South Dakota Storm Gets Nasty!
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- Our ranch is located in the Northern Black Hills on the South Dakota/ Wyoming border where my family settled and started ranching in 1883.
I work alongside my parents, Jeff and Jodi, our ranch hand, Jaques, and my wife, Damaris who also works as a nurse in town. We have friends and family who come along very frequently as well!
We run a cow/calf operation where we summer our cattle on the Black Hills National Forest and winter them in the foothills of the Black Hills. We also have a backgrounding feedlot, and grow alfalfa and grass hay.
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For those watching this video, you are witnessing what real men are, God bless them.
Thanks Denny, God Bless!
Thieves in Amerikkka!
You guys have my utmost respect and admiration. Praying for y’all and your livestock. Be safe.
Is it not possible in the fall to build some type of boarded wall or plant some trees or something so that they have some shelter from the wind
S*** even pack a bunch drive but once you hear tractors in there and then then stand behind your tractors
Thank you Iris! Merry Christmas!
You earn every cent you make on farming. That winter is bitter...while we're watching the video in a warm house. We are all so Blessed by God. Merry Christmas!
We sure are Delton, God Bless and Merry Christmas man!
I'm witnessing something great on your channel Carson!! Wholesome family with good American ideals and excellent stewardship of our outdoors, planning for future generations to build on, never ever see content like this in the news channels anymore. Bless you and your family!!
Thank you, really appreciate that! Merry Christmas!
Welcome to Amerikkka! #NoRespect #BrokenTreaties
Oh my I’m sending my thoughts and prayers to you all and the livestock!!!! Most folks don’t realize how cold and snowy the Dakotas get in the winter…Even though the cows are well insulated and snow lays on their backs….it’s still quite a shock to have all the snow and cold blustery winds…Thank God for tractors with cabs and that start when it’s cold…We always plugged our tractors and vehicles in when it’s winter…Please stay safe and warm….Is your snow wet or it is dry like it is in Wyoming…Wyoming’s snow is dry in the winter and more wet in the spring….They say Chicago is the Windy City…they have never been to the Dakotas and Wyoming…..Great video….Thank you…❤
Thank you Deb! Stay safe and warm! Our snow is about the same as yours I think! Merry Christmas!
Tip my hat to You for letting us see just what You go through out there braving the elements! Can’t believe how calm and collected You are in the face of the dangers that nature presents!!! Stay safe out there!! Blessings for Your family 🙏🏻 ❕❕
Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas!
I really appreciate you and your family , Carson! The world needs to know the sacrifice good stewardship is all about…where their food comes from and all the hard work and dedication ….God bless y’all ! stay safe!
It's mind boggling how many people just think it comes from Safeway!
Thanks a lot! God bless and Merry Christmas!
Stolen country from kkkolonizers! #YourAllIllegal! #NoRespect #BrokenTreaties
Can't begin to tell you how much I enjoy your videos. To be able to take care of animals that depend on you and look for you every day has got to be one of the neatest things there is and to get done at the end of the day and know they are content and full is great . Have a great holiday and remember the reason for the season. God bless you and your family
Thank you Destry! God Bless and Merry Christmas!
Gloves and bibs gets me can’t move
I HOPE YOU KEEP YOU AND YOUR CATTLE SAFE AND WARM...
Thanks Bob! Stay safe as well!
Merry Christmas Happy Holidays to All !🎄Stay Warm Stay Safe & keep that little bundle of joy nice and warm.
Merry Christmas to you Sue!
Hey brother. I’ve been praying for y’all and the ranch during this storm. Thanks for taking us along to see what you’re dealing with. We get an inch of snow here and it just about shuts the state down lol. I can even imagine dealing with that much that you have. Stay safe dry and warm as possible. I’ve come to think of you as family. Praying for you all. Give my warmest regards to everyone. Love you guys. Your brother in Christ.
Thanks a lot John! Really appreciate that brother! Hope you and the family have a bless Christmas!
My nephew in Basin Wyoming has Lewis Adventures….He has a big business of duck hunters that come in from all over to hunt geese and ducks….This picture off all these geese would be heaven to him…Lots and lots of geese….One big dark cloud of them….😮
New subscriber here. Much respect for you and yours. Thank you for taking us with you as you braved the elements to take care of your livestock. My arthritic body sure wouldn't let me do it. This 38° weather here in Missouri has me hurting. Ya'll have some good looking cattle.
Haha thank you for watching! Merry Christmas!
New subscriber here..being raised in the suburbs I never got to see farming up close so it's really neat to see a first hand look at what you guys do and go through. Tons of respect for what you do..thanks for sharing a part of your life.
Thanks a lot for watching!
Stay warm and enjoy the season Carson! Wow that is a lot of ducks!!! Take care my friend
Thanks Michael! You too man!
Please stay warm and safe! God Bless You and your family...and the livestock too! V/R Chuck
Thank you Chuck, Merry Christmas!
Some roasted duck for Christmas dinner sounds good!!!! Glad you got through the blizzard. Stay safe and warm during the cold spell. Merry Christmas to all of you.
Thanks Kevin! Merry Christmas to you!
Amazing to see you work in that storm! And to think, all that work just to put a hamburger on my grill!
Haha merry Christmas Jack!
With all the drought we've been having in South Dakota and other areas, it surely would have been nice to have gotten at least SOME of this precip in warmer months!
Pray for your safety and for your animals. I truly enjoy enjoy watching your activities as you share them with us. Merry Christmas and may the new year be wonderful for your family, especially with your new little guy.
Thanks a lot Robert! Merry Christmas to you guys!
My family is from So. Dakota and my Grand father said sometimes it would be so cold and the snow was so deep they had to keep the cattle in side huge feeder barns.But he had lots of rancher stories lol.
I bet those were great stories Greg! Merry Christmas!
Thank you Carson for another great video 👍 Those ducks were awesome! You & your family have a Blessed Christmas 🎄
Thank you Marilyn! Merry Christmas to you guys!
Stay safe and warm. Merry Christmas to you and your family🤶🌲🎆❤
Stay safe and warm as well! merry Christmas to you guys!
Great video Carson
Wow that is a lot of ducks!
Be careful young father and let the holiday bring joy and laughter to your family. God Bless.
Will do Robbie, God Bless!
Good luck feeding your cows and heifers Carson
Thanks Kevin!
Ol' Ma Nature wanted us to remember she's in control for sure. Thankful for the moisture and that it's not calving season. 😉 That herd of ducks you've got there is insane! Fats look really good & happy to hear the pen sold well. Big fellas!
Thanks man! You’re sure right about that! Hope you guys are faring the weather well!
We apreciate your hard work year round. We farmed in Minnesota for a few years. It was hard tough work and not always with profit.
Just found your utube binged watched them. That was quite the drifting snow great video pictures.
Thank you!
Good GOD Almighty!!! I don’t miss the snow and wind! You guys are better men than me! Stay safe out there !
Haha thanks Mike! Stay safe as well!
THANKS!
Cattle looking good. Can't imagine such extreme weather though. Its a little warmer in the hills of WV. A lot easier to feed our cattle. You get more snow in one day than we get in a year.
Your video came up for the very first time in my so called “feed”, lol, today. I was just watching my fav channel of Dagley Ranch when that happened. How YT decides what happens where in promoting videos seems a mystery overall, HOWEVER, I am so grateful and amazed that U can now see another perspective to this, punch in your face, everyday reality of life that most likely, north of 90% of our people would AUTOMATICALLY retreat from!!!!!
I admire your get down on it and conquer it spirit… 1:27 .
Wow, truly Amazing!!!……
💕ALL that you can attitude and action!!! THAT IS EVERYTHING!!!
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So nice that you put extra care into your stock….and remove the the bale wrap! Love it
Hi Carson, wow that was a massive drift that you plowed through with your truck. It was crazy how much snow accumulated on the hood of your truck. I think the Blizzard you had is coming our way in Northwest Indiana late Thursday Night into Friday. It is supposed to get bitterly cold here after that. Hope you and your family have a great Christmas and best wishes for a Heathy and Happy 2023.
Merry Christmas Ben! Stay safe out there!
Remember that song " Wanta Build a Snowman".... go for it. Be safe you guys but enjoy life.
Haha I’ll see if the wife wants to!
we are -- 37 C this morning --45 C with wind chill always nice if the tractor starts and get feed to the cows
Stay warm out there Glen!
East River guy loving your work! Thank you for all you do
Thanks man! Stay warm this week!
I often wondered how cattle survived during winters. Now, I know. Thx
Thanks for watching!
No one around to bring me lunch, so it’s a root beer and a wagbar while I’m watching your latest. We are expecting an artic blast on Wednesday night through Thursday. Stay warm and Merry Christmas!
Sounds like a pretty good lunch Todd, if I was around I’d bring you something! Haha take care and Merry Christmas!
I love the snow but of course I don’t have to work in it. Great video. Be safe!
Haha thanks Ed! Merry Christmas!
I'm always amazed at how you take everything in stride that would overwhelm most folks.
Thank you!
I watched your show yesterday and went to sleep think about those cows and how cold it is love those cows when as young raised mon farm had to milk 5 head before going to my first year in high school it would be so cold that milk would frezze in the air, you guys stay ,warm
Wow!!!! Remember when you were a kid jumping in those drifts. It was fun then but not now. We got a little snow last night but Thursday the prediction is for heavy snow . It is going to get cold also. I see in British Columbia it is -40C! Gosh hope you don't get that. Keep warm and bundle up. Hi to Damaris and baby. We live in South Western Ontario Canada
Stay warm out there Evelyn! I’ll do that! Yes it was fun as a kid but not as much fun now haha God Bless!
We are getting the storm now. It is so cold and the wind is vicious. Merry Christmas to you and your family. I hope Santa finds his way through the snow to your house!!!
Thanks for the video Carson 👍 I feel for y'all in all the bad weather but that's part of it. We are supposed to get real cold here next few days I hope y'all have a merry Christmas. Stay safe
Thanks Terry! Stay safe and warm and Merry Christmas!
yes it sure turn winter in hurry.. we got lots of snow to.. cows are tuff and pull threw a lot of bad weather take care
Stay warm Brent!
The cold and snow makes everything twice as hard to get done. Especially down here where we are. We just don't have the equipment to deal with it. Hope yall have a Merry Christmas.
Sure does Mike! Merry Christmas to you!
Thanks for the video in winter weather...fun to watch. Farmers feed America...Farmers ROCK !!
Thank you!
I’m about to head out into this same stuff here in Montana in a few minutes to feed horses and other livestock. We’re supposed to be -22 tonight. Keeping everyone fed and watered is priority. The house dogs can barely get out the front door to go out right now. Stay safe out there!!!
Stay warm out there!
Good to see you have a partner out there. Warning No sitt'n on the outhouse seat.
Haha that’d be a cold seat!
Glad to hear the prices are better for the ranchers
When you get a day without wind set up a big bonfire.
My hat's off to you folks. I live in northern lower Michigan and we have a lot of lake effect snow and cold weather but not like you have for cold and wind.
The weather men have been predicting a arctic blast for weeks .
I want you to know I really enjoy your videos. I ranch in ky. We mainly deal with mud. Thinking of you guys this next week.
Thanks a lot Brock! Merry Christmas!
Oh my goodness! Those are all ducks? I’ve never seen anything like that before.
As a person that eats food that farmers and ranchers grow, thank you for putting in the work.
Prayers for safety and for your cattle
The cows love the sound of the tractor they know it’s meal time
They sure do!
East side got 9-12 inches over the last 2 days, 5-7 ft drifts, 35mph winds, and -50 wind chills. I hope we can get out of this everlasting drought
Were on the other side of the State. Watertown. It has been nasty here as well. Good Luck !
Hang in there. The storm just hitting us now in northern pa. And our power went out. Oh great
It's so cold right now too. 😩 brrr y'all stay warm out there. 🙏💜
Thank you!
@@sleepranch you're welcome
Winter hasn't been to bad yet but now we are making up for having it good so far!
That’s exactly right!
My son and grandson were in SD pheasant hunting recently. God be with you and all your family as you care for your livestock!
Thank you Freta! Take care!
Getting bitter cold here in Powell, Wyoming. Today, Tuesday December 20, expected high is going to be 8°F and low of -5°F. Livestock Warning for Wednesday through Friday afternoon. Wind chills here Wednesday through Friday could reach -50°, so be safe out there. Does your hired hand have a family.? To everyone at the Sleep Ranch, Have a Blessed and Merry Christmas
Crazy small world i live n clark
Thanks Thomas! Stay warm out there! Yep he had a wife! Merry Christmas and God Bless!
Wow that’s a lot of snow hopefully everything goes smooth
Thanks Greg!
I"m coming over from Adler Farms :) God Bless Ya'll from South Carolina (though I grew up in Germany, Colorado and around ) Take care of you and Fam!
Thank you for watching!
I know you guys are running around like crazy today and getting ready for this next super cold front coming in this week. We had 21 below zero wind chill here this morning but that will feel like a heat wave compared to Wed-Thursday! yikes! Over a foot of new snow, high wind and blizzard conditions BUT! the predicted windchill values up here are 50-60 below zero!!! I remember dealing with those levels when I lived in Alaska but I really dont like it AT ALL! We are trying to get hay stacked in for cattle, wind breaks solid and every kind of heater wecan find to put on tractor, trucks and ATVs. Please be safe my friend and take good care!!!
Stay warm up there RSP, keep up the fight! Merry Christmas to you guys!
@@sleepranch Merry Christmas to you all as well my friend! Just had -58 wind chills and total white out conditions and praying for you all now since the storm is over your way now. Be safe and warm!
Wow!! I'm not overly fond of the wind myself! We are dealing with -32 Celcius this morning and it's warmed up to -25!! Woo hoo!!
Brr! Stay safe and warm!
Been there, done that! Moved away from SD in 1979. Miss the people, not the winters.
Don’t blame you! Haha
Got up in Vegas to freezing temperatures this morning but watching your day makes me think that this is nothing compared to your day and duties, great video on your part lots to enjoy, and its good to watch your Dad make all the calls and you following orders and learning at the same time. I think you need to get some curtains on your house just for the winters only it looked cold seeing your wife and future farmer safe inside. I wouldn't want curtains in better weather so I could see all the views, sunset etc. Did you get rid of your horse? Loved this video.
Thanks Jimmy! Nope the horses are out to winter pastures! Stay safe and Merry Christmas!
Thanks for the video. I have friends that live outside of Union Center SD and have always admired there lives out on the prairie. Down to earth and the most honest trustworthy people I know. It's a life that most people aren't even conscious of. I have lots of admiration of ranchers and farmers.
Thank you, that means a lot!
Watching you buck the drifts in your truck, wade through hip high drifts to get panels, and then seeing the wind whip that snow around ... My heart goes out to you. That's a really tough job. I'm not young enough to do that anymore, but I've seen my share of those temps.
What is the composition of those cake pellets?
I am dreading finding out how you are going to do during the upcoming really, really, dangerously frigid weather.
I'm down here in southern Texas, and even here, WE are going to get temps in the 20°s. Our palm trees are going to lose all their fronds again ... People with banana trees will have to replant. Except for those with blue bananas. Those are from the uplands of Guatamala. They can withstand temps below freezing.
Very interesting about the bananas! I had no idea! Stay warm down there and have a merry Christmas!
We may have, or not, in the past. 🤣🤣 You're not gonna hear me complain about a duck, or six being shot off a food pile!!
No kidding haha, I wouldn't even bring it up, just more ammo for you know who!😁
8:33 AM Tuesday 12/20/22
That’s some cold cold up there…. real Cowboy weather LOL
We will get the storm down here in Texas this weekend they say. Friday mornings low is predicted to be 5* . No moisture and that’s good because it would be ICE not snow. Carson we here at the Wadsworth house wish you and yours up there a very Merry Christ’mas and a Happy New Year’s too to all be blessed
Thanks a lot Dale! Stay safe out there and Merry Christmas to you and your family!
@@sleepranch well our low this morning was 9* . Got some snow yesterday but thank God no ice or accumulation of snow for with the 45-50 MPH winds it could not lay on ground long. I know y’all were lower and beaucoup more snow.
Holy smokes thats a lot of ducks. Stay warm Carson.
Thanks! Take care Kathy!
Hey Carson,
Well it's our turn here in Wisconsin this week lots of snow coming with big wind, there talking blizzard conditions so lots of extra work coming our way.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Merry Christmas Jeff! Stay warm and safe out there!
Made me chuckle when you said that people would work out what you made on the number of cattle sold. How many would want to be working the hours you have to put in and in those conditions?
Wow! So many ducks!
Wow we don't have anything like that here, I don't know how you do it, but you do a super job
I live in Rapid City. Stay safe everyone!
Hey Carson! So interesting to see what exactly you and the family are going through with our last blizzard. You are doing a great job with your channel. May God continue to watch over you all and protect your family and cattle. -The Calderons
Thanks Alex, hope you guys are doing well!
Good work getting a fair price is a good feeling!!
Thanks!
Carson great video but I have one complaint. How are u not going to show us that handsome baby. Your wife is amazing by the way ..Thank you for sharing with us... You have my respect as well. I could never do what you do but I love watching.
Haha thanks Rachel! That’s a great complaint! I’ll get more footage of the little man!
stay safe - prayers and positive vibes to you all.
Thanks!
I used to enjoy snow storms, no idea why I was that insane. Cattle are looking good. Glad your green equipment is starting for you, our old 3010 started well down to zero but still plugged it in. We had about zero last night now it is up to 12 but the wind is pretty calm here yesterday and today. I admit I have not stepped outside for 2 days, not fond of the temps that low anymore. The snowdrifts if they connect would be awesome for snowmobiling, used to have a lot of fun doing that. Glad your pickup got through the drifts it is never fun in the cold digging under a vehicle. Used to oven roast duck and keep a sauce pan with red wine and butter warm to baste and inject the duck, it gets some of the grease out and tastes good. Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and stay safe and healthy.
Sounds like a great tractor and that duck sounds amazing! Merry Christmas Badger Pa!
Praying the Good Lord keeps y’all safe and secure. That’s a rough job you’ve got but I don’t recall you ever complaining. You’re always Thankful! Wish there were more young men ( even my grandsons) like you. Have a Blessed Holiday Season.
Thank you Cathie! Merry Christmas and God Bless!
I have been thinking about you all over the last week with this blast of severe winter. Some good size cattle you took to sale and the market finally moving a bit higher is a good thing. Stay warm as you can later this week, looks like just about everyone is getting a real cold snap.
Thank you! Stay safe and warm!
Can't wait to go visit you guys during the winter to work with you all. I am about to cut and Bale our hay. We are going to FREEZE so I need to Cut ASAP to save what we have.
Merry Christmas to you, your family and all of your great Viewers. Blessings to all.
Come on up! Haha good luck haying and Merry Christmas!
@@sleepranch One of these years my friend. keep warm hope your family is well.
You guys don’t have shelter for the cattle to go to to be out of the blizzard. You could build a shelter that folds up holds about 400 cattle then after the winter is over we dissemble the shelter or have rollers to move it.We always plug our batteries in to keep charged and solar heaters for water troughs.
But the way it looks on video black hills national forest is a ruff place in winter time. Wow can’t believe you guys got snow and Indiana didn’t hardly get much snow . What we got was a week then got in three days. Keep safe and warm.
I just don't know how you do it! Impressive!
Thanks!
Far out Brussels sprout
Might wanna brake check that bonnet snow .... you know 😂
Hats off man!
Brother, that's some brutal weather! We grew corn and soybeans in Indiana and pigs indoor I remember some of the drifts were Ground to roof.
Those are some big drifts!
thanks great video
Thanks!
God blessed you, stay strong.
U are doing a great job in stormy weather. U deserve a good price on ur beef
Thanks Bill!