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Daily Ranch Journal

July 31st, 2025

7/31/2025

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​Weather: NA
Where: Cow Pairs and open coming 3’s (223) EG-4
Heifer Pairs (55) Yearling Heifers (117) EG-11
Yearling steers (127): Alex’s
Bulls (7) left in Corrals.
Supplement:
Sales:
Ads/Splits/Paddock:
 
Cps: Move into rest of EG-5
HPS/Y: 1 split (August 2 2 splits)
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July 30th, 2025

7/30/2025

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​Weather:
Where: Cow Pairs and open coming 3’s (223) EG-4
Heifer Pairs (55) Yearling Heifers (117) EG-11
Yearling steers (127): Alex’s
Bulls (7) left in Corrals.
Supplement:
Sales:
Ads/Splits/Paddock:
 
Cps: 2 splits
HPS/Y: 1 split
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July 29th, 2025

7/29/2025

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​Weather:
Where: Cow Pairs and open coming 3’s (223) EG-4
Heifer Pairs (55) Yearling Heifers (117) EG-11
Yearling steers (127): Alex’s
Bulls (7) left in Corrals.
Supplement:
Sales:
Ads/Splits/Paddock:
 
Cps: I split
HPS/Y: 1 split
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July 28th, 2025

7/28/2025

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Weather: Partly cloudy and hot then evening brings a volent tumult of rain and wind.
Where: Cow Pairs and open coming 3’s (223) EG-4
Heifer Pairs (55) Yearling Heifers (117) EG-11
Yearling steers (127): Alex’s
Bulls (7) left in Corrals.
Supplement:
Sales:
Ads/Splits/Paddock:
 
CPs 1 split
HPs/Yearlings 1 split.
 
Cows break out and Max and I get things corrected. To do these daily moves with many opportunities for breakouts to be without a good dog would be madness. A good tempered herd with a good dog can be realign things to the right place in a very short period of time.
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July 27th, 2025

7/27/2025

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​Weather: Almost perfect with renewed evening thunderstorm activity.
Where: Cow Pairs and open coming 3’s (223) EG-4
Heifer Pairs (55) Yearling Heifers (117) EG-11
Yearling steers (127): Alex’s
Bulls (7) left in Corrals.
Supplement:
Sales:
Ads/Splits/Paddock:
 
CPs 2 splits
HPs/Yearlings 1 split.
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July 26th, 2025

7/26/2025

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​Weather: Continued hot with early evening thunderstorm and just a touch of hail.
Where: Cows (224) 224 EG-4
Heifer Pairs (55) Yearling Heifers (117) EG-11
Yearling steers (127): Alex’s
Bulls (18) Corrals
Supplement:
Sales/departures: 4 animals from HP/Yearling group; 1 cow from CP group.
Ads/Splits/Paddock:
 
Both groups move to new splits.
5 BULLS IN HP/YEARLING GROUP (include 2 Galloways from Harley).
8 BULLS IN COW PAIRS with helpful assist from Harley
Wade and Tee cut out 5 culls (1 from CPs and 4 from HP/Yearling group)
 
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July 25th, 2025

7/25/2025

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Weather: Continued hot.
Where: Cows (224) 224 EG-4
Heifer Pairs (55) Yearling Heifers (117) EG-11
Yearling steers (127): Alex’s
Bulls (18) Corrals
Supplement:
Sales: 7 cull cows to Billings
Ads/Splits/Paddock:
 
No splits today
Bulls remain in corrals.
New storage on BLM delivered and set.
Becca retested 2 bulls. Galloway tested bad.
Picture
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July 24th, 2025

7/24/2025

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​Weather: Warming up.
Where: Cows (224) 224 EG-4
Heifer Pairs (55) Yearling Heifers (117) EG-11
Yearling steers (127): Alex’s
Bulls (18) Corrals
Supplement:
Sales: 7 cull cows to Billings
Ads/Splits/Paddock:
 
CPs two splits
HPs-HY EG-11 1 splits
Bulls in corrals
 
Seeing a lot of sweet clover in EG-4 in similar spots when it exploded in 2019. Not excited. First sign of tunnel spider webs.
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July 23rd, 2025

7/23/2025

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​Weather: More shots of rain and continued cool.
Where: Cows (224) 224 EG-4
Heifer Pairs (55) Yearling Heifers (117) EG-11
Yearling steers (127): Alex’s
Bulls (18) WG-1
Supplement:
Sales: 7 cull cows to Billings
Ads/Splits/Paddock:
 
CPs two splits
HPs-HY EG-11 1 splits
Bulls in corrals
 
Cows break out into EG-5. Bulls break out and trailed to corrals.
 
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July 22nd, 2025

7/22/2025

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​Weather: More unsettled and wet weather
Where: Cows (224) EG-4
Heifer Pairs (55) Yearling Heifers (117)  EG-11
Yearling steers (127): Alex’s
Bulls (15) Bulls in WG-1.
Supplement:
Sales: 7 cull cows to Billings
Ads/Splits/Paddock:
 
CPs two splits
HPs-HY move to EG-11
Bulls stay put.
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    • Field Guide Contributors
    • Dragon Tales >
      • The Dragon's View
      • Wherein the Big Wall Dragon Brings Rain to the Plains
      • Big Wall Dragon From Pierce's View
      • Big Wall Dragon's Letter to Max 2016
    • History >
      • Prehistoric to Open Range
      • Open Range Era
      • Homestead to Present
    • Geology >
      • Geology of the Milton Ranch and Adjacent Areas
      • Fossil Fuel Resource History-Milton Ranch Area
      • Ice Age in Central Montana
      • Regional Paleontology
      • Figure 1 Milton Location Map
      • Figure 2 Milton Geology
      • Figure 3 Milton Time Scale
      • Figure 4 Milton Strat Column
      • Table 1 Oil Field Data and Summary
    • Plants >
      • Nearactic Rim Lichen
      • Vegetation of the Milton Ranch
      • Vascular Plant List 2016
      • Plants by Genus
      • Likin' the Lichen
      • Plant Related Articles
      • Designing Native Seed Mixes for Restoring Crested Wheatgrass Fields
      • Non-Vascular Survey
    • Prairie >
      • Grassland Managment
    • Soil
    • Wildlife >
      • Golden Eagle Study
      • Annual Bird Monitoring
  • Daily Ranch Journal
  • Grazing Reports
  • Resource Links
  • Monitoring