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[SBMF 2015]

Making the 7130 grunt just a bit today.

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Nine shank?

 

[CowboyRam]

Nine shank?

Yes. It's a Glencoe YB8400 nine shank. I was a little concerned about pulling it. The front four shanks are ripper shanks. I did have to raise it in a few places that was wet. I'm thinking this will be good for the drainage.

 

[wbvs58]

Yes. It's a Glencoe YB8400 nine shank. I was a little concerned about pulling it. The front four shanks are ripper shanks. I did have to raise it in a few places that was wet. I'm thinking this will be good for the drainage.

How deep do they go?

Ken

 

[CowboyRam]

How deep do they go?

Ken

According to the internet it goes down to 18 inches. I have been sinking it down as far as it will go. I do have a couple wet spots where I had to pull it up some, just lost traction. I am hoping this will help my soil drain in those wet spots.

 

[cfpinz]

Hope the calf comes along. Shot of MuSe... possibly some multi-min ... ought to have him up and walking in not too long. We haven't had much problems with that in years, but with the crazy weather, you never know when you will have some pasture and hay that is lacking. Had several with some real problems 15 years ago...

We do the same, except with BoSe. Funny you mention the timeline, we have one every year or 3 now with contracted tendons - about 10 or 15 years ago it seemed like we had 3 or 4 per year. Wonder what has changed? We're close enough that it very well could be environmental.

We never bandage/splint, and they've all straightened out just fine.

 

[farmerjan]

I actually think BoSe is for cattle/sheep and MuSe is a more concentrated form so you use less... .. but lately it seems I hear more people using MuSe... We always had BoSe in the past.
I only ever bandaged 1 many years ago... and only for a few days as the joint was like it was a double hinge.

 

[cfpinz]

I actually think BoSe is for cattle/sheep and MuSe is a more concentrated form so you use less... .. but lately it seems I hear more people using MuSe... We always had BoSe in the past.
I only ever bandaged 1 many years ago... and only for a few days as the joint was like it was a double hinge.

Gotcha.

20 or so years ago, I was told that B was for "b"aby calves and M was for "m"omma cows - it stuck and I've never questioned otherwise. I leave the meds and associated research to my wife.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

Keeping the mud hydrated this morning.

 

[GoWyo]

Keeping the mud hydrated this morning.

We are supposed to have a decent chance of some of that Friday-Saturday. Sitting in the middle of D3 drought. I hope the Easter egg hunts of every little kid in the area gets totally ruined by snow. We badly need a dose of it.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

I wish I could spread the wealth around. We've had almost 40" of snow in the last 3.5 weeks. Mud is belly deep on the cows without much drying in the future.

 

[SBMF 2015]

I actually think BoSe is for cattle/sheep and MuSe is a more concentrated form so you use less... .. but lately it seems I hear more people using MuSe... We always had BoSe in the past.
I only ever bandaged 1 many years ago... and only for a few days as the joint was like it was a double hinge.

We used to use MUSE on grown cattle and BOSE on new calves and lambs. Gave a new calf MUSE once by accident and killed him dead from toxicity. Never made that mistake again.

 

[ClinchValley86]

Mowing it down!

 

[GoWyo]

We teach them to load early around here.

 

[SBMF 2015]

We seem to be plagued with skunks. That's the forth one I've shot and the sixth one I've seen.
The one I had cornered on the deck the other night was interesting my back up (my wife) wouldn't get out of the car when we came home. She wasn't about to guard the skunk from leaving and she wasn't going past it to go in the house and get a gun.

 

[farmerjan]

We had skunks out the wazoo last year... have seen (smelled) quite a few killed on the road here lately, this year too. Hope that the population gets thinned some more...

 

[Down in Dixie]

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We seem to be plagued with skunks. That's the forth one I've shot and the sixth one I've seen.
The one I had cornered on the deck the other night was interesting my back up (my wife) wouldn't get out of the car when we came home. She wasn't about to guard the skunk from leaving and she wasn't going past it to go in the house and get a gun.

How is the smell after you shoot it? I see them around the house often but don't shoot them because I don't want that smell around the house. Always heard they will spray when shot but not sure what a good headshot will do.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

Even with a good headshot they still can stink. I shot one in the backyard 3 years ago and when it's real damp I can still smell it.....

 

[M.Magis]

They'll spray at least 95% of the time when shot in the central nervous system, head or spine. If shot in the lungs, they MAY not spray, but if they're close enough to see you or be startled by the shot, they usually do in my experience. The only way I've been able to shoot them without spraying is a long distant lung shot when they didn't know I was there. My dad shot one years ago up against our brick house, It sprayed all over the brick, and you cold smell it every time it rained for the next 15 years.

 

[SBMF 2015]

How is the smell after you shoot it? I see them around the house often but don't shoot them because I don't want that smell around the house. Always heard they will spray when shot but not sure what a good headshot will do.

The smell is temporary. That little rascal was living under the garden shed. I'd been smelling him alive for a while.
I aim for their head/chest. Usually a 12ga with a turkey super full choke.
All I had with me last night was my Savage bolt action 20ga. But it's full choke.
Skunks have poor eyesight. I was only about 15ft away when I shot him.

 

[farmerjan]

Once the skunk is dead, if it didn't spray before it died, the muscles relax and the fluid will be released anyway.. so 99.9% of the time there will be smell...
I live trap them usually, cover and carry the trap away from everything, then shoot it in the trap... Leave the trap out in the rain/weather, and can use it again in about 2 weeks... but at least I don't get the smell left too close to the house/barns.