[shibumi]

"That wasn't bragging, just stating a fact

"Neighbors later asked me if I had seen "that big dog roaming about". The halo over my head was blinding."

ORLY?

You mean that you are capable of even greater self-aggrandizing hyperbole?

"He yelped and took off after Mr. Ruger planted a .22 hollow-point in his chest."

Point stands. You wounded an animal and didn't kill it.

Either practice more or get a bigger gun or learn to double tap ... or something.

[Salamander]

“Mr Ruger’s Neighborhood”

ROFL.