This will possibly be a touchy subject, but I got to thinking last night. I went coonhunting on a farm and came across a dead cow. Poor old number 103 a BWF cow was laying there dead. It dont look like she had been dead that long. I noticed older bones from other cows. This farm is way back in the country and the cow was way back in a holler. What I figured is this is where this farmer is taking his dead cows. My question is what do most of you all do with dead livestock? I know you need to bury them and thats what I would have done. And what this guy did is not to legal around my area. Are there other options? Burning? What are some good ways of diposal?
Cow Disposal
- Thread starter CopeMan
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it depends. if its something big i like to bury it with the tractor (if i can get to it). smaller calves i may take to the back 40 andlet them lay. on a few occasions i have burned if i had enough stumps available and stacked together. sure does stink though. when i was growing up it was standard to drag them to the cow cemetary. i think it was more legal then (not really sure about now?) and plus we didnt have a bucket back then.
travlnusa
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Composting them has become the thing to do in my area
Bez>
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Laws are different for every state and province.
Some you WILL call the dead wagon, burry or composte.
Some you will do what you want.
I used to feed the wolves back in Northern Alberta.
Now I call the dead wagon.
Bez>
Some you WILL call the dead wagon, burry or composte.
Some you will do what you want.
I used to feed the wolves back in Northern Alberta.
Now I call the dead wagon.
Bez>
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rkm
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CopeMan, sorry about changing the subject, but I didn't know anyone went coonhunting anymore.
rkm":3mgcsvar said:
Lol, No offense but I quess not to many people in New York do coonhunt. Coonhunting is still big. I went to a big hunt in Indiana a couple of years ago called the Autumn Oaks. There were over 10,000 Coonhounds there. It pretty much is a southern thing, but alot of people up north hunt to. Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Ohio. Every southern state its still alive. Even in Texas. So yes to answer your question it is still alive, and if you have any thoughts about it being a hillbilly sport, it pretty much is but it can turn into a rich hillbillys sport, lol. Ive seen dogs as high as 15,000 dollars. But that was becuase they were Nite Champions, which means squat cause no offense to anyone but are usually wrongfully scored. What amazes me is that people from states that are more ahead in society have no realization on how rural I guess the south still is. I work with a guy who still uses an outhouse. And has no running water and has to cross a creek to get home. People hunt herbs, like Ginseng and Blood root. People hunt mushrooms, called Morals (Dry Land Fish). Hope this answered your question. Feel free to ask more. If you ever get the chance to go coonhunting, try it. Those Adirondacks might have some good coonhunting.
Crowderfarms
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Always have dragged them back in a Holler. Good to hunt stray Dogs and Coyotes over.
rkm
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I,m a old hillbilly from WVa, as a kid I used to hunt them hollers in Marshall County. Havn't been coon huntin for 40 years. Lot of coon up here, but about every 4 or 5 years rabies wipe them out. I don't know of anyone who has any blue ticks or black and tan hounds up here. What kind of hounds do have?
denoginnizer
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My little town radio station routinely announces the birthday's of its residence and general description/ location of lost coon dogs, labs .etc
Also, we still pull over for funeral's and ambulances-good chance we know who they are picking up/transporting.
Also, we still pull over for funeral's and ambulances-good chance we know who they are picking up/transporting.
cattleluvr18
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most either bury or ive seen some that just leave em lay. as to coon huntin, most people just trap here.
backhoeboogie
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I have buried most. I lost an angus calf back in the fall at birth and moved it to another pasture away from the cow dropping it off in the cedar breaks. I went back to take care of things with the cow. When I returned with the hoe to bury the calf a couple of hours later it was already gone.
Since I have the backhoe, it is no big deal to bury dead animals. I figure it cuts down on flies and such.
Most of the folks I know just drag them off to the backside in a certain place and leave them.
Since I have the backhoe, it is no big deal to bury dead animals. I figure it cuts down on flies and such.
Most of the folks I know just drag them off to the backside in a certain place and leave them.
i had a whole calf carcass just disappear overnight that i had taken to the back. i had lost a calf near there and just left it and the scavengers picked the skeleton and so when i lost another calf several days later i took it back there too. returned the next day and the whole thing was gone! :shock: i looked around all over for it b/c i'm kind of strangely grossly curious like that and i couldnt find any remnants or anything and i couldnt see any prints or where it had been drug off. still kind of baffles me.
deep enough so the dogs and coyotes dont dig them up. i have seen them dig down as far as about 4 feet. then they just feed on what ever they can reach and you have the smell to deal with. especially if it was your dog, lol. bad dog! why cant you go eat muconium like normal dogs?
