Talk about tough
02-24-2002, 10:55 PM
#11
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: A shack in Arkansas
Posts: 2,029
RE: Talk about tough
Around here it is a BIG hog. my friend shot one with a 270 at about 25 yards in the shoulder blade . hog jumped and went to walking around . he shot it two more times to do the job. we don't have any cape buffalos around here but we got some wild emus.
02-25-2002, 11:41 PM
#12
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Rio Rancho New Mexico USA
Posts: 64
RE: Talk about tough
YOUNG7,
Of all of Gods' creatures, I'd have to say the Antelope Jackrabbit. I once shot one down thru the back with a .264 WM at about 20 yards. The shot kicked up a lot of dust, and out of it came the rabbit slowly hopping in a quarter circle. I'd thought I'd missed and was going to let it after I checked for injuries. I walked over to it and tapped it with my foot. It just rolled over, quite dead. I checked the spot it had been at when I fired, and ALL the organs and gut were in a nice neat pile. I've also seen them hit with a lot of different cartridges over the years and have come to the conclusion, THANK GOD THEY DON'T EAT MEAT, WE'D ALL BE IN TROUBLE!!!!!!!
I've done a lot of hunting, and serious think all animals can be VERY tough when hit wrong. When hit right with a reasonable bullet from a reasonable cartridge, they just lay down and die. Have you ever noticed that there always has to be one weird reply. This time its mine. Good luck all.
Of all of Gods' creatures, I'd have to say the Antelope Jackrabbit. I once shot one down thru the back with a .264 WM at about 20 yards. The shot kicked up a lot of dust, and out of it came the rabbit slowly hopping in a quarter circle. I'd thought I'd missed and was going to let it after I checked for injuries. I walked over to it and tapped it with my foot. It just rolled over, quite dead. I checked the spot it had been at when I fired, and ALL the organs and gut were in a nice neat pile. I've also seen them hit with a lot of different cartridges over the years and have come to the conclusion, THANK GOD THEY DON'T EAT MEAT, WE'D ALL BE IN TROUBLE!!!!!!!
I've done a lot of hunting, and serious think all animals can be VERY tough when hit wrong. When hit right with a reasonable bullet from a reasonable cartridge, they just lay down and die. Have you ever noticed that there always has to be one weird reply. This time its mine. Good luck all.
02-26-2002, 11:37 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pulaskiville
Posts: 3,533
RE: Talk about tough
Blain...I gotta disagree. I finished a doe this year in WV whose hind leg was bouncing off her back while she ran. Someone had shot her through the hip and broken the joint. Upon inspection, the leg/hind quarter had been broken for at least a couple days.
I've never seen a person that tough
I've never seen a person that tough
03-02-2002, 10:35 AM
#18
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Auburn New Hampshire USA
Posts: 74
RE: Talk about tough
Nomercy,
I'm glad to see you live in the Mid West. I wouldn't want your .30-06, that you shoot up in the air at red squirels, to hit me. The .30-06 can travel 6.8 miles at sea level
I shot a ground hog with 240 grain 44mag (at 25 yards) five times before it stopped walking. I've also killed a ground hog with one shot from my 22lr.
I'm glad to see you live in the Mid West. I wouldn't want your .30-06, that you shoot up in the air at red squirels, to hit me. The .30-06 can travel 6.8 miles at sea level
I shot a ground hog with 240 grain 44mag (at 25 yards) five times before it stopped walking. I've also killed a ground hog with one shot from my 22lr.
03-02-2002, 12:03 PM
#19
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SNOW HILL, MD USA
Posts: 131
RE: Talk about tough
the question was pound for pound. so i would say a squirrel would take the prize for toughest animal. imagine what it would take to put a 1200 lb squirrel down, its hard enough to kill them with a shotgun or 22.
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03-02-2002, 01:17 PM
#20
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA USA
Posts: 83
RE: Talk about tough
It's a tie between a wounded grizzly/brownie and a cape buffalo. The grizzly especially is an awesome sight to behold, and when you hear the hair raising, blood curdling, spine tingling roar of an enraged grizzly every creature in nature "takes a bow!"
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