Summer is just peeking around the corner and the ranch is a busy beehive of activity right now. Rows of freshly cut grass fill the fields, bales are being picked up day by day and Dev's little turnips are poking their heads out. After winter dragged its feet leaving the scene, it feels like the [...]
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Inside the Chase
It's hard to describe the feeling of a cattle drive when it's about to start, but it's one of the best. You never know what's going to happen, how the cows will behave, and exactly what you'll need to do with your horse to keep the cows in line. Its anticipation and butterflies, a little [...]
Summer Beginnings
It's that time of year again. When the cows need to get pushed up the range where they happily munch their way back down to us... over and over again. The weather switches from sunny and hot -- to pouring rain in a blink. The fields are vibrantly green and the big new pivot makes [...]
Cattle drivin’
The air this morning was cool, like sipping from a fresh mountain stream every time I filled my lungs. The trees have exploded with colours, and everywhere you look, sunset tones and hues are splashed over every little growing thing, as if fall chased them down out of the sky to where we can touch [...]