Welcome to G&G Longhorns
"A true cowboy is one who says it was nothing when it was everything."
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Thank you to Nelson & Tammy Hearn, Cathy Hawke, and Tony & Sylvia Allen for their belief in our breeding program and our goals...
Holy Cow! Our embryo consigned to the LWC Sale is a confirmed HEIFER!! Sittin Bull x Redman's Legacy heifer due in the spring of 2011
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A Cowboy's Journal....
Friday August 28th, 2010
It's been like fall here the last couple days but it's suppose to turn hot again. Just when we're about to make some small square bales. We have about 75% of our hay fields down right now getting raked and baled. The weather has been perfect for it too. We finially got a good bit of our fencing done as well. We've had a summer long project of replacing a lot of the wood sections that were put up with Ben and Ann bought the place. It's a tedious project but when each bit get's done and it looks as good as it does it's worth it.
We're gearing up for the LWC sale. Working on all our new suprises for this event. It's a lot of fun to come up with new ways to promote and sell your animals. This is going to be a good event.
We're also looking at doing a fall roundup in the first or second weekend in November. Back in the time of real cowboys this was a huge event. It allowed neighboring ranches to work and help eachother out, as well as a social event too! Basically we're branding cattle, visiting with friends, talking longhorns and having a great meal. Recently one of our foundation animals' brands were looking a bit funny. After catching her up and examining her it was determined she had some pre cancerious tissues developing. The specialist we had look at her started to explain how a bad branding job could lead to something like this. It was kind of taken back alittle. This cow was branded by some sure enough cowmen. This was no first timer doing when he thought he saw on tv. After speaking with a few people it sort of came to my attention that as simple as the concept of branding is there are so many things that can and will go wrong if people are unsure exactly how to do so. This can lead to major finiancial losses running from the death of an animal, losing in the show ring (watched a judge take an animal from first to last place because of a bad brand), and losing a customer because of the uglyness and potentional problem caused by a bad brand. So we're going to brand about a half dozen of our own animals. This is a great opportunity to see how our working operations run as far as running our cattle through chutes and such. We are also encouraging everyone and anyone to bring down a few of their own head that may need branded. For a few reasons, first if anyone needs help branding we are going to have everyone working cattle so the man power is going to be here, second, we have the facilities to handle such animals, and third, it's a great opportunity for people to bring a few of their best heifers and promote their own programs. This will be a fun social event when we're eating lunch, looking at cattle, etc. HOWEVER, when it comes down to working and branding we are very serious. This has the potentional to be dangerous. If you bring your animals, while they are being worked they are under my control. I am going to treat your animals as great as I treat mine. This is not a time for someone to show off how much of a cowman they are. This way everything will work smoothly and everyone will have a great time. I'lll be sending out more information about this but if anyone is interested or wants more details please contact me. This is open to everyone who is getting into, wants to get in to, or has animals. I can't wait to see everyone.
Until next time....to the stars and back forever....
Bear Davidson
G&G Longhorns
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