Posted on 12/06/2014 11:01:24 AM PST by marktwain
This girl is amazing, she remained calm and took her shot.
As for the 30-06 it’s a great round, but there’s not much a 30-06 can do that the 308 can’t. The ballistics are extremely close unless, and you only gain with 06 at very very long ranges. The availability of 308 makes it lucrative.
You can get heavier bullets for the ‘06 than the .308 which makes it better for larger game like elk or moose. the .308 is still a great round nonetheless.
Man lions will chase wolves off kills. This could have gone the other way. Good for her!
Mtn got autocorrected to man lion. I’m on a glass screen kindle today.
Thank you for posting that link. I have been pestering my husband all morning about “hunting sticks”. Finally when I revised my question to “shooting sticks” he was able to explain. But your little video really explains it very well.
I don’t think Alyssa would have had time to utilyze them, however.
30-06 was my EDC carry rifle when stationed in Alaska back in 70’s. The gun shops were full of 375 H&H’s etc ,,All used, traded in for an ought six ..... yet a controlled round feed with 220 grain heavy was the best all round ticket . I knew I wasn’t in Oz anymore when issued a SW model 29 vs the Standard M15 Smith for my survival vest.
Hey slim did yer house cat get out again ?
I believe these folks are from Odessa ,Texas.
Some years ago an eight year old boy, son of a New Mexico State trooper, was killed and eaten by a cougar.
I knew an old guy who had a friend killed by one. The friend was wheel chair bound and was deer hunting from a ground stand when a cougar attacked from behind. Bitten on the back of the neck.
Not long after news of the mountain lion being shot came out, a large group of protestors that was wholly composed of elk demonstrated at the site of the shooting, various signs attached to their antlers: one of which that read,”WEREN’T ONE OF US TROPHY ENOUGH TO BE SHOT?”
Not my kitty. The one I have won’t even go outside.
What a puss..... :o)
The pussiest.
LMAO..... 3 Coyotes fell to my EBR last night. Rancher buddy of mines dog was in heat. Wylie an his buds died with their horns on .... huntin over bait per se...... Stay Safe Slim !!
You too!
But the first thought I had was, "You go Kemosabi. Tonto will go back and fetch shooting sticks so we can hunt."
Sad part if that LE had to get involved.
Imagine if they had determined that it was not self-defense.
Well my hunting friend calls them “Firespittenloudenboomers” she’s German ...
I have a friend who calls the that! I thought he had made it up!
Thanks. Nice to see the story getting some legs.
It is sometimes difficult to get non-hunting friends to comprehend that there are things out there that not only can kill you but want to. We are small, slow, soft, and yummy. If we have a gun in hand, we aren’t supper. That’s why I like guns.
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