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we had to leave two cows in a pasture this year. it was my fault, I just picked them up at my father-in-laws, and hauled them home and dumped them in the pasture.

well, his breeding program is 100% bull exposure...so a cow calves in the first of August. not really how I wanted it to happen.

so we are ready to load up and head home, got everything out except the cow that calved, and her psycho buddy cow. they bust down gates in the corral ( rented pasture with nothing workable for a catch pen)
everytime they see me or a vehicle in there it is ears up and haul @ss.

second cow calved, so we caught it, put it in the pickup, thought she would follow us. NOPE. the other crazy cow moos and the new momma turns and leaves her calf!! follows about 50 yards and just leaves!

only have 2 options left I guess. hire some cowboys, or wait for snow and rent a portable corral with a one way gate.

option 3 is buy another freezer, and drop the cows :evil:
 
Jigs... Tranq em but you probably can't get close enough. We have dogers around here that will come out if your really need them to round up escaped cattle out of corn fields.

Good luck.
 
jigs said:
we had to leave two cows in a pasture this year. it was my fault, I just picked them up at my father-in-laws, and hauled them home and dumped them in the pasture.

well, his breeding program is 100% bull exposure...so a cow calves in the first of August. not really how I wanted it to happen.

so we are ready to load up and head home, got everything out except the cow that calved, and her psycho buddy cow. they bust down gates in the corral ( rented pasture with nothing workable for a catch pen)
everytime they see me or a vehicle in there it is ears up and haul @ss.

second cow calved, so we caught it, put it in the pickup, thought she would follow us. NOPE. the other crazy cow moos and the new momma turns and leaves her calf!! follows about 50 yards and just leaves!

only have 2 options left I guess. hire some cowboys, or wait for snow and rent a portable corral with a one way gate.

option 3 is buy another freezer, and drop the cows :evil:
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Depends where your pasture is,if a good cowboy will work or not.We had this happen last year on our river pasture ..a crazy cow,her calf and a loyal cow friend and her calf.We had greg and our two boys on horseback and STILL couldn't get them. LOTs of thick bush,hills etc.Finally decieded after numerous trips to our pasture,to let them winter on pasture. They didn't like the idea,headed to the nieghbors{gregs cousin}He got them in corral by putting bale in.We went and picked them up...crazy cow didn't even get out of trailer...straight to auction barn. This was THE most frustrated greg ever got with our cattle. To make a long story short,all I can say is hope they get tired of thier own pasture and walks into nieghbors corral Jigs :wink:
 
Lasso and hog tie both calves. Tie the calves to a sled, tied with a long rope to the truck. Wait until both cows come back to smell the calves then start driving away slowly. The key is to have them both very visible on ground level. Some cows don't recognise their calf in the back of a truck. They just go blind and will run back to the last place they remember them. You'll probably need help to beat off the cows, while you are tying the babies up. ..... and you'll need someone who can lasso a calf from the back of the truck.

Gee it does sound easier just to hire a couple of cowboys. :wink:
 
OK, 2 ideas.

Build some small traps with portable corral panels. 1 way in, no way out. Set salt, calves or somethere enticement in there, to lure them in. Work on their schedule instead of yours and don't sweat it.

Have a pasture roping. Advertise. Take small amount from the entry fees to cover your bother. First cow/calf in a trailer wins first. Gets 60 percent of entry fees. Second cow/calf in other trailer wins 40 percent. Provide both trailers and don't let them out until you haul them to the salebarn or escape proof corral at home. Invite some friend over to watch the fun. Maybe make part of the rules, that any fence that is broken, has to be fixed before you pay winnings.

This last one is kind of like what Tom Sawyer did, when painting the fence. It will work if you've got any young , wild cowboys around. :)

Or some of us crazy ol' coots. :lol:

If I was closer, I'd sure love to come give you a hand. As I bet would Ropesanddogs and several others on here. :D

Hey Saddle Tramp. Wann'a make a trip to Kansas? :lol: :lol:
 
well, anybody willing to try is more than welcome, just let me know how you like your steak.

here is me trying the cowboy thing!
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Its tough to dart an animal that is excited-- you have to hit it soo heavy that its REAL close to the line and even then it won't last but a few minutes.

You need to shoot them before they even know you are around.
My neighbor hunts deer and he sets the crazies up the same way. He'll find a good tree(with good trailer or loader access) and put a stand in it weeks before he goes "hunting" and he'll bait the area with corn. He even descents himself and tarcks their movements so he knows when to sneak in.

I'll tell you the story of the $ 30,000 heiffer(grade) my neighbor ended up shooting--- if spending money on hiring a catch crew bothers you :)
 
Is there no way to drive some gentler cattle though your cattle and hopefully push them out with the rest?

I realize that there are folks out there who are not able to work cattle horseback for one reason or another, but this is what the 4 wheeler generation has gotten us. When I am no longer able to handle our cattle, that is the day I quit. Might sound like I am a hard @ss, but that is how I feel about it. No offense meant jigs. :-)
 
Ayup...sounds like you've got yerself two lovely ladies who're suffering from a SERIOUS case of 'Nylon-Deficiency'.

I'd LOVE to be the one tasked with taggin' those two's newest calves on open pasture next year...[/b]
 
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Is there no way to drive some gentler cattle though your cattle and hopefully push them out with the rest?

I realize that there are folks out there who are not able to work cattle horseback for one reason or another, but this is what the 4 wheeler generation has gotten us. When I am no longer able to handle our cattle, that is the day I quit. Might sound like I am a hard @ss, but that is how I feel about it. No offense meant jigs. :-)
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none taken, I am just getting into this horse thing. oldest daughter has a 7 yr old that is not very well broke, but she is really taking on the challenge.

I think I may try to find a WELL broke critter for me this fall. rode as a kid, but now when I hop on, I just do not feel as stable as I like. told daughter that if she is willing to stay after it, perhaps the old man can do his part and learn this horse thing.

I guess if you hear about a good horse for a chicken beginner, let me know.
 
jigs said:
Tap said:
Is there no way to drive some gentler cattle though your cattle and hopefully push them out with the rest?

I realize that there are folks out there who are not able to work cattle horseback for one reason or another, but this is what the 4 wheeler generation has gotten us. When I am no longer able to handle our cattle, that is the day I quit. Might sound like I am a hard @ss, but that is how I feel about it. No offense meant jigs. :-)
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none taken, I am just getting into this horse thing. oldest daughter has a 7 yr old that is not very well broke, but she is really taking on the challenge.

I think I may try to find a WELL broke critter for me this fall. rode as a kid, but now when I hop on, I just do not feel as stable as I like. told daughter that if she is willing to stay after it, perhaps the old man can do his part and learn this horse thing.

I guess if you hear about a good horse for a chicken beginner, let me know.
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Send me a pm. How many do you want? :D
 
Yeah everybody caslls the cowboys up here to get the cows the quad hands drop in the bush-I'd tie her calf in a pen and wait till she comes and checks it out. We run all opur trashy cows in with the buckers so all the corruption is in one pasture lol.
 
This reminds me of a yearling bull calf that took me a while to get captured. It was born up here late with a cow that we missed when we moved them all out. Anyway it spent a year up here without human contact.
Coyottes was getting after it because at different times when I was out riding through the year I could get glimpses of it and a couple of times it was scun up pretty good with its head and nose bleeding enough for a blood trail. It survived with its mother though for the whole year. Anyway it was a big job getting it roped because its sure not very flat country around here.
The owner hauled it with some gental stock 10 miles to a set of 6 foot corrals. The plan was to leave it there with the gental stock for a few days until it was time to take it to the auction mart.
Well when the trailer door was opened he came out about 20 mph, jumped about 6 high corral fences and kept going across the flat to the coulee bottom and went straight for the brush.
Haha In this brush it would have been tough to recapture and at this point the owner wanted the satisfaction of shooting the bull but he waited about a month because he didnt have the freezer space.
Anyway the bull got the last laugh because he bread a bunch of cows who apparently started calveing up here about two months ago. :lol: :lol:

Anyway the point is dont think you have them captured when you get them in the corral :lol:
 

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