December 28 2013
Every winter, we get a stray bull or two who wanders on down our canyon and either gets stuck, or decides he likes it with us, rather than heading on down onto his own ranch. I don't mess with bulls anymore. I leave them to the cowboys.
And anyway, just by watching this bull, I could tell I didn't want to be anywhere close to him. I perched my binoculars on a fence post and stared at him for 15 minutes until he turned his head just right (he never took his eyes off me) so I could just read his ear tags/numbers. Then we called the right cowboys to come get their bull.
Here's a short photo narrative of the adventure.
Content Bull
Suspicious Bull
BullCatcher #1
BullCatcher #2
The Jig is Up Bull
Wary Bull
Chagrinned Bull
Herded Bull
Bull with Other Ideas
Pissed Off Bull
Pissed Off Bull and Cowdogs
Charging Bull
Caught Bull
They rather easily caught this one - compared to another one I watched - though it was more Luck than Easy that got him in the trailer without too much of a fight.
Gorgeous big old bull. I have to admire his spunk, but I would stay quite a distance away to admire it! Glad the old boy got retrieved without harm to animal or human!
ReplyDeleteI would think there's not much worse to deal with than a pissed off bull. But looks like they got the job done. Great pictures.
ReplyDeleteQuite a saga. Glad I don't have any bulls showing up here. I would have no idea who to call except animal control and I'm not sure they'd have cow horses and cow dogs to to the job. *lol* (Central NJ does not have a high cattle population.)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. It's a great photo essay, as usual.
not an easy job!
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