I love packing iron, but in a 44 mag, 300 grain load minimum for bigger critters. Even for dispatching He ran to get the gun, and when the animal started to investigate whether P.J.s head was bite-sized, Smith told him to shoot the animal, which he did with one extremely well-placed shot. I probably keep the fine folks at Magpul in business with my 50, 40 and 30 mag purchases. You should just mount a 50 cal. Just no big name in the periodicals. I do not shoot rabid animals in the head for fear of spreading the rabies virus from the brain, I do not know if this is true or not but thats what Ive been told. Just aim above the front tire, through the fender taking out the engine block. My advice would be take the largest caliber you can comfortably handle. What part of the state? Its a free country Plinker you are free to engage in Prayer, Ritual and Incantations by the light of the moon. 7.6225 Red Army Standard 86gr. into camp look for a meal in the ice chest. The cowboy loads are mild and fun to shoot and loaded with 300 plus grain hot loads it is very similar to a 44 mag. They live off the grid and have lots of bear trouble with their livestock. A Utah friend of mine called to ask about using a .38 Special with a 4" barrel as a trail gun and a defensive gun in the mountains of his home state. That being said i would still rather has a single action 44 mag or 45 colt than a 9mm for bear defenseanyday! When Ruger made a new .45 LC Redhawk capable of firing .45 ACP, I told myself I want one of those. Best of luck, fortunately it sounds like you really wont be relying on luck.. within the last 30 years, this doesnt necessarily need to apply to civilians. Schalow was 10 years old at the time. The bear biologist was tracking the animals when I stepped out of the woods and she told me how close we were to the bear. My resulting theory is that if you see the bear/cougar, draw your gun and do your best to avoid the encounter. An exceedingly interesting question. Of course you can imagine the hysterical reactions that suggestion creates.. I want POWER ! I have yet to set foot in Alaska, but I have many friends and colleagues who either live there, or have significant hunting experience in the 49th state, where encounters with brown bears can honestly represent the hunter becoming the hunted. I hope those guides told you that if you fire a round, bears start coming from all directions to eat the free gut pile. My wife carries an old Model 60. A farmer living in Lower Lake, in Lake County, noticed the dead lambs last week and notified the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. A large bore hot load can be a challenge to control and difficult for multiple shots, while something like a 10mm in a good semi-auto allows for powerful rounds and multiple shots rapidly fired on target for many. If a domestic animal (pet/livestock) is injured or killed by a mountain lion, the owner has the legal right in California to have the mountain lion killed. I read with interest the side arms in bear country. While mountain lion attacks are rare, it is because mountain lions are not common, and interactions between mountain lions and humans are uncommon. is probably better than nothing but foolhardy in my opinion. would have been just as well dead anyway. This one took exception.) They eventually had to replace them with the Makarov series because of over-penetration. What to do? The second shot went CLICK. When I go into the Cascades, I always take a .357 revolver. 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? Yea, a revolver and its speed loaders generally only hold 6 rounds each, but it can be reloaded very quickly. Works good for road rage as well. Perry can dispatch a coyote with a Ruger LCP you most certainly could do it with .38 Special +p or not and it will also kill a mountain lion. News California Dogs Wildlife Pit Bull. Sun, Jan 29, 2023. . I sure wanted to sit and talk to him about all the storys they brought back. Even if the game warden had survived, he I stopped the pickup and as it went down the incline one shot hit the abdominal cavity and another between the shoulder blades, it crawled about two feet and died. They invited me out and told me that if I go, be forewarned that there are grizzlies about. In most cases, a 22 caliber rifle will not be able to kill a mountain lion. Though perhaps semi-obsolete, if not obsolete for law enforcement It is not that you have to out run the bear, you just have to out run the slowest member of your party. closer than 35 feet heading in your direction should be engaged? That said, I wish someone would come up with a good ballistic gel/trauma plate simulated bear and test out everything from .22 LR to all the Dirty Harry stuff, .44 Mag and up. That combo gets exceptional penetration you just have to have a revolver that can handle it like that the Ruger, Freedom Arms, etc. Mountain Lions have been known to take out horses, cattle, sheep . This account from the Camp Verde Bugle, also says there were two shots. He said 45 colt loaded with a 300 grain plus hard cast bullet. The cougar chased Kyle Burgess, 26 . I read that several times as well. We dont know what caliber, make or model the handgun was. One guy, a native of Alaska (Marty) carried a .22 Magnum revolver. A few years back I went to Alaska, rented a 44 pickup camper,& spent 6 weeks in the boondocks, with only my wife. Killed a mountain Grizzly but did not get my polar bear. The .45 Colt (L) and .454 Casull (R). Speaking of cougars, check out this video from Barcroft TV. If I had not shot the hog with a .44 Magnum I think it would have ended very badly. 9MM hollow points will kill anything in Texas short of a feral hog. The hunting part mostly Brown bear hunting. Back in I have a hard time believing when pressed in close quarters, that they would do well with a .410 load in the face. Key Points: No dog, regardless of the breed, would be able to take on a full-grown mountain lion solo. But If I find it I will post it. But so However many decades ago, I was a PPC competitor. counter-shrunk chambers, and original factory Goncalo Alves target grips. The animal slain by the man charged on Tuesday was a mountain lion known to wildlife biologists as P-38, a male about 7 years old believed to have sired four litters of cubs, said Karen Wold . Carry to fit your states wild life? First you start off by saying a Judge or Governor is not what you want for bear country, then end by saying you carry a Redhawk in .45 Colt for bear. Mountain lion facts. Thanx! Not only is a 45 Colt that is hand loaded right there with the 44 magnum, or even out performing the 44 magnum. I prefer to carry a .460 Roland built on .45 Colt ACP 1911 chassis. Mountain lions actually have the largest hind legs (proportionally) of all the members of the cat family. His wife left Houston shortly after he passed. If there is any wind at all, the fog will only travel about 3 feet before it turns and drifts in the direction of the wind. Just my 2 cents for whats its worth. Lighter, cheaper, and much better statistics than any conceivable 38spl load. I recommended getting a .357 Magnum or a larger caliber. 200gr LRN out of my G29 or EAA Elite Match. Fortunately I was about 80 yds. The, pucker factor has a lot to do with taking over full control of,your sight-alignment, sight-picture, breathing and trigger squeeze regardless of what you are using. For more information about Smith & Wesson, click here. Im a pistol guy now, and except for my Ruger Super Red Hawk, I seldom shoot revolvers. Id have gladly traded it for a snub-nose .38 Special. Oct. 14, 2020 6:15 PM PT. Certain poisons meant to kill rodents, called anti-coagulant rodenticides, end up in the tissues of mountain lions. Oaf commented on the case strength, I personally use Starline cases mostly, and have not had a failure yet, however I do only use those cases for 2 heavy loadings, and then relegate them to lesser cowboy loads. Weve got them here in the Central Mountains of Utah. I took a 29 S&W 6 .44 mag. Although lighter than what one would think of as bear protection, the authors .38 Special is extremely compact, lightweight and portable. SCCY DVG-1 Review. A bear spray story- Also, my pre-1982 Can you shoot while on your back or while youre being chewed on? Ill take the capacity of an auto loader in 45 Super, 10mm or Rowland any day. I am a handgun hunter who lives in Wyoming and hunts the Beartooth. Bears, wild critters, thats all very nice and fluffy. Keith by Buffalo Bore . Same applies to the Redhawk if you insist on a DA. Curiosity got the better of them, and they managed to discharge the canisters in their hotel room that night. Once at night on a fishing trip in the beartooths we had a grizzly fooling around out side the tent, Out I went with my trusty .475 in one hand and a flashlight in the other. while you are on the road system you are in cell phone communications 90% of the time. I believe that model Ruger is single action, right? Im glad she now carries the Liberty ammo. Or even a simple GLOCK 10mm like the A.H.P. Babb said the attack occurred while the boy and his family were taking a break from riding all-terrain vehicles. in he he stated that no matter how big of a rifle one has in their hands, when facing something that is fully willing and capable of stomping you into a frothy little puddle of blood and hair, no matter what youve got, its still going to feel like a willow switch. If we had a true list of every cartridge throughout history that killed a bear we would surely be suprised by dozens of them! Once you get over 300gr. killed a mountain lion years back with a 3 inch 629, 240 grain hollow points, was not impressed. And those advanced industrial countries will collapse when their native population collapses in 20-30 years. rather hungry bears stalking, attacking, and then attempting to eat human beings. I have two dogs and they said that might provoke the bears. Same holster also. Anyway, Ive had my share of sleepless nights in a tent in Alaska and try to heed to basics keep food well away from camp, cook away from camp, dont camp on trails, avoid cubs like the plague, if approached give ground, etc. It is the gun I used in the American Hunter Challenge Video where I make five hits at seven yards in under three seconds. Any suggestion that a 9mm or 357 magnum is any gun better than none in brown bear country is ridiculous. A powerful handgun with a tough, deep penetrating bullet is the key. . Natural enemies include other large predators such as bears, lions, and wolves. Ok Rambo ! Even then, I havent seen a failure in nearly 10 loadings, at which time I usually get rid of them. Having read that the US Fish and Game guys carried .357 Mag in bear country, but this was in the 1970s, and I have no ides how true that was or is now, I figured 10mm S&W with hardball would do the job even better, but the hunters I hang with think that never gets old. I simply killed her with kindness, responding: for the same reason you dont buy bathroom tissue, one sheet at a time, MAMM. Which one are you going to use first? # 3. She attacked the 65-pound animal, striking . A mountain lion has slaughtered 27 lambs on a farm in Northern California but did not eat a single one. Ruger alaskan, or Taurus Raging Bull in 5 or 6.5 ported, .480 ruger with 400g hardcast pushing 1100fps or more. My choice is the 500 S&W. Hardly know its even there. The capsaicin in the bear spray will act as an irritant and will likely make the animal retreat. They were highly experienced survivalists. Lions are very powerful and usually kill large animals, such as deer and elk. The female mountain lion in a chilling faceoff with a solo trail runner in Utah wasn't trying to kill him. So, I got a Marlin Guide Gun in .45-70Gvt. cougars Mag seemed the best choice, at 100 yds a 375 H&H appeared even better, and at 25 feet a 155 mm didnt seem large enough! Any thoughts on this combo for bear country? Both holsters always pack into camp with me. The experience led me to think about bear, cougar, and moose encounters that can happen on my property. Native to the Americas, the puma, also called the mountain lion, cougar, catamount or panther, often shares its habitat with several other top predators, such as wolves, bears, coyotes and jaguars. The big cats are thin skinned and not that hard to kill. I think any handgun is insufficient for grizzly, but having spent countless hours hunting and fishing, carrying a shotgun or rifle 100% of the time just isnt realistic. I was carrying my S&W M-57 4 inch gun. might be ok for a black bear, but will likely piss off a coastal bear. Dont immediately dismiss bear spray from consideration. He agreed the animal was huge. Fifty-four mountain lions in Alberta were tracked with GPS collars during a three-year study of . But it is is at an angle to wind between about 1 degree and 360 degrees, your changes are slim to none. I call BS. predators, but also as a general purpose handgun. She ran out of there at Mach 3, with her blue hair on fire. The range of a Mountain Lion may cover 25 to 785 square miles. I carry a 10 round 9mm when bow and black powder hunting in Black Bear country. Its very light and handy to carry. 38 special will kill you just as dead as a . If he does not already carry a firearm then he should. Mountain lions have a size advantage, a power advantage, and more weapons in their arsenal to kill a wolf. Now he is a sports talk radio host for 104.3 the Fan . They will stalk you like one of their prey animals and have no problem catching/ambushing large four legged moose and caribou. A long barrel revolver or pistol in very close quarters. First shot went wild as the bear clamped down on his forearm and shook him. In Alaska, we not only have to deal with the common two-legged variety of vermin found in every place in the world, but also the large, four-legged beasts that can either kill and trample you with their hooves, or rip you apart with their claws and teeth; its the latter which draw hunters to the Last Frontier with high-power, large caliber rifles. The short barrel clears the holster fast and the Ruger frame is tougher than the S&W. 7 tours of duty (Coast Guard) and 11 years of volunteer EMT3 doing Bush & Mountain rescue all over Alaska, 10 years as AK Hunter Safety instructor and professional brown bear photographer + successful hunter and competition shooter, and trapper. Penetration is what is needed, no hollow points. from the bear. I see a lot of Blackhawk advocates. Absolute .357 Mag in a revolver for me is a minimum. I own a 45 Colt Ruger Bisley with a 5 1/2 inch barrel ,among other larger caliber handguns , and it is far and away my favorite for handgun hunting or a defensive woods gun. Black bears and mountain lions can be killed if they cause death or injury to other people. Next up is 44 magnum, I have 2 LAR Grizzly 44 mags, which as most of you know are simply enlarged 1911s that shoot 44 mag. Ive literally seen .38 spl ricochet of the skulls of hogs, later being found somewhere between the hide and muscle upon skinning. Colorado Springs, Colo. The craggy mesas and sagebrush valleys of the West have a wild horse problem. Mountain lion attacks on humans, however, are rare in Colorado, with Colorado Parks and Wildlife counting fewer than 20 over the past 30 years. Lmaoand excellent thought below about the 454 brass trimmed down. After I put it down with my .357 magnum, we found both 9mm rounds stuck in the skull. Even had to qualify with it if you carried it as part of your job duties. Anyhow, nice article and just consider the glock 10 mm if you are comfortable with a semi-auto tyoe pistol. you rig will protect you. He normally carries a .44 Magnum but opted for the 9mm that day. I also recommend if youre down to your last round and the bear is still coming, use the last round on yourself. 10 mm, the old lady behind me at checkout at Cabelas asked me why I was buying so much ammo. Photo Courtesy: Cork Graham. Fly fishing in AK, and knocking around the woods I often carry a stainless charter target bulldog in 44 special. It would beat the pants off any .44mag for sure. What did you have I asked, he said he had a .454 Casull in a shoulder harness. You didnt say anything about the Ruger SuperRedHawk .454 Casull? Its time for some lab work, and the Feds arent going to let us stake a few bears out in someones back forty to test loads out on. Take it from someone who has been nose to nose with many big bears by accident if youre going into bear country willingly take as big a double action revolver as you can keep all rounds in the target black. That accounted for its lethargic behavior when it quietly approached they boy and his cousin near a river in Arizonas Tonto National Forest. Did they field dress and later skin it ? great chose but as always ,, we forget the 41 magnum.. 454=1 44=2 and that family on that show Alaska running around with them 10mm auto are waiting to be eating by a Big Brown bear. 39% were found to . I use the buffalo bore +P 340 for bear loads. Sounds like you have everything covered. Dating back to 1873, the .45 Colt will provide very impressive terminal ballistics when loaded in a strong, modern handgun. Im still alive without a scratch. Capable yet not-overpowered, accurate and easy-to-control except in aluminum framed 2" snubnose versions, it remains a solid choice for discrete carry and pleasure shooting days at the local target range. shop reading and start thinking. Under normal circumstances, the lion would have returned to eat the prey. I got a buddy who is a duputy with Harris County (Tx) Sherrifs office. The +P shoots a bit higher than the standard 44mag rounds. Bye the way thats 6 rounds of death spitting out of the end of that gun ! Mr. Massaro, it is men like you who make our country and our military great! All shots were heart lung ,,,edit,, All shots were attempted heart lung. Usually blacktail deer. For this update, we found another .22 rimfire case, two additional 9mm cases, another .38 special case, three additional .357 magnum cases, another 10mm case, five additional .44 magnum cases . Hunting and slaughtering are hardly a comparison. It was there all night and broke its leg, trying to get free. My second firearm of choice because it works for two legged predator as well is my Springfield XDM 460 Rowland. Im more concerned with the organized gang activity here in Denver than all of the wild animal encounters in the universe. Hell I wish someone would make a wheel gun for the 416 rem mag. Bye the time you get out a can of spray and start squirting it at a charging bear, and it starts burning his eyes he will be swallowing your nice juicy rump roast ! Eventually, Ill get around to getting a .460 Rowland kit and chest holster for my 1911 and start taking that instead. hall county warrant list; delancey street rehab new mexico; frosty hesson wife brenda; atf agent tased; 3d dirt bike games unblocked; curt doussett birth date; , 2 2020. . A couple of quick .25s to the knee of your brother in law ought to make that possible. 400g hornady JHP on a 300lb hog shot from front, while laying prone, went through the shoulder, traveled full length of body and exited hind-quarter over 2.5 feet of thick, dense, penetration. 9. Carry big. For more information about Hornady ammunition, click here. Government paid hunters were also paid to do the same. Question whats your life worth to you. Those who think they can empty their Glock into a charging bear are fools. Shoot, shovel, and shut up. lever action 44 mag) . People living in neighborhoods around Nederland wonder why Colorado Parks and Wildlife can't do more to stop attacks on their pets. Size. Fortunately, I had a spare cap in my pocket. My gun will push the strong 300-grain hollowpoints to just under 1,200 fps, and thats a formula that can end a confrontation. There are some real men out there who have seen a bear in a zoo and have shot their 500 SW 4 times 6 years ago. Ill stick Just stay away from me because you are just asking for trouble. Hunters must contact a CPW office within 48 hours of a lion . Chances are youll only get to use one? I can say the 41 is probably my minimum for the big bears. Light to carry, manageable recoil, do a quick reload of 125jhp and your good for CCW. Jul 30, 2019. One must realize that with the adrendeline flowing, a moving target and possibly poor light conditions it is not easy to hit well with a hand gun no matter how good you are at the range! The Creator has a great plan, and I do not really miss the dodo bird or the carrier pigeon. What we can do is provide a framework to understand what average conditions might look like, and whether those are reasonably viable for a shot from the average shooter to harvest a cougar or mountain lion in the fewest number of shots possible, i.e., ethically. I have both the Governor and a Public Defender Judge, but no steel framed .45 Long Colt guns. This gun is horrible to carry full time when it must be out of site sometimes!! It has a 1 7/8-inch barrel and a five-shot cylinder in the classic snub-nosed configuration and wears a set of Pachmayr grips, which feel better than the standard J-Frame grips in my hands. If a close attack by a bear happens, I sure wouldnt want a single action revolver. I agree the 329 PD is ideal with Lower Recoil .44 Magnum Ammo 255 gr. He killed the first recorded Texas alligator attack on a man on land EVER! I have a CZ52 that shoots the old PPsH Tokarev LMG round. coyote-wolf hybrids If not, always nice to have to many guns.. After wearing out a few S&W frames in 44mag, I switched to the short barreled Ruger Alaskan in 44mag. .38 Special is great . Folks need to realize that most .45 Colt cases are not strong enough to handle those high pressure loads even if the gun could. These were not accidental sow with cubs, surprised a bear in a dumpster, etc. But please.no one has mentioned marine flares..is the problem that they do not work or that they are too slow to activate. Ill try 180s on my next cat. The spent shell casings can end up lost in the grass, sagebrush, bushes, woods, That said, here are my picks. All good options. That said, the 4-3-1 is a simple and effective rule of thumb. Hard cast is king. He saved them both, barely, with his .338 rifle. My hunting partner puts his faith in the Colt .45, and it will get the job done. A revolver is a one threat gun so unless you are Jerry Miculek you will run out of ammo with a revolver. The first was many years ago when I was in Alaska. You go first, Ill watch. May 12, 2018. Most rangers will tell you a $50. They are considered important in maintaining ecosystems and controlling other animal populations such as deer, its preferred prey. A rabid animal is something you do not even want to touch. Regarding your story about the two men from California who discharged bear spray in their hotel room in their haste to try it out forcing the hotel to gut and refinish the room entirely, of course after evicting the two Californians. Automatic option for black bear other than a10mm that youll never carry any other time. I was helping a friend butcher a hog he had raised. The only grizzly I ever saw that was dead right there.. Magnum Research 45-70 isnt bad either ! National Park Service, via AP, FILE. The mountain lion will most likely attempt to tackle you and crush your skull or bite your throat. In ordinary life, people are much more likely to be attacked by another person, than by a mountain lion. In my tests with 300 gr. Disease is a greater concern when lions are genetically isolated as in the Santa Ana Mountains, and could potentially contribute to future decline in that population. 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