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Posted: Feb 4th, 2005 at 07:57 pm
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Does any one have any funny stories to share about ranch life?
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Some of the best cowboys are not boys.
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Posted: Feb 4th, 2005 at 11:36 pm
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you know that is funny. i lived on a ranch for 6 years and i know we have some good storys just cant think of them
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Posted: Apr 20th, 2005 at 10:25 am
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i dont know if this qualifies as a ranch story but......
we have a small farm about 5 acres and across the street is an old hog barn .well these stupid hogs that the guy has there always get out last summer i can home to find 13 hogs rooting in my front yard.they destroyed everything we had holes 2 feet deep. we lost everything in our garden.well a couple of weeks later the man came bye and delivered a whole hog freshley butchered. needless to say that hog wont get out again........ 
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Posted: Aug 25th, 2005 at 08:57 pm
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Your gonna be sorry you brought this subject up:
Well in the first place,out here the concrete thumpers(city slickers)are taking over everything.By the time my great grandkids are grown there won't be a farm or ranch left at this rate.But,back at the home-place. One time when I was about 14 or 15 yrs. old, one of our hound dog bitches came in heat, and of course it seem's dog's can detect that miles away,so one of our new concrete thumper neighbors dogs was trying to pay his visit's.I kept catching him sneeking over and would chase him off by throwing rock's or even sicking our other dogs on him.He was a great big shaggy black dog and I knew he could out-run them,so,there was no danger of any dogs getting hurt.This went on for a few day's when one day I was out pasture riding, checking cattle(our home base was 440 acres)I had just rode through a gate when my horse( he was Pretty Buck bred,and still the best horse I have ever ridden)threw his head up to look at something.I looked and it was that dog on the oppisite side of a creek that was about 75 yards away, trying to sneek back over to our house.Well,I just rode away sort of at a 45 degree angle toward him,while building a loop in my rope,thinking I was gonna get some roping practice.Because by this time he was getting smart,he just sat on his haunches and watched me to see if I was gonna ride in a different direction.Just about the time I decided I was close enough to do what I had in mind...he did too.He wheeled and took off down the creek with me and my horse about 30 or 40 yards behind him and gaining fast because that little horse of mine had locked on him like radar.I didn't have any intention on hurting this dog because I knew he was well thought-of by some little kids at his home,I was just gonna scare the living s...,well,you-know-what-out-of-him, to keep him away from our bitch.Well,with my hat pulled down over my eye's and vision limited,he ducked sharp to the left when I was just about to throw my loop.My horse, going all-out,got him lined out again as we were heading down into the creek bottom where there were lot's of trees lining it,which,since I was totaly focused,forgot about.I was just about to throw my loop again when I was reminded of these trees, when at a downward slope into the water,up popped a long thick-looking tree branch.Well,it was too late to set my horse up,as it would have caught him right between the eye's or maybe under his chin.And it was way too late for me to do anything except take my punishment.My horse just had to duck his head a little and that tree branch clipped my saddle horn, caught me about midway of the belly-button and sternum,lifted me clean out of the saddle and landed on top of me flat of my back on the ground, as I could hear my horse splashing across the creek still chasing the dog.After I got my air and senses back,and the branch off of me,(luckily the branch was rotted in the middle or I mite not be telling this story now)I found my horse a quarter of a mile away still staring over the property boundry fence in the direction the dog went.It hurt to breathe for about a week,but I never saw that dog again.
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Posted: Nov 29th, 2005 at 02:58 pm
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I've lived on many ranches, and now live on a huge wildlife preserve in southern Arizona.......Tragically, I get to see all of the old ranches sold to developers...........Daaaaaa.......Where is the water? Very sad to see the old lifestyles die and being replaced by people who have no connection with the earth!........Rusty
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Posted: Dec 14th, 2005 at 08:50 am
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[quote author=Guest-oldrte link=cat=Lifestyle&board=yourranch&thread=1107568634&start=3#0 date=1125021426]Your gonna be sorry you brought this subject up:
Well in the first place,out here the concrete thumpers(city slickers)are taking over everything.By the time my great grandkids are grown there won't be a farm or ranch left at this rate.But,back at the home-place. One time when I was about 14 or 15 yrs. old, one of our hound dog bitches came in heat, and of course it seem's dog's can detect that miles away,so one of our new concrete thumper neighbors dogs was trying to pay his visit's.I kept catching him sneeking over and would chase him off by throwing rock's or even sicking our other dogs on him.He was a great big shaggy black dog and I knew he could out-run them,so,there was no danger of any dogs getting hurt.This went on for a few day's when one day I was out pasture riding, checking cattle(our home base was 440 acres)I had just rode through a gate when my horse( he was Pretty Buck bred,and still the best horse I have ever ridden)threw his head up to look at something.I looked and it was that dog on the oppisite side of a creek that was about 75 yards away, trying to sneek back over to our house.Well,I just rode away sort of at a 45 degree angle toward him,while building a loop in my rope,thinking I was gonna get some roping practice.Because by this time he was getting smart,he just sat on his haunches and watched me to see if I was gonna ride in a different direction.Just about the time I decided I was close enough to do what I had in mind...he did too.He wheeled and took off down the creek with me and my horse about 30 or 40 yards behind him and gaining fast because that little horse of mine had locked on him like radar.I didn't have any intention on hurting this dog because I knew he was well thought-of by some little kids at his home,I was just gonna scare the living s...,well,you-know-what-out-of-him, to keep him away from our bitch.Well,with my hat pulled down over my eye's and vision limited,he ducked sharp to the left when I was just about to throw my loop.My horse, going all-out,got him lined out again as we were heading down into the creek bottom where there were lot's of trees lining it,which,since I was totaly focused,forgot about.I was just about to throw my loop again when I was reminded of these trees, when at a downward slope into the water,up popped a long thick-looking tree branch.Well,it was too late to set my horse up,as it would have caught him right between the eye's or maybe under his chin.And it was way too late for me to do anything except take my punishment.My horse just had to duck his head a little and that tree branch clipped my saddle horn, caught me about midway of the belly-button and sternum,lifted me clean out of the saddle and landed on top of me flat of my back on the ground, as I could hear my horse splashing across the creek still chasing the dog.After I got my air and senses back,and the branch off of me,(luckily the branch was rotted in the middle or I mite not be telling this story now)I found my horse a quarter of a mile away still staring over the property boundry fence in the direction the dog went.It hurt to breathe for about a week,but I never saw that dog again.
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Posted: Dec 27th, 2005 at 06:22 pm
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Hey,Yunddle Jack.I don't get it.What's your point?
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hhangingh
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Posted: Dec 6th, 2007 at 04:52 pm
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The thing about ranch stories are they are not very funny unless they happen to someone else or if it has been several years and you can reflect upon it.
So, here goes one that I was able to witness. My husband has a big (16 +) 4 year old, green but gentle gelding which he rides regularly on the ranch. One of the guys he works with was walking from his house to the barn (about 50 yards) and you know how cowboys like walking, well buckaroos hate it even worse. So, hubby offers him a ride. Well, it was cold and ole paint was tight and bucked that kid off right in the barn yard. He came off with a hunk of mane and made us swear not to tell anyone. I haven't seen many people get bucked off with someone leading the horse. Ponying yes! We got a good kick out of it. Nothing hurt but pride.
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I'd rather spend 10 seconds in the saddle than a lifetime of watching from the stands.
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landrun89
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Posted: Aug 28th, 2009 at 02:40 pm
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Our ranch is located along a major highway. One night some cattle got out. We feed our cattle with a truck and sirene so when the cows hear the sirene they come running. It is a new sirene just like the ones in an ambulance or cop car. Well A highway patrolman was out trying to push the cattle back in with his cruiser and everytime he would get them going in the right direction he would hit his sirene and all the cattle would turn around and go back towards him. I let him do this for about 10 minutes before I let him in on the joke. Very short story but it was pretty funny I thought at one point he was going to start shooting. You know how cops are.
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loulou
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Posted: Oct 25th, 2009 at 09:06 am
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iam looking fore a men whit a farm .
i like the farmlife but can have it here so who hase a place ???
greets karina
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