Culling a cow
- Thread starter cyffylog
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and a .22 is as well what is it you are trying to get across
As been said earlier a .22 don't have the power, fcking stick up for him, I'm done with you.
bye
Tarw Coch
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But will need pithing after, hopefully by someone who knows what they’re doing and not someone who goes scouting around for a bit of wire as you suggested earlier.
He didn't say what size 22 it is, I've seen a 22 magnum used due to the remote region in the outback years ago and it dropped an injured heifer in the blink of an eye. That said, I would always get a knacker in and if not then the vet, killing it myself would be the very, very last resort if nothing else was available and only if it was in the best interest of the animals welfare, a lot can go wrong.
axehandle
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- stromsund, sweden
get a blitz bolt gun with 9mm blanks ... they work !
i dont think you need a firearms licence in the UK for them
i dont think you need a firearms licence in the UK for them
ollie989898
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Agreed. Seen this done many times. Plastic pithing tool is used and it stays in the beast permenantly?
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- Chezvegas (chesterfield)
I understood that cattle were not pithed anymore because of brain stem samples being taken and cross contamination by the pith cane, that was a plastic flexible rod about 18" long. If I remember correctly it was said that it could not be sterilised correctly between cattle.
Seen it done hundreds of times back in the day and thought it was the most humane thing to do.
The cattle were shot with captive bolt or cow puncher as they call it, then they were pithed and bled.
100% dead when the brain gets mashed.
Seen it done hundreds of times back in the day and thought it was the most humane thing to do.
The cattle were shot with captive bolt or cow puncher as they call it, then they were pithed and bled.
100% dead when the brain gets mashed.
Tarw Coch
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Pithing is certainly still carried out, I must admit I find it a bit gruesome so prefer not to watch.
Not sure what the score with brain sampling is now, there is a difference between under and over 4 years but I don’t know which it is they sample.
Cows are also given a “tag” when shot which is basically a numbered orange cable tie that is fastened to their leg and corresponds to the paperwork that goes with them.
I have used .22 high velocity in the past to shoot cattle but probably not a 17 year old one. It also states on my Firearms Cert. 'humane destruction of animals'. But it also states deer on my FAC which is, I believe, illegal using a .22 rimfire.
Not sure what the score with brain sampling is now, there is a difference between under and over 4 years but I don’t know which it is they sample.
They sample over 4yrs old, that is what the orange cable marker is for.
I'm afraid I am of the view of others on here, just get the vet in if you are not confident to do the job, you owe it to her.
Not sure what the score with brain sampling is now, there is a difference between under and over 4 years but I don’t know which it is they sample.
They sample over 4yrs old, that is what the orange cable marker is for.
I'm afraid I am of the view of others on here, just get the vet in if you are not confident to do the job, you owe it to her.
pretty sure its only over 36 months that are tested and if they are worried over cross contamination from the rod what about the bullet
Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
They are still pithed
I think you answered your own question, if you have never shot a cow before better to get some one with experience to do the job right and show you how its done regardless of what is used.
As for using a .22 in general, that's all my family have used for the last 60 years of farming. Limit your range and know your rifle, large part is being confident in your skills using it. Our mobile butcher basically only uses his .22 and only the .22-250 for large bulls. Never seen a 12 bore used, as our animals are always outside unless they are down couldn't get close enough for it to be effective, and a .22 at close range is just as effective.
Bullet selection would also be important in larger rifles. Neighbour (read as idiot hobby farm) once pumped three rounds of ballistic tipped .243 into his injured bull, it was still walking around, bullets simply explode (as designed) on impact. One shot from my .223 with a soft point round dropped it on the spot. I think we in Australia tend to have access to more rifles, numbers and calibres, then we do shotguns compared to the UK.
Shavings man
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For christ's sake let's have a whip round and get the poor girl done properly.
Sod that, the OP said he doesnt want to pay , not that he cannot afford to pay. Typical welsh man , as tight as a ducks a#se.
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At least we Scots are off the hook for once.