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Title: Dart Guns Post by: craig on December 14, 2011, 11:10:14 am i just bought a new dart gun to doctor cattle with, just wondering if any of you guys have used dart guns.
Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: Circle C on December 14, 2011, 11:39:44 am Craig,
Which one did you buy? Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: Purebreedcolt on December 14, 2011, 11:56:29 am Yeah I shoot one a lot. We use the nu-dart with the charges. Works well for us. Danaject is ok too but you have to get the darts back after the shot to clean and reuse
Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: craig on December 14, 2011, 12:09:09 pm pneu-dart model 178b air rifle. i have used it a couple of times so far , shure is nice just shoot them out of the truck window. i felt like a paid for it the first time i used it.
Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: ROCKIN ROO HOG DOGS on December 14, 2011, 12:29:04 pm I looked at some at the tulsa farm show,im by myself most times and a big ol tiger stripe cow with footrot for example is when i need one the most. I borrowed my neighbors to catch 2 corriente bulls with sedative,they were the catch darts with the barbs that u had to cut out after catch. One thing i saw with the medicine darts is they are small so you are limited to a 10cc dose,would have to use micotil or draxin etc. BUT..........when i turned around i saw the soultion for highr dose meds....A FREAKIN CROSSBOW >:D, it shoots a big tube looking dart. I think they will both be on my christmas list from the boss man!
Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: craig on December 14, 2011, 01:44:59 pm Jimmy
im shooting draxxon doctoring some calves on lease pasture , 3 or 4 cc darts with gel collar. i shure like to use a horse when it is realistic, but with these calves 1 or 2 days may be too late, not to mention the added stress from roping and handling a calf to doctor. my old cows can ussaully be drove to a pen or tipped over out in the pasture and doctored for there problems. that crossbow would shure be nice.. Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: Wild cat on December 14, 2011, 09:23:18 pm I just ordered me one we run alot of our own Holsteins on pasture I'm hoping to relieve the stress of running them.
Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: craig on December 14, 2011, 09:31:23 pm Wild Cat
what gun did you order Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: hogdog05 on December 14, 2011, 09:32:20 pm Very handy, I love mine. I like it in small pastures where you don't have alot of room to rope. I catch a lot of cattle on 5 acremesquite thickets where u got just enough room to get your truck and trailer in and really can't line a cow out, or keep em from jumping fences. People just buy cattle turn em out and think everythings okay. The pneu-darts I really like. The other day I was showing a friend of mine the gun and put the lowest charge in from 50 yards and shot the side of my barn with a practice dart with no tip. I was supprised when the dart went through the tin. Whoops. But great options to have.
Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: Wild cat on December 19, 2011, 06:33:40 pm Sry it took so long to get back to u I ordered that pneu- dart I'm not sure of the model I'm looking for new combos of meds to doctor with now that I can shoot threw the gun. If i dont find any I'll just be hitting them with rompin (spelling?) and then doctoring them when they r down.
Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: jimmy_creed on December 19, 2011, 09:03:19 pm yeah we use a new england dart gun to catch my bucking bulls when we raised them but it shot lot bigger darts then 10cc
Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: Dexter on December 20, 2011, 09:31:42 am pneu-dart model 178b air rifle. i have used it a couple of times so far , shure is nice just shoot them out of the truck window. i felt like a paid for it the first time i used it. Craig my mind read that as yoou felt like a paid hit man the first time .. then i went back over it again lol thought you'd get a kick Dexter Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: levibarcus on December 20, 2011, 10:53:03 am Has anyone used a dart gun on a hog? I can just see someone slipping in to a bay and rocking a bad one right to sleep. ;D
Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: Boar Collector on December 20, 2011, 11:49:33 am Has anyone used a dart gun on a hog? I can just see someone slipping in to a bay and rocking a bad one right to sleep. ;D Or accidentally putting your dog to sleep and him getting whooped on haha :o Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: ked on December 20, 2011, 05:32:04 pm How much was the crossbow and where can they be purchased?
Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: Wild cat on December 20, 2011, 07:19:57 pm I just shot 6 with rompin (spelling?) this afternoon with my buddies gun same as what I'm getting and we were done doctoring in a lil over an hr with no wrk to it. Usually this would have been around 4 hrs of wrk and running and chasing them. Well worth it to get one.
Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: craig on December 20, 2011, 07:47:07 pm wild cat,
so you nocked them down with romp. and then what did you doctor them with ? and for what symptoms ? Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: Rockin-P-Ranch on December 20, 2011, 07:58:47 pm (http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af330/RockinPRanch/BullCapture-08.jpg)
Craig this is a bull I had to dark a couple of years ago and I think it was the same gun that you have.Got it from my vet. Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: Wild cat on December 20, 2011, 08:11:37 pm Nocking with romp in hip to dangers in the neck then doctor for foot rot with oxymicin and sulfa but I'm seeing differences in there feet some r busted in the center and swollen, and some are just swollen, and then also some with cracks above the hoof wich I'm assuming is an injury from fence.
Title: Re: Dart Guns Post by: craig on December 20, 2011, 08:12:25 pm Hello Mr Ronnie, good to hear from you..
yep that looks like the same darts i have. |