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In another thread, Firefly made this comment about what I might look like:
"He likewise reminds me of Wild Bill. I can see him zooming in Nap of the Earth, wearing aviators, cowboy hat, and pornstache guns a-blazing and giving Cobra what for whilst shouting Yee Haw"
This photo was taken during our 2016 Spring Round Up. It's a several family event and we haul trailers to different ranges and set up temporary campsites. The cattle are spread out over a large area, so this is a requirement. This was during Spring Break, so kids were along sleeping in tents. So, this is the face of a 56 year old retired Army Helicopter Pilot. Rough lookin' mug wouldn't you say? The only zooming in nap of the earth I do now is from the hurricane deck of that mount in the photo. I got tired of political posts, so here's something a little different:
http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/ss126/BlackMesaRanch/blackmesaranch_16roundup_zpsqgrl18am.jpg
You resemble Kevin Costner a bit.
ColtSeavers
08-07-16, 21:06
Glad you're still able to giddy-up and hope you guys had fun on the family round up!
Averageman
08-07-16, 21:08
You resemble Kevin Costner a bit.
Now that hat isn't gonna ever fit him again.
So where were Kurt Russell and Powers Booth? You seriously look like you wandered off the set of Tombstone. And I mean that with respect not condescension.
Thanks for breaking up all the vitriol that has been going around over a popularity contest for people that crave only power.
Glad you're still able to giddy-up and hope you guys had fun on the family round up!
Fun, no...work, Yes. I grew up on this ranch. The Army was only a 22 year diversion. This photo was taken during a time out while I was puttering around camp. Usually I have more tack on my horse, namely a Bosal on the face of the beast for long rides. Kevin Costner?, Hell No. But I do get some extra jobs in Westerns filmed in New Mexico, but no speaking parts. I am a member of the Screen Extras Guild.
More like Curly Bill from Tombstone.
MountainRaven
08-07-16, 21:49
Haven't I seen you somewhere before?
;)
FromMyColdDeadHand
08-07-16, 22:00
More like Curly Bill from Tombstone.
+1
'We'll Bye!'
Haven't I seen you somewhere before?
;)
I was in the Army from 1977-1999. I went back to school at the University of New Mexico and got my MBA in 2004. I also have two Bachelor's degrees from the University of Arizona. Other than that, I have lived in the backcountry of NE New Mexico since childhood. You live in Montana? Had a great Aunt ranch at Cut Bank, Montana in the 20's and 30's. They were right on the edge of the Blackfoot Reservation. Tough country up there.
You resemble Kevin Costner a bit.
I was thinking Thomas Hayden Church in his role in Tombstone as Billy Clanton...
Heels down, you also ride English on that ranch?
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Fun, no...work, Yes. I grew up on this ranch. The Army was only a 22 year diversion. This photo was taken during a time out while I was puttering around camp. Usually I have more tack on my horse, namely a Bosal on the face of the beast for long rides. Kevin Costner?, Hell No. But I do get some extra jobs in Westerns filmed in New Mexico, but no speaking parts. I am a member of the Screen Extras Guild.
That's cool brother. My grandfather used to supply horses for movies made around Quincy CA. My aunt was reported to have taught Natalie Wood how to ride. My mother and another aunt used to ride bulls back in the day. Tough women. My oldest brother was born on a cattle drive. Let that sink in.
MountainRaven
08-07-16, 22:50
I was in the Army from 1977-1999. I went back to school at the University of New Mexico and got my MBA in 2004. I also have two Bachelor's degrees from the University of Arizona. Other than that, I have lived in the backcountry of NE New Mexico since childhood. You live in Montana? Had a great Aunt ranch at Cut Bank, Montana in the 20's and 30's. They were right on the edge of the Blackfoot Reservation. Tough country up there.
Was intended as a joke about your career as an extra.
There's a guy up here who was an extra in Appaloosa and won't let anyone forget it. He's kind of a douche.
Mind if I ask you what movies you've been in?
Was intended as a joke about your career as an extra.
There's a guy up here who was an extra in Appaloosa and won't let anyone forget it. He's kind of a douche.
Mind if I ask you what movies you've been in?
I know it was tongue in cheek. The last theatrical film I was actually in where you can see me was 3:10 to Yuma, with Russell Crowe. I was an extra in several scenes, mostly background. Other films include The Far Side of Jericho (2006), and The Missing (2003) where I played a Cavalry soldier. Other TV shows as an extra, some notable like Breaking Bad, others you wouldn't remember.
alvincullumyork
08-07-16, 23:07
Do you go around and just blurt out random western one liners like, "Fill your hand you son of b!7&@!"? Because it would be awesome if you did!
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Do you go around and just blurt out random western one liners like, "Fill your hand you son of b!7&@!"? Because it would be awesome if you did!
No, it's mostly lines from my Army days like:
"If you're doing something, and everyone else is doing something else. You're Wrong"
"If I have to do it, what do we need you for?"
Others I can't repeat here.
26 is my Wingman, but OH58D, it would be an honor for you to be my Cavalry anyday. Bugle and all.
You are living the dream.
Thank you for your service.
Great picture!
Post a few more from the day, if you have them.
I hear New Mexico is Beautiful country. I hope to see it someday.
Moose-Knuckle
08-08-16, 05:31
OH58D, do you still fly at all?
I'm sure a bird would come in mighty handy on the size of spread you own.
A guy that lived out where I grew up had a privately owned UH-1 Huey.
OH58D, do you still fly at all?
I'm sure a bird would come in mighty handy on the size of spread you own.
I haven't piloted since 1999. The logical progression for many in my former line of work would be to fly Life Flight for hospital systems, or in Law Enforcement. Flying is fun, but missions are work, and sometimes there's a pucker factor in that mix, and death. When I retired I just wanted to decompress. While I was active duty, my wife and I had a little boy early on. I was gone so much of the time that I missed birthdays, school events, trips, etc. You can never make up for those times when your child is growing up. Since retiring, the wife an I have had two more children, a boy and girl and both teenagers now. It's like starting a new family when you're 40 and the wife is 39.
Regarding using aircraft for ranching, my place is a mix of open plains to the south, rocky canyons in the middle and Pinon & Juniper woodland on the north side. A helicopter would be good for the open areas, but in woodland there's no substitute for a man or woman on horseback to move cattle. I'm only at 22,000 + acres, just under 35 square miles with a herd of @ 750 head. I'm a small operation. My next door neighbor is 456 square miles and @ 292,000 and 3,000 head of cattle. They have their own airstrip on that spread.
Getting my third cup of coffee this morning and another snack...
And here I expected something like this. :D
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And here I expected something like this. :D
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That was only the last 6 years of my Army career. Maybe I should have made my name here: AH-6J.....
FromMyColdDeadHand
08-08-16, 12:39
That was only the last 6 years of my Army career. Maybe I should have made my name here: AH-6J.....
Out of curiosity, how hard was it to transition from one aircraft to another? How much of the job is aircraft specific and how much of it is that it's just a tool for you to use?
That was only the last 6 years of my Army career. Maybe I should have made my name here: AH-6J.....
nifty piece of aviation kit the ah-6s are. unfortunate hq characteristics and all.
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Out of curiosity, how hard was it to transition from one aircraft to another? How much of the job is aircraft specific and how much of it is that it's just a tool for you to use?
Out of flight school I flew the OH58A as a pilot with new radar jamming equipment out of Fort Huachuca (1983) to Yuma Proving Grounds for testing. They were testing the same gear in the UH-1 and UH-60. I did that for several months until I was selected by the Night Stalkers, first flying the MH-6 after returning for training at Fort Rucker.
The difference you note right away is the difference in weight and flight control response. The Little Bird requires the lightest of input from the pilot. Where that changes is when you mount the FRIES bracket (Fast Rope Insertion & Extraction System) with pylon benches for operators. That required months and months of training to adjust to that extra weight and maintaining a stable hover. I flew the Little Bird from 1983-1993.
"You live in Montana? Had a great Aunt ranch at Cut Bank, Montana in the 20's and 30's. They were right on the edge of the Blackfoot Reservation. Tough country up there."
Right up there on the High Line. Gets cold up there.
Charlie Russell country...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPpBHAgP7Zs
Moose-Knuckle
08-09-16, 03:29
I haven't piloted since 1999. The logical progression for many in my former line of work would be to fly Life Flight for hospital systems, or in Law Enforcement. Flying is fun, but missions are work, and sometimes there's a pucker factor in that mix, and death. When I retired I just wanted to decompress. While I was active duty, my wife and I had a little boy early on. I was gone so much of the time that I missed birthdays, school events, trips, etc. You can never make up for those times when your child is growing up. Since retiring, the wife an I have had two more children, a boy and girl and both teenagers now. It's like starting a new family when you're 40 and the wife is 39.
Regarding using aircraft for ranching, my place is a mix of open plains to the south, rocky canyons in the middle and Pinon & Juniper woodland on the north side. A helicopter would be good for the open areas, but in woodland there's no substitute for a man or woman on horseback to move cattle. I'm only at 22,000 + acres, just under 35 square miles with a herd of @ 750 head. I'm a small operation. My next door neighbor is 456 square miles and @ 292,000 and 3,000 head of cattle. They have their own airstrip on that spread.
Getting my third cup of coffee this morning and another snack...
Well sir, I for one appreciate your service and sacrifice.
Your wife sounds like an amazing woman, I've always had mad respect for a woman who remains faithful and runs the home while her husband is serving for decades on end. I think I get that from my grandmother has she was alone while my grandfather was in WWII for the duration of the war in Europe.
ramairthree
08-09-16, 10:01
The OP is one cool and bad ass dude.
On trips to his post or his trips to mine in the 80s he may have even given me a cool, breezy ride on the side of his aircraft.
His family, ranch situation I truly envy.
I kind of wish he was my cool big brother.
After I retired, I ended up with a little farm and some horses but it is just a pale imitation. The wife and kids keep getting PoloCross and other small horses not up to me riding them. I grew up around draft horses for logging, and for horse pulls at fairs, with other relatives doing barrel racing, etc. and the only cows I fed, Hayed all summer for, and shoveled shit after were dairy, not meat.
I should have grown up in a combo of his family ranch, steyers gun access, etc.
Your wife sounds like an amazing woman, I've always had mad respect for a woman who remains faithful and runs the home while her husband is serving for decades on end. I think I get that from my grandmother has she was alone while my grandfather was in WWII for the duration of the war in Europe.
This is the lady I have been married to since 10 Aug 1978. Going to town tomorrow to celebrate our wedding anniversary.... She was a good Army wife and mother, and is an excellent ranch wife and mother:
http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/ss126/BlackMesaRanch/mrs_oh58d_zpsgnnrbzug.jpg
Outlander Systems
08-09-16, 11:45
OH58D,
I've never been the jealous type, but you truly are, from the sound of it, living the Anerican Dream.
OH58D,
I've never been the jealous type, but you truly are, from the sound of it, living the Anerican Dream.
In that pic above, the first thing I see are my wife's hands. She is a Nurse by profession but those are the hands of hard work. She's also done a lot of rodeo barrel racing as well, winning numerous awards. The brace of Ruger Birdshead revolvers she uses for snakes, 4 legged critters and mounted shooting. I know for a fact she'd never register or surrender her firearms if things went south in the US.
Outlander Systems
08-09-16, 12:13
Brother, there ain't too many ladies around like that anymore.
Do y'all do any Cowboy Action Shooting? I was big into CAS when I was younger, but never got involved in any events/competitions.
Brother, there ain't too many ladies around like that anymore.
Do y'all do any Cowboy Action Shooting? I was big into CAS when I was younger, but never got involved in any events/competitions.
Regarding a good wife, become Good Friends before you marry, then do everything together when possible.
Now about Cowboy shooting, I don't do it in competition, but my youngest child has been training to do Mounted Shooting. One of her friends from school does it so she got involved. The wife practices as well. This is my youngest of three children, Hanna Elena, and her horse, Mariposa. She raised this horse from a foal. That little girl can ride better than some men and she can herd cattle like a pro:
http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/ss126/BlackMesaRanch/5bd290e4-d884-459d-a7cf-b31eef31d272_zpsl8excedk.jpg
Moose-Knuckle
08-10-16, 03:27
This is the lady I have been married to since 10 Aug 1978. Going to town tomorrow to celebrate our wedding anniversary.... She was a good Army wife and mother, and is an excellent ranch wife and mother:
Well Happy Anniversary to you and your's, congratulations.
Outlander Systems
08-10-16, 05:48
Happy Anniversary, man. If she's working on mounted shooting, she can probably outshoot most grown men in addition to outriding 'em.
Please tell me you have Australian Shepherds...
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