Trapped in a Storm Herding Cattle!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- My name is Carson Sleep, I’m 23 years old and am a 6th generation rancher on the Sleep Ranch.
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.
To God be the Glory
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Your horses are beautiful love watching you work the cows on horses.
Nice looking heifers Carson
Great video Carson
Thanks Kevin!
Nice looking cows and calves Carson
Thanks Kevin!
Good Job! Older cows did a pretty good job at leading the way.
Thanks Thomas! They helped a lot!
Thank Goodness for the older cows!!! It's a real plus to have cows that know the way and the rain!!!
No kidding!
Nice video Carson
Great video.
Thanks Jerry!
Good to see real cowboys and the hardships they face, keep safe and well..
Thanks Bob, keep safe and well as well!
Love your videos
Thanks Kevin!
Nice cowboy work buddy
Thank you Shane!
Thank you brother, I love the Dynamics of your Faith driven family. The reason I say that is today's culture wants to show a different picture of a family.
Thank you Seanzy, that means a lot!
Carson let Jacque know, hope it's spelt right, as a plumber I know his pain about water in the butt crack LOL! Great video and I loved seeing the green on your property. Enjoyed seeing the boss of the ranch along, your Mom, making sure it went smoothly. Stay safe.
I’ll be sure to let him know Kevin😂thank you and stay safe!
Hahahahaha LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sure feel good to watch you all today
Yeah, see ya' on the next one .
Great video
Many thanks
Thank you Scott!
Thanks for taking us along on the ride, through a great video...moving cattle! It's work for you but a lot of joy for us.
Thank you for watching it Delton!
Good video I love when your parents came around you they got interacted with the Cows an I love the green country and one day when I get my what is the shop I would like to butcher some beef from you I’m gonna be on Delaware
Wow well thank you Hector! I’m sure we can figure something out!
Thanks for the ride
Thanks for coming Kenneth!
What lovely country you have there, miles and miles love it .
Thank you John!
@@sleepranch 🏴did you get my message re Wales and Brixham !.? If not I’ll resend, that cattle drive vid 🤯 all your vids are very good this one def 10/10, the cows and calves are looking well, really good sorts look forward to seeing progress through summer, please can we come on the drive to the beautifull Black Hills, looking forward to the next, regards to your family,
@@johnhughes2113 thanks John, I think I got it! But we’d love to have you!
What a cool video. I liked the going through the tunnel probably better than the humans and the cattle.
Good video. Good growing wether for grass the calves look well 👍👍🐮🐮🐮🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴
Thank you Huw!
Great 👍 video and cattle are looking 👌 great 👍 too
Thank you Ezra!
Love that you work your cattle on horseback! One day I was wishing my neighbor worked his that way. For some reason a young bull decided to take on me and my riding mare!!! I couldn't get off my horse to open the gate and get away from him. I promise you have never seen a woman that mad! My neighbor found out one of his hands had been playing with that bull since it was a calf. They didn't keep that bull very long. He was really a good looking bull, but he wasn't like your bulls. I guess life is short enough without having a "playful" bull. Ya'll stay safe!!
Sounds like a crazy time Kenni! Glad you were all right! Take care!
Beautiful and relaxing video. Does thus grandma good.to watch. God Bless
Another good video. The cattle sure make a lot of noise. The life of a cowboy is not always fun. I love those videos.
Thank you Evelyn!
Man thats awesome to see you guys getting some rain and loved seeing the horses working cows! Glad Trumps eye is doing well buddy, God bless you guys!
Thank you Ken, God Bless!
I'm glad you guys got rain. We have had a little more than we need but overall it has been a good spring
Thank you Ed, I’m glad you guys are getting some too!
Really nice video I enjoyed it. I'm glad you are getting rain.
Thank you Terry!
Wow!!! I would suspect it would be scary for those calves…. They can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel…What a beautiful bunch of calves…Do you have any problems with the calves mothering up to their mommas….The grass looks pretty good… Bring on the rain….Wash it a warm rain or cold rain??? Glad there wasn’t and hail…. Great job moving those cows…Have a great day…
Thank you Deb! It was a chilly rain haha and they usually pair up after a half hour or so, they do a good job! Take care and God Bless!
Loved this trip along with you Carson! Beautiful country....interesting tunnels. So glad you decided to start youtubing so we can see how you make a living 🙂
Thank you for watching Leann!
That looked like a ton of fun. I always enjoy a good cattle drive.
Thanks Reuben!
Absolutely awesome!!
Thanks Jason!
Great video guys and mom i enjoy seeing your ranch and your cattle and how you do things glad to see you getting a good rain God bless
Thanks for watching Ronald, God Bless!
Great video today as always. Awesome
Thank you!
What beautiful country
Cool👍
Thanks Steven!
Awesome video 👍
Thank you Tonya!
Omg your herd went through that long blind scary tunnel? Holy crap.
That last tunnel under the interstate was pretty small. Not sure my horses would have went into it but looks like yours are well trained. Great video and thank goodness for the moisture.
Sometimes they really don’t like going in there! Thanks Stan, take care!
ALL WE GOT TO SAY IS WOW!! KEEP IT UP.
Thanks Lonnie!
Nice video
Thanks George!
Great video, thanks for keeping it western, so much respect for you, your family and Jacque, let it rain.
Thank you Ellis, let it rain indeed. Take care!
Ooohhhh! That long, low tunnel fires up my clostrophobia!
Another pretty interesting segment of ranch life here, really enjoy these 👍
Thank you Bob!
Sending rain from Oregon. Great job!
Thanks Tom!
I'd never expected those small tunnels under the interstate. What a job! Also, what a great and beautiful piece of rolling green land especially with your family driving those cows. EDIT: Seeing you all ride out at the end in the rain looked like it could be a picture from 150 years ago, great to see.
Thank you Jack! Ya the tunnels can be interesting sometimes!
Dude, can't believe you made your Mom go out in that crappy weather. Loved the video all the same
Haha thanks Don! She chose to do she’s the crazy one!
So nice of you to take us along! Just wish I could be of some help to you 🍻 it’s always nice to have some experienced ones to lead Take care my friend
Thanks for watching Michael, maybe one day! Haha take care as well!
I really really live this video. I wish I could have been there as well. That was so awesome going through the tunnels the one was really narrow. I always wanted to do a real cattle drive. God Bless you and your family and Jac as well and his family if he has one.
Thank you Margaret! God Bless you and your family as well!
My goodness, it just gets more beautiful. I didn't realize that the temperature gets so hot there. For me I don't like the heat & humidity . Take care and thanks.
You and Jacques cracking me up! Made my day watching this. You definitely got some rain. Was this part of that bad storm recently across South Dakota.
Thanks Lynn, we didn’t get the crazy weather that Eastern SD got but this rain was similar in timing to that storm!
@@sleepranch thank you for replying
I'm with your mom. I wouldn't have been crazy about going into that long tunnel.
Haha I don’t blame you!
I have been praying alot for the ranchers out west to get some good old rain showers. Looks like if you believe things do happen for a reason !
Thank you for the prayers Robert!
Oh my word!! Running cows near the interstate lends a whole new dimension to things. That last tunnel!! Either you turned the camera off during the toughest parts or those cows are flat amazing!! How many miles trailing cows that day?
Our longest day is about 17 miles with most of it out in the middle of nowhere so pretty easy going compared to yours.
It does get interesting sometimes! This was only about 6 miles so not too bad. I know moving cows out there isn’t easy either though! Take care!
Here in the Cariboo of BC, Canada we got snow flurries this morning. Cold spring. Hope the grass does good for you.
Mm sounds chilly! Thanks Diane!
Having a horse freak out when everyone is crammed inside that shorter height, dark tunnel would be an "interesting" event. 😂So happy to see the good rains and GREEN growth coming on there for you! Hurray for that! We have another snowstorm coming in Thursday and have had a lot of heavy rains so its just a mud pit in every direction. If we would just get some warm weather hit, we would be SO relieved. Our cold temps have just not brought on any grass and we are severely low on remaining hay. Sure is going to be beautifully green when it does warm up though! Trump seems to be doing really well with his eye! He's a great horse all around. You must be truly relieved about that because a great ranch horse is hard to find. Hope all the herd moving keeps going smoothly and Jacques' "butt crack" issues are resolved. Had me laughing so hard I spit my coffee everywhere with that one! 🤠🤣
Thanks RSP, glad you’re getting moisture but I hope it warms up for you guys! Good horses are very hard to find and we’ve had some bad experiences with them blowing up in the tunnels before. Take care and God Bless!
Interesting seeing you push cows through those tunnels
Thanks Charlie!
Nice job on the video it is interesting and educating. You are over 7K subscribers now. Nice to see the family out, a nice bunch of calves in that group. Dutch seems to be figuring things out. Hope the rain gets your pastures growing up well. Stay safe and healthy.
Thanks Badger Pa! Ya it’s crazy, stay safe and healthy as well!
Great video Carson. I never saw cows being herded through a tunnel before so that was very interesting to see. Especially the second tunnel that was longer and hard to see. Thought maybe the horses would get spooked while in the dark tunnels. Can tell they are well trained and very trusting of being lead by people. Your dad taking a spill made for good coverage, hope he is ok. Glad you all were able to look at the positive side of being totally soaked and cold. What would you say is worse, herding cows in a heavy snow storm or pouring rain? Thanks for filming under those difficult conditions.
Thank you Ben, I think moving cows in the rain is worse honestly. It seems to be colder haha take care!
Hey Carson,
Nice cattle drive,the last tunnel was a long one,do you have to check them for snakes before you send cattle through? I think it's awesome how you can ride across the interstate on your 4 wheelers and horse's ours here in Wisconsin are all fenced and not really allowed on the easement. Nice video you made. I sent you an email also.
Thanks Jeff, yep we do check them sometime. That interesting they don’t allow you to do that in Wisconsin. Thanks for the email but I can’t seem to find it, if you wouldn’t mind sending it again that’d be awesome!
The grass should grow better with the boost from the rain.
It will help a lot!
Never be able to cross a highway in southern ont. like that
I don’t doubt that!
WERE HOPING YOU ALL STAY SAFE AND MISS THE REAL BAD WEATHER
Thank you very much Bob!
We really enjoyed this video, it’s amazing what you all do everyday. Was that I-90 you were crossing?
Thank you Jane, yep it was I-90!
I’m going open my Butcher shop in laurel Delaware an I would like to buy meat from you
Now we are talking ? A real BULL FIGHT. Not man against bull,but El TORO against EL TORO.!!!!
Haha no kidding!
I've seen some YT'ers use a strap that goes around the upper torso ( shoulders and chest) and the camera is located on the upper part of chest. Hands free.
That would be a great idea to get one of those. Thanks Lynn!
I'm only happy when it rains...
Awesome video! Maybe you mentioned it in an earlier video, but did you ever get your turkey?
Thanks! Man I need to get out this weekend and try to get one! I haven’t even been out again:/
How’s Trump’s eye? I just think he’s such a beautiful horse.
It’s going really good Ed, I’ll try to show it up close soon!
I might have missed a video but whatever happened to the bull that broke his tallywacker?
I went looking for him but couldn’t find him! So he must be up running around somewhere
I didn't hear anyone say "Head em up move em out" like Gil Favor would say on Rawhide. Not sure if you guys know about that TV series. Hood video
That had Clint Eastwood in it didn’t it? Thanks Dwight!
@@sleepranch
Yes it did a very young Clint Eastwood
How come you don’t use dogs?
My grandpa hated dogs so we just never started but it’s something we’re open to trying now!
@@sleepranch real cowboys didn't have dogs. Lol
We started using dogs four years ago and it’s a process getting the rite dog and learning how to handle them but when it comes together you won’t be without one. Sure enjoy your videos.
@@russdey4255 yeah we’d love to try them! Thanks Russ!
Did i hear you call your horse Trump i am a great trump fan
Haha yep that’s his name!
Why don't you use dogs to move your cattle
How is trump doing
He’s doing really well!
Why did you name your horse Trump? Seems trustworthy and has a brain in his head. Wet and cold here in the north east. Stay safe.
Haha that’s very true! The guy we got him from named him Trump because he loves the ladies, is cocky and he looks like him so we thought the name fit well, stay safe as well!
cool tunnel also
loving the video and them bulls gotta love that while trying to move cattle
Thank you Phil!
Great video.
Thanks Guy!