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Originally posted by TMats:
I only know the most humane way to put a horse down, and unfortunately, it’s been tried and tested. A veterinarian said to draw an imaginary X between the eyes and ears of the horse and put a bullet where the lines intersect.

This is absolutely correct on horses and cattle. I have had the sad duty and it is instantaneous.

I’ve had to destroy numerous deer that were hung by the hind leg in net wire fences they tried to jump over. A behind the ear shot angled toward the eye on the opposite side of the head has been most effective.

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Originally posted by JonDaddy82:
I had to dispatch a problem raccoon once, it went HORRIBLY. I was in a residental area...

Since everyone is sharing, here's another coon story. Big coon was destroying my garbage barrel on a weekly basis. Garbage spread everywhere each morning for me to clean up. One night around 2am I was suffering from insomnia (as usual) sitting at my computer just the other side of the wall where my garbage barrel were placed. I hear the big thud of a barrel going over and decide..."This is it Mr. Coon, your ass is mine." I grab my shotgun and proceed out the side door only to be greeted by a masked, hissing, trash bandit. I level the shotty and let loose....only to be reminded that I'd left 00 buck shot rounds in there. One round at approximately eight feet, and instant explosion of said masked bandit. I rush back in and put up the shotty, grab a garbage bag, load up the big parts into the bag, and begin hosing down the side yard when my neighbor, a retired lady, comes out asking if I'd heard a big 'boom'. I told her it was the sonic boom of the space shuttle returning to earth. She shrugged, said goodnight, and went back to bed. Next afternoon she cornered me and asked "The space shuttle program ended a few years ago, so what really went on last night?" I told her and we both had a good chuckle. It's always good to have great neighbors.

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Using his service revolver

I've never seen the show so I'm not being a smart ass, but they really still carry revolvers?

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
... Next afternoon she cornered me and asked "The space shuttle program ended a few years ago, so what really went on last night?" I told her and we both had a good chuckle. It's always good to have great neighbors.

That's funny right there.

Being a mixed practice veterinarian for 23 years I've dispatched more animals with a gun than I can remember, most with a 94-22.

The very important thing I keep seeing left out of the X between the eyes method is the shot MUST be perpendicular to the skull. Otherwise it may just enter the sinus cavities and cause more suffering.

There have been times I have had to makeshift and elevated shooting position to achieve this but I have never used more than one shot from a 22. Many times there is not a drop of blood.

The only time I up gun is with longhorns d/t their skull thickness.

Tommy