Posted on 01/08/2008 2:08:31 PM PST by SoDak
She may be 80 years old, but Martha Smith of rural Fairburn is still a good shot.
She has lived her entire life on the family ranch in the Black Hills and last week encountered her first mountain lion. Smith says she heard her dog bark, looked outside and saw the big cat in the garden.
She was afraid for the dog's safety so she grabbed her .22-caliber rifle, went outside, took a shot but missed so she called 911.
Smith says she grabbed the gun again, went back out and found the cat, "a spittin' and a growlin’”, so she waited to spot the light-colored hair where his heart was, took another shot and dropped it.
Game officers picked up the 90-pound carcass. Smith would like to get it mounted but doubts that she'll get it back.
Now you've done it. You went and traumatized Norm
Not sure how it taste after being run down on foot ,, however i once picked up a freshly killed road kill deer butchered it along with 2 ducks and 3 Canadian geese that me and my friend shot that morning and it was without question the best venison i ever laid across my palette
Why did I know you would volunteer?
Well you’ve got great taste in women, my pingy.
yeah, but a .22 what? there’s a big difference between a .22LR and a .22-250 or a .220 swift.
I did something like that with my father many years ago except we would have given anything for a single shot .22 at the time. Any weapon is better than no weapon and a grumpy cow moose is very intimidating.
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