This same rancher tells me of this last summer, during
the worst grass fire season he’d ever seen in SE Montana. Mind you he’s been
here since the 1940’s, he has seen his fair share of grass fires.
Anyhow, during this time he lost 90% of his grassland. Land
that he needed to graze his cattle in the spring was now gone and no tellin if
there’d be enough moisture come winter to seed the grass for spring.
After fighting the fires for weeks, with his neighbors,
this ol’ rancher took account of his stock, expecting the worst. His next door
neighbor lost 100 head of prime beef stock to the flames.
Upon finishing his head count the rancher was pleasantly
surprised to find he had not lost a single head of cattle. More amazing is the
fact that he was not able to get all the stock in from the fields in time, the
grass burn down to scorched earth dirt, but the cows didn’t even singe a hair
on their tails.
Oh, did I mention that this old rancher prays for his
cows every day that’s out ride range with them?
I’m reminded of a Bible story about some Hebrew boys and
a really hot furnace…
Afternoon skies over the Res.
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