Killer Mountain Goat

[rhino62]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11562054

 

[CV32]

And here comes the inevitable mountain goat defense thread, or do we already have one of those?

 

[NolanOsborn]

So if I am planning to go hiking, will my guide gun be ok? or do I need my .338 LM for the long shots...

 

[rhino62]

338 definately

So if I am planning to go hiking, will my guide gun be ok? or do I need my .338 LM for the long shots...

Don't want to let him get to close, you can rule out using rocks and sharp pointy sticks!

 

[mudbud]

since when is a male goat a "ram"?

 

[Craig0ry]

I really feel bad for him, "how did he die" "He was killed by a goat"

No one deserves that

 

[kootenayshotty]

Sh!tty deal, must have got him in the right spot in the leg, femoral artery maybe?

 

[Boomer]

In his book "Sixguns" Elmer Keith described a similar problem that he solved to his satisfaction with a SA .45 Colt with a 250 gr bullet backed by 40 grs of black powder. I thought the performance was pretty poor, but the billy came in second place, which is an important consideration.

 

[falconmst]

So if I am planning to go hiking, will my guide gun be ok? or do I need my .338 LM for the long shots...

In Canada maybe but this happened in the US, nothing less than .50BMG will do!

 

[Camp Cook]

All I see is another reason why people should be armed with a sufficient caliber/power but still packable handgun when they are in remote wilderness areas.

If I was out for an afternoon hike with my family and if it was legal for me to carry I would have had my 4.25" barreled Glock 29 in 10mm loaded with 200gr Beartooth WFNGC's @ 1200fps.