Cutting the herd. (Life on the Murphy Ranch)
Cowboys use this tactic when they have to remove a sick animal or one that needs to be branded from the herd. In college, we also called it cutting the herd, but it had more to do with dating and luring that one girl away from her pack in order to communicate with her without the distraction (or influences) of her girlfriends. Crude as it may sound, it was often necessary in the courtship process. I successfully cut my wife from the herd 15+ years ago and it seems to have worked out for both of us (yet, I can only speak for myself I guess). The process of cutting the herd goes beyond sick cattle or the need to […]