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07-19-2016, 03:18 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.
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.