yea the "3" thing got me too...3 in how many?
3 in 20...you got a bigger problem
3 in 1000...may just be the heat or bad luck
anyway sorry for you loss...I have 5 hefer's due right now and im hoping they hold out
we used electric this year with good results... the local game warden told us to hang aluminum foil between every post and smear it with penut butter to "get them used to it"...so far its worked preaty well
you just tell them its open season, there is no bag limit, and they all think wrestling is fake...oh ya and nascar is just driving around in circles
end of problem in 48 hours
this guy is a las vegas cab driver
check out his last blog entry
PS just a warning some of his other stuff can get kinda nasty but his last entry is a good read
http://lvcabbiechronicles.blogspot.com/
Allen, they hung him around 17 days
SRR, I started putting the grain to him the day he was weaned...just a #or 2 a day then worked him up to around 20# of feed a day the last 90 days (always had free choice hay and minerals)
not sure of the hoof weight but he hung at 598 at 14 months (almost 15)