Deer corn bandit down.

Nice shot! Where there’s one, there’s two, may want to keep an eye out. 

Very nice. Fine looking guns for sure. Good choice. 

Don't forget the garlic!

yeap Garlic is good for dogs it's a natural flew repellent, I (we) use it on our raw food to make it more palatable for the dogs (we own 3 mutts)

Nice new Crown and great shot! LOL...must cost you a pretty penny feeding Yal, those Kangals are not small!

I love what you’re doing with the raccoon meat! 

Out of concern for your Kangal; How do you know if an animal that you shot (and are about to feed your dog) does not have rabies? And if it had rabies does cooking the meat remove the rabies?

*New to hunting that’s why I ask*

Eating raw meat of a rabid animal has not been shown to transmit rabies, but given the potential, it should never be performed. Effectively, it is transmitted through the salivary glands and usually only when the animal is showing symptoms. In theory it could be transmitted in raw meat, especially if the meat gets contaminated with the salivary gland contents. And, yes, properly cooking it will "kill" the virus.



Hope that helps!

@Glenroiland Thanks for the info. Even though, they say the virus can be killed when cooked I wouldn’t feed it to my dogs

@Glenroiland Thanks for the info. Even though, they say the virus can be killed when cooked I wouldn’t feed it to my dogs

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No problem. I'm a veterinarian, and I think I tend to agree with you. Although, if it wasn't showing any signs of neurologic abnormalities and it was well cooked it SHOULD be ok. Still I think I'd tend to ere on the side of caution. There are certainly some animals that carry more disease than others...

Nice to not waste a kill. Freezing will not kill rabies, but cooking will. The probability is slim given the prevalence/incidence of raccoon rabies, although it is considered a rabies reservoir host. Additionally, 8 do n9t believe there are any reported cases of rabies from meat consumption. Personally, I'd cook raccoon prior to feeding to eliminate this skim risk.

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if it wasn't showing any signs of neurologic abnormalities and it was well cooked it SHOULD be ok. Still I think I'd tend to ere on the side of caution. There are certainly some animals that carry more disease than others...

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I will definitely be paying attention to any animal before I shoot it and feed it to my dogs. The only raw meat they’ve had were the quail and chickens I used to have by digging a whole underneath the chicken coupe Looking forward to feeding them some squirrels 

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if it wasn't showing any signs of neurologic abnormalities and it was well cooked it SHOULD be ok. Still I think I'd tend to ere on the side of caution. There are certainly some animals that carry more disease than others...

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I will definitely be paying attention to any animal before I shoot it and feed it to my dogs. The only raw meat they’ve had were the quail and chickens I used to have by digging a whole underneath the chicken coupe Looking forward to feeding them some squirrels

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Poor chickens, lol.

Eating raw meat of a rabid animal has not been shown to transmit rabies, but given the potential, it should never be performed. Effectively, it is transmitted through the salivary glands and usually only when the animal is showing symptoms. In theory it could be transmitted in raw meat, especially if the meat gets contaminated with the salivary gland contents. And, yes, properly cooking it will "kill" the virus.



Hope that helps!

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My dogs get wild meat all the time, mostly rabbits. In my view the biggest risk are worms. Most bunnies during warm weather also have fleas. I would not cook the prey, dogs digest raw bones a lot better. Around here the stats show that most rabies infected animals are bats and even those are mostly clean. Check your local statistics, make a call.

Even so cooking would kill most disease agents it also changes the bones and makes them hard or impossible to digest for dogs. So mine get the whole raw animal minus the fur and the bullet hole.. 

Very nice Ag!!!