Cowboy Gets BUCKED Off Horse | Texas Cattle Drive

All right, we’ve got some catching up to do as far as these newsletters go. We’re a little behind, and I apologize for that—but that actually leads me to my first announcement.

Normally, when these newsletters start coming out a little slower or we miss a week or two, there’s a reason for it. Well, this time, it’s a pretty good one.

I’m very happy to announce that a new soul has entered the world. Archer King McCauley was officially born, which means I am officially a dad.

It’s been a wild few weeks around here, and between a new baby, ranch work, and everything else going on, finding time to sit down and write these newsletters has been pretty difficult. Thankfully, we’ve kept the YouTube videos rolling, so hopefully you’ve been keeping up with us over there.

In fact, the only reason I had time to sit down and write this newsletter today is because cattle working got delayed!

A Quick Newsletter Update

During this especially demanding season, we’re going to lean a little more heavily on our YouTube videos to keep everybody up to date.

These newsletters take quite a bit of time to put together—especially pulling photos, sorting through them, and getting everything laid out. So, for the time being, you’ll probably notice fewer pictures and a more condensed summary of what’s happening around the ranch.

If you want the full experience and all the visuals, watch the YouTube video included with each newsletter. All you have to do is click the video or picture. You don’t need a YouTube account, and you don’t have to subscribe—it’ll simply start playing.

Now, if you do have a YouTube account, we’d certainly appreciate you subscribing. It helps our ranch and our channel more than you might realize.

With that out of the way, let’s jump back a few weeks and catch up on what’s been happening.

Pushing Cattle Through Rush Creek

We were getting an early start on a few things this year, including palpating our heifers and doing some earlier-than-normal weaning. There’s a good reason for all of that, which we’ll get into as we continue through the next few weeks.

But first, we had to get the cattle gathered and moved.

That meant a cattle drive through Rush Creek.

Rush Creek is one of the more unique pastures on the ranch. If you picture a ranch in most parts of the Texas Panhandle, you probably picture flat, wide-open country. Being along Palo Duro Canyon gives us some very different terrain, though, and Rush Creek sits right at the beginning of that canyon country.

Faith, Aaron, and I headed up there horseback to gather the cattle, while Sam got out ahead of us in the feed Hummer. From there, our job was pretty simple on paper: gather everything up and push the cattle down Rush Creek.

Of course, cattle work is rarely as simple as it sounds.

Aaron was riding a fairly new horse, and the horse decided to make the day a little more interesting for him. You can see plenty of that in the video, along with some really beautiful country that we don’t always get the chance to show.

In the end, though, it was a successful mission. We got the cattle gathered, moved through Rush Creek, and where they needed to be.

And that sets us up for a pretty interesting couple of weeks ahead.

We’ve got some great videos coming out, and if you want to get caught up right now, you can head over to YouTube and watch everything we’ve already put out. Otherwise, we’ll keep sharing the videos here through the newsletter and website as we go.

As always, we appreciate you taking the time to follow along with what we do.

And if you’d like to support us beyond watching the videos, consider filling your freezer with some TriTails Beef. You’ll get an exceptional cut of American beef while directly supporting the ranchers who raise it.

We’ll keep doing what ranchers have always done—putting our heads down, taking care of the cattle, taking care of the land, and finding a way forward regardless of what comes out of Washington. A lot of what’s being offered as “help” to ranchers right now isn’t much help at all.

So we’ll keep working, and we’ll keep bringing you along for the ride.

We appreciate every one of you, and we’ll see you soon.