A friend paid a lot of money for his registered bulls. They all had been well tempered and easy to deal with. I’ve worked with them a lot just by myself and haven’t had any issues. One of the nicest looking of the bunch didn’t want to be separated from the cows after he’d serviced them. So instead of being easy on him, two of the hands decide to play aggressive cowboy on four wheelers. It was painful to watch. They plum had no patience at all and kept at it aggressively. That bull wasn’t giving up. Surprisingly nobody got hurt and the bull didn’t collapse. I opened a couple of north gates and let them push the bull with a small number of cows into a smaller pasture. From there we got him separated.
The problem with how aggressively they ran the bull continuously, he now has become quite dangerous when approached by four wheelers or side by sides. I nearly learned this the hard way when a week or two later I drove towards the bull to take his photo while he was laying down. He very quickly became angry at the sight of the side by side. There was zero bluff and he didn’t budge one bit. Some bulls are just the way they are regardless but prior to the guys on four wheelers being so rough with him, he never once showed any aggression. I fed him daily in the feed troughs without issue.
The problem with how aggressively they ran the bull continuously, he now has become quite dangerous when approached by four wheelers or side by sides. I nearly learned this the hard way when a week or two later I drove towards the bull to take his photo while he was laying down. He very quickly became angry at the sight of the side by side. There was zero bluff and he didn’t budge one bit. Some bulls are just the way they are regardless but prior to the guys on four wheelers being so rough with him, he never once showed any aggression. I fed him daily in the feed troughs without issue.
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