150-pound cougar shot dead on Chicago's North Side
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I prefer my ladies a little lighter than that, but if she's on the tall side, a cougar in the 150-pound-range might be something I'd be interested in taking home....
MikeFlynn74
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hey look wildlife. KILL IT!!!!
Sir Humpsalot said:
She did jump over a 6 foot tall fence, so she is obviously athletic. It might be worthwhile to climb that tree....
They should have called me in I am a professional cougar hunter, I even have the t-shirt to prove it!
I wonder what caliber they used? Did they use their service pistols, prolly 9mm or .40 cal? Or did they break out the 5.56mm? How many shots did it take? Im tryin to determine how effective standard auto pistols are at woods protection, namely black bears and mountain lions. Its not everyday that you hear about mountain lions being shot by police, so Im curious what they used.
Judging by the news reports in Chicagoland, looks like they used their service pistols. Cornered the cat once, fired a bunch of shots (all missed); cat ran away and jumped the fence. Cops cornered it again, fired a bunch more shots, got it. Varying reports on the number of shots, between 20-30 total. There's a vido on CNN.com showing a bunch of shell casings on the ground.
Neighbors were freaked out by the (somewhat wild and random) gunfire, including one guy who had a bullet come through his window AC unit.
[ame]http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/04/15/dnt.il.cougar.shot.wls[/ame]
Neighbors were freaked out by the (somewhat wild and random) gunfire, including one guy who had a bullet come through his window AC unit.
[ame]http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/04/15/dnt.il.cougar.shot.wls[/ame]
EdWort
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Cops can't hit a broad side of a barn. Sheesh, back to the range for those guys.
Klainmeister
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Tell that to the PDX cops EdWort, they dropped a guy with 8 rounds in him before he hit the ground....
He jumped out of a second story window. All shots made mid-air.
He jumped out of a second story window. All shots made mid-air.
EdWort
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Klainmeister said:
Interesting. That's good shooting. Managed to lead him on the way down before he reached terminal velocity.
e lo
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Why the hell would you shoot a guy jumping from a 2nd story window? Just let gravity take care of it for you...
uglygoat
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cougars in chicagoland. obviously global warming...
Klainmeister
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e lo said:
That's what i am trying to say. PDX police don't mess around.
EdWort
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uglygoat said:
Next it will be Ostriches in Oshkosh. Somebody call AlGore, he'll get on his private jet, buy some carbon credits from himself, and fly up there for a press conference.
PeteOz77
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Klainmeister said:
8 shots hit him... out of how many?
They might have fired 200.
MikeFlynn74
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There was a shootout that happened in Anchorage a few years back- 340 rounds. No one was even wounded.
EvilTOJ
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So real life CAN be just like the A*Team, where there's hundreds of rounds but nobody gets killed.
I'm surprised the PDX police didn't tazer him 8 times before he hit the ground instead. They do love dem tazers around here yessirree...
I'm surprised the PDX police didn't tazer him 8 times before he hit the ground instead. They do love dem tazers around here yessirree...
