Weather: Winds subsist and calm and warm return.
Where: Cows and heifers in WG-11. Heifers (75). Bulls (19) just west of corrals. Cow group moves back into WG-8 and are locked in for the day. Testing to see if we can more consumption on the crested wheat.
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Weather: Strong gusty NW winds move into the region for most of the day.
Where: Cows and heifers in WG-11. Heifers (75). Cow group blows back into WG-9. Tyler and I in late afternoon move the group into a fresh split just north of where they were. Moria and Will arrive to the ranch. Shane and Rebecca meet with Tyler and a consultant on beaver analogs. Weather: Calm, warm, and quiet
Where: Cows and heifers in WG-10-11. Heifers (75). We move cow group west into WG-8 to top off some crested wheat grass we missed when we moved through earlier. Weather: Calm, warm, and quiet
Where: Cows in WG-10. Heifers (75) in LS-15-WG-9 Cows move to 8-acre split. Heifers trailed to WG-9 to join cows until weaning. A few geese and ducks on the reservoir, a few sparrows still lingering, harriers seen often in their floating hunting pattern, and good pockets of Huns, Sage grouse, and sharp-tails. Mule deer seem at a historic low in numbers. Weather: Just a lovely day. Thank you.
Where: Cows in WG-10. Heifers (75) in LS-15 Cows move to 3.5 acre split in late afternoon as look for opportunities to increase animal impact. Heifers stay put. Still seeing some occasional meadowlarks slow to head south. A lone meadowlark Just waiting for some clear sign A solar eclipse? Weather: Clearing and warming.
Where: Cows in WG-10. Heifers (75) in LS-15 Cows moved into 22-acre split and heifers into 8 acres split. Heifers are in coarse feed and need to move soon. Weather: Rain all day-almost .4 inches
Where: Cows in WG-10. Heifers (75) in LS-15 Cows moved to 17-acre split and the heifer moved to 3 acres split. Creek starting to move again as it does every fall. Weather: Cooling with some rain.
Where: Cows in WG-10. Heifers (75) in LS-15 Cows moved to 19 acres split (23 ads/acre) and heifers moved to 3 acres split. Max took off chasing coyotes and gone most of the day. Weather: Continued mild and not so hot
Where: Cows in WG-9-10. Heifers (75) in LS-15 Cows moved into 23 acres split and heifers move into 3.6 acres split. Observed short-eared owl while checking cows in the afternoon. First in a long while. Weather: Continued almost hot.
Where: Cows in WG-9. Heifers in LS-15 Cows moved into 23-acre split and heifer moved into 3.6 acres. In get home to move heifers into corral to cut 74 (and 1 steer) open heifers for shipping to feedlot. |
Bill Milton
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