Next year’s calf crop is in the making as we got the heifers AIed and are putting bulls out with the older cows – breeding season feels as much like a new beginning as calving.
Since calving, we’ve been counting bulls once or twice a day to be sure they haven’t jumped the gun (and the fences). By tomorrow we’ll be worrying about whether or not they stayed where we put them.
We trailed some bulls out and hauled others – some were easy to handle, and some not so much. As the Head Honcho and I age, the hard runs and sharp turns our horses make turning cattle are tougher to handle – no less satisfying, just more challenging to stay in position (OK, I could replace “in position” with “in the saddle” but I didn’t want to be quite that honest!).
Sandy Snider Stahl 