow with one.

You’re used to a day late and a dollar short. Why? Because you’re a stupid fugking loser, LMAO

Back in time,before good tranquilizers, I would have liked to witness
the cutting of a full grown bull!

An ox is just an old steer.

Makes sense.

Do yoiu believe him? My bud has a Braunveih bull that looks bigger, and only goes 2300. I think you should have them kids saddle up that ox and ride him over to the elevator or sale barn and get a scale ticket. You know, just to see what he’ll actually go. Capn Jack was only 1800, and I sure can’t see another 1000 on yer’un…..

should have made better use of him earlier

Mighty Fine!

ya!

GWB

I guessed 72” for yours after seeing him on your flatbed. He’d be mounted somewhere if I owned him.

Sorry for the loss of that beautiful critter, Don.

He had a good run.

Sorry about your steer Don. He had a great run.

Sure , whatever

I was sorry to hear about this in our phone conversation Pard, so glad he didn't kill you years ago when he hooked you! Now it's time to whack a few Song Dog's off of him with that 6.5 PRC......

Impressive critters they are!

See you soon!

Frog---OUT!

Your name is Don and you lost a steer too?

What are the chances?

Sorry for your loss.

That's a great pic Jim. Those Herefords sure are docile buggers.

Well he had a good run, can't live forever. Will look fantastic on the wall.

That's cool to keep the memory of him.
👍🏻

He must be in the ball park Don.

You are right, would be fun to get a ticket on him though.


Our herd bulls will weigh 2000 to 2200 when we test or sell them.


They pour right through his Silencer squeeze chute.

This stupid ox has to pick his way through it and his back barely clears the bars across the roof.

What is the proper pronoun for a steer?

It?

Sorry you lost your buddy, Don.

Sorry you lost him Don. I enjoyed seeing his picture you posted a few years ago. Big boy for sure.

Ron

That's got to suck,condolences sir.Good lookin critter he was.

Dang, I missed that pic from back in the day. He never looked that big, standing out there by the 700-yard gong.

Have you ever stopped and wondered why you’re single?

Great way to honor your bud, Don. About 4 years ago on a family vacation down south your way we stopped in either Walden or Kremmling to rest the butt's and walk the dogs during a local parade. Guy there was riding a big steer like yours but it didn't have the symmetry as Capt'n Jack, one horn twisted and dove down to the side. They are very impressive animals.
Thanks for the post.

That is not what I typically think of as a ‘steer’ but he was neat as hell anyhow.

Love those horns.

That was a nice looking steer. Sorry to hear that he passed.

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You do this too? They way you guys treat your friends, no wonder you are a long ways from your neighbors…

We have a cow hide in the shed that carried my grandpa's brand.

She made it to 17 years. When she died a few years ago we decided to skin her and keep it.


Is this not a normal thing?

Shrapnel is not a smart man.

Self important & a braggart but not bright.

Two great photos on this thread 😎

No, I believe you’re supposed to give ‘em a burial at sea, like we do with goldfish.

Those boys are going to bigger than their sister before too long!

I hope your grandpa isn't mounted somewhere in the living room...

If I had a friend with a set of horns like those.........................








I might be tempted to cut his head off and mount them too.

Naw...that was Uncle Ed from up Wisconsin way.

My sheep rancher friend only buys Ramboulliet bucks.

They grow good horns. When the old bucks die...he picks a good one and mounts the head to the grill guard on his feed pickup.


Generally gets some city rancher to offer him 400 bucks....or about the price of a new buck.

That's a long time to be in labor.

Sorry to hear about your steer, but at least you got something to remember him by. He's a pretty one for sure.

https://www.rfdtv.com/its-a-new-home-for-trigger-and-bullet

It ain't because of the steer.....

Trigger is in the John Wayne Museum in fort Worth stockyard, we saw him last year...

Classic reply hunts! Always enjoy your humor, info and pics. Sorry for your loss of such a magnificent animal.

That was a really beautiful longhorn. I never saw one up close! Amazing animals!

Evnin, he's probably single by choice !!!!! Smarter than the rest of us including you. Why does almost everyone in the world now think that everyone else should live there lives like they do???? What ever happened to live & let live????? Is it really hurting you that someone else has different views, ideas, way of living????? More & more people are acting like libtards every day!!!!! Is it the water??? China dust from balloons??? Kripesss man. GWP. 🐾👣🐾👣🇨🇦

Jim how much cake have you had to put in that steer to get him dociled down like that?

Osky

Evnin, sorry about the loss. Some just have something special about em. We had an old cow called Gyp, when we moved our cattle to another 100 acres 3 miles away it went like clock work. When she died it was a very dreaded day & much work for the dog & nunning on our part. GWP. 🐾👣🐾👣🇨🇦

no ox are a stand alone bovine subspecies B. taurus i think

Cuzz, this is more than frame worthy!


Million dollar smiles...

Except for the old black baldy steer. He's just chillin'....

great sense of humor....

It may be a regional common name kind of thing, but I have always considered any adult bovine that is trained to do some sort of plowing work as an 'ox', though the majority of these are steers, from what I know. Oxen are just 'trained' cattle of any breed, whether bull, cow, steer, bull calf, heifer or whatever else. Just like 'slicks' are calves of any breed with no brand, ear tag or waddle.

At least that is what I grew up calling them.

looks like there ain't no wind break one between there and the North Pole

Don, sorry for you loss!

He was a bucket calf that turned into a pet.

Looks better with Jims' hat on.

What did the kids name him?

Hahaha!

Ethan.

He is 8 I think.

Lynley started raising him when she was Young Daniel's age.


They hung Christmas lights on him one year for our a Christmas card.

Don, sorry for your loss.

Dog, horse, tame steer, it doesn't matter. Losing an animal that has been part of the family for years is tough! I had to bury the 13 year old little Boston Terrier last month and it made for a rough few days.

Local cattle dealer said a steer becomes an ox at 6 years of age. I didn't know so I asked.

What an impressive critter

The way I see it the ladies are missing out. Their loss!

Internet says 3 years for what that's worth.

Steer vs Ox

Careful there. Sitka and Ironbender will start giving you crap.

I’m reluctant to laugh at anyone’s loss or misfortune…but damn!

I hope Huntsman understands.

In fairness, it was like that Jaws movie but instead of a bigger boat, it was a tub lol.

Ha!

Huntsman,

Great thread, stories, and pics! Thank you and have enjoyed the comments. May Capt'n Jack RIP out on the ranch. Glad you have a young one to try to replace him!

You know the old saying "all dogs go to heaven" (and I know you love your dogs!), I am not sure how that applies to an old ox/friend, BUT I do hope he at least gets his nuts back on the other side and can roam the fields as one of those old "maverick" bulls of the old West. That is my wish for Capt'n Jack! You, too, would probably fit right in back in that era as well, come to think of it!!!

Yeah but he's taking a risk, holding the skunks by the tail like that.

Beautiful animal. The bull, I mean. The skunks? Not so much.

What?

No love for striped kitties?

Too bad
But just curious as to why you kept him so long
Pet I assume?

What is that going on around your neck?

Sorry you lost the old guy but looking forward to seeing the finished skull....always good to have an old friend to watch over the home place!

Second and third picture. Phone holster.

Wish I had one.

?Couple o'peices of kydex, a little heat and some rivits is all it takes....
Oh and make a dummy phone for the form. It is not advisable to aim a heat gun at your phone...

Yep, they're great for people with CHS disease.

What’s always inspired me about longhorns with impressive horns is the fact that cowboys were able to get loops over the cows head regularly over 100 years ago as they chased them through mesquite thickets. Quite a different feat then ropin the corrientie cattle in a area.

Yep. Roping and branding wild Longhorns had to be quite the Rodeo !

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