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Post by hughespieds on Jul 24, 2019 15:15:38 GMT -6
Sold my 4 year old and the guys wanted to get him last Friday morning. I enlisted a buddy who brought his college aged God-Son along. I had explained to everyone this bull had never been pushed and would move fine but at his own pace. The kid decided to jump the panel and took a few steps towards the bull when I saw there was fixing to be a problem. Hollered at the kid to get out of there and he made the 6' panel look like a pretty easy jump with the bull just a few feet off his ass. After that we worked him easy with no problems. The boy needed a little cleaning up as the briars were pretty thick on the back side of that panel. I think he'll listen if there's ever a next time.
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Post by jehosofat on Jul 24, 2019 15:52:09 GMT -6
Some folks just gotta learn their own way.😁
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Post by 1982vett on Jul 24, 2019 15:54:43 GMT -6
 The time I was selling a bull private treaty, when I swung the gate open and before I could step back out of the way, the bull gave me a flying lesson of which It was proven I lack the ability to stay aloft..... sale on that bull fell through and had to pen up a different bull. Turned him back out and he never showed aggression afterwards. But I haven’t penned a bull by himself, even for a short time, since.
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Post by franklinridgefarms on Jul 24, 2019 16:06:35 GMT -6
Sold my 4 year old and the guys wanted to get him last Friday morning. I enlisted a buddy who brought his college aged God-Son along. I had explained to everyone this bull had never been pushed and would move fine but at his own pace. The kid decided to jump the panel and took a few steps towards the bull when I saw there was fixing to be a problem. Hollered at the kid to get out of there and he made the 6' panel look like a pretty easy jump with the bull just a few feet off his ass. After that we worked him easy with no problems. The boy needed a little cleaning up as the briars were pretty thick on the back side of that panel. I think he'll listen if there's ever a next time. That's my theory on bigger bulls too, they will eventually go with usually no more than time and maybe a little light pushing to get them started and keep them going forward. I have tolled them into a trailer with some feed too. Can't be overstated that bulls can seriously hurt somebody fast and not be aiming to, and most will get mad if pushed too hard. |
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Post by hughespieds on Jul 24, 2019 16:23:29 GMT -6
The time I was selling a bull private treaty, when I swung the gate open and before I could step back out of the way, the bull gave me a flying lesson of which It was proven I lack the ability to stay aloft..... sale on that bull fell through and had to pen up a different bull. Turned him back out and he never showed aggression afterwards. But I haven’t penned a bull by himself, even for a short time, since. I had left an older cull cow in the pen with him just so he wouldn't be nervous and try and leave the pen. Guess he didn't see my plan. I told the guy that I would give him his money back if he wanted it and he asked me if he was going to stay that way. Just told him to work him like I said and all should be well. Left and seemed happy. |
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Post by 1982vett on Jul 24, 2019 18:42:21 GMT -6
I had sorta planned to leave a couple in with him but he stood back and all the others came out. He wasn’t by himself for more than 5 minutes. Didn’t show signs of being upset. But when the gat opened all I had time to do is get my hands down on his head and take the ride.
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Post by okie on Jul 24, 2019 20:15:34 GMT -6
I don't hold stuff like that against a bull. I've seen a lot of bulls that turned out to be downright gentle that will tear the hell out of things the first time they're ever alone
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Post by ebenezer on Jul 25, 2019 19:50:57 GMT -6
Had to load a couple of bulls the other week. One was older and one younger. The older bull went in and I got the cut gate shut without much fanfare. The younger bull was feeling his oats and made some spirited runs on the bigger lot. I only had the back half of the trailer for him so it had to work right. On the last run he was tired of me and made a wide decision to run through a man gate and jump in the trailer to hide from me apparently. I could not believe how easy it was. That is not the usual but was greatly appreciated.
I will agree with the original poster that buyers or someone trying to help can be the most scary part of bulls which are used to me or one person. Time is important but some pauses along the way are well worth it to increase safety. The funniest bull we had was smart enough not to go down the chute head first and backed into the chute repeatedly for a number of years. Not sure what it accomplished but he felt like he was winning ad we got done whatever we needed to do.
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Post by chuckie on Aug 14, 2019 13:16:31 GMT -6
A bull can flip a person like a feather pillow if they chose to. Often my bull will wait for me at the gate when feed is involved. He wants to smell of me then he slings his head. I put a stop to that as he is not a mean bull, but too big to be playing around and accidently catch me with his head. I had a cow to partially come out of a squeeze chute and was trying to figure out how to get her in or out. During this time, she took her head and slung me up in the air and landed against the other panels. I was airborne, but it did not hurt me. So I can just imagine what a bull could do. It is amazing how much power they have in their upper body. I make him move out of the way so we don't get too friendly. Some of the cows are friendly, and I can tolerate that as they want to lick my hands.
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