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I've bought two or three I found at the Cattle Range website. It went fine. I prefer taking my time instead of having to make a quick decision at an auction. https://www.cattlerange.com/cattle-for-sale

I generally try to find a young person who's willing to put in a little work and give the calf to him or her in that situation. I remember receiving a few like that 45 or so years ago.

I've never seen it in southeast Texas either.

That's why I used to fuss at my father for working cattle alone, and why I try to avoid it.

It's not the center, just the best. :cool:

We have nilgai too.

I'll never forget my father saying "It's a lot easier to keep weight on cattle than it is to put it back on after they've lost it."

I can't speak for @crossbreed, but I know those black-headed Mexican buzzards will eat anything that can't get away, and don't wait for it to die like the native red-headed ones do. They got to a cow that was down having a calf before I found her once. It made me sick to my stomach to see what...

I'm late to the party, but here's one I designed and built about 10 years ago. It works pretty well (there's no such thing as too many gates).

I assume you already know this, but for the benefit of people reading this who might not, never reach between the bars or boards of a chute while it has cattle in it, unless you want a broken arm. Always reach over the top.

I had a guy at work catch a rat snake (what I grew up calling a chicken snake) and put it in a sack. I took it home and turned it loose near where I store feed. I've run into a few people who had trouble grasping the concept of intentionally bringing a snake home. I now feed a couple of cats...

It's not just bulls. I helped butcher a big 2-year old heifer after a mature cow with horns hooked her while they were being fed, and the horn went into her liver.

Welcome. I'm not exactly sure, but I think it means you get a bunch of emails about what's going on. I did not turn them on.

Welcome to the forum.

Maybe west Texas. Here where I live a cow can make a good living on three acres most years, and it's even better farther east.

Exactly. Back when I saved enough heifers every year to justify keeping a bull just for breeding them I was perfectly happy if he threw healthy calves that were small enough for me to reach down and grab them under the chest and carry them around like you would a small dog.

If you go with option 3, only move the calves. Never move cows to wean calves unless you're going to hold them in working pens for a week or so. I've known cows to break out of a new pasture to go looking for their calf (not me; my father found that out when I was a boy).

I won't disagree, if the two know what they're doing. I was referring to situations when you want to work cattle but the only person available to go along doesn't know anything about working cattle and isn't interested in learning.

I use a 3d modeling software at work. This conversation reminds me of a guy who came on one of the forums associated with that software a few years ago. He wanted to create a 3d model of the Texas School Book Depository, down to the finest detail. And by finest detail I mean things like...

This seems like a very random question, with an odd list of options. Would you care to elaborate on your reasons for asking, and on the process you went through to come up with those candidates?