We had a wild evening yesterday. On my way home about 3:45 pm (about 30 miles from home) I saw a large grass fire boil up in the direction of our pastures. I called my wife and she had already seen it and headed out to check on the location. Sure enough it was really close (<1 mile) from our bred heifer pasture. We thought we were about to lose them (we had 53 heavy bred heifers and 14 of our very best cows in there - my show calf mommas from last spring). I made it home about 4:10. We made the decision to try to get them out of the pasture. It took me less than 20 minutes to get a crew put together of a semi truck and trailer, another truck and 30' gooseneck, and 5 guys on the road to our pasture which is about 15 miles from town. We had the girls called up, put in the lot, and the first loads headed to our cow lot in town by 5:30. We had them all out by 7:00.
You can't put a price on people helping you like that. As we were heading back in with the last load, I had a talk with my 12 year old son about ALWAYS taking care of the people that help you out or work for you - and not just with a paycheck. We always buy Christmas presents for the cowboys that work for us through the year, my wife will do little things for their wives, etc.
I'm sure there are a million stories like this in Texas this year, but it sure means a lot when you are the beneficiary of it.
You can't put a price on people helping you like that. As we were heading back in with the last load, I had a talk with my 12 year old son about ALWAYS taking care of the people that help you out or work for you - and not just with a paycheck. We always buy Christmas presents for the cowboys that work for us through the year, my wife will do little things for their wives, etc.
I'm sure there are a million stories like this in Texas this year, but it sure means a lot when you are the beneficiary of it.