The plan today was to finish staking the mile and a half of fence line this morning by pulling from the offset spikes I'd set yesterday to set spikes on true line with 48-inch-long PVC "laths" in drill holes, also on line. Someone was running surprisingly well fed looking cattle on the I-don't-know-how-many-thousand-acres of desert pasture. Then I saw the group of very large deer up the hill, all looking my way - only their necks were way too long for deer. I have no idea why someone is running these camelids among the cattle, but it was definitely a novelty to find them there.
On the way back to Austin, I passed this grim reminder of the dangers that llamas pose to the unwary:
I still have a dozen or so. Had nearly 40 at one time. They are very curious creatures which is very disturbing to predators. They will charge at the predators out of curiosity, which tends to scare the predators.
as far as stock go- llamas go to the top of my pissed-off-o-meter quickest..... I'm not sure why....
Kevin Samuel, post: 418097, member: 96 wrote: http://lostcreekllamas.com/guardianllamas.htm
Well, there definitely are coyotes and bobcats in residence, but I wouldn't think that they'd be a match for the cattle. Both are probably more interested in the rabbit population.
When the ostrich farming declined with no processing plants being readily available, many in these parts simply opened the gate and let them go.
I remember the day we drove across a cattle guard to a property to survey and we could not get out and work because one was flogging the truck.
The threat did not last long as black market ground ostrich was soon available on near every corner.
