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I might, but only for a terminal bull with good growth. I do know I would respect someone that was honest about him being pulled.

If angus(in no particular order); doc, milk, mw, mh, en(want as close to positive as I can because of low inputs), $w, cem, hp, and of course most all the rest lol. I guess milk, doc, cem, $w, and en would be the most important for me. I set a threshold for those and don’t stray far from it when...

I luckily haven’t seen them in western Oklahoma yet. Call the game warden in a different county and get his opinion before calling your own. I’ve had good luck with several concerning protecting livestock in Oklahoma. If that don’t work, do what ya got to. ETA...

When you write that it didn't break, do you mean it came out entirely within an unbroken sac or just that it was still over the front of the calf? She had licked most of the sac off but it was still underneath the calf. I’m assuming the sac did not break.

Any idea why this would happen?

She was still working on it when we got there. The calf’s face was covered though. I’m tempted to chalk it up to luck like Nesikep said but am curious about Ebenezer’s mineral idea. It seems like it could be mineral or nutrition related.

It’s too dry for fescue out here. She had mediocre hay and access to mineral. I was thinking it might just be because she’s so old. Keep the ideas coming and I’ll try to dust off my Google-fu and see if I can find something.

Last spring, my uncle had an older cow lose a calf because the amniotic sac didn’t break. I was wondering if this is more prevalent in older cattle, nutrition related, or other factors. Any experience or information is appreciated.