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<blockquote data-quote="3waycross" data-source="post: 561638" data-attributes="member: 6713"><p>Hate to admit it but I have done it a couple times when we were kids and didn't know any better, neither time was a disaster both cows lived and calved again the next year.</p><p></p><p>The other time was last year. We had a 16month old heifer giving birth to a huge calf. Don't ask me how I had nothing to do with what led up to that mess. Anyway we found her just at first light out by the county road with a dead calf stuck halfway out and she looked and acted like she was on her way out too.</p><p>Would have taken at least 30 min to get the puller and we didn't think we had the 30 min to spare.</p><p></p><p>We hooked the lariet to the calves head and hooves and ran it thru the fence out to the road. had no other choice. Tried to pull the calf and it was stuck so tight we drug the cow 15 feet. Ended up dragging her but against a RR tie sunk in the ground. Un hooked the rope and repositioned the truck so that we were essentially pulling toward her hocks, and GENTLY eased the calf out. It weighed right at 100lbs. </p><p></p><p>Were a lot of mistakes mad you bet but the bottom line is she rebred after restin and healing for several months and is raising a very nice calf as we speak. Didn't like it but it seemed to be the right thing at the time and I would do it again under the same circumstances.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3waycross, post: 561638, member: 6713"] Hate to admit it but I have done it a couple times when we were kids and didn't know any better, neither time was a disaster both cows lived and calved again the next year. The other time was last year. We had a 16month old heifer giving birth to a huge calf. Don't ask me how I had nothing to do with what led up to that mess. Anyway we found her just at first light out by the county road with a dead calf stuck halfway out and she looked and acted like she was on her way out too. Would have taken at least 30 min to get the puller and we didn't think we had the 30 min to spare. We hooked the lariet to the calves head and hooves and ran it thru the fence out to the road. had no other choice. Tried to pull the calf and it was stuck so tight we drug the cow 15 feet. Ended up dragging her but against a RR tie sunk in the ground. Un hooked the rope and repositioned the truck so that we were essentially pulling toward her hocks, and GENTLY eased the calf out. It weighed right at 100lbs. Were a lot of mistakes mad you bet but the bottom line is she rebred after restin and healing for several months and is raising a very nice calf as we speak. Didn't like it but it seemed to be the right thing at the time and I would do it again under the same circumstances. [/QUOTE]
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