tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post4724625955069138829..comments2024-03-28T23:36:14.807-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Even distasteful jobs deserve to be done wellEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-61550046266287908522022-07-21T09:30:12.895-04:002022-07-21T09:30:12.895-04:00Thanks for the post. Good info. I cottoned on to...Thanks for the post. Good info. I cottoned on to the X landmarks when I was younger. Works perfectly on most NA species I've dealt with.<br /><br />That line in To Kill a Mockingbird seemed to apply to me: There are men that here to do the distasteful work others won't. I've put down a lot of wounded, broken, sick animals. Not sure if I have a mark on me or not, but if it needs doing, I get asked first seems like. <br /><br />My father in law taught me how to butcher goats. I've done a number of them. I tried an old black powder derringer once. What a mess. Not only did it penetrate to the neck, the sulfurous smell put me off, and I was queasy during the work. No fun. Made me wonder what a field hospital smelled like in those days.STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-54411050306768450592022-07-21T08:03:07.436-04:002022-07-21T08:03:07.436-04:00Knowledge of the intended victims anatomy is imper...Knowledge of the intended victims anatomy is imperative. Most people have poor knowledge of human anatomy....and almost zero knowledge of the anatomy of most common animals.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-85897873671638199432022-07-20T20:58:07.712-04:002022-07-20T20:58:07.712-04:00Like Robert I hate to kill anything anymore and st...Like Robert I hate to kill anything anymore and stopped raising livestock because by the time they were grown up enough to eat they had become my pet. Now even my chickens die of old age. It's been over 20 years since I home butchered my own animals and sold my commercial meat saw. On the few occasions when I've done it for a friend for meat or euthanize I've used a 45 or .357 as those always work instantly for me. . ---ken coyoteken48https://www.blogger.com/profile/06182514695395380561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-71163602931555251872022-07-20T20:37:13.021-04:002022-07-20T20:37:13.021-04:00I have dispatched a fair number of bovines over th...I have dispatched a fair number of bovines over the years. If your shot placement is perfect, you can do it with a .22. However, after one particularly unpleasant cow euthanasia that required me to shoot her 5 times, I now use .45 acp to do the deed for anything larger than a calf.SpearWolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706209041013055500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-43819002439564936512022-07-20T20:30:35.923-04:002022-07-20T20:30:35.923-04:00After an unnecessarily messy kill one time I now u...After an unnecessarily messy kill one time I now use my .357 revolver for the benefit of quick painless death . Unfortunately it will sometimes blow the eyeballs out 5 or 6 inches hanging from the optical chords . Gross but they never even twitch after that soft point goes in . I do hate to kill anything though and it is always hard on me . Robert Oriansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-43237863493032962342022-07-20T18:54:25.434-04:002022-07-20T18:54:25.434-04:00gee , I didn't think the horses brain was THA...gee , I didn't think the horses brain was THAT big.<br />Otis Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-5767278175196972302022-07-20T18:28:36.828-04:002022-07-20T18:28:36.828-04:00I have a friend who used to work in a slaughterhou...I have a friend who used to work in a slaughterhouse, and ran the bolt gun. Dangerous work.RyanEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014246103286056656noreply@blogger.com