Venomous snakes pose a danger to stock and stockmen alike because they live and work in snake habitat. Rattlesnakes are the most common risk, but in some regions copperheads and cottonmouths (also called water moccasins) are a concern.

We’ve heard the saying: If these walls could speak … oh, the stories they would tell. I think the same is true of land. If our land could talk, what would it say?

The unrelenting early spring wind continued on. It was well into its third day of mercilessly tormenting me. Oh, it had slowed to about 15 mph, but now the gusts were accompanied by flurries of snow that whipped my face like the tail of a nervous colt recklessly slapping at a deer fly.

A fine-lookin’ horse you’ve got there
(if yer into modern art)

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