What makes for a good cow gun'

[M E Morrison]

After an old broken mouthed cow, who had been born on their farm, & raised gentle, attacked him when he picked up her newborn calf one late winter/early spring night.. a good friend started carrying a S&W mod 25-3 .45 Colt or a Ruger .45 Colt Blackhawk.. with a very stout load of Unique under a Hornady JHC. Roger never had to shoot a cow or horse on their place........ but he came to understand why the cowboys & farmers carried back then..... it generally wasn't for fear of Comanches.. rustlers or thieves....... though they caused folks to stay wary too, but stock animals acting up that was the greatest worry.......To the best of my knowledge... he still carries a large bore pistol when he works stock on their farms....... nearly 35 years later..........

Elmer Keith had similar feelings about being drug by a horse.

 

[wbraswell]

I can't imagine that anyone would not expect a cow to be dangerous & mad. Heck fire, we kill so many of them each DAY, I'd be pissed also.
Blessings

If you think they're bad in a china shop, just turn one loose in a McDonald's.

 

[wbraswell]

"Turns out it is dogs."
Well, that doesn't surprise me, but I can't help but wonder if that is propaganda from the cat lobby. Plus cats are better at disposing of the evidence, and are better liars.
I am enjoying this thread. 30-30remchester, I had to like your post. I almost feel bad for doing it, but man, that is funny. Poor cow.

 

[Just another 22 shooter]

Crush the angus uprising

The Whiteface are just as much to blame as the blacks

 

[M E Morrison]

"Turns out it is dogs."
Well, that doesn't surprise me, but I can't help but wonder if that is propaganda from the cat lobby. Plus cats are better at disposing of the evidence, and are better liars.
I am enjoying this thread. 30-30remchester, I had to like your post. I almost feel bad for doing it, but man, that is funny. Poor cow.

Yeah, I've had a lot more anxious moments from wild dogs than cows; I've had to put three dogs down in one "adventure" with the third one being about two steps short of chewing on my leg.

 

[REM 3200]

An average beef cattle may weigh 1600 pounds, big ones 2500 pounds. That is eight to twelve tons of hooves, horns and pure menace.

Better check your math, cowboy.

 

[BearBio]

There is an agricultural statistics service that collects all kind of data each year from the Cattlemen's Association, Woolgrowers ***, etc. It is part of the Dept of Ag. You can look up what the farmers and livestock grazers report themselves each year, down to the County level, on how many cows are killed by wolves (I dare you to look it up==surprisingly low), housecats, domestic dogs, coyotes, etc. as well as what general disease type killed what. I would be surprised if CDC didn't keep similar records (if USDA didn't collect it and turned it over to them).

Our friend had 15,000 acres of cattle and barley fields in central Cali. He was always armed and had to kill several beeves in the time I knew him==he had mixed Brahma stock and they were mean, especially if range bred. He said that was the dumbest thing his dad ever did was crossbreeding Brahma into the bloodlines!

He carried a Colt Python or a 1911 and told us one time that one of our buddies could kill a really mean one he had (for slaughter) but only if I went along with my 375 H & H as backup.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Before Finn Aaragrad (sp) passed on to the happy hunting grounds. He wrote an article, in which he said Texas Longhorns were as dangerous as Cape Buffalo. Equally bad disposition, and similar close quarters habitat. Longhorns were reported to be far easier to dispatch, IF you fired in time. Marlin Guide Guns didn't exist in Finns time (he was partial to 375 H&H for any problem), but I would think a 45-70, 450 or 444 Marlin would cure whatever ails you, and probably the 45 Colt and 44 Magnum versions would work fine also. But this isn't about reality, so get out the 450 x 3.25 Nitro Express double rifle! They are only $18 a shot. Ivan

 

[Highhawk1948]

Use to shoot them with a .22LR

 

[tops]

We always used a .22 short on hogs and .22LR on cows. The biggest cow I ever shot weighed about 1700. Larry

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

"Turns out it is dogs."
Well, that doesn't surprise me, but I can't help but wonder if that is propaganda from the cat lobby. Plus cats are better at disposing of the evidence, and are better liars.
I am enjoying this thread. 30-30remchester, I had to like your post. I almost feel bad for doing it, but man, that is funny. Poor cow.

My 30 years in the criminal law arena coupled with my close to 60 years on this earth have led me to the very validated conclusion that most anything or anyone can and will kill you if you piss it off enough.
Old fella down in Lafourche Parish used to paont "COW" on each of his herd right before deer season.As far as .22's right between the eyes

 

[bettis1]

Lots of "good lines" in this thread but anyone who was reared around cattle knows that they can really be dangerous.

Individual cows can be mean and temperamental but they can also be stupid and spook at the least predictable time. If you are carrying a bale of hay to feed a herd and some ditzy old cow decides to run through you it isn't any different than if it was a Yugo.

If you are dozing along on "ol Paint" and a rattler sounds off or a Devil's Claw (aka Cowcatcher) seed pod latches onto his hoof you can awaken in mid air. if your boot sticks in the stirrup you might wish for something with which to shoot your best friend or shoot yourself before he kicks your brains out. And don't even picture yourself upside down under that cayuse if your saddle slips!

And nothing has been said about HOGS! There is much truth in that old question "What happened to old Tom-ain't seen him lately?" Ans: "He went to .... and the hogs ate him."

Bob

 

[Rustyt1953]

Animals can be dangerous.[ame]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ8jGqdE2iw[/ame]

 

[jdlii]

They used to make a horse pistol but, cow guns? Well that is an entirely different matter they don't even have opposable thumbs to hold one correctly!

 

[chaparrito]

Better check your math, cowboy.

2500 lbs is more than TWO commercial slaughter weight steers. We only graze ours to 900-1100 lbs.

 

[Rustyt1953]

They used to make a horse pistol but, cow guns? Well that is an entirely different matter they don't even have opposable thumbs to hold one correctly!

True dat....

 

[chaparrito]

We had a dairy farm when I was a kid. A Brown Swiss bull stomped the be-jeebus out of our foreman when he got him cornered in a single pen he'd been put in for vaccination. Poor guy was hospitalized for weeks. The bull ended up in the meat locker, my uncle put him down as soon as the ambulance left. Good bull too, threw lots of heifers.

 

[Jinglebob]

I saw my cows corner and stomp a coyote to death one time. After it was over, one young heifer said to another, "This would have been a lot easier if we had a cow gun."

 

[tinman931]

So, Iggy, if you want to drop a cow with a .22, where do you shoot it?

Easy. Right into the kneecap of the fella next to you so you can get a good head start

 

[GatorFarmer]

Better check your math, cowboy.

Chuckle. I was using media hysteria math.