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Were the bullets FMJ?
Bright Raven":2ysk32qj said:callmefence":2ysk32qj said:That sucks
A cows brain is small compared to it's head and easy to miss if you don't know where.
My boys would have caught her and hauled her to town. Split the check with you.
Exactly! When I was growing up, I was the executioner! I lived all summer with a rifle in my hands. Anyone who had an animal to put down called my dad and dad sent me to do the dirty deed. I have shot everything from dogs to horses. When you shoot a horse, draw an X, from left ear to right eye and right ear to left eye. Aim right at the center of the X. I used a 22 rim fire and they went down like they were poleaxed.
I doubt that it will permanently scar them...it didn't traumatize them in particular...but they have a good memory when it does...boondocks":36yxodfa said:The tame cow's reaction was interesting. Hopefully ours will forgive-n-forget! I keep wondering if we did anything "wrong" with her but I really don't think so (not her in particular anyway). We do have to shore up our corrals that lead to the barn. I think once she realized she could bust through one, it was game over.dun":36yxodfa said:Some years ago we had a heifer that raised twins, she was always calm and you could do anything with her or the calves. The day we weaned the calves she went nuts. Tore up equipment dam near put me in the hospital ran through or climbed over pipe corrals, went through fences, you get the idea. The pasture she was in was some distance from the house. Any time she heard a voice she would take off and run through/over anything in from of her. Finally got her (after a month) to the point that when we wen out and put out gran, by then she was in with a big old pet cow that we used to calm down calves and stockers we bought it. When we pulled up she wwould duck behind the barn and in a couple of minutes would peer around the corner of the bran. I dropped the butcher off and drove away, when she peaked round the corner he dropped her on the spot. The tame cow walked over to see why she was kicking then went over to the trough and started eating grain. Left the tame cow in the pen while the other cow was processed and she never should any signs of being concerned or nervous.
dun":3or7iqe1 said:Our old butcher used a 22LR on eveything from sheep to bulls. He sold the business and the new guy couldn;t kill them with a 22lr so he went to a 22 Mag. He eventually ended up using s 30-06 on everything and it still took multiple shots. I told him he should cut a skull in half and look to see where his bulles were hitting, don;t know if he ever did since we changed butchers.
Lucky_P":3b9x2uo5 said:They missed the brainstem. plain and simple.
I see 'em brought in from time to time 'shot between the eyes', but still alive and kicking... well, all they manage to do is give them a bloody nose, or, perhaps mess up their sense of smell, since, in some cases, the bullet does hit the brain... but barely...passing through the olfactory lobes of the cerebrum... not fatal.
With proper bullet placement and angulation, they drop like a rock.
https://vetmed.iastate.edu/sites/defaul ... anasia.pdf
boondocks":27veszjd said:Lucky_P":27veszjd said:They missed the brainstem. plain and simple.
I see 'em brought in from time to time 'shot between the eyes', but still alive and kicking... well, all they manage to do is give them a bloody nose, or, perhaps mess up their sense of smell, since, in some cases, the bullet does hit the brain... but barely...passing through the olfactory lobes of the cerebrum... not fatal.
With proper bullet placement and angulation, they drop like a rock.
https://vetmed.iastate.edu/sites/defaul ... anasia.pdf
Thanks, Lucky P (and others). The linked diagram is helpful. The area shown is roughly where the shots that I got a good look at were going, but must've just missed by a hair each time. They stood right over her--perhaps angle was a bit high. Am a bit chagrined. (And, more self-centeredly, hoping the ordeal doesn't affect the meat).
wbvs58":9cfbgnyo said:boondocks":9cfbgnyo said:Lucky_P":9cfbgnyo said:They missed the brainstem. plain and simple.
I see 'em brought in from time to time 'shot between the eyes', but still alive and kicking... well, all they manage to do is give them a bloody nose, or, perhaps mess up their sense of smell, since, in some cases, the bullet does hit the brain... but barely...passing through the olfactory lobes of the cerebrum... not fatal.
With proper bullet placement and angulation, they drop like a rock.
https://vetmed.iastate.edu/sites/defaul ... anasia.pdf
Thanks, Lucky P (and others). The linked diagram is helpful. The area shown is roughly where the shots that I got a good look at were going, but must've just missed by a hair each time. They stood right over her--perhaps angle was a bit high. Am a bit chagrined. (And, more self-centeredly, hoping the ordeal doesn't affect the meat).
If they stood right over her, I am sure they got the angle wrong.
Ken
I've had one case, in 2011. She was lagging from the herd, drooling, just not right, gums and vulva were almost white - not a healthy pink. Caught it early before additional symptoms (and aggression) and the vet treated with LA300 but I sold her anyway. But a friend of mine had one go berserk, hauled it to the vet and it died in the trailer before they could even unload it. Vet just said "anaplasmosis. no charge".Jeanne - Simme Valley":3se5axgq said:pdf - thanks for that info. Not having it this far North, I am not familiar with symptoms. Always good to know, we know how "stuff" tends to modify & move.