This time of year we were square baling straw , riding the rack behind the baler and we baled a LIVE skunk! It was pissed and we smelled like itNot me baling but when I was a teenager we hauled hay for everyone . We were hauling square bales and we were accustomed to finding a snake baled up . But this one bale had a yellow cats tail coming out the end ! It was perfectly centered and almost looked like the bale had a tail .We talked about cutting the strings and seeing if the cat was in it but never did . Before cell phones so no pics .
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We need the rest of the story...My new personal best. Gonna be hard to beat a dead bull with a hydraulic shop press around his neck.View attachment 69267
When dad lived in Nebraska they would kick every bale over before they picked up to make sure there was not a snake baled up in it.Not me baling but when I was a teenager we hauled hay for everyone . We were hauling square bales and we were accustomed to finding a snake baled up . But this one bale had a yellow cats tail coming out the end ! It was perfectly centered and almost looked like the bale had a tail .We talked about cutting the strings and seeing if the cat was in it but never did . Before cell phones so no pics .
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I have done that; didn't know it until later when I was picking up the hay. I got a racoon once as well.I put a whitetail fawn through an old style hay bine about 40 years ago (it was alive when it went in). If that doesn't make you feel sick you've got a pretty strong stomach.
I put a whitetail fawn through an old style hay bine about 40 years ago (it was alive when it went in). If that doesn't make you feel sick you've got a pretty strong stomach.
I never said it was my hayfield. It also wasn't my bull or press. It was my moco.@worldsgreatestlover ... did you ever find out the who/what/why of that dead bull in your hayfield???