[Jacob-list] Catching Rams

[Linda]

Brag away :-). It sounds like a fantastic tool.

Mark Essen wrote:

> 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

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