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<blockquote data-quote="Oldtimer" data-source="post: 31445" data-attributes="member: 97"><p>You just always want to respect and never trust any bull.</p><p></p><p>Last week I helped put bulls out with some cows in the pasture. These were yearling, 2's and 3 year old angus bulls. We gathered and worked the bulls on horseback- and sorted out the 11 we needed to take that day. Now these are nice quiet bulls- they have been walked through and fed all winter. They loaded easily in the trailers and we hauled them to where they needed to be trailed about 5 miles. </p><p></p><p>They trailed good with their occasional moaning and groaning and fighting each other- until we came across the carcass (mostly just hide and bones) of a calf that had died last summer- then they went just nuts. Once they got a smell of that carcass they were on the fight with each other and with us on horseback. They pawed, rolled on, and fought over the carcass until their tongues were hanging out. It took 1/2 an hour and a couple of hairy encounters to push them past that dead calf. Once they got past the calf they settled back down and went good- perfect gentlemen- were even pretty easy to spread out amongst the ladies.</p><p></p><p>I've seen this many times before with a carcass or even just old bones- it sure shows how quickly a bulls behavior can change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldtimer, post: 31445, member: 97"] You just always want to respect and never trust any bull. Last week I helped put bulls out with some cows in the pasture. These were yearling, 2's and 3 year old angus bulls. We gathered and worked the bulls on horseback- and sorted out the 11 we needed to take that day. Now these are nice quiet bulls- they have been walked through and fed all winter. They loaded easily in the trailers and we hauled them to where they needed to be trailed about 5 miles. They trailed good with their occasional moaning and groaning and fighting each other- until we came across the carcass (mostly just hide and bones) of a calf that had died last summer- then they went just nuts. Once they got a smell of that carcass they were on the fight with each other and with us on horseback. They pawed, rolled on, and fought over the carcass until their tongues were hanging out. It took 1/2 an hour and a couple of hairy encounters to push them past that dead calf. Once they got past the calf they settled back down and went good- perfect gentlemen- were even pretty easy to spread out amongst the ladies. I've seen this many times before with a carcass or even just old bones- it sure shows how quickly a bulls behavior can change. [/QUOTE]
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