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Initiate Ground Search with Dog

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I'm afraid the worst has happened...who's to blame?

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What happens here

After the drone search yields no results, the farmer releases his dog, Buddy, from its kennel to begin a ground search. They enter the pasture, with Buddy leading the way into dense pine thickets and along a creek. The farmer notes his previous efforts to clear some brush in hopes of flushing out the calf. He points out an old pond, various brush piles, and fallen trees as potential areas where a calf might be hidden or trapped. Crucially, he highlights sections of the perimeter fence that are not predator-proof, featuring openings beneath the wire that could allow coyotes or other predators easy access to the pasture. He also inspects a large pipe in the creek, stating calves' curious tendency to enter water bodies.

Goal: The farmer enlists his dog, Buddy, to track the calf on the ground, exploring dense thickets, creek beds, and potential hiding spots, while also identifying sections of non-predator-proof fencing.

Tools and materials

  • ATV
  • Dog (Buddy)
  • Fencing

What they say

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part of ranching and sometimes you just don't know what happens to an animal so let's toss a drone up in the air first and see what we can find over here all right guys you can see as we fly up in the air right here that this is a pretty large section of pasture that the cows were in I was concerned about moving all these new young moms over into this larger section of pasture and with good reason I'm finding out so what I have to do here is I'm going to fly the drone over each little section of woods and I really think that this calf was up here in this Pine Thicket so we're going to really concentrate on this Pine Thicket area it's where the thickest brush debris and grass is so let's fly over real quick and see what we can [Music] now we're over top of the pine Thicket and you can see right there I don't see any black spots in there that might be a calf guys let me know post a comment down there if you see anything that I'm not seeing I do see however a deer bedded down up in the uh Pine Forest right there that's pretty interesting so there's at least one deer bedded down up there I don't know maybe the calf buddied up with that deer we're going to keep on looking and see what we [Music] find [Music] so we're noo on the Drone guys I cannot find that calf with the Drone buddy doesn't come over to the cows he's very curious he doesn't come over when I feed the cows however buddy is coming out free go pee go pee pee that's our routine with Buddy every time we come out of the kennel no matter in how big of a hurry we are we make sure that he goes to the bathroom okay if we don't don't do that then he'll poop right in the middle of the driveway come here sit it sit we got to go find a calf we've got a missing calf okay you going to go help me let's go help me out we're going to enter the pasture right here by the outdoor kitchen and if you guys don't know about the outdoor kitchen the shop right there I'll post a video link at the end of this one we're in the pasture where the cows were my thought is to systematically start at the top of the hill over here where the pine Thicket was and then there's another pine Thicket right here good boy while I was searching yesterday I came in here and I did a lot of mowing I pushed back some of the brush and debris in hopes that I would scare up the calf I was about 3 hours of work yesterday yesterday trying to scare up this calf by getting into this debris right here but simply didn't stir the calf up so as I'm riding…

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