Country Lifestyles
World Championship Coyote Hunt – Cowboy Culture
By Clay Reid
Many times in my life I have been told that I have lost my dang mind. Well, this past week, I think it was proven, and from now on I won’t have the ammo to disagree. This is how the story goes, and before I start I want to apologize once again to my editor for my tardiness in getting this story out.
This year I decided to try my hand at winning a World Championship title as a coyote caller. In doing so, it meant working double-time at the ranch to be able to get everything caught up to speed in order to take off for a few days. That in itself was tough enough, because any time a man needs something to go easy, Mr. Life will throw you a curve ball. He did, but I hit that sucker and moseyed on around the bases any old way.
The World Championship was located in Utah this year, up around Salt Lake City. So me and my hunting partner of 20 years, Mitch McLemore, decided we would fly up there and sign up then fly back to Texas and hunt. This would have been no big deal, but neither of us are very big fans of flying.
We were committed in our quest to be the champion, so we loaded our butts up on that plane Wednesday night and headed out. Oh yeah, if you guys could’a just seen our hillbilly hiney’s getting around this airport, it might have brought ya to tears. We were lost from the word go.
However, it seems that a cowboy is quite the celebrity in an airport these days. Right off the bat, as we were trying to get strip searched in the airport security line, I noticed these cute little blondes looking me up and down and giggling.
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By: Martha Crump
Most cattle producers can tell you quite a lot about balancing cattle diets for energy, protein, vitamins, and minerals based on the specific needs for their herd and type of operation.
A key factor, and one that is often overlooked, is that how your animals perform is also directly affected by their water intake.
Now many of you may already be thinking “well of course water is necessary, anybody knows that!”
In many years, as September marches into October, we are beginning to experience some return of rainfall. But as many of us know, that is not always the case. Often we are still experiencing hot and dry weather, and water supplies are dwindling.
When we find ourselves experiencing those types of fall conditions, it is critical to not only understand the daily water requirements for cattle, but also the impact that the quality of water can have on herd health and development.
To read more, pick up a copy of the October edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By: Annette Bridges
A friend and I were recently talking about our husbands. She made a comment that I felt also perfectly described me and my hubby.
“He slows me and I hurry him. I’m sure that is why we do well together,” she said.
“Precisely!” I thought. Why?
Because when two different worlds collide, it can be magical.
No matter what those two different worlds are- a man and a woman with very different personalities, beliefs, or backgrounds, two partners with contrasting passions, strengths, or talents, or when a country boy marries a city girl.
To read more, pick up a copy of the October edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
Watauga, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, is known for its rich history as a railroad stop, but over the course of the last year, one teen girl has put it on the map for agriculture as well. Emma Harvey has lived in Tarrant County her entire life. Despite being highly involved in her local 4-H chapter, she still felt there was more she could do. In the spring of 2023, she stepped up to the plate to take over the title of Tarrant County Teen Miss Agriculture USA.
“It all started when I put in an application for the teen title here in Tarrant County,” explained Harvey.
The Miss Agriculture USA program is a national non-profit, age-inclusive pageant program that offers both competition and non-competition titles to women dedicated to the promotion of agriculture.
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Photo by Hannah Claxton.
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