Preliminary Look
Pete Arambel takes a preliminary look through the pen of bucks.
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Action
When the bucks are pressured to move, some rocket into movement.
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Marking
Each ram is marked with a wool paint marker, allowing sorting by wool length. That's David Revzin doing the marking.
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Intent Pup
This youngster is begging to get to work.
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Bunched
The bucks are bunched in
preparation for entering the chute.
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Crowded
The bucks are crowded for safety. With no room to maneuver, the bucks stay calm.
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Horned Pen
These beautiful Rambouillet rams have impressive horns.
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Rear view
The view from behind seems to be of a sea of horns.
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Crowded Work
Pete Arambel checks teeth to age the rams.
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Wrinkled Nose
Dark eyes over big wrinkled noses peer out from the herd.
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Nanda Surfs
Nepalese herder Nanda Bahadur Gurung gets a ride from the bucks as he pushes them toward the chute.
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Horn tips
Bucks with broad horns carefully tip their heads in order to slide through
the chute. These bucks know exactly where their horn tips are located.
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Pete and ram
Pete Arambel pushes a buck down the chute.
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Sorting gate
Pete Arambel runs the sorting gate at the end of the chute.
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All Four
It was a four-man crew that handled the buck sorting and processing.
From left to right, that's David Revzin, Jim Urbigkit, Nanda Bahadur
Gurung and Pete Arambel.
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