Please paste the link to the most recent article about that happeneing
Haven't seen any articles lately, but I do notice that on hunting shows when a guy is after a bear on a guided hunt, using a bow, the guide isn't backing him up with another bow!
When hunting northern bear over bait.. YEs.. I can understand a possible need for back up.. but in the south??? Seriously???
Seriously... how many of you jonny rambo's have ever had the NEED,, and I stress NEED,, to ever use your back up gun???
First of all, let's end the name-calling right now. Someone wishing to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights does NOT make them a "jonny rambo". Either keep this civil and respectful on all sides or this will be closed.
Second, I've used a sidearm several times to kill snakes and rabid raccoons. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
you must not have bears on your lease, I have at least 4..."be prepared" is not just a scout motto...
Please paste the link to the most recent article about that happeneing
Haven't seen any articles lately, but I do notice that on hunting shows when a guy is after a bear on a guided hunt, using a bow, the guide isn't backing him up with another bow!
When hunting northern bear over bait.. YEs.. I can understand a possible need for back up.. but in the south??? Seriously???
Seriously... how many of you jonny rambo's have ever had the NEED,, and I stress NEED,, to ever use your back up gun???
First of all, let's end the name-calling right now. Someone wishing to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights does NOT make them a "jonny rambo". Either keep this civil and respectful on all sides or this will be closed.
Second, I've used a sidearm several times to kill snakes and rabid raccoons. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
You really NEEDED to kill the snakes & coons??? Couldn't have just walked around them or avoided them all together???
3-4 times I've sat in thick brush along game trails where shots would have been less than 20 feet and put the scope covers back on and took out the 45. but I don't need/want that extra wt if using open sights.
You really NEEDED to kill the snakes & coons??? Couldn't have just walked around them or avoided them all together???
Well, since I WANTED to get out of my tree stand so I could get out of the WMA before they locked the gates, and the rattlesnake wouldn't move from the base of the tree, then yes I NEEDED to kill it. Plus, I had never practiced shooting my bow down and under my stand from about 20 feet up, and the 4 arrows I had were all in the ground around the snake. So two rounds from my .357 had to suffice.
A rabid animal is dangerous and unpredictable. If it approaches you without fear, making strange growls and frothing at the mouth, I say it NEEDS killing. I was about to winch my stuck 4-wheeler out of a mudhole, attaching the cable to a tree. My rifle was in the handlebar rack about 50 feet away, when this coon came down a large oak tree about 20 feet away. In my judgement, she NEEDED killing if I was going to safely go about my business.
The mocassin that slithered into my ground blind MIGHT have left without bothering me, but he didn't seem inclined to do so, which led me to feel the NEED to kill him. Due to the confines of the blind, the pistol was the obvious weapon of choice .
I've come across other rabid or injured animals (including one car-struck doe), where I didn't NEED to put them down, but it seemed the humane and ethical thing to do, and close up a pistol is easier than a scoped rifle.
