Posted by IaGary on January 07, 2014 at 19:22:39 from (108.160.236.246):
In Reply to: Cow chasing? posted by KEH on January 07, 2014 at 14:22:46:
Years ago I sold a few breeding bulls.
I decided to take one to the county bull test where they fed the bulls together with other bulls. Then they were auctioned off at the end of the test.
My 700 lb bull was nice and calm at home. Loaded him in the trailer and when unloading the bull turned to the side at the end of the trailer Sorted a little and scared the guy that was blocking a 2 foot wide hole beside the bumper of the trailer. The guy jumped to the side and out the bull went
As they say the chase was on. I unhooked my trailer after 10 minutes and the calf just would not stop. We were in an area where most of the fences were gone on the edge of Iowa City. We were getting close to I80 and he got in with some sheep and finally stopped. I told one of the guys to find a rifle and we better put him down before he gets on the interstate.
The guy missed from 100 yards with a 30-06 from 75 yards. Away he went again but stayed on the road this time.
Another guy was riding with me and grabbed the lasso from behind my seat.
We were right along side him on the road and the guy got the lasso over his head while we were still at 15 MPH or so, believe it or not.
I said wrap the lasso around the 4 wheel drive lever and we started to slow but the calf didn"t and was bending the lever. We sped back up a little with the lasso wrapped on the lever. We were down to about 10 mph I grabbed the rope and took it through the steering along with the wrap on the lever and started to slow again. We held him but he had about 6 foot of slack.
Wham against the front fender. Then wham against the rear fender. Another truck got there about then and we got another lasso on the bull and stretch him between the two trucks. Another truck got my trailer and we pulled him into the trailer and home I went.
When I got home I put him in the barn where he came from. He walked out up to the water tank then to the manger to eat hay like nothing happened.
I guess he did not want to go to town.
A few years later the same thing happen when we took my daughters 4H calve to be weighed in.
A few young lads took off after the 600 lb calf.
I yelled at them to stop. Told my daughter to go get him and told the boys to stay here.
She started talking to him, he stopped. She walked up to him grabbed the halter and led him back to the scale after I cleared everyone out.
The boys could not believe she already had him halter broke 6 months before the fair.
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