Yes tough is an understatement.
My father in law and I were walking his year old German shepard when she treed a coon.
Around here they are quite a nuisance and shot on sight.
I was not anticipating any hunting so I left my .22 mag rifle in my truck back at the house, all I had was my DOA Ruger SP101 with me loaded with Speer gold dot 135gr Jhp in. 357 mag.
I hit the coon about level with my shoulder on its way up the tree at about fifteen ft from me.
I hit it mid torso and knocked it out of the tree. It hit the ground but couldn't run as its back half was useless but still fighting as the dog jumped in.
I had my father in law hold back the dog and switched to some hard cast I carry as one of my reloaded since I didn't want to waste another expensive gold dot.
I shot the coon again from about four feet hit it through the back bone at the shoulders.
It folded up and was still.
We continued with our walk about twenty minutes or more. Turned around and headed for home. When we passed where I shot the coon the dog went over to sniff, and that coon lifted it's head and snarled at the dog.