tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post988299237307653925..comments2023-10-02T01:53:29.451-06:00Comments on Naval Air Cowman: Under pressurePrairieAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-44989878575210800842022-07-15T07:35:12.963-06:002022-07-15T07:35:12.963-06:00Thanks Frank. High Plains air conditioning!
I don&...Thanks Frank. High Plains air conditioning!<br />I don't know about the readers, but my tiny experience with feral cattle taught me to pay attention to their body language and believe what they were telling me. Which reminds me of a story I'll have to share.<br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting!PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-58549708379758685582022-07-15T07:32:02.067-06:002022-07-15T07:32:02.067-06:00Thanks John. Baxter was an awesome poet and by all...Thanks John. Baxter was an awesome poet and by all accounts a heck of a cow doctor. He lives on in the words he left behind.<br />Cattle handling can certainly be and look exactly like the movies, including the stampedes! If you do it right there's a lot of joy to be had in working with the animals rather than trying to dominate them and bend their behavior to your will. I've tried it both ways. The low stress method is by far the best.<br />Those music videos pop up in my brain when I'm thinking I'm turning a clever phrase. One of my shortcomings as a writer is thinking that everyone shares my sense of humor and much of my perspective.<br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting!PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-47822089305172076702022-07-15T07:24:53.889-06:002022-07-15T07:24:53.889-06:00I recall the great midwest drought of the mid-1980...I recall the great midwest drought of the mid-1980's, IIRC 1985. It was the end of the world according to the media; the Mississippi was "almost dry" and farmers from all over the country were trucking emergency hay into the afflicted area. The next year the Mississippi was flooding, washing out all the fields planted in "newly reclaimed" land along the river. Similarly, newly built houses planted in the same areas washed down into the Gulf of Mexico. It ebbs and it flows.<br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting Frank!PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-33897683484330709712022-07-15T05:29:22.557-06:002022-07-15T05:29:22.557-06:00That open windows at night thing, with box fans ru...That open windows at night thing, with box fans running, sure brings back memories :)<br />Don't know how many of your readers are familiar with the safe way to be around feral cattle? <br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-59440113472460184362022-07-14T20:36:34.546-06:002022-07-14T20:36:34.546-06:00Another day getting on.
I skip the rock videos and...Another day getting on.<br />I skip the rock videos and music, but learned a lot from the cow handling rerun. Makes sense, if you stop to think about it, but never having need to move cows around, or even a single cow, I never thought of any of that. Not at all like the cowboy movies, but movies are often filled with stereotypes rather than reality.<br /><br />It reminded my of Baxter Black, who I enjoyed immensely back in the day when I listened to NPR radio driving to work. I had heard he was in poor heath, and googled and discovered he died on June 10th. He and his stories and one of the world's greatest mustaches ever will be greatly missed. He made me appreciate the world of the rancher, real Americans.<br />(If you ever need an easy filler post- you could run his obituary...)<br />John BlackshoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-2317588992471972722022-07-14T19:09:31.550-06:002022-07-14T19:09:31.550-06:00Had occasion to cross the South Platte near Crook ...Had occasion to cross the South Platte near Crook today. A healthy person could jump it. I can't remember seeing so low.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.com