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Michael Soldan

10-09-2005 09:53:47

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This is just a human interest story about the bull and me. Everytime I go through the barnyard with a load of hay or a big round on the fork the bull just has to have playtime, loves to rub against the hay and bunt with all his might. Back in July I was coming through the yard with 120 suqares on a load and before I knew what happened he rammed the side of the load and took about 60 bales right off the side and front , then proceeded to roll them all around and break them open. Well, I decided that wasn't going to happen again so I always put him in if I was haying or bringing a big round to the feeder. Well yesterday a neighbour stopped in just as I brought a big round up to the gate. I stopped and said I was going to put the bull in first. He suggested that I cut the sting off and he would open the gate and let me drive right to the feeder and drop it, his words were "he won't bother"....bull got the bale off the fork before I had gone 50 feet, didn't even have time to raise it...and with the strings off he only had to hit it a few times and it was a pile of loose hay in the middle of the yard...neighbour chuckling as I turned around and headed out..nice bull, quiet , but thinks hay is to be played with before eating..kind of funny , kind of a nuisance...He'll be put in from now on when I am working hay in the yard.....Mike in Exeter Ontario

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VaSlim

10-11-2005 17:51:56

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Re: Me and the Bull in reply to Michael Soldan, 10-09-2005 09:53:47

All livestock are dangerous but I think dairy bulls are especially so. Probably has something to do with the way they are raised -- by a human, not a cow. Beef bulls push each other around all the time, "King of the Hill" type thing. Dairy bulls probably consider people their competition and want to show them who's boss.

Take that bale out with the spear pointing as close to perpendicular as you can safely transport it. Let the bull butt steel a couple of times. It only took once with my bull.

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Gary The Rookie Farmer

10-11-2005 05:33:51

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Re: Me and the Bull in reply to Michael Soldan, 10-09-2005 09:53:47

Doesn't look like bulls are so scary:

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"It takes skill, training, and variety of sharp objects for a matador to kill an angry bull. So how did George Tisdale, a prosperous Albemarle farmer with no bullfighting experience, accomplish this with his bare hands?

He wasn't sure just how he did it, as things happened very fast, he said � but when the battle was over, his prize bull lay stone dead just moments after attacking him on the morning of Sept. 9, 1921. The dazed Tisdale, who suffered three cracked ribs in the fight, didn't even know he had killed the bull.

"Fix me up so I will get well quickly," he told the doctor. "I want to take my gun and kill that (expletive deleted) bull as soon as possible."

"You needn't worry about the bull George; he's dead," the doctor replied.

Tisdale hadn't known his own strength. But if he considered giving up farming for bullfighting after that, he kept it to himself. "

I'd sure like to know what happened.

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tim[in]

10-10-2005 19:20:14

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Re: Me and the Bull in reply to Michael Soldan, 10-09-2005 09:53:47

that's one of the things that made me decide against raising buffalo! lost a neighbor when i was a kid to a dairy bull.

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Michael Soldan

10-10-2005 06:50:21

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Re: Me and the Bull in reply to Michael Soldan, 10-09-2005 09:53:47

Thanks for your concerns and stories. I was raised on a farm where the cardinal rule was "Never Trust a Bull"...and I don't . I don't encourage any kind of play with a bull, my story was just about the nuisance factor that he creates. I carry a hockey stick shaft anytime I go in with cattle and they all know the business end of it. Usually a wave of the stick and the bull heads away from the area I am in. We had two people killed by bulls in our area in the last three years, both holstein bulls incidentally. Thats why I said the bull would be put in anytime I am working hay in the yard....Cheers...Mike in Exeter Ontario

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Kelly Campbell

10-10-2005 12:10:16

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Re: Me and the Bull in reply to Michael Soldan, 10-10-2005 06:50:21

I realize that a horse may not be as big as a bull but everytime I go out to feed the horse in the field I'm sure to carry a training stick (about as long as a golf club driver shaft with out the head on it) They know what it is and they respect it. There is no way that I can do as much injury to a horse as another horse would to to another but I prefer to not be horse kicked.

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Jimmy King

10-10-2005 08:43:13

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Re: Me and the Bull in reply to Michael Soldan, 10-10-2005 06:50:21

Michael, you are a wise man. I myself am not scared of a bull, but respect them greatly. I was rasied on a dairy farm and operated the same farm for 25 years, we had Jerseys and Jersey Bulls are the worst. I almost walked away from a bull that I bought once because it was a pet. I didn't and wished I had several time, because it was a royal pain in the behind plus mean. The only bull I ever used a 12 Gauge on. People work around bulls and get careless, then they get hurt or killed.

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Rich Iowa

10-10-2005 16:32:17

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Re: Me and the Bull in reply to Jimmy King, 10-10-2005 08:43:13

I remember my mom telling me a story about a Jersey bull. My mom was over at her cousin"s playing, went inside for lunch. Her uncle came in, said to keep the kids inside, the bull got out. Mom said he called all the neighbors,they showed up and were herding the bull with the trucks. To top it off, the bull was charging the trucks!!! Kinda odd how the dairy cows are the most docile, while the bulls are the worst, tempermant wise. Rich

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Rauville

10-09-2005 19:32:17

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Re: Me and the Bull in reply to Michael Soldan, 10-09-2005 09:53:47

There's an older area farmer that collects antiques / odd stuff, so I've got to know him. This spring his bull slammed a gate into him. The farmer was lucky he wasn't killed, but did end up with a lot of cuts and bruises, including 2 black eyes. But, he took it in stride. This summer he showed me photos he had taken of himself after the accident. He is was, stripped down to his BVDs, black & blue all over, sitting in the bathroom, with heavy wrist and leg shackles on, along with a genuine old ball and chain. He said; "I thought if I ever had to file for divorce, this would be good evidence of husband abuse!" ☺ ☺ ☺

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10-09-2005 18:44:48

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Re: Me and the Bull in reply to Michael Soldan, 10-09-2005 09:53:47

A local farmer here was laid to rest this fall from a bull. He was a cattleman and raised cattle his whole life. Had hid pickup right there close with his wife in it too. The bull was quicker then he was. Be careful.

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RayP(MI)

10-09-2005 18:42:32

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Re: Me and the Bull in reply to Michael Soldan, 10-09-2005 09:53:47

Father-in-law had a bull that he thought was a rather peaceful individual. Used to play with him, and have pushing matches when he drove a tractor thru the barnyard. One day he was walking thru the barnyard, and the bull deceded to have a pushing match. Was rolling him around on the ground when the dad's brother drove the bull off. Dad was hurting with broken ribs, and other injuries. Sold bull while he was in the hospital. NEVER TRUST A BULL - NEVER PLAY WITH A BULL! that's what AI is for!

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Tom in TN

10-09-2005 18:23:51

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Re: Me and the Bull in reply to Michael Soldan, 10-09-2005 09:53:47

Michael,

That's a great story, and I bet it's really neat to see him do that stuff. However, I think I agree with Alvin in WI. I would never allow a bull, or a cow for that matter, to butt anything near me. They are monstrously strong and their play could result in serious hurt to you.

Have fun with your bull, but watch out.

Tom in TN

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Alvin NE WI

10-09-2005 18:12:21

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Re: Me and the Bull in reply to Michael Soldan, 10-09-2005 09:53:47

Be very carefull around that bull. They do Kill. Now that he found something to toss around, he might want to play when you get in his pen. You seen what he can do to a hay bale, the body can not take that treatment. Farmers get killed every year by a bull that wants to play. You do not get a second chance from a bull and he was only "playing".Please be carefull.
Alvin

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BobMo

10-09-2005 17:33:08

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Re: Me and the Bull in reply to Michael Soldan, 10-09-2005 09:53:47

Had something simuliar happen recently when 25 of my neighbors cattle got into my hay field. It looked like they got bored and just tore down a stack with a couple hundred bales in it. Didn't break the bales. Didn't eat as there was plenty of fresh brome and alfalfa in the field. Just made a mess....

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Bill in Iowa

10-09-2005 13:23:32

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Re: Me and the Bull in reply to Michael Soldan, 10-09-2005 09:53:47

My cows and bull love to do the same thing, although they don't always get the big round bale knocked off the fork. They can be aggravating!!

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