TREY LIKED WHOPPERS

trey was a good kid who went to college with my youngest son. they rodeoed and partied together. trey had been raised on a big family owned cow outfit in kanab utah. he was agood hand.
    when he finished school he wanted to hell around a little and ended up in willcox staying with my son on a ranch he was care taking . i think they worked at the sale barn one or two days a week and day worked around , but i think it was mostly chasing women and party.

    my friend jack and i were recruited along with trey and my son to gather a bunch of spoiled f 1 cross cows down along the willcox playa. these cows had whipped everyone who tried to gather them over the course of a year. the fences and corrals were in terrible shape. the only good thing was that there was only a couple of places to water. the bad thing was this ranch was pretty well haired over with mesquite and salt cedar brush. we didnt know where the fences ran  or just how this country lay, but we soon found out.  i had taken my pack of catahoula dogs thinking this bunch of cows would hold up since most had little calves. was we fooled. that bunch of trashey nellies would run off and leave a calf to the the dogs.they  didnt care!!
   by the second day we had pretty much figgured that if we wanted this bunch of cows it was gonna be a nylon event!! we had gotten lucky and caught a bunch on water and had them hauled out to the sale barn. but 20 or so still ran loose.  if the dogs  happened to jump a bunch they could slow them down so some one could get a rope on them.

   there was a corner of one pasture that was open with out to much brush. it did have a lot of badger holes in it . but to wild reckless cowboys  that wasnt even a consideration. jack and trey had run 5 head into the corner there and caught and tied down one each. as trey pulled the knots tight on his  cow he turned , jumped on his pony to catch another. when he spun the horse 180 degrees the horse stuck both front feet in a badger hole and flipped a cartwheel with trey on the bottom.  he was knocked cookoo and his jaw was broke!!
     a few days later after a short stay in the local hospital , he was back home eating his meals through a straw.  but after a couple days of jello and other stuff that wasnt to appetizing he had my son bring him a whopper burger from the local burger king. he knew he couldnt eat it as it was so he put it in a blender to puree it!  i dont know if he ate it but i heard  the mess it  made when the lid flew off was a sight to behold!!!