I've spent a few summers up in NH and the biggest threat up there is Moose... at least for me they were. I tolerated getting chased a few times by them... pretty much cause I considered myself the outsider. I carried a 357 mag up there, 180gr HC. But now, I would carry the G29 or the G20.
Also, despite how they have denied mountain lions being up there, thanks to home security cameras, they have been filmed in many backyards.
Not all wild cats are mountain lions. Fish and Game have investigated the recordings. Absent some grand conspiracy they were found not to be mountain lions but other cats instead
A 357 is what I had. 357 HC is more than enough for a moose in NH. If the first place I would have experienced moose was CO or AK, I'd have thought differently. And it is no secret up in NH that Fish and Game are almost desperately trying to deny lions exist up there cause it might lead to less tourism dollars.If you manage to take down a charging moose with a 357 magnum revolver that would be quite the tale.
Not all wild cats are mountain lions. Fish and Game have investigated the recordings. Absent some grand conspiracy they were found not to be mountain lions but other cats instead . My experience is that coyotes are the more common predator, and they've shadowed my wife and her dogs before. The ones we have around here seem to have bred with wolves or dogs and are larger than some found elsewhere.
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Killing a moose with a well placed shot is one thing. Hitting one when it charges you is another.A 357 is what I had. 357 HC is more than enough for a moose in NH. If the first place I would have experienced moose was CO or AK, I'd have thought differently. And it is no secret up in NH that Fish and Game are almost desperately trying to deny lions exist up there cause it might lead to less tourism dollars.
Killing a moose with a well placed shot is one thing. Hitting one when it charges you is another.