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<blockquote data-quote="stocky" data-source="post: 462439" data-attributes="member: 1150"><p>The air gun is indispensable here. I have a cap-chur gun and use disposable pneu-darts. They come in 3-10 cc sizes. LA-200 is too thick and you have to use too much. It is better to tranquilize them and doctor with the LA-200 if you cannot get them to a chute. The gun costs around 300 dollars and the darts are around 3 dollars each. You can get reusable ones, but, for us, they arent worth the time and trouble. Saving 1 calf more than pays for the gun. With cows in many different pastures and the pastures not having handling facilities it is the best way. There is far less stress on the animal and it takes very little time. The gun is very accurate and the shot is into the neck. My father can hardly walk, but he has no problem driving the truck or 4-wheeler up toward an animal and doctoring it with the dart gun. Also, I dont want him using Micatil by hand, so he only uses it through the gun. If not for that gun, the animal would either live or die without being doctored. With pneumonia, most of the time they die if they are not doctored. Seems like an easy decision to me. I have friends and neighbors who dont believe the gun is for them, but I cant count the times they have either borrowed it or asked me or Dad to come and shoot a calf for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stocky, post: 462439, member: 1150"] The air gun is indispensable here. I have a cap-chur gun and use disposable pneu-darts. They come in 3-10 cc sizes. LA-200 is too thick and you have to use too much. It is better to tranquilize them and doctor with the LA-200 if you cannot get them to a chute. The gun costs around 300 dollars and the darts are around 3 dollars each. You can get reusable ones, but, for us, they arent worth the time and trouble. Saving 1 calf more than pays for the gun. With cows in many different pastures and the pastures not having handling facilities it is the best way. There is far less stress on the animal and it takes very little time. The gun is very accurate and the shot is into the neck. My father can hardly walk, but he has no problem driving the truck or 4-wheeler up toward an animal and doctoring it with the dart gun. Also, I dont want him using Micatil by hand, so he only uses it through the gun. If not for that gun, the animal would either live or die without being doctored. With pneumonia, most of the time they die if they are not doctored. Seems like an easy decision to me. I have friends and neighbors who dont believe the gun is for them, but I cant count the times they have either borrowed it or asked me or Dad to come and shoot a calf for them. [/QUOTE]
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