IT ALL CAME TIGHT!

As some of you know I have  been helping the folks at the “Tribe Cattle Company “ for the last several months.

They had me come the first time to help them work cows and we got along real good.  The cows were real hard to handle and were pretty dangerous.

I came back and brought some horses to ride and a few months later I’ve been here pretty much full time and we have all made a lot of progress. Every one has a horse to ride, we’ve bought and started four colts, the cows handle great and enjoy humans instead of fearing them, we have a managed grazing system set up, and we are truly a “tribe” sharing work, meals and enjoying this ranch and the lifestyle.

I’ve been sixty years learning and practicing grazing and managing livestock and it seems like it was all for this moment in time.  When I see the folks doing things so good in such a short amount of time it seems like it was all for this moment!

This video shows how good they are and that they get what it takes to accomplish the goals they have set for this operation and lifestyle.  I am so proud to be a part of it.

I titled this scoop loop “It all came tight” not just because of the ropes coming tight with the roping but because the whole process was a tight run ordeal and everyone worked with great pressure in the challenge of the whole process.  The cows, horse and people were better at the end of the day, and that’s how things get great, and that’s where The tribe cattle company is headed.

Still in Arkansas

I haven’t been home in quite a while, but I am really getting a lot of satisfaction out of my work here at The Tribe Cattle Company.

Except for our bucking bull cows (and you just leave them alone) I really haven’t calved a set of cows for a lot of years.  

We started out with some huge calves that had to be pulled and a breach that was dead.  No fun, but it has been smooth once we got by those.

Now I’m dealing with scours.  I lost one and it’s all on me.  I don’t take the blame for the dead ones in the cow, but once they have gotten up and sucked it’s all on me, and if one dies it’s my fault. 

It has always amazed me at how fast one will go down, but also how fast they can come back.  

It is just great work for the two year old colts we are riding.  We tag the registered cows calves and that got the colt ready for the more challenging job of doctoring scour calves.  Sorting pairs is always nice work for a young horse and sure good for the cows. The rides are just long enough and challenging enough for young horses.  I really love it!

I am headed to Fort Worth for the weekend for TSCRA convention then I am headed North to Montana for a little bit. Traveling with daughter Mesa and Grandson Haize.  That is something I’m looking forward too.

Here’s some video I have shot in the last few days.  Just showing off my dogs and offering some ideas on learning.