ok Matt
got a call from a freind said his neighbor had a bull(brahman cross with high horns 2000#er) and 2 cows( little black scrubs 800#) he couldnt catch.
so we set it up for sun morning we would meet at the store up the road for breakfast. well we pull in to the store at 5 am and there were 2 truck loads of guys setting like they were waiting on someone ,, well when we got parked and started in the store they all got out and followed us in the store,, one of them aked if we were going down to try and catch mr. parkers bull..
i answered yes sir,, he just kinda smiled and started telling me how they had chased these cattle for the last 2 weekends,, he said we have used horses, fourwheelers, and everything they could think of and he didnt think they could be caught. they had loaded all the cattle out of this place and these where the ones that got out of their trap and got away.
well i listened to his story while i was eating breakfast, when i finished i told my buddy we just well go give it a shot since we done come all this way
so we drive down to the gate and we got a chance to check out this guys trap he loaded cattle out of ,, its no wonder he had a few get away he had all kinda junk tied to trees bed springs,cattle panels that were bent to the ground,barb wire, pieces of pipe from tree to tree this thing wouldnt hold a jersey milk cow..
well after seeing his pens one of the guys that came out for the show said "there they are" pointing to the back side of the place.
it had to be over a mile to the back corner where they were lookiing back at us, head in the air like a group of deer..
so we put 2 dogs on the ground and started riding that way.. in just a few minute the dogs had them bayed in some brush.
so we walked in and let them bay for a while getting our plan together, there was a small clearing (about as big as my bedroom) that we thought we could haze em into and rope the bull first. so thats what we did, my buddy got the first shot and caught the bull ,, i shuck another loop on him and we lead him out to the truck and loaded him.
when we roped the bull the 2 cows split one east ,one west and a dog went with each one.
the one that went west went thru 2 fences crossing a dirt road and got in with another set of cows and the one dog had them all circled up,, so went around the road to the gate and started in to the pasture one of the spectaters said "there is a mean stud in this pen.. i looked at him as was riding buy and said we'll be alright.
,, well haveing been around studs my whole life i thought i could handle what ever this stud had. WRONG....
i had seen the stud and some mare in the middle of the bunch of cattle so i was going to sneek my cow of the side and get here roped cause they were in the middle of a wide open pasture.
well any way i kept an eye on the stud and he never looked at me , so i went easin around the bunch looking for my shot , and when i got to the back side here came the stud , his ears flat on his head and his head down low ,, i made my stand hollering and charging him and he didnt let up
so i turn and headed for the gate this stud hot on my a$$, my little horse was watching him close and we were in a full run trying to out run this stud, he would reach up to bite my horse on the a$$ and my little horse would find another gear ( he didnt know he had till now).,,, when i got to the gate one of the guys threw the old wire gate up in the studs face and stopped him. while i was trying to catch my breath that guy said"i told you he was mean", i told him i would believe anything he told me from here on out
so now what are we going to do the cattle are bayed and the stud is back in the heard..
they called the owner of the stud he brought his trailer out and parked it in the middle of the feild and went to calling this studs name""come on scout come get in"" man i about laughed in the guys face, well i like to fell of my horse when this stud came and loaded up
come to find out thats how he moves him around to bread peoples mares, so that stud thought he was going to see some new girls..
anyway i go catch the cow and load her and go down the road listening for the other dog we found him and he had some cows bunched with our cow in the middle of them ,,, no stud this time
,, so walked in and roped her and loaded..
got our pay from the owner and a few pats on the back from the crew and headed home..
