GSS said:
The neighbors in the area of the plane / cattle know all too well of the longhorns, as they have repeatedly broken through fences, wandering through adjacent property (Piper Lane and Drummer Circle area), including onto Jones road, and onto open property next to FM60.
Twice I have witness Brazos County SO being needed, to keep the cattle from FM60. This negligence on the part of the owner is apparently negated by the cattle owner, due to the claim Brazos county is a "fence out" county, meaning it's the adjacent landowners responsibility to keep his cattle out of their property .....but that BS (no pun intended) is being a lousy neighbor, and does not compute, when they breakout onto public land/roads.
Landowners are making things difficult on themselves. Those cattle are estray.
There is no "fence out county" when it comes to public roads. If cattle are on public roads, it's the owner's fault.
You call the sheriff when neighbor's cattle on your property. Sheriff can call the owner who doesn't take care of his animals. If they don't pick them up in few days, they are sold at auction. If they do pick them up, they have to pay for upkeep to county and damage to neighbor. Odds are, his calves aren't branded. That means they are being sold at auction.
After a few cattle get sold and county pockets the money, the neighbor might start taking care of his business. But it's going to cost him about $50 to $200 every time he picks up his wandering cattle from county.
I imagine this county is suburban enough that it doesn't deal with estrays often. In rural counties, the sheriff typically says, "just haul them to the sale barn and show us the receipt".
