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Wild cows in the spillway
Posted on 11/12/15 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 11/12/15 at 12:52 pm
I was just talking to a coworker of mine from Plaquemine. He has a camp just down the bayou from his place and he was talking about not being able to put out corn because of wild cows. I've never heard about this. He swears they have wild cows in the spillway and if you want to have a food plot or corn, you have to fence it. Is he full of it or is this something that everyone else knows about?
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Posted on 11/12/15 at 12:55 pm to DownSouthDave
I seriously doubt they are wild, but it wouldnt surprise me at all if people let their cows loose for long periods of time. My dad and uncle used to turn cows loose in the woods for months and then go corral them when calfing season was approaching or if they needed to take some to the market. He said after a couple of weeks they definitely act "wild" so I'm imagining this is what he is talking about. Cattle are too profitable of a commodity for them to just be running wild in any numbers without someone claiming ownership. Tell him to shoot one and see how "wild" they are when their owner comes knocking...
Posted on 11/12/15 at 1:01 pm to The Last Coco
That is what I thought at first. But he has lived right there his entire life and it seems like if they were farmed cattle, he would know about it. Also, his camp is only accessible by boat. I don't know how far the nearest land access is, if there is any at all.
Posted on 11/12/15 at 1:03 pm to DownSouthDave
If they truly are wild, I would shoot one. There isn't a season on them so pew, pew, pew!
Posted on 11/12/15 at 1:14 pm to The Last Coco
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If they truly are wild, I would shoot one. There isn't a season on them so pew, pew, pew!
That would be some tasty backstrap!
Posted on 11/12/15 at 1:16 pm to The Last Coco
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If they truly are wild, I would shoot one. There isn't a season on them so pew, pew, pew
If they're wild I'm coming with a gooseneck and some horses. That sounds like $
Posted on 11/12/15 at 1:23 pm to The Last Coco
quote:That's what it is.
people let their cows loose for long periods of time
Posted on 11/12/15 at 1:25 pm to DownSouthDave
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Is he full of it or is this something that everyone else knows about?
1) there are indeed cows, this is not a secret
2) they are not wild
Posted on 11/12/15 at 1:33 pm to cgrand
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1) there are indeed cows, this is not a secret
2) they are not wild
This is the case.
Eta: There's always stories when we get hurricanes about people scrambling to get their cows out of the low lands. And inevitably, because of their "wild" nature, some get left down there during the storms.
Some make it some don't.
This post was edited on 11/12/15 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 11/12/15 at 1:34 pm to DownSouthDave
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mutual benefit agreement between the landowner and the levee district: while the district ideally maintains these structures that protect all the abutting lands from floods, the owner of these cattle has saved the district the trouble of using potentially destructive tractors to mow the levees.
Posted on 11/12/15 at 1:49 pm to Shexter
I know they have cows on a lot of the levees. Just didn't know that they had so much range to roam. His camp is a hell of a long way from anything, I wonder how the hell they would ever get them out?
Posted on 11/12/15 at 1:53 pm to DownSouthDave
They probably drive them to high ground with airboats or helicopters to a waiting catch pen.
Posted on 11/12/15 at 1:58 pm to DownSouthDave
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I wonder how the hell they would ever get them out?
Dogs, lots of dogs. And airboats and horses and more dogs. They get pretty wild being in the swamp for a few years. Some may not see a human for a while. Some may have just got loose and thought to be dead or lost. Tough area to pen cows.
Posted on 11/12/15 at 2:00 pm to Nodust
Wow. Learn something new every day.
Posted on 11/12/15 at 2:17 pm to Nodust
cattle are overwintered on matagorda peninsula where i have a camp, they drive them across the river then just let them loose on the island. the cows know where to go and what to do, and they know when its time to go back
most if not all of them will be gathered very near the river in the spring, they dont need to be herded
most if not all of them will be gathered very near the river in the spring, they dont need to be herded
Posted on 11/12/15 at 3:49 pm to Clyde Tipton
quote:This.
There's always stories when we get hurricanes about people scrambling to get their cows out of the low lands. And inevitably, because of their "wild" nature, some get left down there during the storms.
Some make it some don't.
eta: I've been fishing the Basin for a l-o-o-ng time, and I've never seen (or heard) any cattle. I presume cattle would be more prevalent in the upper reaches where there's more dry land/fewer bayous.
This post was edited on 11/12/15 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 11/12/15 at 3:54 pm to cgrand
FWIW, I have seen cows south of Venice where I'm fairly sure there is no access to them by land. Don't know if they were there by force of nature or someone put them there. that said, I can see how strays would end up in the spillway inasmuch as there are cattle all over the levees.
South of Venice Marina, not so much.
South of Venice Marina, not so much.
Posted on 11/12/15 at 5:00 pm to tigerinthebueche
Was coming to post this. Was fishing venice once wayyy down and heard something and a cow came out for a drink of water.
Posted on 11/12/15 at 5:53 pm to tigerinthebueche
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someone put them there
they are dropped off there because there is plenty to eat, they are safe from predators, and theres nowhere for them to wander off to
Posted on 11/12/15 at 6:32 pm to tigerinthebueche
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FWIW, I have seen cows south of Venice where I'm fairly sure there is no access to them by land. Don't know if they were there by force of nature or someone put them there.
They were definitely put there. Some of my family own them. Before Katrina there was about 3,000+ cattle south of Venice. After there was only a few hundred that survived.
He catches them with 4 wheelers, horses, and airboats and transports them with a big cattle barge.
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