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<blockquote data-quote="eric" data-source="post: 39550" data-attributes="member: 7"><p>Mine just happened this past Sunday...after spending a couple of hrs on Saturday trying to get two calves seperated from the herd and into a weaning pen I had made from some panels, we finally got one of them in but the other calf just kept running away. So I had the great idea on Sunday morning after church to come home and just rope the son of a gun and drag her butt in the pen! So I get the wife and kid out there to help me, we drop some cubes down and when they come up, I throw a rope around her neck. BIG MISTAKE!!! I had the other end of the rope tied to the 4 wheeler with my wife on it, and I had planned on dragging her into the pen. She had other ideas! After getting the rope as tight as she could around her neck, (her doing, not ours!) when she ran out of slack, she then starting to pull the 4 wheeler, and when she got the rope on one side of the rack, she actually flipped the 4 wheeler over on its side! Its a big Kawasaki 400, and luckily my wife bailed out before it landed on top of her. But now this poor calf is, we are sure, about to choke herself to death, as the rope is super tight around her neck! So I do the best thing, or at least what I thought was the best thing, and I cut the rope off by the 4 wheeler, hoping it would loosen up around her neck. </p><p>No such luck!! So she is gagging like crazy, my wife is in tears because she thinks the calf is about to suffocate, so I then grab the rope and tie it to a tree, thinking I could just follow the rope down to her, like they do in the calf roping, throw her down and get the rope off from around her neck! Again, no such luck!! She is fighting like crazy because this rope around her neck is choking her, so as I cut the rope by the tree, my wife and kid both go into the garage crying cause they just knew she was gonna die, leaving me to handle the situation alone. Finally I tell my kid to get on the other 4 wheeler and lets try and force her into a corner, and then I will try and cut the rope off her neck. Well, FINALLY the poor thing must of worn herself out, as we got her into a corner, and I got her penned against the fence, got out my wire cutters, and cut the rope off from around her neck. She took off fast as lightening when I let her up, and she headed straight for the trees and I didnt see her again for a couple of hrs. Only when all of them came up for water did we finally get a good look at her, and she didnt leave mamas side the rest of the afternoon. She appears to be o k , she is back sucking on mama, she is drinking water normally and when I gave them all some cubes later on that evening, she seemed to have forgotten the incident ever happened! I know we wont be forgetting it very soon!! </p><p></p><p>Needless to say, I ordered 14 more corral panels and 3 more gates on Monday morning, and I am gonna make a real alleyway and a real holding pen this weekend before I try that again. </p><p></p><p>I know this was cruel and unnecessary, but believe me, I would of never thought a 7 1/2 month old calf would be that strong!! I am 6'2...250 lbs...and I didnt have a chance against her!! Hopefully someone reads this and can avoid ever doing this to a calf!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eric, post: 39550, member: 7"] Mine just happened this past Sunday...after spending a couple of hrs on Saturday trying to get two calves seperated from the herd and into a weaning pen I had made from some panels, we finally got one of them in but the other calf just kept running away. So I had the great idea on Sunday morning after church to come home and just rope the son of a gun and drag her butt in the pen! So I get the wife and kid out there to help me, we drop some cubes down and when they come up, I throw a rope around her neck. BIG MISTAKE!!! I had the other end of the rope tied to the 4 wheeler with my wife on it, and I had planned on dragging her into the pen. She had other ideas! After getting the rope as tight as she could around her neck, (her doing, not ours!) when she ran out of slack, she then starting to pull the 4 wheeler, and when she got the rope on one side of the rack, she actually flipped the 4 wheeler over on its side! Its a big Kawasaki 400, and luckily my wife bailed out before it landed on top of her. But now this poor calf is, we are sure, about to choke herself to death, as the rope is super tight around her neck! So I do the best thing, or at least what I thought was the best thing, and I cut the rope off by the 4 wheeler, hoping it would loosen up around her neck. No such luck!! So she is gagging like crazy, my wife is in tears because she thinks the calf is about to suffocate, so I then grab the rope and tie it to a tree, thinking I could just follow the rope down to her, like they do in the calf roping, throw her down and get the rope off from around her neck! Again, no such luck!! She is fighting like crazy because this rope around her neck is choking her, so as I cut the rope by the tree, my wife and kid both go into the garage crying cause they just knew she was gonna die, leaving me to handle the situation alone. Finally I tell my kid to get on the other 4 wheeler and lets try and force her into a corner, and then I will try and cut the rope off her neck. Well, FINALLY the poor thing must of worn herself out, as we got her into a corner, and I got her penned against the fence, got out my wire cutters, and cut the rope off from around her neck. She took off fast as lightening when I let her up, and she headed straight for the trees and I didnt see her again for a couple of hrs. Only when all of them came up for water did we finally get a good look at her, and she didnt leave mamas side the rest of the afternoon. She appears to be o k , she is back sucking on mama, she is drinking water normally and when I gave them all some cubes later on that evening, she seemed to have forgotten the incident ever happened! I know we wont be forgetting it very soon!! Needless to say, I ordered 14 more corral panels and 3 more gates on Monday morning, and I am gonna make a real alleyway and a real holding pen this weekend before I try that again. I know this was cruel and unnecessary, but believe me, I would of never thought a 7 1/2 month old calf would be that strong!! I am 6'2...250 lbs...and I didnt have a chance against her!! Hopefully someone reads this and can avoid ever doing this to a calf! [/QUOTE]
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