Want a set of Texas Long Horns?

[Changeling]

I am interested in getting a set of Texas Long Horns 5 or 6'. I have absolutely no idea what they would cost. Can anyone here point me in the right direction? Just always wanted a set.8-)

[Freightman]

You might look here and change your mind!
http://www.droverhouse.com/HORNS.html?gclid=COeKnYCpw6ECFUtX2god7nRoAQ

[waksupi]

Try Ebay.

[GOPHER SLAYER]

Careful what you buy changeling. Many of those long impressive horns you see are made of synthetic materials.

[Finster101]

Droverhouse is smokin' dope and eatin' dogfood! I bought mine at the stockyards in Ft. Worth for much much less than that.

[Matt Muir]

Changeling, Where do you live? I raise longhorns in Pa and may be able to steer (hehe) in the right direction. There are farms all over the country that may have a set or two to sell. You can buy a set unfinished horns cheaper and just do it yourself. I like when the skull is used, shows the real spread, not the small horns with two feet of leather in the middle

Matt

[Frozone]

You can buy a set unfinished horns cheaper and just do it yourself.
Does that mean you buy the steer and raise it??? If you have room that would be the cheapest way.

[Bret4207]

Come to my place. Before long my neighbors pasture will get chewed down and I'll wake up every morning to find a half dozen longhorns and crosses in my front yard, in my garage, in my barn, using the satellite dish mount for a rubbing post, depositing organic calling cards everywhere. Bring a stock trailer, you can have them all! Better hurry though. Since he won't build a real fence I have to.

[Matt Muir]

Frozone, that is a great idea. I was just at a sale in VA and some older cows with nice horns sold in the 400.00 to 600.00 range. That would be a great source of meat and the horns would be free!

[Frozone]

.... I'll wake up every morning to find a half dozen longhorns and crosses in my front yard....

Have you considered planting a 1/4 acre or so of good alfalfa hay? A good case of the bloat will solve your problem.

[bdbullets]

Don't know what he is getting for them but here is an ad that is always running. http://grandisland.craigslist.org/grd/1731631760.html

[Bret4207]

Have you considered planting a 1/4 acre or so of good alfalfa hay? A good case of the bloat will solve your problem.

Hmmmm, and water it with anti-freeze? I like your thinking......:bigsmyl2:

[geargnasher]

Bret, I know this may be not be as popular among folks where you live as is is here, but down here I have a tasty one-word solution to your problem:
Barbeque!

Gear

[Frozone]

Hmmmm, and water it with anti-freeze? I like your thinking......:bigsmyl2:

No, just a good rich hay.
You don't want it to be 'premeditated'. You want an accident.

Cattle are unable to safetly digest Large quantities of fresh alfalfa. But it's like candy to them, they will eat it till it's gone.
Problem is, it gets into the second stomach and causes gas.
They can't fart or belch from that one, and as the gas builds up it will kill them.
The emergency cure to the "bloat" is to stick a knife through the ribs to puncture that stomach and drain the gas.

[Bret4207]

Gear, yeah, I thought about that. I even tried to buy these animals but the girl won't sell them.

Froze- Been dealing with bloat for years, I'm a farmer.

[Hardcast416taylor]

There just ain`t nothing as entertaining as walking behind milk cattle in the milk barn that were just put out on green spring pasture. They tend to cough and fart at the same time, add in loose manure from the green pasture and you have an instant facial!Robert (an ex-farmer)

[Buckshot]

I am interested in getting a set of Texas Long Horns 5 or 6'. I have absolutely no idea what they would cost. Can anyone here point me in the right direction? Just always wanted a set.8-)

.............After you get the horns all you'll need to do is get a big ole Cadillac Sedan d'Ville to put'em on as a hood ornament.

..............Buckshot

[Bret4207]

I happen to know where there's a powder blue Lincoln Continental with the horns already installed. It's one of those early 70's land yachts with the squared look. Boss Hog would look right at home behind the wheel.

[BerdanIII]

There just ain`t nothing as entertaining as walking behind milk cattle in the milk barn that were just put out on green spring pasture. They tend to cough and fart at the same time, add in loose manure from the green pasture and you have an instant facial!Robert (an ex-farmer)

Thanks, Hardcast; I just had (uurrp) lunch.

[Freightman]

Saw an impressive set yesterday out on Western Street here in Amarillo, but I think the bull might be attached, and he didn't look any to friendly.

[leftiye]

Thas why we cast!? Helps folks to get friendly. (or at least polite)

[cattleskinner]

That drovers place doesn't seem entirely out of line to me. When I used to work at the meat plant, there was one longhorn that came in with about a 5 ft spread. I had to shoot it outside of the building since the horns kept if from being able to go through doorways... Anyhow, the guy that brought them in said that the skull straight from the kill floor(not cleaned, blood and all) would bring $100. I can see where drovers prices are in line, boiling, scraping and putting that leather in the middle doesn't come free. Cleaning skulls is a fair amount of work.

[Multigunner]

Many years ago a local antique shop had a set of thrones with accompanying stools and tables all made of entertwined horns.
I saw an illustration of the exact same set in an old Sears and Roebuck catalog reprint, the 1908 edition IIRC. On second thought it might have been in a Bannermans catalog.
Along with the cattle baron thrones, one for his cattle baroness I suppose, there was a large wooden barrel full of relic firearms, including Indian rifles with copper nail decorations. One of these examined was a Civil War musket cut down as a carbine, the bore completely rusted out or bored out and rusted to about 20 gauge. There was still a ragged feather hanging from the sling swivel.

I have no idea where this stuff came from, or what happened to it. It might have been props from an old western film.

[Matt Muir]

Here in Pa we have a local guy who has beatles to clean skulls. He charges around $125.00 to clean the skull and polish the horns. If you want to do DYI it's not that hard if you get the head semi fresh. After a few days the outer shell of the horn pulls off the inner core that looks like sponge, only hard. The head can then be left out for the birds to pick or my favorite leave in the sun for a few days so the flys lay eggs. Then put in a bag with some air holes and the maggotts do a great job of cleaning. If you get the shells of the horns off prior to all of this the polishing is cut to almost nothing. A small amount of body putty around the horn base secures them when you put the shells back on.

There are many ways to bleach the skull with different voodoo potions. just pick the one that is easier with stuff around the house.

Matt

[Just Duke]

EBAY! :) $175.00

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[Just Duke]

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