christ man where are you that you have so many cases of rabies around?
First read 1911 Tuner's post in another thread:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=2776681&postcount=10
I was raised to be prepared, observant and not only have plans, know how to do the actions of plans. Mindset .
I am out and about, I shoot on private property out in rural and country areas, including Farms and Ranches.
It is called the Natural Order of things. Rabies is not good for kids , pets, adults, or farm animals. We do not have praire dogs here, we do have groundhogs, these dig tunnels, horses and cattle break legs as the tunnel gives way under their weight.
Predator Control. How raised - what you do.
We get word of a problem - one that can be defined as an immediater threat, we go find the problem and eradicate it.
Kids and pets have a right to play in yards, sandboxes, swingsets, make mud pies...
Adults got a right to hang out laundry, or work in the yard.
Folks got a right to cook outdoors, work on equipment, clean out stalls or fetch eggs from a hen house.
I was also raised, one learns a lot from critters, and how Mother Nature and the Natural Order of things.
Cows get a certain way - it is going to rain. Momma Quail is feining a broken wing - I can spot that feral cat.
Shooting paper is fine. I have a lot of trigger time on moving clay targets. I use low 8 on a skeet field as a Tueller drill...When a 80# rabid dog is running at you, and is intent on doing you harm- Shooting under that kind of pressure is a great learning tool as well.
Gun fit, correct basic fundamentals, all have to come into one smooth, effective defensive measure.
My Mentors I speak of, many were country folks, did the same thing. It come in handy in combat. Especially the first time the enemy come at them, or they were the hunted.
Only hits count.
I know this as I have taken off in dead run, picked up a child, who sqeezed legs around my waist, my weak arm holding her, her hand over ears and me shooting two rabid dogs.
I did not save the new puppy, that hurt real bad. I tried my best, just my best was not good enough.
There will always be someone worse than me - always be those better than me.
In life, there are no timers, no do-overs, no nothing but what you got, and you have to run what you brung.
This is why I do it. To understand and never forget the Mindset, It is not the guns, the ammo , it is the Software. And one learns a lot from being hunted , when you think you are hunting the pack of rabid dogs, raccoons or whatever.
I have to know - I never want to forget.
I just happened to be shooting a .480 on private property , when a neighbor needed help. I run what I brung, and it worked on the caged raccoon and other raccoons not caged.
How raised - what you do.
