A Bull Story
Some things have changed since I last posted about my dad's misadventures with his bull. That bull was born on our family farm and has serviced cows on it for a number of years. The bull was rather docile in its early life except for periods of breeding excitability, only occasionally causing problems with busting through fences. Recently, however, the creature's rambunctiousness caused my dad to take more serious actions. The bull exhibited more spiritedness than usual over the past breeding season. My dad's fences and his pens for capturing and loading cattle are not in as good repair as they used to be and they are certainly not designed to handle an huge animal that has started acting crazy at times. It all started late last year when the bull kept getting into Reagan's adjacent property. Dad reduced his total farming acreage by two-thirds in recent years, selling most of his land to Reagan about four years ago. Reagan is one of the few "big time&q