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Steers finally showed update on the fugitive #7637839
07/29/22 05:24 PM
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Had two steers delivered today took all of about 10 seconds for one to blow across the pen and through the brand new woven wire. He is now in about 1500 acres of timber..... wish me luck! I'm about to put this new horse to the test!

Last edited by Dstone1992; 08/22/22 08:51 AM.
Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7637850
07/29/22 05:38 PM
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Good luck. I hope you get your steel back safely and quickly. If there's any other cattle in the area, it may try to get in with them, especially if it stays lost for a while.

I've gone on all the escaped cow hunts i ever want to. The worst hunt lasted 11 days and went from near Sydney, Ohio to near Covington, Ohio, a distance of a little over 28 miles, if you flew straight between the two and likely hundreds of miles as the scared, chased cow rambles. That cow was in it's new pasture about as long as your steer. That cow lost a few hundred pounds over the 11 days it was loose. My friend Dennis, who the cow belonged to and I, lost some weight too.

The best advice I can give to make it easier to retrieve a lost animal is to feed train all your livestock and domestic animals to a feed call. The call can be anything you want as long as it's consistent and you enthusiastically use it when making a production out of feeding your animals. Animals, like people, are food greedy and it makes even very dumb animals somewhat trainable with food.

For a few years, my friend James had serious problems with dead ash trees on his neighbors property falling on and smashing down his fence. His cows got out a lot. All of his cattle were trained to "Sook Cow!" and would come running if they ever heard you yell it. They would also follow if you carried a small amount of feed in a bucket, giving them the occasional mouthful. We walked them back from at least 4 miles on one occasion.

I have feed trained ducks, geese, quail, peafowl, guineas, chickens, pigeons, mice, rats, dogs, cats, goats, cattle, doves and pheasants to a feed call and it works on all them if they're loose, or if you just want to make it easier to catch them in a pen, or bring them in sight in a large pasture.

Keith

Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7637852
07/29/22 05:39 PM
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Hope you get the steers back in.


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Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7637860
07/29/22 05:52 PM
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No matter how he does, the new horse will try, and at the same time getting to know you.

He deserves some good treats and TLC from the heat when you're done. He won't ever forget this.

Sounds like you need a Huey to help !

Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7637861
07/29/22 05:55 PM
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Good luck with the steer and the horse.
Hope you all come back unscathed


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Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7637863
07/29/22 06:02 PM
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If the horse doesn't work out the 30/30 is about 100% reliable

Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7637934
07/29/22 07:59 PM
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Train them to a white bucket and feed is Correct

Just like KeithC said

I say Come cow loud ...they come running


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Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7638002
07/29/22 09:29 PM
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Had to chase a lot of em around here. The cows here are trained to a Grey f150 they get fed on. I can go thru the field on a silver f250 and they will look but not come running lol

Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7638013
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I never found him but it was a adventure. Hooked a rear horse shoe on an old fence luckily I was able to get off and cut it with the pliers I still had in my pocket from fixing the fence. That was a bit of a rodeo... i was kind of suprised that it didnt rip the shoe off. like Donnersurvivor it might come to the ol 30-30 but I hope it doesn't! I have a funeral in the morning then I'll be back at it. The horse worked hard and we had alot of time to get to know each other.

Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7638018
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About 63 years ago my great uncle sold his small herd of Holsteins and started raising beef. He bought stockers fresh off the grass from SD. There was a train car load that came and dropped them off near Fairchild WI. They were loaded into trucks and hauled to his farm about 4 miles. I believe there were roughly 60 head maybe a tad more. They were let out into the barnyard lot. The first day he fed hay and some grain. The next day he turned on the silo unloader to feed some silage. The whole herd bolted, knocked down the strong barnyard fence and ran all over the place. It took 4 days to get the most of them. This was in November so they got a crew together and shot the last half dozen and they were butchered. l I got to help with that process.

Bryce

Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7638028
07/29/22 10:21 PM
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I want to see pictures.


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Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7638034
07/29/22 10:27 PM
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A 12 or 20 ga pump shotgun works wonders on wayward beef or horses 7 1/2 or 8 shot will get its attention.

A good stock dog is helpful also .


Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7638409
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Put about 5 hours in the saddle today still no luck..

Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7638415
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I would check with the sheriffs department for sightings of your steer. We found Dennis's cow that way a few times. We just couldn't get a rope on it. It mostly stayed in thick woods and was hard to approach. People would report it when it was near roads and we would take off after it. It eventually found a herd of dairy cows and went in with them when the farmer opened the gate for it.

I hope you find your steed and can catch it.

Keith

Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7638454
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Dad said during the Depression their bull got out. The bull visited everyone’s garden. Finally shot him. Grocer in our small town paid two cents per pound.

Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7639035
07/31/22 04:40 PM
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We had a steer get loose near here last year, a couple sightings but I don't believe it was ever recovered, at least not officially, and the area it was in was pretty suburban...

I figured some guy found it in his yard, shook a can of cheerios at it and locked it in his garage till he could process it,,,lol

Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7639070
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If you own livestock, I mean real ones, I don’t include goats alpacas ponies. But hogs sheep cattle and horses, you will always have wonderful stories to tell! As a kid “cows er out” was great to hear. Especially at night, when we would get to be late for school. Also I’m sure you can handle this one rogue but if ya ever get in a fix, there’s an outfit called Ohio Cow Hunters, I’m sure something similar is found in other states. No idea what it costs, sure it ain’t cheap but might be better than 30/06ing a champion bull you just had shipped over from Scotland.

Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: Dstone1992] #7639214
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My brother had a young Scottish highlander calf get out on him and disappeared for three months. One day he got a call from a farmer several counties away. Seems he's the only one with scottie in the area and this farmer knew it. Said three months on the run and it looked good.


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Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: 20scout] #7639224
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Originally Posted by 20scout
My brother had a young Scottish highlander calf get out on him and disappeared for three months. One day he got a call from a farmer several counties away. Seems he's the only one with scottie in the area and this farmer knew it. Said three months on the run and it looked good.

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Re: Steers finally showed up....... [Re: KeithC] #7639379
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Originally Posted by KeithC
I would check with the sheriffs department for sightings of your steer. We found Dennis's cow that way a few times. We just couldn't get a rope on it. It mostly stayed in thick woods and was hard to approach. People would report it when it was near roads and we would take off after it. It eventually found a herd of dairy cows and went in with them when the farmer opened the gate for it.

I hope you find your steed and can catch it.

Keith



About 10 years ago I was deer hunting when late one afternoon I was sitting in my stand when a holsteen cow walked by about 40yards away surprised the heck out of me because I was several miles from any know farms deep in the northern Minnesota woods, reported it to the local sheriffs office, turned out it had been missing for over 2 years from a farm over 20 miles away, continued to see it now and then for a couple of years till some hunter shot it

That thing was spooky as can be any little noise or movement and it would hit the deep brush and vanished



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