Advice needed from the GS cattle ranchers

[BBReezen]

Russ those are some good looking girls.

Yes they are. Best mommas on the planet

[Russ81]

Advice needed from the GS cattle ranchers

Thanks guys I guess I'm just like my girls, someone noses my breed the radar ears go up too say whut?!?! Mode

Seriously like y'all said I've seen wild cattle in every breed. And each time you scratch your head thinking "why y'all this way?"...,

Then I meet the owner and see what the cattle have been rubbing off of

Another thing to kick around is maybe do pasture improvements now and have it ready to rock n roll for cattle when you retire :idea:

[BBReezen]

Thanks guys I guess I'm just like my girls, someone noses my breed the radar ears go up too say whut?!?! Mode

Seriously like y'all said I've seen wild cattle in every breed. And each time you scratch your head thinking "why y'all this way?"...,

Then I meet the owner and see what the cattle have been rubbing off of

Another thing to kick around is maybe do pasture improvements now and have it ready to rock n roll for cattle when you retire :idea:

Yep, on our lease in matador they run angus and they are close to being the wildest I've seen. They don't care for the truck and if you get out...gone. All because the ranch hand tries to be a cowboy with all of his buddies. The worst I've seen was a vet friend who had about 50 head of Brafords back home. They got worked about twice a year and I think that's about all they saw of people. Talk about some rank cows. He would have a yearly crawfish boil/work cows. Those were crawfish well earned. I believe it was hurricane Rita, when it flooded all the ranches around winnie. My stepdad helped get all those cows out of there, he said that was definately the roughest bunch of Brafords he had seen.

My grandma had registered red Brahmans in the 70s and 80s, mom and uncle showed some in FFA. She still had a couple when I was really little, and a few grey ones. Brahman can be some of the gentlest cattle but they can sure get rough too. They won't hesitate to try to hand you your *** if they feel like it.

[60 Deluxe]

Sound advice. The number one thing on your list should be a solid set of pens and a squeez chute or at least a head gate. And a trailer. You dont NEED a tractor and baler and all sorts of other equipment. I quit messing with hay a couple years ago and it has been the best decision we have made on our operation. I keep a few bales on hand incase of bad winter weather or if I need to keep a few head in the pens for a couple days. Other than that I supply free choice, loose, range mineral year round, and range cubes in the winter when the protein levels drop in the forage. You can make decent profit if you keep your inputs low.

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[4ERancher]

Best advice I ever got was pretty much what tweeder said. Good pens and a squeeze chute will make life much easier!

[Atfulldraw]

best advice I ever got was to quit worrying about the cows and get good at growing grass.

I apparently suck at growing grass too.



and some parts of that area are thick with thieves. Lock up and brand your stuff.