Cattle (bulls) are easy with the Burdizzo because they hang down far enough that you can feel the vas deferens easily, get it over to the side, and do the old clamperoo, making sure the vas is in the jaws. Gosh, that makes me shudder to even think about it.
It would be harder with horses, because the sack is up tighter to the body, and not as easy to isolate the vas. As well as having the thing trying to kick your head off while you're fooling around down there. No, thanks.
Our ag teacher had a Burdizzo- when somebody would misbehave, he'd pick it up and start opening and closing it, while glaring at the miscreant. Seemed to work, most of the time.
I always used bands, just because it was so easy. I suppose there's a dull ache until they fall off, but it never seemed to slow the calves down any.
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