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<blockquote data-quote="Grandpa" data-source="post: 888833" data-attributes="member: 14666"><p>From observation on our place, some bulls stay gentle as long as you have them, and others "figure out" how to be mean. If they are hit often or hotshotted, they tend to get there pretty quick. Seems like not only an age when they realize they are bigger than you, but also sometimes just a situation triggers it. Like when they figure out the cubes will fall out of the bucket when they butt it or figure out they can get over the fence. My dad used to feed cubes by hand; each cow got a double handful of cubes one cow at a time. Guess he thought they were going to stand in line for their double handful. He would always feed the bull first, of course, but by the time he fed cow number 30, the bull was looking for more. One hooked him from behind and threw him over the fence (and this was a gentle bull). Dad finally got ok, but the bull went to the sale the next day. I figure when a bull learns something, he is going to keep doing it, so he gets traded in for another.</p><p></p><p>And I agree with dun and inyati. Turning 60 didn't do my disposition any good either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grandpa, post: 888833, member: 14666"] From observation on our place, some bulls stay gentle as long as you have them, and others "figure out" how to be mean. If they are hit often or hotshotted, they tend to get there pretty quick. Seems like not only an age when they realize they are bigger than you, but also sometimes just a situation triggers it. Like when they figure out the cubes will fall out of the bucket when they butt it or figure out they can get over the fence. My dad used to feed cubes by hand; each cow got a double handful of cubes one cow at a time. Guess he thought they were going to stand in line for their double handful. He would always feed the bull first, of course, but by the time he fed cow number 30, the bull was looking for more. One hooked him from behind and threw him over the fence (and this was a gentle bull). Dad finally got ok, but the bull went to the sale the next day. I figure when a bull learns something, he is going to keep doing it, so he gets traded in for another. And I agree with dun and inyati. Turning 60 didn't do my disposition any good either. [/QUOTE]
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