Mountain Lions are in with the Cows!
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- -Welcome to the Sleep Ranch! We are located in the Northern Black Hills on the South Dakota/ Wyoming border where our ancestors settled and started ranching in 1883.
I (Carson) work alongside my parents, Jeff and Jodi, our ranch hand, Jaques, my wife, Damaris who also works as a nurse in town, and our son Silas! 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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Sleep Ranch
P.O. Box 756
Spearfish, SD
57783
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Wow! Loved your Dad’s mountain lion story. You know the loin wasn't far from that food it buried. Thanks for telling the story.
Friends who live on the southside of Spearfish up against the Black Hills National Forest have had a mountain lion laying on their porch. Yikes!
Mountain Lions cover their kills like the description your dad gave
of his find . So that lion wasn’t far away Carson.
Most predators go after the young and weakest prey. Mountain lions can be a great danger to human beings, but for the most part, they'll try to avoid you. I would be packing at all times, when I'm up in the hills. Be careful out there. Love your videos!!
Hello Carson.. I come over from Adler Farms!! Loving the videos.
Wow, interesting story about that Mountain Lion kill of the baby Elk. Good thing they didn't get one of the calves instead. Hopefully you guys carry a gun when out in case the Mountain lions get too close.
My gramma sprayed his weeds like you guys do, but with the tractor .haha
Hi Carson…. I agree I hate to see thistle and kosha ( tumbleweed when dry) and goats head… I always make folks take off their shoes.. otherwise the goats head stickers are like stepping on glass….I love the tire watering trough…the moss is caused by the sun…it’s hard to keep out… I’m glad that mountain lion only killed the young elk instead a cow or calf…. Another great video….
ranching still gets me going in the morning. I rode a trail along a ledge looking for strays one time and came face to face with a Puma at eye level. I still have that horse that stood his ground when he growled and we backed up until he ran off.
I enjoyed the video.im glad everything is going well.i also liked your dad's story. When I was a kid my Dad would but Shetland ponies and we would break them and outfit them and resell them we would have as many as 100 at a time those were fun times.
It's crazy how wet yall are in the west end of the state and Sonne farms on the east end is so dry. Seeing that lion kill would have got me a little worried, you know that thing was somewhere close watching.
I miss the thunderstorms in the midwest.
Silas is so cute. Glad the kill was an elk and not a little calf.👍❤️🇨🇦
If you need someone to hunt your elk, mountain lions, prairie dogs, ect., happily help you out
Enjoyed seeing precious Silas. I wondered about you guys being safe up in those areas with wild animals. Cool story from your dad but also scary. Can't wait to see the kids on the miniature horses
Thank You Carson I also wander how you made the tire into a water trough. the cougar story was interesting makes the hair on the back of ones neck stand up thinking it might be close.
Do you ever lose any calves to mountain lions or bears? I had a lion track me and my little dog up in the White Mountains of Az. in the 80s. I got a glimpse of him when he ducked as I turned around to pick up my little dog. I just stood there and stared. I slowly moved to my van! It was so hard to fight the urge to run and keep my fear under control!!!
One day while driving a back road in Tombstone, AZ a mountain lion crossed right in front of me. The shrubs and brush camouflaged it so well I never saw it again but I just knew it was watching me
Those mountain lions could be scary knowing they might be watching you. Do you carry a side arm when out working in the timber? Little Silas on a mini horse will be cute to see. I remember my dad sending me in the pasture to dig up the thistles. That wasn't any fun. Thanks for sharing. Have a great 4th if July week end. God Bless your family.
What an awesome way to use a retired tire! Plenty of elk and deer for the lions so I'm glad they leave your calves alone.
We have mountain lions here also! Seems mountain lions and Black Bear populations have gone way up this year! A couple weeks ago a large male black bear attacked a guy from behind and drug him down a bank and ate half of him before a neighbor shot it! Tragic! I’ve seen mountain lions literally chasing coyotes and catching them! Any calves missing is the coyotes doing it! I had a female mountain lion behind me 25 feet just laying there relaxing! When I noticed her I said and what are you doing would like a cold beer!? LOL!!! She yawned and put her head back down! She could’ve cared less about me! Prescott has a lot of mountain lions showing up on peoples surveillance cameras! Whole families! Hey your Dads looking good! God bless him! Family looks good man!
send some of that rain to eastern south dakota, would ya!
What kind of wild animal is most intimidating to a South Dakotan rancher?
I would be pretty intimidated to see a mountain lion but your dad seems chill about the possibility 😂
I don't think I would want to wrestle with a big cat. They like to jump on you when you turn your head away from them. The lightening is pretty cool but yet pretty dangerous. Silas is growing so fast. Hope you guys all stay safe and healthy. Not sure if you guys have bullheads (fish) around there we would put one in a tank and they clean the tank nice. Had one that lasted over 5 years with the tank freezing in winter and thawing in the spring
We have a lot of the thistles this year as well. We’ve been mowing them and clipped the blossoms to prevent reseeding.
Another very interesting video Thank you 😊😊
Thanks for the video Carson! Can’t wait to see the little mini pony’s, what fun for the kiddos & everyone. Hi Damaris & Silas 🥰
People have thought I was crazy for chasing that recent bear out of my cow/calf pasture but Im not worried about bears. Now lions and moose? Different story! I have several mountain lions around here and they are SO silent and stealthy that you never know that you are right next to them. Thankfully, we have loads of deer and elk for them to eat so they leave our livestock and US alone! Lol!
Great story, Jeff! Thanks for the explanations, Professor Carson. Silas is gets cuter every day.
carson do you have any rustler up there in the hills
My wife and I hiked to the top of Crow Peak today and overlooked your ranch. We appreciate your work on your channel. You’re a great spokesperson for agriculture and ranchers. Keep it up!
Beautiful cattle drive and great Mountain Lion story. Thankful you are getting rain! Have a great 4th!
Young man, you need to wear rubber gloves when handling chemicals. Leather gloves are bad, because they absorb the chemicals. It is the long term affects that bite you. Nice story about the mountain lion. I would have been nervous.
I hope you carry guns out there before they start killing calves
Another awesome video I truly enjoyed the light show. Silas is a good eater.
Great video. Glad it was a young calf that was killed. Cute minis can't wait to see the kids riding. God Bless you and your family.
Your dads story was very interesting but Silas is more interesting, he sure is growing and getting to be a big boy.. ♥💕💞🥰
I’m pretty sure I was bowhunting in the Cheyenne Crossing area in the 80s. That area looks so familiar and since it isn’t that far from Lead I think that’s the area.
Silas is such a cutie! Your Dad seems so chill about a mountain lion being close by! I hate to see you using chemicals to rid the ranch of weeds, especially with no PPE (goggles, mask) I understand the need to be rid of them, but as a survivor of blood cancer most likely from chemical poisoning I would love to see you use something of a natural variety. Just a thought. Loved the lightening at the end!!
You need to send some of that rain East to the Sonnes in Mt Vernon.
Great video. Thank you and God Bless.
Wow just a few weeks back I had asked the question about cattle being killed by predators. Sure glad it wasent a calf or cow. Keep safe my friend!!
Your son is growing so fast. A child’s laughter is so refreshing. Thank you
Interesting story about learning to ride on the Miniature Ponies. That would make some great footage of you and Silas riding together.
I'm surprised you don't add dye to your spray solution. it's standard procedure here in Australia, I do it all the time the red dye shows up all the weeds you have sprayed so that none get missed and there's no need to come back and respray the ones you have missed, love this vid some nice feed there in your summer pasture.
Your son looks Just like you ❤
We dug them up and threw in a burning barrel
Look at Silas eating real food! His little voice, oh my heart! Hi Damaris, you’re looking lovely! What a mama!
I love the trip through the aspens.
Thanks Carson’s Dad for sharing your story with the camera. Very interesting! I thought bears were the only predators that buried their kill. My source was wrong. I know a guy who was out in the Big Creek bottom, up home and came across a freshly killed deer up in a tree wedged between the trunk and a major limb. Now what kind of cat would do that I wonder? I know one thing, it wasn’t a small one. Do you all carry when you’re out and about?
Thanks Carson for another great video. Praying for rain for all our farmers and ranchers. Praying for our country. 🇺🇸
I'm so glad you explained the tire watering hole. I was wondering how it worked. I think its great that you explain a lot of things for people that don't ranch
Time to bring the lion dogs in.
We had our starter horse too Carson. He was an elderly quarter horse that would let my siblings & I do about anything around and on him. I remember jumping on his neck when he was grazing then crawling down his neck in order to get on. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
What kind of nozzle is that and where did you get it?
😍Awww Silas is adorable what a sweet precious baby !! 🙏😄❤
Looks like beautiful weather saw the jackets and long sleeves and I'm envious. Triple digits here ugh.
Hello from 🇫🇷 // two nice herds to be followed on youtube.. yours and the one from Cole and Brian @sonnefarms . Nice family farming spirit .. great father son relation everyday … congrats and god bless all of you ans eat beef 🥩 !!!
I learn so much from your videos. Silas is so darn cute. Very happy baby and growing before how eyes. You are awesome parents.❤
As a kid growing up in Nebraska in South East corner. I loved the thunder and lightning especially at night. It was like watching fireworks on the 4th of July. Then hen the rain started listening to it hitting the roof or ground. I would fall to sleep and smelling fresh air it left behind.
THANKS!
Wow your dads story on the mountain lion makes the hair raise on your arms im glad he hurt liked the cattle drive
Damn a bunch of four wheelers
Really like your Dads mountain lion story
Love the beautiful country your cattle are roaming. Reminds me of a cattle lease my cousin had years ago in the Sierra Nevada Forest. Please be careful and wear eye protection and respiratory protection when spraying those chemicals. Thank you for another great video.
Good luck with your baling.
Great story, Jeff! My cousin & I were on our to the gulf coast last weekend and I saw a dead bobcat on the side of the road, looked up and saw cows, I thought of them being safe in the fields that were just beyond. Thanks for sharing Carson, Silas is so darn cute and still growing like a weed... hehehe
😒😴 Just buy a donkey or two to put in the herd! 🙏👐 No more coyotes, wolves, or cougars.
In grew up on Montana ranches early on. Why don't you know this? Works with sheep, and horses too if the donkey is gelded.
U can send some of that rain to Washington we need it
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The minis are pretty cool, are you able to bale hay/alfalfa from the permit fields?
Interesting you’re using 24D but years ago the USA banned importing meat from New Zealand because we used 2 4 D, very interesting indeed
Enjoyed the video 😊😊
I looked after all the stock water bores and troughs on a 650,000 acres station in Australia, I’d like you to show me how your float system works, ours floats are in the water troughs, but yours appear to be in a box away from the trough, or drinker as you call them
Great video Carson
About 6 years ago we had a mountain lion with two cubs on the ranch. She ended up taking 5 calves we knew of on our place. And no telling how many deer and fawns. She finally moved onto somewhere else
If you run livestock up in the national forest, the home of
several predators, you have to figure in some losses
every season. It goes with the territory.
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Your Dad is a treasure. Enjoyed the video. New sub. 👍
9% Ag vinegar would have killed those weeds and been less toxic!
How's your aspen? My aspen fine. How's your aspen? Just fine, thanks.
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Great video those weeds are a pain in the neck good thing the mountain lion got an Elk no a calf
Mountains and Lions, two things i have little experience with. Might keep it tgat way.
If mountain lions are in with the cattle. That is the price of raising cattle in some situations. Leave them be.
I’m glad your dad is okay that was dangerous. The cows look good Carson.
I would like to say when you are talking get out of the wind so folks can hear hear what you are saying
People think I’m crazy when I say I can smell elk.
Could use some PPE !!! I'm just saying
Scary mountain lion story. Stay safe out there!
Are there Grizzleys in these mountains ?
Thanks for the video!
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What state you farming in
Thank you for sharing
thank you
Get the rifle out bucko
Great storm at the end!
Thanks
Like, Moo!
Oh No! Please, not glyphosate! 😵💫
A four wheeler will damage more grass in a day then a cow will eat in a week.
Source for information?
A false story told will do more damage than a politician.