Neighbor's cattle in yard

[sea2summit]

Cows will get out no matter how good the fences are. I get them occasionally in my back yard from the neighbor, I just text them their cows are out, or I try to chase them in if I can by my self.

Agree, cows do get out and that wouldn't be an issue in my mind. But if every morning cows are eating my lawn I'd probably get upset.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

a good old lasso if its on your propriety its yours lol .... once he loose his cows he might smart up.

I will be interested to see if that is true. I am sure it changes location to location.

 

[scootr]

Bunch of beef cattle got loose - came down the road checking out everybody's place. Neighbor lady was furious with the damage done to flower beds and lawn. I said it didn't bother me none. What? Why not? she asked... fence, I said.

 

[jmc]

Maybe the Sheriff has authority to ask him about liability insurance? Then the insurance company could apply some pressure.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

When I moved to this place I had no idea how much work it was to not have cows.

Can't really blame the cows though, as the neighbors property was neglected and severely over grazed, and I have nice grass.

Not even a really good fence always worked. Eventually solved that problem by buying the land from the neighbor. But we still get the occasional visitors from farther away that wander down the road and then decides to stop in.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

In 1980 I moved here, dairy farm across road and beef farm around me. Midnight I see movement around house so call Beef farmer who says "are they black or & white"? His were beef Angus, dairy was Holstein so I called him. His fences were patched with baleing twine and always getting out. I helped him get them back and patched my yard. We had lots of flies and rough two years but he got out of dairy business. All was well, I knew what I was buying & they were here first.
Another neighbor's bull got out and I roped it! It was like trying to hold onto an Army tank!

 

[bigtiller]

I had the same problem with my neighbor a while back. I think his cows ate more of my corn than their own.

I decided not to confront him and just drive slow past his place incase there was a cow standing in the road.

With everyone having phones now, I bet the sheriff knows all about the problem and probably is making a list and checking it twice.

 

[Torvy]

I live in a "Fence-Out" county... as strange as it sounds, If I don't want cattle on my land, I need to fix his fence. Which I have done and need to expand the repairs further down his fence line.

I have warned him that next time, I'm buying a larger freezer.

Same here. The default law in Texas is open range. Counties can opt for closed. Ours has not. No big deal if you know the law. We will fence our property over the coming months. We get visits from cattle nearby on occasion. They tend to take our driveway and paths. Not much for them to destroy yet. Fence first, then planting and such.

 

[dodge man]

I think in Illinois it’s on the landowner to keep his livestock in. We have lived here 26 years and for 20 of those years I had cattle in my yard at least once a year if not more. The police had knocked on my door more than once in the middle of the night asking if the cows were mine. Driving by his place they would often be out in the roadside ditch. The new land owner is much better and his cows have gotten out once in 6 years.

what to do about it? I’d say it’s going to take someone in authority to make it stop. In my case if the cows are in my yard they can end up in the road which is a traffic hazard. Maybe the sheriff can right a ticket for traffic hazard?

 

[Too many Kubotas]

One problem here, in a fence-out state, but a fence-in county, is that nobody is interested in any enforcement.