kenny thomas
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Oh, i use those occasionally when banding for other people. I knife cut anything i own. Never tried them on a horn though. I sure will try now.
Dehorning questions
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Dave
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They make 2 sizes on the bander. Same bands for both. Just the bigger one opens wider. I advise buying the bigger one. I made the mistake and got the smaller one first.
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I was thinking a sawsall <grin>
A.J.
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I've dehorned a couple with the XL bander and had good results as well. It was probably overkill, but I put gorilla tape over the bands to make sure they didn't scrape them off or move them before they started digging in good.
There are different bands for each one. XL are black, regular are that tan color
The regular one is only good for calves with grapes for testes. That's like maybe 2 months or so. From there up the XL works. I've done #500+ calves with the XL. I did some bulls 2 weeks ago that were full handfuls that I had to fish in to the XL.
I despise doing the small ones where they can suck them up. We wanted to get our last place worked last weekend before the heat really kicks in and there were a couple young calves that were like grapes. I hate those. I would rather do a #500 than a #100. The big ones stand better also.
SBMF 2015
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Are you giving CDT when you dehorn with a band ?
You've really got me thinking I want to try it on a 800 lb Hereford str.
No, maybe I should but I didn't.
How far down on the horn are you placing the band?
Hairline.
Travlr
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Not below the hairline? I thought it had to be far enough down that the skin/blood supply around the horn was cut off. Isn't there a ridge close to the hairline that you need to get below? A place below the ridge where the band fits in a depression?
