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| [SD] Branding Cattle 2007-06-02 |
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Today we went to Vern Hovland's ranch and helped him with branding. He had 200 head of cattle, and the caves had not been branded, ear tagged, casterated or vaccinated. We trailered the horses up to a cannon and then road them up to his place. We pushed the cows as we went.
There were around 20 people who helped. We sorted the caves from the cows and then pushed them into a roping pen. The ropers would heel the caves, drag them to the open area, where a grounds crews would throw the calf, brand, vaccinate, ear tag and castrate the bulls.
I put ear tags in the heifers. It was a fun day. Everyone had a good time. We ate
Lunch then worked the cows. They needed fly dip and vaccinations. It was one of the last brandings of the season. It was kind of a ranching party. I had a great time.
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