Ear tag removal

[Alan]

Well a true beginners question. We got our first calf of the season yesterday late afternoon. My wife and I went out to give shots and tag her. Just as I sqeezed the ear tag gun she shook her head and I set the tag too low in her ear. I missed between the ribs. I know from experience that it will tear out sooner than later.

What is the best way to remove the tag so I can reset it?

Thanks,
Alan

 

[dun]

There is a tag remover tool that makes it slick and easy. It's a v shaped end with cutting blades on the inside of the V and a long handle. Same place you got your tags will have it

dun

 

[Alan]

Thanks, I'll head to the feed store Monday, they are all closed her on Sundays.

Alan

 

[Bez!]

Well a true beginners question. We got our first calf of the season yesterday late afternoon. My wife and I went out to give shots and tag her. Just as I sqeezed the ear tag gun she shook her head and I set the tag too low in her ear. I missed between the ribs. I know from experience that it will tear out sooner than later.

What is the best way to remove the tag so I can reset it?

Thanks,
Alan

Save your money Alan - a set of side cutters works fine - we use them once in a while.

Bez!

 

[cypressfarms]

Dun's suggestion is right on. I use a razor knife to cut the back button off, but I'm used to using a razor knife from working at a plastics plant.

Please do not, however, remove it by pulling. I saw a guy at a stockyard drop off a group of calves one time, and he asked them to cut the tags off so he could re-use them. The guy working for the stockyard proceeded to yank them off by hand from above. By the time the calves went into the sale ring, half of them had bleeding ears, and everyone bidding noticed- and the price was lower because people didn't know why they were bleeding.

 

[dun]

I've used the dykes in the past, couldn;t believe how much quicker and easier it is with a tag remover. It's cheap 3 and half bucks

dun

 

[backhoeboogie]

I remove tags with a pair of side cutters, then I put a new tag in the same hole. The keeps me from having lots of holes in the critters ears.

I believe if it was me, I'd just leave the mislocated tag insitu and put in another one.

 

[Caustic Burno]

I've used the dykes in the past, couldn;t believe how much quicker and easier it is with a tag remover. It's cheap 3 and half bucks

dun

I have one in the tacke box thing works as slick as a cats gut.

 

[Scotty]

I use a pocket knife. Best tool a man or woman can own. Kepp it sharp and you will be suprized how much you come to really depend on it.


Scotty

 

[Caustic Burno]

I use a pocket knife. Best tool a man or woman can own. Kepp it sharp and you will be suprized how much you come to really depend on it.


Scotty

Sowbelly

 

[Scotty]

I use a pocket knife. Best tool a man or woman can own. Kepp it sharp and you will be suprized how much you come to really depend on it.


Scotty

Sowbelly

HE HE HE. ;-)


Scotty

 

[Victoria]

We've always just used a good pair of sharp scissors.

 

[cfpinz]

I wouldn't recommend the pocketknife, I've fillet'd the old thumb quite a few times this way. Or maybe I'm just a klutz?

cfpinz

 

[msscamp]

There is a tag remover tool that makes it slick and easy. It's a v shaped end with cutting blades on the inside of the V and a long handle. Same place you got your tags will have it

dun

That's what we use.

 

[Scotty]

I wouldn't recommend the pocketknife, I've fillet'd the old thumb quite a few times this way. Or maybe I'm just a klutz?

cfpinz

Your just a KLUTZ! Not really.


Scotty

 

[cfpinz]

I wouldn't recommend the pocketknife, I've fillet'd the old thumb quite a few times this way. Or maybe I'm just a klutz?

cfpinz

Your just a KLUTZ! Not really.


Scotty

I freely admit it! But I've been called worse.

cfpinz

 

[Scotty]

Your not a klutz. I have used knives my whole life. Just a part of me now.


Scotty