Dave
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cross_7":qfj8yly9 said:Dave":qfj8yly9 said:Remember this is in Australia. Roping cattle is a North American thing. It is not done with any regularity in other parts of the world. Ever take a close look at an Australian saddle? Not a lot to tie off to there.
What is not shown but I am pretty sure how it works is they run these bulls until they are pretty winded. One that it a little short on air would much be easier to knock down and hold down. Heck I have done that horseback with a rope. One of my favorite methods. Miss her enough times until she gets tired of running. Rope her when she is trying to catch her breath. Ride around her a couple times before she takes off. Then ride off pulling all her legs together which knocks her down. Jump off quick and tie her feet before she can get up. Not a whole lot different than their method. Now I prefer to run them into a squeeze chute but when the nearest pen is miles away you do what you have to do.
When I as a kid we'd doctor pinkeye all summer
Big pastures and momma cows
All you could do was rope and trip them. I thought even back then that was hard on the cows not to mention a hot lathered up horse in 100 degree heat
I wonder how many bred cows lost calves doing that
There's still lots of that type stuff going on. Still lots of half top trailers built and sold just for the purpose of dragging cattle in trailers
Some can't be helped and that's the only way, but if I own them, that's the last option
Call me a farmer and I'll spit your eye and start windmilling :mrgreen:
A couple years ago I had a cow with hoof rot over in a big pasture with no pen and certainly no chute. I was by myself. I considered getting the horse and roping her. Tie her head off to a tree and then rope the heels and stretch her out. After careful consideration I went home and got half a dozen panels and set them up by a small clump of trees on the fence line. Them I walked her down along the fence into my catch pen. Her foot was sore enough she wasn't moving fast. Then I loaded her up and took her home where I put her in the chute to doctor her. Instead of cowboying up I farmered up. This getting old is pretty darn sad stuff. Good thing none of my cowboy friends were around to watch. If you try to tell them I will deny it ever happened.