Ya, that would work well. I got one last weekend, my dog went missing for two days, turns out she was out in the woods with one backed up into a tree.... so I took and axe to the tree, got halfway through and he decided to come out... so I could see his nose... aimed a little high, and got him right in the head with the .38 special. It was awesome, he fell right out of the tree... big woodchuck too.