branding-time

Updated: September 7, 2025

But an important lesson was added to these, one in which the mother consciously taught him of a secret foe. A Calf had died in branding-time and now, two weeks later, was in its best state for perfect taste, not too fresh, not over-ripe that is, in a Wolf's opinion and the wind carried this information afar.

Ernest Thompson Seton - Animal Heroes