Two Stags

J bought 9 cow/calf pairs last month.  There were 4 steers in the group.  

 J noticed a couple of them were looking more like bulls instead of steers.

 Any excuse to ride Otoelene and I'm in. 

J elected to stay on foot for the round up.  Then it was a matter of getting them in the lot and sorting out the 2 suspects.  And J was correct, 2 stags.  They had been banded as babies but one testical had been left behind.  This makes castrating them much more difficult because there is no longer any scrotum to cut off.  Because of the dangerous position and the fact that I am a big chicken, I did give them a light sedative.    They were both out grazing in the evening.   Anyone doing any banding, please make sure you can count to two.  Maybe this informative article (by a very special writer) could be of help.  HERE