Thursday, September 23, 2010

The maiming... I mean, branding

As any of you who read this blog (or are friends with me or any of my family on Facebook) know, I was part of a cattle branding in Colorado on September 11, 2010. Among my many duties that day, amateur photographer ranked right up there. I took advantage of Chuck's incredible camera and ended up taking over 150 photos. Below are the very few that I have decided are the best.

Heading out to round up the cattle



Moving the bucket calf into the small corral before bringing in the rest of the herd



The Windmill Pasture



Getting the branding irons ready



Calf curiosity



Running the herd into the corrals



Where there's smoke... there's also burnt hair and skin



Chuck chatting with Dad after a long day



Number 74, a.k.a. Jersey Boy (if Chuck accepts the name I gave this bull calf... this Longhorn looks more like a very pretty Jersey to me), a.k.a. the calf I branded

Love!

~g

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