greybeard
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Sat night, a neighbor up the road called and said the Constable was wanting my Ph# because "there was a steer out on the highway" and my place is the only one near that has cattle. I have sold all my cows but they and some more are still here on a lease basis, so I (finally) got in touch with the owner and he went out and found all his still in the 105 acres that make up his total lease area. (I knew he had no steers so figured it was a bull calf anyway) As they were following him back to his truck, another one came running by him that he didn't recognize so now there's an illegal alien here on property that so far, no one has come looking for.
All I could do Sunday morning, was lock the whole 29 head up on the 12 acres closest to my house till the new guy settled in. I called the constable and let him know, but had to leave a message. Still haven't heard back from him but there's enough grass for that many only for about a week and I don't want to risk the squatter calf getting back out on the road, since I'm pretty sure NewGuy got in on what used to be my brother's property adjacent to me.
I found out a little more about the animal yesterday afternoon. Someone had hit the calf coming off the river bridge but didn't damage their truck and the calf ran off into the woods, but the driver did call it in to the constable or SD. I can still see the glue on it's hips from salebarn sticker so I assume someone bought it recently as a trailer weaned calf and it escaped looking for it's momma. The mottle faced one. I've put out the word locally that he's here but nothing heard.
Irritates me some that;
1. The county expects ya to do the right thing but you can't get in touch with them for them to then do their part.
2. The SD & constable also has turned over ALL animal control issues to an animal control officer, but he's off until Tuesday and his phone mailbox is full and you can't even leave a message.
All I could do Sunday morning, was lock the whole 29 head up on the 12 acres closest to my house till the new guy settled in. I called the constable and let him know, but had to leave a message. Still haven't heard back from him but there's enough grass for that many only for about a week and I don't want to risk the squatter calf getting back out on the road, since I'm pretty sure NewGuy got in on what used to be my brother's property adjacent to me.
I found out a little more about the animal yesterday afternoon. Someone had hit the calf coming off the river bridge but didn't damage their truck and the calf ran off into the woods, but the driver did call it in to the constable or SD. I can still see the glue on it's hips from salebarn sticker so I assume someone bought it recently as a trailer weaned calf and it escaped looking for it's momma. The mottle faced one. I've put out the word locally that he's here but nothing heard.
Irritates me some that;
1. The county expects ya to do the right thing but you can't get in touch with them for them to then do their part.
2. The SD & constable also has turned over ALL animal control issues to an animal control officer, but he's off until Tuesday and his phone mailbox is full and you can't even leave a message.