The Terminator
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Lots of talk going on in the current bear thread of the week.
Charging animals. Now, I wonder who has ever been charged by an animal? I hear that moose are pretty good at charging, I've yet to have one come off the internet and get to me. You know, I can admit that all my moose hunting is done vicariously. Same with most other really dangerous game. I'm just an old working boy in Georgia, not a whole lot of dino-fauna here. I hear that we have big foots in North Ga, but they don't come around here.
I was kind of charged by a black bear in 1987. I shot him with a 300 mag, hit him in the snout. He chased his tail, working his way toward me. I bent the bolt on my rifle when I went to chamber another round, and could not shoot it again. He worked his way pretty close to me before he finally died. You know, back then, we did not have to take a full "load out" to go hunting. Even today, I rarely take more than one gun into the forest. I will take a pistol if I am hog hunting with my single shot 45/70 Ruger.
Another time, I shot a hog in the face, emptied an 18 round clip of 22 lr onto its head before it turned and ran, it got after me while squirrel hunting. I don't know how many times I hit it. The only animal that ever got ahold of me was a squirrel that was not quite dead when I shot him with a 20 gauge. He didn't get to bite me, but gave my 15 yr old heart a real palpitation. You?
Charging animals. Now, I wonder who has ever been charged by an animal? I hear that moose are pretty good at charging, I've yet to have one come off the internet and get to me. You know, I can admit that all my moose hunting is done vicariously. Same with most other really dangerous game. I'm just an old working boy in Georgia, not a whole lot of dino-fauna here. I hear that we have big foots in North Ga, but they don't come around here.
I was kind of charged by a black bear in 1987. I shot him with a 300 mag, hit him in the snout. He chased his tail, working his way toward me. I bent the bolt on my rifle when I went to chamber another round, and could not shoot it again. He worked his way pretty close to me before he finally died. You know, back then, we did not have to take a full "load out" to go hunting. Even today, I rarely take more than one gun into the forest. I will take a pistol if I am hog hunting with my single shot 45/70 Ruger.
Another time, I shot a hog in the face, emptied an 18 round clip of 22 lr onto its head before it turned and ran, it got after me while squirrel hunting. I don't know how many times I hit it. The only animal that ever got ahold of me was a squirrel that was not quite dead when I shot him with a 20 gauge. He didn't get to bite me, but gave my 15 yr old heart a real palpitation. You?