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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1448469" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>Still have all 4 of those, but those they were among the cattle that swam/got washed over the fences. One of their calves was the one we found drowned at my neighbor's place, and the original part beefmaster cow I've had since 2011 is the black white faced cow that is still missing, presumed drowned. Wife went bicycle riding out the county road yesterday and said there is a horrible stench coming from the National Forest just NW of my place and it's probably from that cow. That area is soft after just a normal rain, that white sandy silt you sink down in and I don't go out there..pretty sure there's quicksand in there. I had a bad experience in there a few years ago looking for my missing blue heeler and didn't think I was going to get back out of it. (Dog, it turned out had just gone walkabout to one of the neighbor's places)</p><p></p><p>In reality, there was no reason any of the more mature cows to leave the high ground where I had them. Water got up to their bellies/brisket but nothing but calves would have drowned. </p><p>If the water had come up in daylight, I don't think the big cows would have left. At night tho, stuff bumping against them as the water flowed, I think one of them probably panicked, went over a fence, or one ran off the hills into deeper water, and the rest followed. All it takes is one to break and go and you know how cows do..they just followed in the dark. </p><p></p><p>The chars, I can tell milled around on their high hill for a long time. I can see their hoof prints and the ground is bare of grass and the water washed the topsoil away. That hill is now a good 1' lower than it was and a lot of tree roots exposed where there wasn't before, as well as gravel where before was just red clay. I think they did the same thing. One or 2 broke away, went down into a low spot where there is just a wire gap between me and my sis's property and over they went. </p><p>I sure wish I had just closed the back perimeter gate and let them all come up into the yard. My Chevy 1500 got water in the floorboard, but that's only 2' deep. No guarantee they would have stayed in the yard and driveway, but maybe....</p><p></p><p>My dam washed badly too.. on the back side. I can still drive over it but going to need some fill brought in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1448469, member: 18945"] Still have all 4 of those, but those they were among the cattle that swam/got washed over the fences. One of their calves was the one we found drowned at my neighbor's place, and the original part beefmaster cow I've had since 2011 is the black white faced cow that is still missing, presumed drowned. Wife went bicycle riding out the county road yesterday and said there is a horrible stench coming from the National Forest just NW of my place and it's probably from that cow. That area is soft after just a normal rain, that white sandy silt you sink down in and I don't go out there..pretty sure there's quicksand in there. I had a bad experience in there a few years ago looking for my missing blue heeler and didn't think I was going to get back out of it. (Dog, it turned out had just gone walkabout to one of the neighbor's places) In reality, there was no reason any of the more mature cows to leave the high ground where I had them. Water got up to their bellies/brisket but nothing but calves would have drowned. If the water had come up in daylight, I don't think the big cows would have left. At night tho, stuff bumping against them as the water flowed, I think one of them probably panicked, went over a fence, or one ran off the hills into deeper water, and the rest followed. All it takes is one to break and go and you know how cows do..they just followed in the dark. The chars, I can tell milled around on their high hill for a long time. I can see their hoof prints and the ground is bare of grass and the water washed the topsoil away. That hill is now a good 1' lower than it was and a lot of tree roots exposed where there wasn't before, as well as gravel where before was just red clay. I think they did the same thing. One or 2 broke away, went down into a low spot where there is just a wire gap between me and my sis's property and over they went. I sure wish I had just closed the back perimeter gate and let them all come up into the yard. My Chevy 1500 got water in the floorboard, but that's only 2' deep. No guarantee they would have stayed in the yard and driveway, but maybe.... My dam washed badly too.. on the back side. I can still drive over it but going to need some fill brought in. [/QUOTE]
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