Tagging Calves

We try to get the calves tagged as soon as they are on the ground, or close to it, but we've been so busy with all of the other farm activities that we missed a couple of the calves. One calf is from a heifer (now a cow) called "No Tag" because we never got an ear tag in her when she was born and we missed her when we put them through the corral last year. Why didn't we tag her when she went through the corral this year? Yeah, we thought of that too after we had them all through the corral. So this bull calf from No Tag didn't get tagged or banded to make it a steer, and another bull calf from my brother's heifer (now a cow that we call "Short Ears" because her ears have been cut back) wasn't tagged either. When we went out to look at the cows last night we saw that the bull calf from short ears was missing. We searched the usual places and still no calf. We then started checking the outside perimeter of the pasture and sure enough we found this bull calf laying outside of the fence. We gathered the bander and the ear tag and tried to sneak up on him. It was a snap. He never even tried to run. Once tagged and banded we led him back to his mother. Sharon suggested I use my belt as a halter and that was much better than holding onto this calf and letting it run with me clinging on.
This morning we saw that the last bull calf was missing along with the heifer calf that had already been tagged. We tried to sneak down and grab the untagged calf and I brought my lariat. That calf is fast and agile. He ran like the wind to the far east of the pasture. Then when we went all the way around to the east of the pasture he ran like a flash back to the west. This bull calf even made George look slow and sluggish. So this bull calf is still untagged and unbanded. Guess we'll try him another day and definitely in another way.