I doubt I'm telling all you cattle guys on here anything that you don't already know, but if you understand HOW to work animals, and pressure points, and can read 'em, you can pretty much work them gently regardless. One might have a pressure point of only a foot or so (or the worst ones........... 0............ those that have become "pets" are the most difficult), and another might have a pressure point of a half mile or even more!
True story that's relatable.........I was out working my ground with my articulated 4WD Steiger with a deep ripper on it... 320 acre parcel of open ground between roads. We don't let others hunt our ground. Fellow I knew that seems to do some "road hunting" (drive around the block seeing if they can spot a deer to go after, hoping he'll lay down in a thicket they can surround) chased a nice 8 pt. buck out onto it.......... I was about a half mile from the deer on the far end of the farm when he crossed the road onto our ground, and he was headed for the far end where I was at a pretty good clip, away from the road (and the "road hunters").......... I pulled my ripper up, and headed across the farm into his path... I doubt I ever got wit
I doubt I'm telling all you cattle guys on here anything that you don't already know, but if you understand HOW to work animals, and pressure points, and can read 'em, you can pretty much work them gently regardless. One might have a pressure point of only a foot or so (or the worst ones........... 0............ those that have become "pets" are the most difficult), and another might have a pressure point of a half mile or even more!
True story that's relatable.........I was out working my ground with my articulated 4WD Steiger with a deep ripper on it... 320 acre parcel of open ground between roads. We don't let others hunt our ground. Fellow I knew that seems to do some "road hunting" (drive around the block seeing if they can spot a deer to go after, hoping he'll lay down in a thicket they can surround) chased a nice 8 pt. buck out onto it.......... I was about a half mile from the deer on the far end of the farm when he crossed the road onto our ground, and he was headed for the far end where I was at a pretty good clip, away from the road (and the "road hunters").......... I pulled my ripper up, and headed across the farm into his path... I doubt I ever got within 1/4 mile of him, but I was able to turn him around with my big, slow, clumsy 4WD cutting horse, and get him worked back up toward that road (remember, he WAS aware of the hunters back there when he crossed onto our farm). Walked him right between the hunters that had hidden themselves in the ditch on the far side of the road... (they did give him a pretty wide berth of a couple hundred yards). They missed him, but did catch up to him again a mile over and bagged him.
Point is, deer are pretty rangey critters................. but if you understand "workin' em' gentle", you can accomplish alot.
I doubt that I'd be able to do THAT again!
hin 1/4 mile of him, but I was able to turn him around with my big, slow, clumsy 4WD cutting horse, and get him worked back up toward that road (remember, he WAS aware of the hunters back there when he crossed onto our farm). Walked him right between the hunters that had hidden themselves in the ditch on the far side of the road... (they did give him a pretty wide berth of a couple hundred yards). They missed him, but did catch up to him again a mile over and bagged him.
Point is, deer are pretty rangey critters................. but if you understand "workin' em' gentle", you can accomplish alot.
I doubt that I'd be able to do THAT again