Check this Hoss out, Theirs no doubt who's in charge. :surprised:

[Bayrat76]

Had to make a short road trip today, came across the herd of longhorn cattle, I couldn't believe the size of this one bull, he was a Hoss. He has to be crossed with something less. Then this donkey came walking up and bit this one longhorn on the back leg, I tell you that longhorn spun around put the full force of it's head and horns to this donkey, like to knock it down. Little donkey just walked off with it's head down.

 

[Royal]

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[Rob/Windsor Ont.]

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[George-CT]

I would think that he could educate the donkey in short order as to the pecking order.....Geo

 

[Kelley (Texas)]

Where was this near? Looks like South Texas or the Gulf Coast area. Kelley (Texas)

 

[Bayrat76]

You right Kelly, it's about 15 miles from my house on hwy 181, by the Bayside exit. It just looks to big to be full blood Longhorn to me, but I don't no much about the breed. Just never saw that many of them growing up. Now I see them all over the place, they really become a popular breed again. Would love to have a herd like that in one pasture, and a herd of Buffalo in another pastor. I was at a ranch one time in Rocksprings an met an old rancher, we got to talking that even I told him I really taught a herd of Buffalo would be a neat herd to have in the front pastor of house, as a show peace. He told me son you don't want a buffalo. I ask him why not, He started telling me about the one he had. He told me it was always getting out of his pastor. He said that a Buffalo was made for running, on the great plains all day long if needed, it took 3 horse to run one down. Run the first horse till it wore out, then get on the second horse and start the chase back up when it wore out, get the third horse out, because at that point a buffalo was just getting a bit tired. They could run though a barb wire fence and never slow down. He said the last time it got out it took 3 men and nine horse to catch it. By the time he and his men got the Buffalo loaded up, there was 9 horses about to died from running them to near death. All of the men were scratch, and beat to near death. He said it was raining and lightning as they loaded the buffalo in the trailer. He went to the truck got his 30 30, walk back to the trailer and shot him. When he pulled up to his house his kids came running out side, saw the Buffalo laying dead in the trailer they all started crying about the Buffalo, his wife asked him what happened to the Buffalo, he told them lightning hit the trailer and killed him. He said to this day they still think that's how there Buffalo died. He also told me you don't want a buffalo son, believe me you don't. He was talking flat out on it. I will always remember that story from him. I real cowboy I would call that older man. I was in my 20's when I meet him. Someone told me later on in life he was the same old boy who rented the wagons and equipment to the making of Lonesome Dove, I don't know that for a fact, but he was a great gentlemen.

 

[Micheal_R]

I got up at my usual 5:00 this morning and looked out in the fields. We had a herd of 9 [that I could see] elk in the front fields. Those things make deer look puny. I went to get a picture of them and by the time I got back, they had ambled into the woods. Next time.

And hunting season is only a few months away..

calm seas

Micheal

 

[Kelley (Texas)]

They are just too dangerous to handle...strong animals. Once one gets pizzed off or scared, they will stop at nothing...run through fences and even charge the rider and horse. Some folks think that the Longhorns are making a comeback, but not really because they just do not have the meat on them...notice the bull in your picture and you can see his ribs. That animal just does not fit the land, too big for the available land and difficult to keep the meat on him. A common trait of folks from the city that want to be ranchers is that they place cattle that are too big for the land on their ranch...sorta a show and tell situation. Kelley (Texas)

 

[Wayne in BC]

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[Bayrat76]

For dogs I had Chows for years even raised them. Never had a biter in the group, but they would fight in the drop of a hat. Horse I always liked a stud horse better when I was young, now days would not want to deal with that again. I always liked weird animals, and hard to deal with. Buffalo would just fit into the other headaches I go though life with. I am for sure the hardest to deal with things I have raised was having 3 teenage girls at the same time, and single handed too. I would call those the rocky years of my life. Always saying you did what, what were you thinking! Those were common words out of my mouth
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[Wayne in BC]

and singlehanded also. That was something huh?
Being out in the country and having horses helped a bunch, plus their wannabe boyfriends knew i had lotsa guns and an attitude about my girls

 

[Rob/Windsor Ont.]

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