Good crew and good hands and I sure enjoy it. they brand for 3 days and I wish I could go for every day but other commitments keep me from it. We pen the cattle, sort a few cows off and go to roping. head and heel the calves which most would think would be hard on them calves but is really not. Especially when you have good help who knows how to handle their cattle and horses and most importantly, ropes. You don’t see any rubber on any horns and everyone knows how to slide rope to give slack when needed. There are dang good hands out there who can use rubber on their horns and slide rope. But just as there are people who use slick horns, but still don’t know how to slide some slack, there are some who can use rubber and slide rope. But they are the exception, and not the rule, seems like. I guess it boils down to someone knowing how to handle the cattle with the least amount of stress.
Got another branding at the bosses tomorrow, which runs afoul of the day I had picked, so I am not sure when we will get our’s done. I had thought we would at least get our cows vaccinated and also the calves, even if it rained as they are saying it will, but the boss don’t seem too worried about it and he has more cows than me, so why should I care? 😉
Hope he don’t rain out. Me? I don’t care. I like rain! 😉
Here are a few pictures for you. Remember to click on them to embigginate.
Dennisranch 
some great pics there…………is that Chalk Eye Marty’s sittin on? Looks to be the real deal……wagon and all! Thanks for the photos…………….
Yeah, he had Chalk and Blue Tick both there.
Looks like a REALLY great time! Glad you posted all the pic’s too!
Yeah it was. I was feeling bad about missing today, until the wind picked up to 30-35 mph! You noticed there ain’t a lot to break the wind in that country!
Break wind??????? lol
Wind breaks are normal in this area. Mostly planted trees. Not many natural trees except along the water courses and in the Black Hills. Lots of sky and prairie, about all, out on the cattle range.
Great pictures!!!! Looks like it was a great day to smoke some hair and make good horses.
I appreciate the post and pics. glad you had a great time and the pics will help you remember. That one with the low moon and the campfire
is very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Great pictures, JB. I felt like I was right there.
Really enjoyed all the pictures and your post. You have a really good eye for photos. I agree with JJ North, the low moon & campfire was especially terrific! Thank you for letting us enjoy this branding thru your words and pictures.