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Soapweed said:
A lady taught in our local school a few years ago, and her dad was killed when a llama kicked him to death.
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my neighbor's father in law died a few days after he had a run in with thier stud horse but being town folk they would rather keep a stud horse running wild vs a bull doesnt make sense they have one over their now that is always running the other horses with their grandkids out playing in the field.hmmmmm.
 
Old Timers story rminded me of another story of a stud going after a horse and rider. My greatgrandad Joe Timmons was frieghting into Deadwood in the 1870's with ox teams and was later joined by a younger brother named Cash who was twelve years old at the time. Cash's daughter said Cash loved to tell how a woman had saved his life one time when he and Joe were moving some cattle in the Black Hills. Cash was riding a little mare and a stud went after them and he couldn't get away from it. Calamity Jane was nearby, saw what was happening, pulled her rifle out and shot that stud dead.

My grandad and his half brother raised and traded horses when western South Dakota was open range. My dad said gramp always carried a revolver just in case he run into a stud he couldn't get away from.

We never let any horses run with the cattle when they are calving because some of them will do the same thing to calves that mule is doing to that lion.
 
We never let any horses run with the cattle when they are calving because some of them will do the same thing to calves that mule is doing to that lion.

I have never had that problem, thankfully. Have run the stud bunch with cows for years.
 
rancher said:
We never let any horses run with the cattle when they are calving because some of them will do the same thing to calves that mule is doing to that lion.

I have never had that problem, thankfully. Have run the stud bunch with cows for years.
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Guess it depends on the animal...growing up we had a pair of buckskin mules...Kit & Kate...best mules in the country...couldn't let them run with the cows/calves....they would bite the cows...run the calves and stomp at them....one broken back.
Saw an old sow with newborns... stood her ground and took a bite out of Kate's leg....requiring stitches and treatment. Never saw Kate around that sow again. But, she still ran the cows/calves.

These pics of the mule and cougar were on anothr board. I repeat....looking for that mule...I want em 8).
 
Like I said I have never had trouble with the stud bunch and calves. But don't dare turn out my saddle horses with any pairs, they sure are hard on the cow and calf. I think the stud bunch is just used to being with the cows that they don't bother them. Had one saddle horse that was a mare (don't ride mares anymore, too much trouble), she would steal baby calves and mother them if I let her out with the cows.
 
Its probably been close to 40 years since I've seen a horse do it but saw one putting on a show with a new born calf about like the one of the mule and lion. Think he had accidently got out with the cows and calves and was still a stud. Shortly there after he was a gelding and I don't know if that helped or he just didn't get out where he wasn't supposed to be again. Had seen a couple geldings do something similar but with out quite as much enthusiasm.
 
When we were still in high school, my husband (not then) had a nice sorrel gelding. His folks ran him with the sheep and that horse killed some of the sheep. He would grab them and throw them in the air~
we thought he just meant to play with them, but it got serious in a hurry.
Darndest thing you ever saw!
 

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