So I'm doing the dishes, window in front of the sink. I turn on the hot water

[panader0]

and fill a pan to boil water. I turn around to the stove, and when I turn back, there is a giant black angus bull
staring at me through the window. I'm 6'2" and this guy is just as tall. I'm afraid he's going to break my window, or crack the concrete or bust the water spigot. I rush out banging a pan and he saunters off. Open range, what can I do....

[RandySF]

1. How about Medium Rare?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. How about a fence? Isn't that allowed?

[panader0]

4. Yeah Peggy. It's open range so if I don't want cattle on my land I have

to fence them out. Otherwise, they get to graze where they wish. Along with the javelina, coyotes, deer, and oh, did I mention the javelina?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. What sort of beast is the javelina?

I would definitely want my lot fenced...but, I'm a city girl.

[panader0]

6. Peccary--It's like a pig, but not a pig. Some get scary. I still love having them around. They stink

I can't afford, or would I want to fence my land. I'm adjacent to the BLM and an acre pond, so the wildlife is here to stay.

[ChazII]

13. Their musk sent is horrid.

Last summer there was one roaming through our neighborhood and we live in a city. There is a mountain preserve about 3 miles away.

[Callmecrazy]

15. I've seen them eat cactus!

The stuff with the real long needles...

[panader0]

3. Same bull as last year.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018671310

The mysterious rock.

[hibbing]

7. wow

Hi,
That sounds pretty awesome from afar, but understand the concerns. At least you don't have to worry about jackalopes.

Peace

[panader0]

8. They're very rare in the wild, but common in the bars.

[KMOD]

12. only places I've ever seen 'em.

[elleng]

9. Good result! Nothing like that here, fortunately;

sometimes birds play around trees in front of my kitchen window.

[panader0]

10. What a beautiful view.

The angle of the window almost made me fall over. lol

[elleng]

11. LOL!

I was cooking at the time, so had to kind of fall over to avoid burning my shirt while shooting the pic!

[Enthusiast]

17. Wow! What a fine view!

[elleng]

18. Its VERY nice, Enthusiast.

ALMOST makes me WANT to cook!!!

[pipi_k]

14. That's one of the really cool things

I love best about living in the woods.

Free ranging beasties, wild and domestic.

although I think I would have peed on myself to turn around and see a big angus bull at my kitchen window.

But anyway it reminds me of something that happened years ago when I looked out my kitchen window and saw the biggest freaking Great Dane ever! roaming around my yard.

Holy shit, this thing was seven feet tall!!!

Scared the hell out of me!

Then I noticed that it wasn't a Great Dane...or even a dog.

It was one of my neighbor's horses on the lam, grazing in my yard.

[Kali]

16. probably a brangus

angus tend to be kind of short

be grateful he wasn't a horned breed