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In the country, finding domestic livestock on the wrong side of fences is not surprising. What is more remarkable is that it doesn’t happen more often. This time of year, the number of whitetail deer showing up along roadways gets the bulk of attention from drivers.

Deer carcasses from collisions with automobiles lie scattered along most roadways. During the rutting season, deer are more active during daylight hours. We have noticed two different bucks wandering the fields around our property.

Yesterday, a steer blocked my lane as I was returning from dropping Asher off at his play date and picking up groceries.

He decided to trot back to his pasture fence as I rolled closer to him. That enabled my car to pass without incident but it didn’t do anything toward getting him back on the correct side of that fence.

When I passed that pasture again on my way to pick Asher up later in the day, there was no sign of cattle anywhere. Maybe that one steer got them all shipped off to a rendering plant.

Don’t mess with that rancher.

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