I have 2 puppies for sale 1 females and 1 male. Located in Conroe. Parents used on cows and hogs medium range $75. 936 499 8899
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Thanks for the info. Hope they turn out to be what you are lookin for. Keep us updated

Lookin good as usual. Care to elaborate a little more on the cross or is that confidential?

I have a 17 year old bay mare that does it all. She has been used for heading, heeling, pasture roping, driving cattle, sorting cattle, team penning, hog hunting and more. She is a great heel horse that will hit the corner and have you there everytime and is very solid and consistent on the head side. Very quite in the box and has never blown up. Level headed, great with kids, no bad habits, easy keeper, easy going, 100% sound. I have not been roping so she needs to go where she will be used. She will be the same if you rope daily, weekly, or even take off a couple months. Registered with doc bar on top. Please call for more info. Current coggins and papers in hand. Located in Conroe. $3500.
 936-443-4567
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Pics were taken within the past couple of weeks.

I have a 17 year old bay mare that does it all. She has been used for heading, heeling, pasture roping, driving cattle, sorting cattle, team penning, hog hunting and more. She is a great heel horse that will hit the corner and have you there everytime and is very solid and consistent on the head side. Very quite in the box and has never blown up. Level headed, great with kids, no bad habits, easy keeper, easy going, 100% sound. I have not been roping so she needs to go where she will be used. She will be the same if you rope daily, weekly, or even take off a couple months. Registered with doc bar on top. Please call for more info. Current coggins and papers in hand. Located in Conroe.
 936-443-4567
tobyb2007@msn.com
 Pics were taken within the past couple of weeks.

I have a stout sorrel ranch gelding for sale. He is 14.3 hands and weighs 1100 lbs and is 18 years old.
 This horse has never offered to buck, even if he has not been rode for a month . He has a great handle, neck reins, big stop, spins, side passes, stands for farrier, loads easily, very fast and quick on his feet.
 He has been used as a ranch horse, driving cattle, sorting cattle and hog hunted on. He has been used for pasture roping and has caught grown cows and calves and pulled them into the trailer, he has plenty of size. He has Mr San Peppy, Doc Bar and Gay Bar King on his papers.
 Please call for more info. Current coggins and papers in hand. Located in Conroe.
 936-443-4567
tobyb2007@msn.com
 All pics were taken this past weekend.

Those look good Chris. I  will probably get in touch with him when I wear mine out. He definitely has some nice work.

My wife got mine made at r14 custom spurs for my wedding present. If my marriage holds up like these spurs have I think I will be alright. They ain't cheap but have been dang good spurs. I can take pics if you want.

What kind of spur straps is everybody using?  I haven't found a pair that I have been truly satisfied with.

Jimmy,

    I bet you could hire on with my neighbors, Center Ranch, between Centerville and Crockett...  Of course, after seeing the place you are at, I imagine your standards of a good job are pretty high....

   I agree, Center Ranch is a very nice ranch. There is also Rattle Snake Ranch, Camp Cooley Ranch and several other decent size ranches in the area.

I don't hear much about Camp Cooley these days...  I used to buy a lot of hay from there in the early to mid 2000's.

Camp Cooley sold  out about 2 years ago. Pretty sure circle x land and cattle bought it.

Well I haven't posted on here in a while but I still get on and nose around. I figured I had to share this though. Christmas morning during the wind storm a pine tree blew over into one of my dog pens and landed dead center on one of my dog houses with Lucky (formerly known as Junior) in it. After seeing the condition of the barrel I just knew that he was either dead or hurt beyond recovery. Well we decided to cut into the house to see how bad the situation was and found that he was unharmed. If he would have been laying any other way or his head was over about 3 inches he would be dead. He is my 10 month old catch dog prospect that probably weight 70-75 lbs, just to give you an idea of how crammed he was. 

This pic is of the house. He is in the right side of the barrel.


This is after we started cuting into the barrel and you can see his back and the red is his collar.


This is after we got him out.

I have 5 puppies that will be 7 weeks old this Sunday and are ready to go. 2 red females.2 brindle females and one yellow male. Dad is a yellow black mouth cur that is a medium range find dog and is rough as a cobb. Mom is a brindle pit that is a real good natured dog no dog or human aggression.$50. Located in Conroe.  936-499-8899. Call or text. If no answer leave a message and I will call you back. tobyb2007@msn.com . Thanks.

SC- i would recommend angus or angus cross cows

Chris- This drought has been hell on just about everyone. Alot of people are selling out and almost everyone is cutting back. Navasota has been running about 3500 hd a sale compared to 2500 hd per sale last year. Almost all cows being brought in are going to slaughter (cows sold as stocker cows last year are now being sold as slaughter cows).
That being said people are going to buy back when/if we ever get some rain and get grass again. Your philosophy makes sense but there is  no telling. You have to figure on 50/50 split steers/heifers. Heifers automatically bring less than steers and heavy brahman bring less than heavy angus influence. I believe that you would have to keep the heifiers longer (like a yr or 15 mo) in order to get a premium for them and sell outright or at a special replacement sale(which will have higher fees). With the number of cattle that are being sold and there is still a shortage of beef I believe that the cost of slaughter calves will continue to rise or atleast stay high. On the other hand I agree with you that replacement females will be in high demand and people will be paying a high price for them. With all that being said I will continue breeding for terminal calves, keep my own replacements and buy other replacements as necessary.

Matt- pass the popcorn

How do those leased bulls no end up with Trich?  Do they just give trich guard or something to keep them from getting it?  Seems like it could be a bad deal waiting to happen.

If I had to guess I would say they just trich test bulls after use and if they test positive then the leasee buys the bull.

Silverton did a good job on numbers. $3000 will get you an extremely nice bull right now with $2500 getting you a really nice bull. Lets say you buy a $2500 dollar bull and base everything on  90% calf crop which means 13.5 calves per year so we will say 13.
1 year 2500/13=192 per calf             salvage value (being very conservative) 1500lbs*.55=825       so 2500-825=1675/13=128
2 years 2500/26= 96 per calf                                                                                                                   1675/26=64
3 years 2500/39=64 per calf                                                                                                                     1675/39=43

These numbers don't account for feed, hay, vaccines, etc. but should give you a good idea.
If you buy a young bull it shouldn't be a problem getting 3 years out of him.
If you buy a bull look at epd's and base them off of the breed average. (in your case birth weight and weaning weight are most important)
Sell everything that doesnt have a calf and replcace cause the ones that don't reproduce still eat.
Leasing is also a good option for a small number of cows.
Is there any particular reason you are calving in fall?

Couple questions then I'll give my opinion. When is your calving season gonna be. Are you gonna keep replacements or sell all calves. Are you just gonna sell calves at auction. How is your stocking rate. For the AI price you gave is that all the expenses included such as shots and yardage. Feel free to add any other info that you feel is relevant

I was roommates with robert a couple years ago in college and he is a good guy. But I have never hunted with him or behind his dogs so can't say nothing about that aspect of it.

Most likely for the horses and dogs

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Growin up in conroe I have always heard about "them boys from hunstville" and this just puts icing on the cake.

Its all about having a handle and starting with a dog that has brains. The catch dogs we use walk beside the horses until the curs bay then go in for the catch. They don't necessarily wait for you to send them but can be called back if you want them to wait. Once the hog is flipped we say caught hog and one person can pull the dog off. We have never had a dog let go early because someone said caught hog on accident or he thought he heard the command and we have never had to use a break stick or cut a hogs ear off either. This is just what has worked for us. To each their own.   

Good topic mike.1-shockin, beatin, or any other disipline when a dog trashes when they have no idea what they are gettin it for. 2- over workin young dogs to where they burn out. Excessive pen time, working too long in heat, etc. 3-not giving dogs enough exposure. I know this is hard to control but what gets me is when one person has 2 dogs same age and one is doing better so he only hauls that one when the other would possibly be the better dog with a little more time. There are plenty more but these three come to mind and happen quite often.