It’s difficult to describe the pride I feel to share this picture with you all. My girls ran to me recently as I parked the car after work: “There’s a dead animal in the ditch. Come see! It’s SO COOL!” Here’s B with with her prize find. Can anyone identify the dead beast? This looks …
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Sheri and I did the trip to Jackson
Sheri and I did the trip to Jackson for her weekly chemotherapy on Friday, and on the way home, encountered this very visible herd of bighorn sheep again. The weather has been mild, with little snow cover and the sheep seem to be enjoying it.
Kyrgyz horses
Jim and I are intrigued by Central Asia, and curious what we can learn as livestock producers from producers in other regions of the world, especially people who run sheep in wolf country. Recently we were doing research on Kyrgyzstan and saw an interesting reference to the small and stout horses they use in that …
Border guards
We arrived back at the sheep pasture this afternoon to find a quiet standoff in progress. Two young bull moose were in the pasture, but the three burros were lined up in a row, forming a border between the sheep herd and the moose. What I love about this photo are the magpies on the …
No animals were injured in the making of this post
Jim and I tried our own version of Lane’s “tree and flee” today. It’s a sunny mid-20s day, and we caught this coyote out on a playa flat, and took it for a spin to get a few photos. You might have heard of “scope eye,” but has anyone ever heard of “camera eye?” That’s …
Recovering
Thanks to all of your generous help, Irbis is on the way to recovery. he is not at all sure about the collar. But he is even walking! Thanks to Jeff Nicoll, Reid & Connie Farmer, Matt Mullenix, Cat Urbigkit, Chris Markle, Kathy Bentzoni, Anne, Chas Clifton, Stacey Patterson, Bill & Katie, Joan Holdsworthy, Mike …
Why I carry
I have a permit to carry a concealed weapon. It’s rather common public knowledge in my community and the reason why it’s public knowledge is I made it that way. I am not a hunter, but keep guns with me all the time for use on the ranch as needed. I regularly blast at coyotes …
Ring out, wild bells
“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night;Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. “Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go;Ring out the false, ring in the …
I hate full moons
Surely I’m not the only person who hates full moons. Although beautiful to gaze upon, full moons provide all the light needed for animals to be up and about all night when they should be sleeping (so I can be sleeping). This includes grazing animals like sheep, deer and pronghorn, and all the things that …
Doggie Disaster and bleg
Yesterday we took the dogs out to the Indian ruin today for a run — all of them (except Lily, the ancient dachshund) together. They were so excited to be out. Before we even got down the hill to the arroyo we heard one of the dogs screaming in pain. We ran over and there …