cant catch him..dangit

[dieselbeef]

got a 7 mo old steer i swear got eyes in his butt.
wont come in with the rest of em to eat..cat run em into the pens..he always gits right to the funnel and slams on the brakes. turns and runs like a deer.
cant lure em in with feed
got his momma ..since were weaning..on the other side of the panels. he can sneak into the pens to get some milk from momma but i swear he will see ya comin or sense it and sure will beat ya to the gate.
i even hooked a rope to the gate and made it so it will close against the other side of the panel and made it so he can go in and it will shut behind him..its behind the barn and be nice see ya on yer way and dangit if he dont bolt before ya can git to the rope..the rope is on the other side of the barn and is probly 75 ft long..

how does he do it? im gonna git alotta satisfaction outta this ones payday i promise ya.
jus ventin
gary

[JSCATTLE]

Can you build a snare in the gate opening ? I've snared wild ones in the woods by hanging a loop across the trail and letting them walk into it .

[dieselbeef]

he seen the new panel arrangement and wouldnt even walk in...snares next tho...he wont win but he sure is makin me werk for it

[Limomike]

I thought all of em had eyes in their butts.... Kinda reminds us of why we raise cattle doesnt it?

[dieselbeef]

wife caught him...using the rope and the gate deal

he rammed the gate til he broke the hinges off. ran outside the pens and stood there looking..wife says he kept charging it til he broke thru...broke the hinge offa the gate..

hes becoming worth less to me by the day this pos

think i can run him wiht the 4 wheeler til he falls over or til i can get close enough to rope him??. ots tricky on a 4 wheeler tho/...hes probly pushing 450

gary

[Isomade]

wife caught him...using the rope and the gate deal

he rammed the gate til he broke the hinges off. ran outside the pens and stood there looking..wife says he kept charging it til he broke thru...broke the hinge offa the gate..

hes becoming worth less to me by the day this pos

think i can run him wiht the 4 wheeler til he falls over or til i can get close enough to rope him??. ots tricky on a 4 wheeler tho/...hes probly pushing 450

gary

Gary, get off your lazy azz and quit making your wife do all the hard work while you sit around drinking beer and barking orders. Get him next to a fence line and run him down on the 4-wheeler and bull-dog him. Make sure the wife has a video camera running.

[dieselbeef]

oh yeah..thats the plan for later tonite..im gonna enjoy it dont you worry

[M.Magis]

Not sure of your set up, but I have one heifer that used to be stand offish. Not as bad as yours, but she wouldn’t step foot in the corral (where I load from), which is small. I only have a handful of cattle now, so I locked them up in the small pasture around the corral. The waterhole dried up and they relied on me for water, so guess where I watered them? In the corral. She decided I wasn’t so bad when she figured out she got thirsty without me. Now she’ll be on the next truck out. I tried feed, but she wasn’t the least bit interested.

[Nite Hawk]

M.Magis has a very good idea, however if there is water in the field and he don't have to come in to drink, the next idea is to pen "mamma" up with the other cattle, and find someone with a couple of real good trained cattle dogs.
The reason you want to pen "mamma" and the other cattle up cause if they hear "junior" being dogged, they might want to stomp the dogs. Not too many animals want to argue with well trained cattle dogs, but with loose cattle everywhere you can have a "circus".
Be warned though, the chances of him getting chewed or running into something and getting banged up, goes up when dogs come into the issue. Make sure they are well trained so it won't just be an insane rodeo with you being ran over or him going through a fence.
If you can get him in the corral again, a well trained dog will hold him there till you can shut the gate.
A well trained dog will save you a thousand steps, a poorly trained one will cause your blood pressure go through the roof, and create all sorts of accidents and wrecks.
Nite Hawk

[Dave]

Fast horse and a long rope. End of story.

[Alan]

How close to SSS are you?

[hooknline]

Put some panels up around your water tank. Rig a rope operated door. Won't be long this time of year before he comes up for water. If you need to borrow panels I have some you can use if no one local to you has some you can use

[RD-Sam]

wife caught him...using the rope and the gate deal

he rammed the gate til he broke the hinges off. ran outside the pens and stood there looking..wife says he kept charging it til he broke thru...broke the hinge offa the gate..

hes becoming worth less to me by the day this pos

think i can run him wiht the 4 wheeler til he falls over or til i can get close enough to rope him??. ots tricky on a 4 wheeler tho/...hes probly pushing 450

gary

One word, "veal".

[Taurus]

If he is too wild, time for make a room in the freezer.

[ousoonerfan22]

I've used my 4 wheeler to run a cow or calves in the corral it's not that hard after they figure out they can't out run the 4 wheeler.