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Old 23rd Nov 2010, 14:07
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They are a herd animal and usually run together quite well, there are a few recalcritant types from time to time but treated well cattle are usually no problem.

There is a fence on the left side and out wide on the right there is another. Its a big laneway leading up to the yard but nice and wide so you can manuvere a big mob without going over the fence.
There are horsemen taking the tail along.

The secret to handling any cattle is not to let them get hot. A good stockpilot will sometimes be in the lead of cattle slowing them down so they dont get hot. One of the most effective ways to muster is to have a team of horsemen walking a small mob along with 1 or 2 machines mustering into them and steadily building the size of the mob. With large numbers of cattle it sometimes gets to the point that there are so many that it is pointless for the horsemen to try and maintain control and a simpler solution is to just let them travel themselves but amongst most good cattlemen this is not desirable. Unfortunately a lot of good stockmen are drifting away from the bush and the ground team skill levels are in rapid decline, this is the core reason that experienced stockmen are usually favoured as muster pilots.
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