Mertens Land & Cattle branding with PD Jones www.pdjoneshorseranch.com

www.pdjoneshorseranch.com Friends & neighbors worked the Merten's outfit today. Done around 220 head out of 2 pastures in around 3 hours.Got done just in time as an all afternoon rain set in just as we were finishing up

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• horse
• colt
• branding
• cowboy
• roping
• training

[3000petshop]

c nul et bete!

[pdj47]

@3000petshop Why yes French children are known world wide for their livestock handling knowledge.

[raquelwooldridge]

Glad I found this! I really like your video :)

[granitehills2t]

@pdj47 It is called rodear style, only in a corral Pd. Ever hear of the term rodear? It is buckeroo term, and is used usually to head and heel calves. We just leave a few cows, and no one has ever go "wiped out." All the big outfit boys in Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and parts of Montana and Wyoming do it this way, trust me. I think it is funny, you dont think I have branded calves. I have done it a zillion different ways. Nord Forks, tables, dead man, head and heel and your way I have done it.

[pdj47]

@granitehills2t How in the hell would having cows in the pen "calm them down"? Hell yes let's have cow's follow the calf up to wipe out the crew working them. The last time you branded was never! Let this be a lesson to to folks. Listen to those that show you how you do things, not those that tell ya how but don't seem to show you how they do the moronic things they suggest.

[granitehills2t]

@pdj47 If I brand a hundred pairs, I kick out about 60-70 head of cows. The thirty cows left calm the calves down and dont' "tromp" on them. It sets you up for sneak shots and those last few unbranded ones are not so wily. Come to think of it, I've never been to a branding in Neb. that they didn't do it your way so it must just be a regional thing. Most of them Neb. boys jam 50 head in a pen big enough for about 20 head and drag em out that way. Different strokes for different folks.

[pdj47]

@granitehills2t Well you go ahead & leave the cows in to tromp on the calves & set up in the middle of the pen Where the worked calves will be getting back with those that haven't been worked & un worked calves getting pushed through the working area & gettin away & I'll keep doing it my way. I don't get why you seem to think dragging them a few extra feet for the reasons I stated is such a big deal!

[granitehills2t]

@wombatstew1 This bull business you speak of is pure bullshit. First of all, I have worked on a registered bull outfit and bulls are a pain in the ass. When they are not getting out to go harass the neighbors heifers they are riding each other and generally making a mess of things. Why else would cattle men castrate? It take longer for bulls to put the finish on that a steer will in a shorter amount of time.

[granitehills2t]

@pdj47 NO, no you are missing the entire point! You have a portable set up, so I assume a portable fire! You kick out the cows with your horses and THEN set up your fire in the center of the pen, thus recucing the distance of dragging the calves. Me, personally I like to leave about half of the cattle in the corral with calves and do it more rodear style, and the fire is the minimal distance from the calves without getting in the way. Cows keep calves calm and allow for sneak shots.