Guns, Bows, Shooting Sports, and Hunting Coyote bait. Dangest thing I've seen in a while....

[HHhuntitall]

Dad had been shooting right next to where this mower is parked.... it's the firing line for our 400yd range, and she hadn't been there more than 30 minutes.... The flies are still on her and she's still warm.... I have no way to explain how dumb cows are, but this gives you an idea.....

 

[CBari]

That's costly now days.

 

[Dl5treez]

Female. Explains everything.

:-laf

 

[JR]

Curiosity killed the...cow?

 

[Deleted member 995608]

She must have stuck her head in there, couldn't pull it out then tried to push her self out with that leg. What a dummy.

 

[HHhuntitall]

Yeah, I'll never understand what would possess them to get in places like this.... And that mower has been sitting there for 2 years... She had to FORCE her head down in there.... and it's not like I don't have any grass... the pastures are waist tall, at the moment.... There's 18 head on 120 acres... there is PLENTY to eat, EVERYWHERE!!!

And yes, is VERY costly. She's a bred, first calf heifer, probably 4 months bred, weighing in close to 1,000lbs. She'd bring over $2000 in the current market, with her build and disposition. I guess if she's that dumb, she did me a favor.... cull the herd voluntarily...

A few years back, I had one beat the crap out of one of my trucks.... she stuck her head in under the fender, behind the tire, which was clocked to the right, on one of my nicer trucks. I'd pulled in and parked in a hurry to get parts, then left in another truck. She got in there, lifted her head, and then it was stuck between the tire and fender, and all she could do was pull backwards and lift up, making it that much worse.... She caved the fender and door both in, swinging her backend back and forth. She had a hole dug where she had been pawing and stomping all morning.... Then, when I tried to help, it just made it that much worse, again!! There was no way to push down on her head, as she'd just lift up when I pushed down.... I stood on her head, and she'd just lift me up until her head was stuck even harder!! In desperation I started the truck. It wouldn't steer far enough to let her head out, and if I steered the other way, it resulted in a loud scream and the popping of metal.... I tried to back up, but the tire wouldn't turn, and she'd just fight the movement, lifting her head.... I ended up getting so mad I locked the hubs, pulled it into 4x4, grabbed reverse, and stood off on the throttle when I dumped the clutch!! The truck jumped backwards, the heifer bawled(screamed), and then the front end hopped..... up and over her head, abruptly interupting her bawling and knocking her to the ground. Her nose and ears were a little bloody, but she jumped up and ran off down the hill as fast as she could. She wasn't very gentle after that, either..... and I think she got a twitch every time she heard a Cummins start after that, too..... :-laf

 

[CBari]

That would been a tough call on the truck and cow episode, but I think I might have tried to cut the valve stem and let the air out. Cows are some of the dumbest animals but can also be some of the most violent and protective too. I can't tell you how many times I have had some get in the bed of the truck with me while I am doctoring their calves.

 

[Deleted member 995608]

It's tough to make those decisions sometimes, especially when the market is high like it is now.

All of us here lose a few to the bears and lions and once in a while, well have one prolapse after cutting when we're marking in the spring; it's hard to get the guts back in and wire tie them back up in the dirt.

We barely got any rain this last winter so the feed never really came through. Oat and alfalfa hay went through the roof early so most of us sold early.

That's the cow business for ya.

 

[Wayne M.]

Yeah, I'll never understand what would possess them to get in places like this.... And that mower has been sitting there for 2 years... She had to FORCE her head down in there.... and it's not like I don't have any grass... the pastures are waist tall, at the moment.... There's 18 head on 120 acres... there is PLENTY to eat, EVERYWHERE!!!

And yes, is VERY costly. She's a bred, first calf heifer, probably 4 months bred, weighing in close to 1,000lbs. She'd bring over $2000 in the current market, with her build and disposition. I guess if she's that dumb, she did me a favor.... cull the herd voluntarily...

A few years back, I had one beat the crap out of one of my trucks.... she stuck her head in under the fender, behind the tire, which was clocked to the right, on one of my nicer trucks. I'd pulled in and parked in a hurry to get parts, then left in another truck. She got in there, lifted her head, and then it was stuck between the tire and fender, and all she could do was pull backwards and lift up, making it that much worse.... She caved the fender and door both in, swinging her backend back and forth. She had a hole dug where she had been pawing and stomping all morning.... Then, when I tried to help, it just made it that much worse, again!! There was no way to push down on her head, as she'd just lift up when I pushed down.... I stood on her head, and she'd just lift me up until her head was stuck even harder!! In desperation I started the truck. It wouldn't steer far enough to let her head out, and if I steered the other way, it resulted in a loud scream and the popping of metal.... I tried to back up, but the tire wouldn't turn, and she'd just fight the movement, lifting her head.... I ended up getting so mad I locked the hubs, pulled it into 4x4, grabbed reverse, and stood off on the throttle when I dumped the clutch!! The truck jumped backwards, the heifer bawled(screamed), and then the front end hopped..... up and over her head, abruptly interupting her bawling and knocking her to the ground. Her nose and ears were a little bloody, but she jumped up and ran off down the hill as fast as she could. She wasn't very gentle after that, either..... and I think she got a twitch every time she heard a Cummins start after that, too..... :-laf

The City boy can't believe this!

 

[mwilson]

I know from personal experience that when a cow steps on your foot she will lift the other three feet first before getting back around to the one that is grinding your foot into the cement.....

I learned to smack them in the big neck vein which seemed to speed the process up a little.......hated to smack an animal but hated the idea of a broken foot even worse.

They are not too bright. However they are smart enough to maintain order in the ranks when lining up to be milked, same cows in the same order in the same line for the milking parlor day and night. Any new cows introduced were pushed to the back of the line by the other cows. Had one figure out how to open the grain chute in the parlor stall, was back to and heard this big "Whoosh". She got her head twisted around just right to reach the trip handle.............

Mike.

 

[HHhuntitall]

I'm dumb enough, and got enough back end, I usually stand my ground on 'em.... growing up, and in college, someone would ask me, "Ain't you afraid of that big ol' boy?!?" "Nope. Been fighting 1,000lb cows all my life. That boy ain't nothin'."

When I'm doctoring, they'll usually come up and butt me a little to see if I'll give, and when I kick 'em in the eye or nose, they'll back off a bit.... Usually, the heifers I raise know to just smell and keep a nervous watch.... That hands on raising makes it a bit easier, and gives me some insight as to their character, too. I can't read them all.... some don't have any bluff to 'em. That's when I usually end up missing my hat, with a bloody mouth, and a mouthfull of hair and snot where I've been biting her nose.... I'm not the brightest.... But I've been known to choke an ol' sow plumb out using that "big neck vein." After that, they'll never try to run over you again.... not an easy task, though. Dad had some Santa Gertrudis witches (to put it nicely!!) that whipped me pretty bad a time or two.... They'd pick you up and slam you on the ground!! And those short, rounded horns? They knew they had 'em!! :mad GAA! That's the only time I've ever been happy to ship a whole herd of cows....

The Simmental crosses I have now are pretty gentle, for the most part. If they're too wild, I try to get rid of 'em. I've got several that when I tag or mark their calves, they'll come up and just gently try to push you off their calves.... One cow will put the flat of her head against you and just slowly push... I have to put my thumb in her eye to make her back off.... And the calves? Drive me up the wall. YOu can't leave anything laying around. I'll be working on a water trough, or fence, or something, and you'll turn around and have 15-20 pairs of eyes watching you.... And usually one or two trying to sniff or lick you. I had a big yearling bull bite my leggings last year, and almost unbuckled them. They'll drag your wrenches off the back of the truck, or if a shirt or jacket is hanging on the fence, it'll get drug off and drug around, stepped on, crapped on, and played with until you just want to burn it..... And if you go retrieve it, you get surrounded.... :-laf

Now, the Limosouine cross herd my foreman has been breeding.... that's a different story.... Wild, pushy, stupid, fence jumping, gate slamming, kicking, run off, no account, calf makers.... Only good thing on those two herds is I get to practice my roping pretty regular!!

 

[Sticks]

I'm dumb enough, and got enough back end, I usually stand my ground on 'em.... growing up, and in college, someone would ask me, "Ain't you afraid of that big ol' boy?!?" "Nope. Been fighting 1,000lb cows all my life. That boy ain't nothin'."

I grew up in Rural Colorado, and it always cracked me up when these big city kids would come to school (usually because the got kicked out of the city schools and the parents had to move out of the city) and start the "Billy Bad Arse" / Alfa Male crap.

90% of the kids were farm/ranch bred. Lot stronger than they look (been lugging hay bales and handling livestock since they were 10), and have no clue what the city rules for a dispute are (up in your face, pestering, talking smak etc. for 5 minuets). It's either; we're cool with each other, or BAM!, now it's settled.