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<blockquote data-quote="Idaman" data-source="post: 778096" data-attributes="member: 14119"><p>The answer is both yes and no. If you mean poor range as in dry and very large yes that can be a problem but usually in those cases the bulls will hang around the water holes and catch the cows there. In those cases depending on the temperature the extra bulls may not be needed.</p><p></p><p>The hardest to handle for me has been very large timbered ranges that have lots of very small meadows with great feed but those meadows may be 2 or 5 miles apart. The meadows aren't large enough to hold very many cows so the need for bulls goes way up. Usually there is a lot of scattered streams so the bulls waiting at the waterhole doesn't work and to ride to scatter the bulls would take weeks not days so you use lots of bull and keep them as young as possible. Just using younger bulls really helps here. </p><p></p><p>Our range now is about 115 acres per cow per year and the waterhole principle works fine. The major problem is the black bulls just quitting the cows when it gets hot plus their high injury rate. Even with the price discount we have to run some Hereford bulls just to make sure everything is bred. At the end of the years rotation they are almost the only ones left with the cows and up to a point the younger the better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Idaman, post: 778096, member: 14119"] The answer is both yes and no. If you mean poor range as in dry and very large yes that can be a problem but usually in those cases the bulls will hang around the water holes and catch the cows there. In those cases depending on the temperature the extra bulls may not be needed. The hardest to handle for me has been very large timbered ranges that have lots of very small meadows with great feed but those meadows may be 2 or 5 miles apart. The meadows aren't large enough to hold very many cows so the need for bulls goes way up. Usually there is a lot of scattered streams so the bulls waiting at the waterhole doesn't work and to ride to scatter the bulls would take weeks not days so you use lots of bull and keep them as young as possible. Just using younger bulls really helps here. Our range now is about 115 acres per cow per year and the waterhole principle works fine. The major problem is the black bulls just quitting the cows when it gets hot plus their high injury rate. Even with the price discount we have to run some Hereford bulls just to make sure everything is bred. At the end of the years rotation they are almost the only ones left with the cows and up to a point the younger the better. [/QUOTE]
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