Rancher Boats to Cattle

Imagine 300 animals depending on YOU for food but you can t get to them Tonight Ag Reporter andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t sarah-gustinandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Sarah Gustinandamp lt aandamp gt crawls across the water to show us the challenges one producer faces Randy Kahl Rancher andamp quot I had a cow calving and I came around the corner up here and there was no bridge andamp quot andamp quot Sarah Gustin KX News andamp quot Crawling down those chunks of ice only to step into a canoe to walk across the water on to more chunks of ice is the only way Randy Kahl has to get to his cattle andamp quot This is the Sweet Brair Creek It drains into the Heart River Sunday night the creek rose so high so fast it washed away the only access Randy Kahl has to his yarddown stream Randy Kahl Rancher andamp quot We canoed across right through over here and he got me across and I had a horse standing right here in this little island and I had a halter and I rode the horse down the road to get to the cattle andamp quot And when he got to the cattle it wasn t what he was hoping to see Randy Kahl Rancher andamp quot They swam in around the corral where they were at they were swimming the whole board of the corral and then we got them out andamp quot Kahl says 200 cows 60 yearlings 1 bull and 200 baby calves had to swim nearly a quarter mile to higher ground He says they got everyone out but some calves did get swept down stream Randy Kahl Rancher andamp quot If the bridge wouldn t have went out I would have been there in time to move all these cattle out They would have never gotten wet I would have been there but when the bridge went out that was it andamp quot This creek may be back inside it s banks but Kahl s cows and yard are still stranded At some point this tractor will need fuel hay piles will run out and if any of these cows need a trip to the vet Randy s going to need a bridge to get there West of andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t mandan-ndandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Mandanandamp lt aandamp gt Reporting for KX News I am Sarah Gustin andamp quot Kahl says he went home for the first time last night since Sunday He has been staying in his barn because he doesn t want to leave his cattle