Killed while hog dogging

A tiger stripe brama cow nailed a buddy of mine while we were hog hunting. My female had bayed a hog quick and took off as soon as we caught it. She bayed another a long way off. We crossed one bremuda pasture and were in the middle of another. I was in the lead with the tracking transmitter and Brian (the guy that got worked over) was leading the bulldog. Another friend Larry was behind Brian.

This herd of cows came from a long way off and there were not any calves in the area. They surrounded Brian (I guess because he had the bulldog) and he just dropped the lead when it looked serious.

A big one charged and hit him at the knees and threw him straight up in the air. He came down on hit head and shoulder and was knocked cold. The first lick she stomped him in the side of the head with her front foot. Then she tried to gore him and then stomped him with her back foot.

Larry beat me to the cow and bulldogged her and then I got between them and Brian and shot my 45. They backed off and we kind of had a mexican stand off. Brian was out and bleeding bad. We found a pulse and he started to come around but didn't know jack. Larry called 911 and I took off running to get the side by side. The cows went to the end of the pasture, went through a gap, and hemmed me up 2 more times before I finally got to to a fence. I had an extra magazine out and had shot in the air the last time. Next time I was going to start killing cows.

I got my first aid kit and got the bleeding stopped and rode on the dash and held Brian's head up because it was hurting so bad. Finally we met an ambulance on a ranch road and they took him to the helicopter. He had a fractured neck but not broke. I think he spent about 4 or 5 days in intensive care and missed about a month of work.

Brian came mighty close to meeting his maker that day. Anybody that walks across that pasture is taking their life in their hands.