[Jacob-list] Catching Rams

[Mark Essen]

I was resisting my reply to this thread because I did not want it to 
sound like I am bragging.  But,A few years ago I splurged and bought a 
really nice squeeze chute/sweep tub/scales system for my Highland 
cattle.  This system has been s useful for all of the animals so many 
times that  I think it was very cheap.  Thee is not enough you can say 
about making the animals have no choice but to think they want to do 
what you want them to do.  I have the setup between two lots so that I 
often leave it open and they tend to think that when they are entering 
one end, it leads out to the pasture.  By the time that they realize 
that I have the exit gate latched, it is too late.  I am at the entrance 
closing that gate also.  The sweep gate is on a hinge, so it is no 
problem to close the area very tight.
I also raise deer and elk and never tranquilize to transport  It is just 
so much easier to handle these animals if you try to make them do what 
they want to do.
For what it s worth.
Mark