Egyptian wheat....mowing.....planned grazing
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catscratch
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What a long day for her (and everyone else)!
Best wishes for the rest of the night.
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catscratch
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Congrats!
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Her mom and dad made it down from west TX about 11:30 last night. We slept at the ranch house and I gave them necessary details of house duties....cut rubber for home early AM. So new babe and mom:dad are in good hands now. DIL has exceptional mothering instinct...I was a fly on the wall during the first breast feeding and attest she has been planning this day for many years (she said since age 13).....to which I replied, Glad we found a good girl dumb enough to marry our son!....they laughed! Worried a bit about her her weight....to which i replied, "Let the boy nurse as much as he wants and eat the venison in the freezer.....excess condition will leave you naturally!" God planned it that way....all nutrition and immunity a babe needs is in breast milk....the nursing process bonds mom and babe for life....tolls of lactation return fitness to the mom! An age old natural model process many screw up these days!
Oldest daughter has blown my phone up for the last 5 days asking about dog stuff. They got a BLM pup straight off momma in Perry OK. Hard weaning like that is never good for a pup....creates extra issues for the new owner! So she met me in the drive when I returned....snapped a few pics of my new black grand pup....and put both dogs on the tailgate and then the ground for proper introduction. His uncle is still sore from the hunt and not real interested in puppy play. Locked em both down in the kennel while she runs some errands. This PM I'll snap a lead on him for him to drag and we will go for a 'power walk' with big dog....then feed him and let him pass out in crate.....gotta use that excess energy in a positive way! Meet Moose' the new BLM! My role is training guide.....will see how that goes!
Got a stack of papers to grade so someone's grand kids can graduate! Thanks to all for the prayers, commentary and support....we just got over a major jump in life....and friendship is tremendous help through trying times!
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Oldest daughter has blown my phone up for the last 5 days asking about dog stuff. They got a BLM pup straight off momma in Perry OK. Hard weaning like that is never good for a pup....creates extra issues for the new owner! So she met me in the drive when I returned....snapped a few pics of my new black grand pup....and put both dogs on the tailgate and then the ground for proper introduction. His uncle is still sore from the hunt and not real interested in puppy play. Locked em both down in the kennel while she runs some errands. This PM I'll snap a lead on him for him to drag and we will go for a 'power walk' with big dog....then feed him and let him pass out in crate.....gotta use that excess energy in a positive way! Meet Moose' the new BLM! My role is training guide.....will see how that goes!
Got a stack of papers to grade so someone's grand kids can graduate! Thanks to all for the prayers, commentary and support....we just got over a major jump in life....and friendship is tremendous help through trying times!
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deer patch
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Congrats my friend to the new addition to the family!! After a long stressful trip it is always nice to come home. You look cold BTW.
Fortunately I am part time for both.....do what needs to be done and leave! New pup has many of the same characteristics as yellow dog at that age.....need some pigeons.....should make a good retriever! Daughter brought him over last night for me to baby sit while they ran errands.....about 10 she woke up on couch from a nap and is doing the errands today....nuances of having a puppy are taking a toll on her sleep schedule. Yellow dog kept looking at me like, "C'mon dude get this black furball out of here so I can sleep!" Pup kept biting his tail and was put in his place. QT with his uncle will make his transition from the litter easier.
Euros are done and mounted on plaque or driftwood in time for holidays.
Sons buck grossed 132" should age 4-3.
My buck grossed 155 or 158" depending on mass measure if one point is considered typical or non typical. Should age 5-4. Second best taken from ranch historically.
Inscissors will go to Matson' lab soon for age verification.
Mount of buck from last year maintaining integrity....could use a dusting. Has taken several years to learn Euro process. One step added is a n hour or two hot water soak after peroxide whitening and before sealing to remove trace oils and fat which discolor skull over time.
A blessed and prosperous Christmas to all.
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Sons buck grossed 132" should age 4-3.
My buck grossed 155 or 158" depending on mass measure if one point is considered typical or non typical. Should age 5-4. Second best taken from ranch historically.
Inscissors will go to Matson' lab soon for age verification.
Mount of buck from last year maintaining integrity....could use a dusting. Has taken several years to learn Euro process. One step added is a n hour or two hot water soak after peroxide whitening and before sealing to remove trace oils and fat which discolor skull over time.
A blessed and prosperous Christmas to all.
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deer patch
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Looks like you got that Euro mount down to an art. They sure do look good.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Merry Christmas to your family as well!
Some folks will use a worn out spring tooth harrow to drag manure piles in pasture and spread them out for faster drying. This can reduce parasite survival, speed soil nutrient cycling and lessen areas of forage rejection due to fowling. According to the natural model, birds such as wild turkey (aftermath of them in pic) or crows and red headed vultures do an effective job of shredding manure. Turkey feed on undigested supplement particles, seeds and insect larvae in manure.
Spent the day taking down about 1.25 mile of Hotwire and posts from one side of burn unit. These fences will be moved to other side of burn unit for rotational grazing of 270 day rested rangeland. That will begin in about 3 weeks. Also mowed some briers and tall weed skeletons behind the cows and will overseed with a mix of wheat and vetch to stimulate the soil to grow more diversity in that area.
Goal for the herd last week was to create a low fuel load fire guard buffer on one side of burn unit. Got a really good hit on the native stuff so risk of fire escape will be markedly reduced. Won't graze this again until early May....only if there is sufficient cool season forage which needs to be impacted.
Kanlow switchgrass grows real well on reclaim ground and spreads fast from cast seed. Cows did a good job of knocking it back in the buffer. This was bare soil in March 2014 when we broadcast seeded the Prairied Gold mix from Johnston Seed......other than managed grazing no other forage management has been done.
Behind fence you get a good idea of this switchgrass potential on poor soil.
Two years ago (2015) we used 3 high density grazings to change the landscape of this old native field. There wasn't enough fuel here to carry the 2014 fire....we were only able to spot fire small areas of dormant grass but had a good response from big blue and Indian grass in those small spots. There was only enough forage for 10,000 lb stock density grazing spring of 2015. Now we have ample mid-height native grasses to carry a fire in March 2017....and we have enough forage to double the annual grazing days. Fire guard will be a weedeated and blown path in foreground of pic. Through planned grazing we have doubled yield of this paddock and expect quadruple yield in two years. I will likely overseed a very low rate of a 3 variety swithgrass blend right after burn.
Seeing how palatable switchgrass is to cattle, how easy it is to establish and how quickly it recovers from grazing gives me a 180 degree opinion of that grass compared to a few years ago.
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Some folks will use a worn out spring tooth harrow to drag manure piles in pasture and spread them out for faster drying. This can reduce parasite survival, speed soil nutrient cycling and lessen areas of forage rejection due to fowling. According to the natural model, birds such as wild turkey (aftermath of them in pic) or crows and red headed vultures do an effective job of shredding manure. Turkey feed on undigested supplement particles, seeds and insect larvae in manure.
Spent the day taking down about 1.25 mile of Hotwire and posts from one side of burn unit. These fences will be moved to other side of burn unit for rotational grazing of 270 day rested rangeland. That will begin in about 3 weeks. Also mowed some briers and tall weed skeletons behind the cows and will overseed with a mix of wheat and vetch to stimulate the soil to grow more diversity in that area.
Goal for the herd last week was to create a low fuel load fire guard buffer on one side of burn unit. Got a really good hit on the native stuff so risk of fire escape will be markedly reduced. Won't graze this again until early May....only if there is sufficient cool season forage which needs to be impacted.
Kanlow switchgrass grows real well on reclaim ground and spreads fast from cast seed. Cows did a good job of knocking it back in the buffer. This was bare soil in March 2014 when we broadcast seeded the Prairied Gold mix from Johnston Seed......other than managed grazing no other forage management has been done.
Behind fence you get a good idea of this switchgrass potential on poor soil.
Two years ago (2015) we used 3 high density grazings to change the landscape of this old native field. There wasn't enough fuel here to carry the 2014 fire....we were only able to spot fire small areas of dormant grass but had a good response from big blue and Indian grass in those small spots. There was only enough forage for 10,000 lb stock density grazing spring of 2015. Now we have ample mid-height native grasses to carry a fire in March 2017....and we have enough forage to double the annual grazing days. Fire guard will be a weedeated and blown path in foreground of pic. Through planned grazing we have doubled yield of this paddock and expect quadruple yield in two years. I will likely overseed a very low rate of a 3 variety swithgrass blend right after burn.
Seeing how palatable switchgrass is to cattle, how easy it is to establish and how quickly it recovers from grazing gives me a 180 degree opinion of that grass compared to a few years ago.
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catscratch
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Merry Christmas D., and thanks for the insights to your program. I'm constantly trying to take your lessons and apply them to our place and situation. I like where you are going with swtchgrass. My dad has had it in his waterways and cattle pasture for yrs and I've been trying to establish it at our place recently. This thread will help me with my project.
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I just spread the seed on area with substantial bare ground and go on about life. Looked at some on pond reclaim ground which was over knee tall....should make a good screen and feed in 3 years.
Wonder how old this guy is? Number 11 of 12 total in the cracker box traps. Biggest one I've ever seen.
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Wonder how old this guy is? Number 11 of 12 total in the cracker box traps. Biggest one I've ever seen.
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