June is Turnout Time!!
June is turnout time to the National Forest permits and the month of baby foals being born on the Nelson Ranch!! We gather the cows at the local pastures and take them to the forest permits. It takes about 2 weeks to turn out 614 pairs.
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| Getting Ready to Gather Cows |
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| Found Some!! |
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| Roundup Point at Gate |
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| Going Down Road to Corral |
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| Sorting to go in Trailers |
The cows are gathered at the various pastures and then sorted into trailers to haul to the Forest Permits.
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| Ready to Open Out to Forest |
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| Going Into Forest |
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| Heading Out into Forest |
Some pairs are hauled to the Forest in Semi's and then put in Corrals to pair up before pushing further into the Forest by horseback.
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| Semi at Forest Corral |
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| Going Into Corral to Pair Up |
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| Pairing up before going into Forest |
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| Finally Out!! |
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| Social Hour after Turnout |
Relaxing After Riding all day pushing cows further into the forest. Hot Dogs are Great!
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| Meeting of the "Minds" for Instructions From Brian |
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| Pushing Pairs further into Forest areas. Brittney and Ruby |
More Gathering at Local Pastures
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| Tyler, Sara, Nick and Stephanie Horseback |
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| Awesome! |
New Foals arrived!! Grace had her foal June 8th, A lovely Red Dun Filly
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| Just Born this Morning about 6 am! |
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| "Yummy" |
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| Grace and "Faith" at Teas Ranch |
Dandy had her Foal June 10th!! A lovely Red Filly. Future cowhorse!
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| I am Sleepy! |
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| Already Cute and Sassy! |
It takes 2 weeks or so to Turnout the cow pairs in the Forest Permits. They stay out until Roundup Time in Mid September. July and August are months of Putting out salt for them and moving them around in the Forest Units. It is also the time at the Ranch for Making Hay. Will share more on haymaking soon!!
Enjoy the Summer Months, Short and Sweet!
Cynthia Nelson, Nelson Ranch
