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<blockquote data-quote="Arnold Ziffle" data-source="post: 537308" data-attributes="member: 43"><p>Well, I think I've seen it all now. Had an excellent crop of wild dewberries this year on my place. I guess pasture mismanagement is not all bad! (for you folks up north, "dewberries" are a small, native berry that most closely resembles blackberries) Anyway, while roaming near the woods I saw sign of what I assumed to be a bunch of poachers/tresspassers trampling all over and picking over my berries. Then, while I was picking <u>my bull</u> came up real close to me and proceeded to chomp down on a bunch of berries, grabbing some of the little stems along with the berries. Would never have believed it had I not watched him from 8 feet away for over a minute. Later on, several cows and "teenager" calves joined in. So I guess the only poaching has been done by my cattle! I chased them off after a few minutes -- figured I deserved the berries more than they did. My hands are all mangled and full of stickers and my back and legs feel like I'm about 150 years old, but I absolutely love mom's dewberry pie. Each pie takes a quart of berries and I now have 55 quarts in the freezer.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I've led a sheltered ranching existence, but has anybody else ever seen cattle going after berries?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arnold Ziffle, post: 537308, member: 43"] Well, I think I've seen it all now. Had an excellent crop of wild dewberries this year on my place. I guess pasture mismanagement is not all bad! (for you folks up north, "dewberries" are a small, native berry that most closely resembles blackberries) Anyway, while roaming near the woods I saw sign of what I assumed to be a bunch of poachers/tresspassers trampling all over and picking over my berries. Then, while I was picking [u]my bull[/u] came up real close to me and proceeded to chomp down on a bunch of berries, grabbing some of the little stems along with the berries. Would never have believed it had I not watched him from 8 feet away for over a minute. Later on, several cows and "teenager" calves joined in. So I guess the only poaching has been done by my cattle! I chased them off after a few minutes -- figured I deserved the berries more than they did. My hands are all mangled and full of stickers and my back and legs feel like I'm about 150 years old, but I absolutely love mom's dewberry pie. Each pie takes a quart of berries and I now have 55 quarts in the freezer. Maybe I've led a sheltered ranching existence, but has anybody else ever seen cattle going after berries? [/QUOTE]
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