I was finally able to get the “cow killer” out the the homestead. He stays extremely busy during hunting season with deer and hogs. The steer should have been butchered last spring but like so much else other things got in the way. I think he cost me a little heifer that I planned to keep for a breeder. She now has a bad hip and will go to the freezer next week if plans hold. He got too belligerent and pushy. Now he is on his way to being tasty steak.

We were going to butcher the heifer and the little bull but the steer was bigger than he expected so that will be on hold until next week. During our conversation he mentioned that he was looking for a bull to put over some Piney Woods cows he was planning to buy. I mentioned the bull we didn’t kill and told him he was only going to get slaughtered because I didn’t get any interest in him when I put him up for sale. He may buy him if the other sale goes through. Win, win for all. I don’t really have the freezer space and the money would cover or go a long way toward the processing fee for the steer.