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<blockquote data-quote="Cattle Rack Rancher" data-source="post: 62572" data-attributes="member: 245"><p>Had my own 'cows on the run' experience the last couple of days. I traded 3 Galloway cows for three Black Angus cows which got delivered Monday night. Checked Tuesday night and they were gone so I slogged out through the knee deep snow for about a mile and finally found them out in the adjacent pasture. By this time it was 11:00 pm and my legs were giving out so I figured they probably find their way back when they got hungry. Checked Wednesday night after another six inches of snow and a bit of wind which made the snow waist deep in spots. I couldn't find them or any trace of them as the snow had blown over the trail overnight. So I looked until I couldn't walk any more and gave up and phoned a neighbor with a snowmobile. Over night I got thinking about it and figured maybe they would be in the bush closest to the hay feeder maybe just on the wrong side of the fence. So at 7:15 AM around first light, I launched myself out in the snow again. No sign of them. The neighbor showed up about 8:15 with his snowmobile. By that time time my legs were starting to give out and he finally picked up the trail in a sheltered spot on the next paddock after they had jumped the fence. So I walked another half mile tracking them to the corner of the property where we saw a bit of black hair on the top strand of the barbed wire. This concerned me a bit as about half a mile in that direction is a big piece of government land that is really thick bush and inaccessible by snowmobile. Finally found the cows about a mile and a half down the road allowance and over north on the next mile road right tight to the government land so I walked about 3/4 mile back trying to keep them out of the bush. Finally got them home a little after 10:00 this morning. The people at work are telling me all this exercise is starting to show on me. That's no good. I need that extra fat to keep the cold out up here. :lol: The last time I got a cow in winter I tracked her for eight miles on foot. From now on I'm buying my cows in the summer. If they are going to get out and run away at least i won't have to track them through the snow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cattle Rack Rancher, post: 62572, member: 245"] Had my own 'cows on the run' experience the last couple of days. I traded 3 Galloway cows for three Black Angus cows which got delivered Monday night. Checked Tuesday night and they were gone so I slogged out through the knee deep snow for about a mile and finally found them out in the adjacent pasture. By this time it was 11:00 pm and my legs were giving out so I figured they probably find their way back when they got hungry. Checked Wednesday night after another six inches of snow and a bit of wind which made the snow waist deep in spots. I couldn't find them or any trace of them as the snow had blown over the trail overnight. So I looked until I couldn't walk any more and gave up and phoned a neighbor with a snowmobile. Over night I got thinking about it and figured maybe they would be in the bush closest to the hay feeder maybe just on the wrong side of the fence. So at 7:15 AM around first light, I launched myself out in the snow again. No sign of them. The neighbor showed up about 8:15 with his snowmobile. By that time time my legs were starting to give out and he finally picked up the trail in a sheltered spot on the next paddock after they had jumped the fence. So I walked another half mile tracking them to the corner of the property where we saw a bit of black hair on the top strand of the barbed wire. This concerned me a bit as about half a mile in that direction is a big piece of government land that is really thick bush and inaccessible by snowmobile. Finally found the cows about a mile and a half down the road allowance and over north on the next mile road right tight to the government land so I walked about 3/4 mile back trying to keep them out of the bush. Finally got them home a little after 10:00 this morning. The people at work are telling me all this exercise is starting to show on me. That's no good. I need that extra fat to keep the cold out up here. :lol: The last time I got a cow in winter I tracked her for eight miles on foot. From now on I'm buying my cows in the summer. If they are going to get out and run away at least i won't have to track them through the snow. [/QUOTE]
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