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<blockquote data-quote="Rustler9" data-source="post: 61931" data-attributes="member: 440"><p>Well, here's a new little story about a run away heifer-we have leased several acres that is great pasture land with some woods in the rear of the property. This land is about 20 minutes from where I live-I check the cows about every other day. Ususally put out a couple rolls of hay and see if there's any new calves, try to check various sections of fence to see how many strands are down due to the deer who are all over the place.</p><p></p><p>Last Wednesday the people who own the land called me at work and told me that a couple of heifers have been slipping out into the woods in back which is owned by an a**hole who lives about 45 minutes away. He deer hunts, he has these cute little plots sowed which he calls his green space. I went down the following morning at 6:30 am and checked the cows, thought that I had every body accounted for and saw a small hole in the fence which I promptly fixed. </p><p></p><p>Saturday I find out that a yearling heifer that a friend brought down to put with my young bull had been fenced out-she's still in the woods. A nice neighbor showed me where she was-actually in his woods bordering part of the property. He even tried to help us get her back through the fence but she got away from us. I walked through this guy's green space but did not see any damage.</p><p></p><p>Last night I call the guy who owns the green space to tell him that I will get the heifer out asap and he tells me that he wants her off his property-he does not want us on the property to get the heifer and that if she isn't gone by today he will shoot her on Wednesday. He also tells me that I have already ruined his weekend last weekend due to my cows running all over his property (which is not true-three heifers got out, or so I was told by another neighbor, they were in my pasture when I checked on them and as soon as I found out about this I tried to remedy the situation by fixing the fence-I did make a mistake and leave this one heifer out. The owner was no where to be seen on Saturday when we were trying to round up this one heifer so I don't know how I ruined his deer hunting weekend?) I who have a very quick temper was very nice to this guy and tried to reason with him. I finally told him that it would not be in his best interest to shoot this heifer-that she belonged to someone else and that I would do my best to get her rounded up quickly. I told him that I do not make a habit of letting my cows run on other folks. He still argued that my whole herd has been on his place-which I don't believe as they were in the pasture every time I checked them (there's fifty head in this pasture right now-mostly yearling heifers, a few cows with small calves, this pasture had been empty for two years, very good grass, lots of it and I've just started feeding hay in the last two weeks).</p><p></p><p>I decided to go ahead and call my friend and tell him that we really need to get her out today if possible-I had to go in to work so couldn't help him today. He called the sheriff and filed a formal complaint and relayed the whole story. The sheriff called the guy and reminded him that we are attempting to get the heifer up and that to shoot her would be a felony. Seems the guy channged his attitude a bit after this, he even offered to help us. So, anyway Monty (friend who actually owns the heifer) is out there right now with a halter broke heifer in the woods trying to lure her back. I'm here at work taking a lunch break-has anyone ever had to deal with some one this impossible?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rustler9, post: 61931, member: 440"] Well, here's a new little story about a run away heifer-we have leased several acres that is great pasture land with some woods in the rear of the property. This land is about 20 minutes from where I live-I check the cows about every other day. Ususally put out a couple rolls of hay and see if there's any new calves, try to check various sections of fence to see how many strands are down due to the deer who are all over the place. Last Wednesday the people who own the land called me at work and told me that a couple of heifers have been slipping out into the woods in back which is owned by an a**hole who lives about 45 minutes away. He deer hunts, he has these cute little plots sowed which he calls his green space. I went down the following morning at 6:30 am and checked the cows, thought that I had every body accounted for and saw a small hole in the fence which I promptly fixed. Saturday I find out that a yearling heifer that a friend brought down to put with my young bull had been fenced out-she's still in the woods. A nice neighbor showed me where she was-actually in his woods bordering part of the property. He even tried to help us get her back through the fence but she got away from us. I walked through this guy's green space but did not see any damage. Last night I call the guy who owns the green space to tell him that I will get the heifer out asap and he tells me that he wants her off his property-he does not want us on the property to get the heifer and that if she isn't gone by today he will shoot her on Wednesday. He also tells me that I have already ruined his weekend last weekend due to my cows running all over his property (which is not true-three heifers got out, or so I was told by another neighbor, they were in my pasture when I checked on them and as soon as I found out about this I tried to remedy the situation by fixing the fence-I did make a mistake and leave this one heifer out. The owner was no where to be seen on Saturday when we were trying to round up this one heifer so I don't know how I ruined his deer hunting weekend?) I who have a very quick temper was very nice to this guy and tried to reason with him. I finally told him that it would not be in his best interest to shoot this heifer-that she belonged to someone else and that I would do my best to get her rounded up quickly. I told him that I do not make a habit of letting my cows run on other folks. He still argued that my whole herd has been on his place-which I don't believe as they were in the pasture every time I checked them (there's fifty head in this pasture right now-mostly yearling heifers, a few cows with small calves, this pasture had been empty for two years, very good grass, lots of it and I've just started feeding hay in the last two weeks). I decided to go ahead and call my friend and tell him that we really need to get her out today if possible-I had to go in to work so couldn't help him today. He called the sheriff and filed a formal complaint and relayed the whole story. The sheriff called the guy and reminded him that we are attempting to get the heifer up and that to shoot her would be a felony. Seems the guy channged his attitude a bit after this, he even offered to help us. So, anyway Monty (friend who actually owns the heifer) is out there right now with a halter broke heifer in the woods trying to lure her back. I'm here at work taking a lunch break-has anyone ever had to deal with some one this impossible? [/QUOTE]
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