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Ranching South Texas - Blog Posts
What I used to haul water from 'tank' to cattle troughs.
Rolling blackouts, in our case 36 hrs w/o electricity, left us w/o water for cattle. SO using a generator, a sump pump, and buckets we hauled water to cattle. It was an all day affair for 3 days. Sid Miller for Texas Governor.
Walked in a place on the ranch I dont often visit at least on foot. Ran into a squadron of javelinas. Luckily this old dog, the one pictured not the one who took the photo, did not chase them BUT 2 of them did escort us away following us for 60 70 yards.
Nurse cow Elsie with her calf and 3 orphans. Gotta feel good to get all that milk out!
Eating her placenta.. Caracaras were waiting patiently for what was left over.
3rd twin kicked off by its mom. Darn these fertile Angus. Season just started.
350 cows calving and the only one I am overly concerned about is the nurse cow!
Constellation app provided this pic.
Javelinas at my old feeder. Hunting is awesome but many ranches round abouts have killed off their javelinas because they eat under the deer feeders and scare the deer. People are surprised that I have any around. So for me its 'how to keep the pesky deer from eating my javelina food!' Javelinas tend to have 2 "reds" or a set of twins. See one in the pic.
Heres me hoping for some more rain! Vet left a syringe case that with a little modification worked great! Now thats country in South Texas!
Awesome day trip to the "WOODS"! Anyone know what this is?
Recent rains encouraged this beautiful cap to grow and spread! Any ideas? It is believed this edible mushroom is a coprinus sterquilinus which white upon emergence but this speciman has another fungus turning it black.
Thistle Poppies BEFORE plowing! South Texas Spring is here!
One last drink before fertility testing at the vets office! 12 bulls tested 10 passed. The girls were waiting! These guys will lose some weight over the next month or two. You can see we are dry. 3/2020
Vaccinated 90+ calves and their mamas today in Frio County. This is our injections setup. Thanks goes to our dad for the old dishwasher basket. The Multimin is hanging on the other side of the chute. It was a perfect day cooler than 60 degrees. Mar. 2020
Broomweed is beautiful in south Texas!
It dry folks. 9/2019
A Texas toad hiding under the cattle guard. South Texas is home to critters!
A410 chillin' in the brush! He's serviced all the girls and needs to relax. 1 of 6 bulls on the home place breeding 120 cows. 7/2019 in south Texas.
Its so beautiful on the ranch where I live and work! Love south Texas!
You know you're at a country church when you see this!! God bless Cowboys and Country folk! My small town church is awesome!
A Butcherbird aka Loggerhead Shrike captured and stored this moth on a barb for the future!
Close up of a gopher snake I found near the shed! Little longer than 5 feet. It caused me to pause just a minute! 4/29/19
December hunting brings April fried venison!! Woot woot! Dang I love this stuff!! Blessed beyond measure!
The prickly pear is blooming in South Texas! Red is not very common. Love it here!
