A few weeks ago I saw that one of his horns had fallen off. Yesterday, before I ear tagged the new bull, I checked Buster's remaining horn. The rubber band was missing. The horn had been squeezed almost halfway off before the band disappeared. It is to late to re-band and remove the horn before sending the calves to auction. So I cut it off.
Initially I couldn't find my dehorner tool and searched and searched until Donna asked, "Did you leave it in the barn?" Duh. That is where I found it.
Since the horn has been squeezed so much by the band it was fairly easy to cut the rest of the horn off. It still bled a little bit. It was nice that the horn was half dead before I cut it completely off.
Below shows where the other horn had been squeezed off by the band.
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