I think both jumping and the cattle guard are definite possibilities. Since he knows what electric is, I’m guessing it’s the cattle guard, but that’s just a guess. Will be interesting to hear the final verdict. Texasjohn makes a good point, he may lose interest if he covered them all. Not sure how many you have in there. Any reason you didn’t want them bred, or just wrong timing?
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I've never had real luck with an electric fence keeping a determined bovine out of some place they wanted to be. I've had an agitated cow get pushed up against a 5 strand electric wire fence, get popped, swing around and in a frenzy, charge thru it taking the entire fence down...
I've not personally seen a bovine walk across a cattle guard, but in spite of their width, I've seen several cows and steers jump across a cattle guard.
Hey, Farmer Bob, I think you have uncovered a possibility for a whole new TBN thread.... when you discover the truth re your diminutive bull, you can post it in a new thread titled "wild cattle tales" and invite others to tell theirs...should be fun....seems everybody has at least one good story:thumbsup:
I once watched a cowboy on horseback chasing a half grown steer in a pasture that adjoined mine. When I saw that steer running full bore right through a 5 strand barbed wire fence into my pasture, I went to see how much damage was done to the fence, and there was no damage. How that steer went through a good tight barbed wire fence without leaving any sign of where he hit it was just mind boggling to me.
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I've had steer shimmy thru a 5 strand fence as well. one crossed his pasture, went thru my mule/horse pasture, and got into another pasture with cows..