For the first time that I can remember, if my neighbor called me up tonight and told me a monster boar hog was standing in his pasture... I wouldn't do a damn thing. I don't care to tie a hog for a long time. After hog tying 75 head of bad to the bone woods cattle... my hands are ready for a break. I haven't had this many "mystery bruises" since I stopped starting colts years ago.
JDT, it's somewhere around Sanford/O'Steen on the St. John's river.
Capt'n Jack, good call on the lost cattle prediction. We lost 3 more today. 2 fine bulls and a heffer. There is some kind of interaction with the vet's tranquilizer and us pulling them through the water. The bulls we roped with no juice, made it fine. With juice, they died on the trip over, we surmise that the paralytic effect of the anesthesia prevented the diaphragm from adequately drawing in enough air to make the "sub surface" trip across the river... So, we didn't use the juice for the rest
And they all made it... 17 full grown Brangus bulls and the rest(15) of the heffers left over from yesterday.
My memory card got filled up by the end of the heffers so just imagine me getting thrown 20' through the air by a bull and you'll get the picture. It's a miracle nobody got seriously hurt today. I saw several people get cow-kicked in the face, and I about got my leg crushed by a grander. A "tranquilized" bull came to life and damn near broke me in half...hard to bulldog a neck bigger than I can get my arms around
but I guess luck was with me
Anyways, here's the pictures that my man was able to take, hope you enjoy.
The quarry. Looks easy, doesn't it?
The game.
The throw, catch, then haul a$$ and get a wrap before you go water skiing..
One snubbed up, one on the way.....
