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Originally posted by DapperDan View Post
I swear I’m going to grandpa on this one.... my grandfather had a way of getting his bull home when I was a kid. Took his cab-less tractor, a pocket full of shot shells, and a single shot 410. I swear it was a modern day rooster cogburn. He’d cuss, drive with one hand and empty a round across the bulls back with the other. Stop, reload, catch back up to the bull and repeat.... if the bull went into the thick stuff, he went in on his Appaloosa with rains in one hand and a 22 revolver in the other cussing and emptying the cylinder full of rat shot. Man it was a hoot as a kid bc I was in the middle of it.
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Once they figure out they can get across a fence an electric fence usually won't stop them. the only way to stop them is to get rid of them or build a 10' pipe fence with horse panel. Neighbors had a brahma bull that was always on our place once a month. He finally got tired of me calling and said to shoot him and he and his boys would come haul him off. Shot that sucker right between the eyes with a .270 and dropped him like a bad habit. Neighbor and his boys came with tractor and a truck load of coolers and butchered him right there in the pasture. Made for some good coyote hunting for a few nights.
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First off, well done on getting some electric fence! I love mine. I use a 1.2 Joule charger and after a week of getting the snot zapped out of them, all my cows/steers/bulls/calves won't come within 2 feet of the wire.
Here's a pic of a few of mine. You can see the electric rope fence behind them.
Just make sure you use plenty of ground rods. That's the magic with electric fence. I use two 6 foot rods spaced out 10' and wired together. 3 rods would be even better.
Secondly, my grandfather taught me a lesson long ago about cattle that I still use to this day: Life is too short to deal with stupid cattle.
If I have any that won't stay home, won't respect a fence, or are just plain mean, they get the boot either to the sale barn or to freezer camp.
Good luck with the wandering bull and the first time he gets zapped, I promise you'll laugh a lot harder than you think you will.
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I would suggest that when you get the electric fence put up, put some flagging on it for him to see it, get on a horse and move him slowly into the fence. It is better to teach them that way and not just let him find out on his own. sometimes when the cows hit an electric fence they will lurch forward and tear down the fence by mistake....if that happens you will see and make sure you repair it before he goes on through it.....that one or two jolts will make him remember what that fence does and why the flags are marking it he will stay away from it.....
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A friend of mine had cross bread pitbull that he used to work stubborn cattle.
One day a neighbor called him to help get a bull back in a pasture and off the highway median. He asked the man was he sure he wanted the dog put on this registered bull.....the guy insisted.
So my friend lowered the tailgate and gave the command. The dog leaped out of the truck and ran full bore toward the bull......grabbing it by the nose pulling the head down and flipping him on the ground. Then just proceeded to tear the ever loving !@#$ out of that bull. The bull, bleeding like a stuck pig, tore arse back into the pasture and never got out again.
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Did this exact same thing with a hay pen at the house. Talked little brother into making sure it was working..... That thing will knock the snot out of you. I know because Karma got me and when i was hooking the gap back up it was a little loose and got my leg. Hit me so hard I went to the ground.
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