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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: Craig on May 05, 2009, 09:31:31 AM

Title: Montana snow,sheds,branding,prairie dogs
Post by: Craig on May 05, 2009, 09:31:31 AM: Just got back from montana last night. Had a good time. I go every year and do some cattle branding and shoot some prairie dogs.

Was not ready for snow. This was Thursday in the Missouri river breaks.
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Followed these for a while but never caught up with them
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Found my first shed of the year
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This is what it looked like by Saturday. There were thirty bulls in the field. This is one group that was close. Some were on their second points on antler growth.
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Time for prairie dogs. I got about 30 of them. And missed a lot more then I hit. That .17 is a great gun for this. I learned that cheap scopes suck. every little bump and it was out of wack. Time for a new scope.
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Time for a long walk looking for sheds.
This guy shed his whole head
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this one been here for a couple years
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Spring is here.

Baby blue healers
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baby cows
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colt about 9 days old
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Time for work. we did about 450 calfs this day.

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the end of the day.
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Title: Re: Montana snow,sheds,branding,prairie dogs
Post by: boneaddict on May 05, 2009, 12:05:42 PM: Great pics! Looks like fun, even the hard work.
Title: Re: Montana snow,sheds,branding,prairie dogs
Post by: tlbradford on May 05, 2009, 12:27:51 PM: I love the last picture. Looks like a good time.
Title: Re: Montana snow,sheds,branding,prairie dogs
Post by: autodink13 on May 05, 2009, 12:37:45 PM: Cool pictures. That looks like a fun tradition.
Title: Re: Montana snow,sheds,branding,prairie dogs
Post by: bowhunterforever on May 05, 2009, 01:09:39 PM: Awsome pics! 8)
Title: Re: Montana snow,sheds,branding,prairie dogs
Post by: whacker1 on May 05, 2009, 01:32:46 PM: great pics
Title: Re: Montana snow,sheds,branding,prairie dogs
Post by: Tom Reichner on May 05, 2009, 02:31:08 PM: I didn't notice the comma in your thread title, so I thought you were branding prairie dogs ;) I'd have loved to see that!