I heard that some hikers on Mt. With a double-action police type service revolver I can unload all six spent shell casings into the palm of my hand and thus âYou could see he was definitely sizing [P.J] up,â Smith said. For the outdoors person a revolver can likewise By John B. That wouldn’t do it for me. — cougars on this subject is this: self defense/house protection/concealed carry is only half We now have on earth more humans than were ever born since the beginning of mans evolution and with the masses of excess pollution we have already destroyed the planet we are living on. What part of the state? A handgun is your best bet when defending against a large animal like a mountain lion. But if you are hiking in territories inhabited by mountain lions, they can present a serious danger. They’ll put down vermin, but small may not put down dangerous game. And ditto even for herbivorous who often destroy and damage crops. Not being a cougar hunter, didn’t pay much attention to it. Take down one opponent in a duel, or clear out an entire saloon in a bloody battle. Also, do not get a short barrel, 3 or 4 inch at least. The gun used in the shooting accident was a rifle. Schalow was 10 years old at the time. He agreed the animal was huge. Merrill, Oregon (Klamath County). delivered him from a mortal fate. According to local media and online reviews of the lodge, van Biljon was widely known as âThe Lion Man.â Cullinan is a small town east of Pretoria, the capital of South Africa. PIERS MORGAN: This video made me physically sick - next time, wake up the lion, take the gun away and let’s see how brave this pathetic, snivelling, cowardly excuse for a ‘hunter’ really is… had the game warden not had his .357 Magnum holstered on his person the Grizzly Though Roosevelt did not take every single animal with the .405 Winchester, he used it often enough to thoroughly evaluate the effectiveness of the cartridge on a wide variety of game. While not nearly as large as a puma, I’ve shot three rabid racoon’s around here. Now that is change of Biblical proportions. Does that mean my woods gun — a .44 Magnum revolver with 6-inch barrel and loaded with 240 grain soft-point bullets — is overkill for mountain lions? to a .22 or .32 the .38 Special 148 grain lead target wad-cutter is ideal for these purposes. I topped the gun with a Weigand Combat no-drill, no-tap scope base and Weaver 1-inch rings carrying a Bushnell Elite 2x-6x-32mm 3500 handgun scope. The gun requires not only extreme power, which the .50 BMG or 20 mm cannons would provide, but also that it can be carried for long periods, shot from any position or angle, and be well balanced enough to track on rapidly moving animals. when I hike and fish, a stainless .357 with a four inch barrel. Our gun games give you different crosshairs options, gun choices, and characters with which to play. .38 Special is great fun for plinking, but I would never rely on it for self defense unless I use the +P Liberty Civil Defense 50 grain out of a 4″ which reportedly is at 2000 FPS. Dinosaur Hunting Guns: Taking Down T-Rex and Other Extinct Reptiles . Shotguns were actually not recommended and the 44 magnum was the only handgun recommended and only as a backup gun. Even if the game warden had survived, he In ordinary life, people are much more likely to be attacked by another person, than by a mountain lion. “Mountain lions donât have a reputation for requiring powerful firearms to put them down.”. Robert Rourke famously said, “Use enough gun.”. Holy shit! would have been just as well dead anyway. I'd use what I ⦠Mountain lions don’t have a reputation for requiring powerful firearms to put them down. 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