Hello everyone, this is my first steer it is a black angus, and i'm raising it for meat. I have had problems with this steer from the first day i brought it home and put it in the pasture. So here is a little history on the animal. I got it when a friend of mine was weening the new calves in his heard. it was 7-8months old and never been away from it's mom. we loaded him in the trailer and drove him an hour home. I have a two 2.5acre pastures. I set up a round pen inside one of the pasture to try to let him settle down and chill out for a week or two while he got used to the pasture and me. He broke out of the horse round pen in under 60seconds! But i figured he was in the pasture so it would be alright. He is about 9months now and i feed him 3-4times a week and generally spend about a half hour out there when i do. He likes to hide in these trees ALL day long and i have to go up to him and when i get about 10ft away he will bolt out of the bushes's. Then i can get him to follow me with the bucket of food. But he wont let me get closer than maybe 7-10ft away. I am worried because his worm meds are up in 2months and i wanted to give him something to keep the flys at bay. I am also worried if this behavior keeps up i will have to shoot him prematurely because i wont be able to control him when he gets bigger. I guess my question is , Is it too little too late for this steer? If it matters i have two horse's that are tame in the other pasture, the horse's and the cow are only seperated by a fence.I feed them both at the same time right next to each other on oppisite side's of the fence, and will brush the horse's to try and show him im friendly. But i still cant get close to him! Is it too little too late for this steer? sorry for the lenghty post.