Cow Country

[RanchRoper]

Hey cowboy, it won't be long till you are a ramrod. Your country looks very similar to places in Montana.

Alberta and Montana should just do away with that pesky border and just be one big cow country.

[Bish1309]

Here's the ol' ranchroper at work with Badger, photo taken by my wife, This was early last spring, again out somewhere working somebody's cows....

Must have been Sunday if I'm wearing my tie...

Lovin' the hat in the picture!!

[Sir Henry]

Hey cowboy, it won't be long till you are a ramrod. Your country looks very similar to places in Montana.

Alberta and Montana should just do away with that pesky border and just be one big cow country.

I'm with you on that.

[RanchRoper]

Badger on his brunch break this morning. I just sat and leaned against a fence post for awhile. Nice a quiet out there. Good for the soul.

[Deadwood Dutch]

That's a beautiful photo! I really like it! Sometimes when I was younger I used to hike way back on a flat on top of a mountain that was in short driving distance from my home and park the car and hike with a rifle or revolver. Not to hunt, just to hike. I just sat there in the deafening silence and watched for any small birds or creatures that might happen by. Just for fun. You are right, it is good for the soul.

[RanchRoper]

I love black and white photos. They have a lonely look to them I think.

[CT_Shooter]

I love black and white photos. They have a lonely look to them I think.

They're also much more difficult to produce than color. This one is beautiful with distinct shades of grey stretching from the sky all the way down to the grass, including details and shadows on Badger and the light of the sun reflecting from the stirrup. Wonderful composition. Thanks.

I love B&W, too.

[RanchRoper]

This field was full of cows a couple weeks ago so I thought the emptiness of it was kinda neat. "Next year country" I've heard it called. Cowboy life goes from frantic activity some days to this scene the next.
If I could take this photo again I'd have the saddle horn break the horizon.

[RanchRoper]

Gathered and sorted 400 pairs today. Sorting the steers and heifers. Temps in the 60's. Spent 9 hours in the saddle. Badgers tired tonight. We also saw a brief sighting of a cougar chasing down a deer just up the hill behind where we were sorting. I only caught a glimpse as they went over the hill. But deer was on the menu.

[RanchRoper]

More. Enjoy. And of course I was packing my Henry.