Ratfish":33in8eam said:
I didn't expect this level of defeatism from cattle ranchers, truth be told.
Let's examine this statement - "I didn't expect this level of defeatism from cattle ranchers, truth be told"
Main Entry: de·feat·ism
Pronunciation: di-'fE-"ti-z&m, dE-
Function: noun
: an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat
First of all ratfish, I rarely trust people who say "truth be told", or "to tell you the truth". If you always tell the truth, there is no need for such qualifiers.
Second, IMO, your a newbie who somehow happened on a group of dinks. Most of what I've seen from your pics is F-1,F-2,maybe F-10 brahman crosses. I did see one hereford. You have already been told that a tigerstripe is one of the wildest cows, period. You now have not only the wildest, but the least valuable. Tiger stripe steers are not worth that much, expecially where you are. The one pic of that tiger steer running was all I needed to see. His head was up, and he definitely had the "look" to him.
Now your talking about moving them with cars??? Have they been exposed to cars? I shouldn't even ask. Regardless it's obvious by your questions that you are a newbie. No problem, everyone has to start somewhere, but you jumped into the deep part of the pool.
Sure, people on here have been poking fun at you; if you read back, it's only due to your own posts. Experienced cattlemen/women can see a trainwreck coming from your statements.
My guess is that your going to show up one morning with a bunch of friends with cars/buddies who also have little experience with cattle.The cattle, not used to being handled with cars will come un-glued. Regardless of how close that tiger will come when you feed him, let him get a whiff of something he senses is danger. The onslaught will look like that episode of Happy Days with Pinky, Fonzie, and the Kalachie brothers doing the demolition derby.
If I am wrong, please let me know. I will publicy apologize on the board.
Defeatism - no. Just trying to help YOU not get hurt. Maybe one day you will appreciate it.