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A ranch just on the outskirts had 50 black angus herded by men on horses up a creek, loaded on a truck and taken. Maybe the construction sight where the cattle were loaded had cameras. BTW, how many horse trailers are needed, that is what was supposedly used? The post said cows, not steers and it was the ranchers DIL who posted. this was posted on Nextdoor, and facebook, I can't get it to copy
Maybe ruslters and car thieves (we have a lot around here) need to be hanged. Police were late getting there, brand inspectors are notified according to the postings.
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Low life b astards need to be shot!!
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50 cows would take 5 average size goosenecks......sounds more like a semi was used
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I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often,...maybe not 50 at a time. But people will risk their life to steal copper wire these days. Any smart thief would be able to figure out that a steer is a lot less trouble.
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My friend lost a dozen cows-calves last year.
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I'm surprised it ever happens when you think of what a pain-the-azz it would be to catch, move, hide, and take care of 50 head of cattle would be at least in the cattle country I'm familiar with. To make it all work, you'd think it might have to be an inside job.
Having the means to transport, the help in doing so, plus a buyer for stolen livestock, makes me wonder why anybody would want to mess with it.
I can see a single or two animal getting shot for meat or some thrill-killing going on, but I'd think being a cattle rustler would make most think drug trafficking, making meth, or easily hidden and sold stolen goods would be far easier.
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Just heard about a couple they caught in Oklahoma. 17 head of cattle were stolen in southern Kansas and taken directly to a sale barn in Oklahoma. Luckily, one of the guys at the barn recognized the brand and alerted authorities. Younger couple so I'm guessing drugs were the driver behind it.
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Whole lot easier ways to make money, criminal style.
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With a couple good horses, a good dog, portable panels and a place to back a semi up against a dirt bank, that would not be a tough job at all. Especially if the herd was used to being trucked to pasture. Hell they would walk right in. Probably in and out in a half hour.
It would be a bunch harder to do it with pick up and goose neck trailers with all the switching of trailers.
The hard part is disposing of branded cattle. I can not even have a branded steer butchered without showing a bill of sale and brand inspection. But then I am honest.
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What's the penalty for cattle rustling these days?
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I'm surprised it ever happens when you think of what a pain-the-azz it would be to catch, move, hide, and take care of 50 head of cattle would be at least in the cattle country I'm familiar with. To make it all work, you'd think it might have to be an inside job.
Having the means to transport, the help in doing so, plus a buyer for stolen livestock, makes me wonder why anybody would want to mess with it.
I can see a single or two animal getting shot for meat or some thrill-killing going on, but I'd think being a cattle rustler would make most think drug trafficking, making meth, or easily hidden and sold stolen goods would be far easier. I agree. Don't think the average rustler would have easy access to a semi to haul 50 head. A cow or two for meat or sell it for meth money maybe. Unless this particular thief makes a living rustling...........
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I'm not an FBI investigator but I bet there is a 99% chance the 'rustler' already has cows.
That or they will be caught by tomorrow.
Pretty sure this wasn't West Virginia mine rat meth heads.
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Where the cattle auction at? They have to dumped them quickly or feed and water them.
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I gotta go with Sam on this, it said cows. I doubt seriously if they'll try and move them through a sale barn, my money says they are folded into some one or some ones existing herd. Were they bred? If so it'll be the calves that are sold.
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Sunsabitches.
Was a time before I was born that the cattlemen around here were packing pistols and long guns on their saddle horses.
Dad was one of them.
Gawtdamn counterfeit sunsabitches.
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There used to be a lot of if caught, then they disappeared. Needs to be more of that today. Can get mighty lonesome out on the range
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I wouldn't put much stock in them being 'cows'. Reporters these days don't know a cat from a dog.
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