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Nearly 200 cattle — mostly calves — worth hundreds of thousands of dollars missing southwest of Montrose. ( Colorado )
KOAA - Channel 5 News ^ | Dec 12, 2024 | Colette Bordelon

Posted on 12/16/2024 6:47:09 AM PST by george76

Investigators believe the 180 cattle, collectively, may have been stolen from several ranchers..

Investigators are working to determine if nearly 200 cattle that were reported missing southwest of Montrose were stolen.

The Montrose County Sheriff's Office said roughly 180 cattle, collectively, are not accounted for by a number of ranchers. The cattle are missing from the Uncompahgre Plateau, where they graze during the summer months.

“You can always lose some to predators, to accidents, to poisonous weeds, things like that. But the 180 is just far more than normal," said Montrose County Sheriff Chuck Searcy. “It's hard to believe that there's still 180 cattle up on the plateau, as much snow is up there as right now. And these ranchers who ride and do their due diligence to find their cattle, and they're not finding them. That leads us to believe that something nefarious has been happening to the cows.”

Searcy said livestock theft is usually minimal in Montrose County. Investigators have a large area to search for clues — an estimated 75,000 acres, according to Searcy.

“It's a large area, and it's all public land that these cattle were on. So to have an actual crime scene, if you will, we don't have one. And now a majority of that's buried in snow," Searcy explained.

Most of the 180 missing cattle are calves, Searcy said. He estimates the number of missing cattle totals to anywhere from $300,000 to $400,000.

“I estimate these calves probably between 500 and 700 pounds, depending on when they were born before they went onto the mountain and then came down," said Searcy. “It's just odd that it's just mostly calves missing. And that's, again, another red flag for us that something else is going on.”

One of the ranchers missing cattle is Mont Snyder of Mex & Sons. Snyder is missing 26 of his cattle.

“It's been looked at from the air, and they're not finding them. I flew also with a good friend of mine, and we didn't find anything," said Snyder. “We see nothing. They're gone.”

Snyder has some theories but did not expand on them at this time. The family did provide Denver7 with an image of the brand they use for cattle, in case someone sees the missing 26 head.


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Wyoming, Too.. about 45 to 60 reports of missing cattle each year... Somebody sees a cow on the side of the road, nobody’s around, and they get themselves a hind quarter and take off. We find hides, feet and heads scattered around.

~Wyoming Livestock Board Director Steve True..

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/12/12/western-colorado-ranchers-missing-nearly-200-head-of-cattle/

1 posted on 12/16/2024 6:47:09 AM PST by george76
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Sounds like a McCloud episode.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0644833/

The Colorado Cattle Caper


2 posted on 12/16/2024 6:50:29 AM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: george76

oh oh....aliens abducting cattle....while the drones distract us


3 posted on 12/16/2024 6:50:32 AM PST by xp38
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First the drones - now this.

Could there be a connection????

4 posted on 12/16/2024 6:54:01 AM PST by GaltAdonis ( )
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5 posted on 12/16/2024 6:54:18 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: george76

Gotta be those drones as big as school busses.


6 posted on 12/16/2024 6:54:46 AM PST by redfreedom (May God save us from what the Democrats do in the name of good.)
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Almost all calves? Gee, I wonder what the wolves Colorado has reintroduced like to eat?


7 posted on 12/16/2024 6:55:55 AM PST by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: george76

Illegals gotta eat…


8 posted on 12/16/2024 6:57:58 AM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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calves between 500 and 700 pounds


9 posted on 12/16/2024 7:00:15 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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Dummies could not even stop a spy balloon


10 posted on 12/16/2024 7:03:09 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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Urgently calling Linda Moulton Howe!


11 posted on 12/16/2024 7:08:17 AM PST by iontheball
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We flooded Mexicans into the country. That’s what this is.


12 posted on 12/16/2024 7:11:34 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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I’d check out the illegal population around there first.


13 posted on 12/16/2024 7:16:27 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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Biden just pardoned a lot of guys from prison....

Could be some of them were old-time cattle rustlers....

YEE-HAW!!!!!!!


14 posted on 12/16/2024 7:19:00 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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Lonesome Dove-2024...


15 posted on 12/16/2024 7:21:10 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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Drones did it. They do all the bad things.


16 posted on 12/16/2024 7:22:35 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.")
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Yearlings ready for feeding out before processing.


17 posted on 12/16/2024 7:24:22 AM PST by waterhill (I Believe! Eph. 5:11. God Bless Israel.)
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Not impossible to shove them into two cattle car semi trailers. Each trailer can hold +or minus 75 head.


18 posted on 12/16/2024 7:27:30 AM PST by waterhill (I Believe! Eph. 5:11. God Bless Israel.)
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To: Henchster

Wolves kill for fun .. and .

https://www.thefencepost.com/news/wolf-enthusiasts-introducing-nonnative-species-to-colorado/


19 posted on 12/16/2024 7:43:37 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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A rancher who claims 180 500lb calves are worth $400,000 would be my prime suspect.


20 posted on 12/16/2024 7:49:51 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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