Cowboy logic

[ptannen]

A few years ago, the Sierra Club and the U.S. Forest Service were presenting an alternative to Wyoming ranchers for controlling the coyote population. It seems that after years of the ranchers using the tried and true methods of shooting and/or trapping the predator, the tree-huggers had a "more humane" solution.
What they proposed was for the animals to be captured alive, the males castrated and let loose again and the population would be controlled. This was ACTUALLY proposed to the Wyoming Wool and Sheep Grower's Association by the Sierra Club and the USFS.
All of the ranchers thought about this amazing idea for a couple of minutes. Finally, an old boy in the back stood up, tipped his hat back and said, "Son, I don't think you understand the problem. Those coyotes ain't fuckin' our sheep - they're eatin' 'em."   

[dot-matrix]

THAT sounds  just like something my Daddy would say    Thanks for sharing that!

[Toast]

Excerpt from  * Cowboy Logic*
Cowboy Logic Lyrics and Music by Don Cook and Chuck Rains
Recorded by Michael Martin Murphey [Click on image for complete song]

That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it
He's got a simple solution to just about anything

An old cowboy and a young buckaroo were workin', ridin' fence
The old hand was testin' the kid - on his skill and common sense
He said "Son, if you seen three men in a pickup truck, dressed alike from boot to hat,
could you tell which one was the real cowboy, just from where he sat?"

The kid scratched his head awhile and then he said
"Well, there ain't no way to know".
The old hand grinned and then he said
"Kid, you've still got a ways to go.
The real cowboy's the one in the middle.

He ain't there just by fate.
'Cause first he don't have to drive, and then
he don't have to mess with the gate"
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it