How were cows killed before there was guns?

[Claires Poultry]

Hi everyone!
I am posting this thread for @cluckmecoop7. She is wondering how cows were killed before there was guns. Does anybody out there know?

I assume they were probably just speared to death or shot with a bow and arrow, right?

Thank you,
Elly and Clucky ( @cluckmecoop7 )

 

[pertnear09]

Hi everyone!
I am posting this thread for @cluckmecoop7. She is wondering how cows were killed before there was guns. Does anybody out there know?

I assume they were probably just speared to death or shot with a bow and arrow, right?

Thank you,
Elly and Clucky ( @cluckmecoop7 )

Were there cows before guns?

 

[Claires Poultry]

Were there cows before guns?

I'm not sure.

 

[doublecrossranch]

My husband works in the beef industry. I’ll ask him. Give me a minute

 

[ValerieJ]

I think spears, knives, arrows or anything along that line. Many years ago I read a series of book by Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neil Gear, called the People series. The novels were fiction based on finds in their anthropological digs, as both Gears were anthropologists. A fascinating series that described the way the original indigenous peoples came to America and how they survived. Fair warning, there are some gruesome, graphic details about their lives that I would have to skim or skip, and you may too. But if @cluckmecoop7 wants to know how they hunted and brought down cows, this is one way to learn.

 

[pertnear09]

I'm not sure.

I understand at one time they used to guide the cattle through a shute one at a time and hit them in the head with a sledge. I may be remembering wrong.

 

[doublecrossranch]

I think a large sharp knife.

 

[AltonaAcres]

I would guess they cut across the jugular with a knife and the cow bled out. Not sure though

 

[doublecrossranch]

Not much different than today. Today they use a knock gun then slit its throat so it bleeds out. It feels no pain at all. Before they used a blunt object to knock it out then slit its throat.

 

[doublecrossranch]

Temple Grandin has done a lot with animal welfare to ensure their is as little pain as possible. She is quite amazing