Keep your chin up Cam...... It'll be alright in the long run.
Dualie,
The vast bulk of cattle here are handled the same way as yours.
More are being mustered with the aid of helicopters in more extensive areas...with some preparation and with experienced operators, this is a calm and efficient process.
However, in the far north, cattle are run in huge areas of timbered country with a very distinct wet and dry season.
It is common for some to be missed for a year or two, these are the ones, mostly bulls, that have to be caught like this.
The buffalo are a different story.
They are the Asian water buffalo and were introduced, way back when, as beasts of burden and as a food supply for early settlements.
Later they were released to the wild and went feral.
Numbers of feral buff are now much reduced, but they say there are still some 80000 in the Territory.
Cheers, Greg