Tiktocktheclock t1_j98rarg wrote on February 20, 2023 at 2:57 AM

Reply to comment by _MrBalls_ in Feral cows in New Mexico's Gila Wilderness will be shot from air, US Forest Service says by PM_ME_KITTYNIPPLES

Theyre usually branded from my experience. I remember driving my jeep on the mesa west of Albuquerque near that rez, and probably on the rez. Fences were none existant but lone, low grouped cows were every few miles.

ElevatedAngling t1_j99zn8f wrote on February 20, 2023 at 11:34 AM

Those are open range cows, which are owned and branded. They get collected and sold by said owner. Very different than feral cows which aren’t owned/branded and do not get collected and sold.