Rat saves a horse

Outstanding. You responded to a fellow creature in need and did what was required despite the, in this case, great difficulty. There are better tools for that kind of job but the best is the one you have with you when you need it. Busse Family hard use knives save the day yet again. Gonna throw a chopper in your tool kit for the next 'You'll never believe what I came across today' ?
Pete
 
Too much win for one day!

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That is awesome. Good for you and the horse. Many would have just left it for dead.
 
Great story. :thumbup:
Definitely go back and get some of the wood to make a walking stick; that's a story you can happily share for years. :)
 
Love that story! The little Swamp Warden that saved a horse!!! :thumbup: :thumbup:
 
Hmmmm.... looks like the horse ... um... sh** itself while it was laying there. Or fell in it.
Da** fine work, there, u812!
 
Thanks all. For those that do not know I am an Animal Control Officer so I couldn't really drive on not that I would have. There was a guy that stopped and looked in a pickup with a tool box on the back. Asked him if he had a ax or saw,he never answered and just drove off.
The horse did defecate a couple times,not sure how long it had been stuck but it was a while. Still have no idea how it got stuck. His hoof was a good 3 foot off the ground and would have had to been at 5 or 6 feet to get it between those trunks. What I kind of thought was that he kicked at another horse as they were walking though there and just happened to hit the tree and just the right spot. They say animals do not have emotions but the other two horses appeared to have been trying to help it and was guarding it from us when we first climbed through the fence. The seemed to quickly realize that we were there to help it and backed off.
 
This looks like a job for a 13asic bolo! Good. Job, and I have Seen similar guarding behavior in horses.
 
This definitely is going on my list of heroic reasons for carrying a knife. :thumbup:
 
Wow, that is nuts. Good on you man! How long did it take to chop through that?
 
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Wow, that is nuts. Good on you man! How long did it take to chop through that?
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Just under an hour. I think it would have been much less time if not for that super tough wood. Ever hit felt like I was hitting a rock.
 
Don't think we have ironwood in TN. If it is I am for sure going back for it.
 
Damn, that's crazy! Nice save, can't believe that little sucker could ever be considered a "chopper", but here we are...! ;)
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Cool moves, thanks for posting the pic! :)
 
The term "ironwood" covers alot of different trees; like "steel" does. This one might be Eastern Hornbeam. It makes good tool handles and stuff like mallet heads. Sorta like the INFI of the understory.
 
if you go back get some close up pics of the bark and leaves, I am sure someone can identify it then...
 
Goodonya. I carry a KDSH and a few other things along on road trips and think it woulda been handy in this situation.
 
A small knife might have been the best tool for the job, actually...:)

If you start hacking the crap out of that fork with something with heavy stock, the horse could get spooked...

I think it was a blessing that you didn't have a larger knife, the outcome MIGHT HAVE been very different in a bad way...the noise & vibrations would have been more, you would have had less control which is a bad combination + adrenalin, etc.

Think about it-- the results speak for themselves-- it was a successful extraction-- difficult but 100% effective...almost surgical, in a way...

Now, there are times when nothing but a big a** knife will do, but if I'm going under for a vasectomy the last thing I want to see is my urologist coming at me with a MOAB! :eek:

U812, you posted that you thought a "higher power" was looking out for that horse-- I believe that 110%, and I also believe YOU were part of that plan AND your little swamp rat :thumbup:
 
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