Gathering and cutting brands at Temple PondThe Gates & Foremaster ranch is on the Arizona strip and every spring it's the "Big Brand"!! It is always an exciting time for the boys to go out and work, work, work, until the cows come home or at least until they have all the calves branded! Tanner was the only one from our family going out until we realized how much fun it would be for the whole fam to go out so we arranged our heavy work schedule, put on the old duds, loaded the ice chests and met up with Tanner and the rest of the gang early afternoon on a very hot & dusty day. I had so much fun with this photo shoot and had great models to work with! Tanner wasn't so happy to have me videoing and snapping every second but was really glad I had cut up watermelon to drop into his mouth during the hot & dusty brand! It turned out to be a very fun and memorable day and I got some amazing pictures that I will share in a slide show as well
Relaxing on horseback and four wheeling while the big boys do all the work!
Clint tricking the calves that branding doesn't hurt, only getting pulled by the nostrils does!
Tanner & Shaydon doing the muscle work pushing the calves through the shoot.
Our work is done. What a dirty but happy family!
