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My wife woke me up telling me the neigbor called and I needed to go over to get my bull out of his yard?

My neighbor has a large black bull that tried to mountone of his older cows and ended up hurting her. She cant get up and is near my fence line driving my bull crazy. My Bull (Chief) kinda jumped the fence after he bent some t-posts and broke the 4 inch wood posts laying the whole barb wire fence down on it side. So now I got to do some diggin this weekend to fix the fence and try to get my bull away from the neighbors down cow, thats in heat, and the larger black bull, thats trying to gaurd his herd. Hopefully the 2 bulls wont get into it and either one get hurt. Tomorrow I will hopefully get some help trying to seperate the bulls. My neighbor will move the other 15 cows off his property so I wont be chasing Chief around as he chases the other cows. Hopefully he wont follow the herd off the property and stay with the down cow. Hes been trying to mount her all day, but gets frustrated because she wont get up. Hes a young Bull(3 yrs) and has never been around so many ladies. The cow that is down and hurt is old and will probably be put down. Im not sure how the neighbor will do it or what will be done with the dead cow??? I have never come across this problem. My young yearling steer died about 2 months ago and that was a big hole I had to dig. I cant imagine the size of the hole needed for a full size cow.
I'm not a cowboy and can't throw a rope, even if I did he would just drag me around since I got nothing to tie the other end to.

Has anyone else come across this situation before? Any suggestions?
 
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Had the same exact thing happen with my hamster. Just couldn't keep him away from my neighbors gophers.





 
Lupe how well does your bull like grain? also what is his disposition (other than horny) No pun intended but then again is he polled? how many acres does he have to run away from you on, if that's him on your avatar he'd be an easy head catch, if you know some one that ropes. if he's not too ornery, you should be able to get a halter or just a goo lead rope and tow him home after you get your fence up. I've seen Longhorns that were actually kind of friendly, another thin you might consider but I don't much like them is a hot shot, it might just be enough to convince him home pasture ain't so bad and them fresh heifers ain't so good. but I'd rather have a bull that I wasn't afraid of, even the easiest going ones can get pretty nasty, an old man was killed up here last month by a bull he'd raised they guy was in his late 70s and had sold the bull it was a huge beefmaster about 6 years old and was pretty raunchy, not much contest an old man weighing 180 Lbs. a Beefmaster bull weighing close to 2000, he was trying to lead the bull into a holding pen when the bull got him between him and the round pen fence bars.
The guy that had bought the bull told him he'd get it loaded bot old Mr Lambert was one of the old school guys. he's shown the bull at most of the fairs and was used to handling him. but it was still a bull, they can be pretty unpredictable.
I'd get the fence back up and find some cowboys around there to help you just don't let'em make a mean bull out of him, trying to rodeo him They suck I know I've handled a few when I was a young pup with more guts than brains, maybe you could get a halter and lead on one of the heifers, and lead him back with her.
alot of times we would just burn the carcasses and bury what ever was left, or drag it far enough away and let the coyotes have a feast, not sure what Lockhart is like these days or your proximity to your neighbor is but some one must have a backhoe.
 
Well, I don't know the laws in Texas.

Here in the midwest, if my horse gets out of the fenced area and gets hit by a car, I can be liable. I expect if a stud got out and "mounted" my mare, the owner of the stud would be liable. The rule seems to be: YOU own em, you control em!!

Do you have a barn? Can you put the bull in the barn at night?

I've had electric fencing for nearly fifty years now, it won't HURT anyone, but it does make them think before they charge it and go right through. You are NOT going to stop an animal in excess of 1000 pounds (horses) with a 12 gauge wire, charged or not, but if they get zapped a couple times, they are less likely to touch it!!

Just a FWIW. Good luck
 
Geez, thought I was on the Farm and Ranch tour there for a minute!! Coax your bull back to your side with another cow in heat. Bulls I've been around ain't that picky with whom they romance!!
 
Hes an Easy keeper Ken Havent had any Trouble with him Yet. He has gotten out before (our fault forgeting to close the gate) but I can usually lure him back in with his bucket of feed. Not this time, he loves the ladies more than the feed. When he was younger i tried to halter break him but didnt have the time. Not onry, just young and sometimes wants to play. But does like swinging the horns at things. Those horns have done alot of clearing on my 11 acres. No Barn as of yet, Im figuring Im working at this ranch backwards, (First the bll then the barn) Im just a city slicker:confused:
Dont know what a hot shot is or polled for that matter but I do show him respect and will never turn my back to him, Hes a Bull.:eek:

I have a cow to try to lure him back home but she dont like him very much, plays hard to get. :wink:

I have most of the supplies for the hot wire, that was my next project but the bull beat me to the punch. :mad:
 
polled is without horns. hot shot is an electic "motivator"

If I were closer I would help with the fence. I've got miles of experience. Fortunantly, Lockhart is too far.
 
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