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07-19-2016, 03:08 PM
Sanhestar
In my Experience with horses, and I have worked with Mustangs captured off our Federal Open Range and adopted out. Trained very carefully, one step at a time(Gentled) rather than broken as in the Old West Style, Buck them out.
I am talking riding age horses. They came around very well once they gave you their confidence.
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Now with goats or cattle you have to start very much earlier at birth or very shortly after.
That is my take.
I have seen OLD pictures from here in the USA of calves yolked together that had to be still milk feed, that is how early I am thinking you have to start to develop a good team. Handle,Handle,Handle when young.
Kids usually did it.
Any Breed can be a OX but the heavy body breeds were preferred I think. Durum is one I know of over here that is listed as duel use Milk(Not high output) Meat and Draft. Rare Breed now.
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If you like good Western Movies get a DVD of Quigly Down Under. Shot in Australia there are several good sections of Bull Teams (as they call them) even a 6-8 Bull hitch hauling supplies into a Station
(as they call a Ranch headquarters.) It is also a good Shoot them up movie.
Proper weapons for the time fram the movie is shot in. Yes, I am both a Military Historian and Gun Historian.
Main actor is Tom Sellic but there are some other well known actors in it.
Happy Trails
hihobaron Blizzard,Fuzzy, Pete,Sam and the Troops in South Carolina
In my Experience with horses, and I have worked with Mustangs captured off our Federal Open Range and adopted out. Trained very carefully, one step at a time(Gentled) rather than broken as in the Old West Style, Buck them out.
I am talking riding age horses. They came around very well once they gave you their confidence.
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Now with goats or cattle you have to start very much earlier at birth or very shortly after.
That is my take.
I have seen OLD pictures from here in the USA of calves yolked together that had to be still milk feed, that is how early I am thinking you have to start to develop a good team. Handle,Handle,Handle when young.
Kids usually did it.
Any Breed can be a OX but the heavy body breeds were preferred I think. Durum is one I know of over here that is listed as duel use Milk(Not high output) Meat and Draft. Rare Breed now.
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If you like good Western Movies get a DVD of Quigly Down Under. Shot in Australia there are several good sections of Bull Teams (as they call them) even a 6-8 Bull hitch hauling supplies into a Station
(as they call a Ranch headquarters.) It is also a good Shoot them up movie.
Proper weapons for the time fram the movie is shot in. Yes, I am both a Military Historian and Gun Historian.
Main actor is Tom Sellic but there are some other well known actors in it.
Happy Trails
hihobaron Blizzard,Fuzzy, Pete,Sam and the Troops in South Carolina