"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
These shots were taken on my canoe trip earlier this week out on the
Shenandoah River near Luray, Virginia:

http://tinyurl.com/bmv3g

and

http://tinyurl.com/ajfgn

Is this your way warning us not to talk smack to you? hahaha

good shots!

Harry Krause wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:19:24 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Dan J.S. wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
These shots were taken on my canoe trip earlier this week out on
the Shenandoah River near Luray, Virginia:

http://tinyurl.com/bmv3g

and

http://tinyurl.com/ajfgn
Is this your way warning us not to talk smack to you? hahaha

good shots!
Nah. I've got a team of trained wussies for that.

It's quite dangerous to stomp around out there without firearms.
While there are bears and the occasional cougar, the real threat
(other than guys left over from Deliverance) comes from wild dogs,
who travel in packs and have attacked people.

hopefully, you can shoot them from a little further than 25 yards.


I'm no handgun expert, but my guess is that it is not a trivial task to
shoot a fast-moving dog at more than 25 yards with a handgun, especially
one running towards you and thus presenting a pretty small target. I'm a
much better shot with a shotgun than with a handgun, and feel confident
that I could drop a dog at a farther distance with a shotgun. Again,
though, shooting a small target running towards you is not easy.
I wonder how often people are attacked by wild dogs. I would think they
would normally stay away from humans, and those attacking people would
be rabid.

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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:56:43 -0500, Reggie Smithers
wrote:

Harry Krause wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:19:24 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Dan J.S. wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
These shots were taken on my canoe trip earlier this week out on
the Shenandoah River near Luray, Virginia:

http://tinyurl.com/bmv3g

and

http://tinyurl.com/ajfgn
Is this your way warning us not to talk smack to you? hahaha

good shots!
Nah. I've got a team of trained wussies for that.

It's quite dangerous to stomp around out there without firearms.
While there are bears and the occasional cougar, the real threat
(other than guys left over from Deliverance) comes from wild dogs,
who travel in packs and have attacked people.
hopefully, you can shoot them from a little further than 25 yards.

I'm no handgun expert, but my guess is that it is not a trivial task to
shoot a fast-moving dog at more than 25 yards with a handgun, especially
one running towards you and thus presenting a pretty small target. I'm a
much better shot with a shotgun than with a handgun, and feel confident
that I could drop a dog at a farther distance with a shotgun. Again,
though, shooting a small target running towards you is not easy.
I wonder how often people are attacked by wild dogs. I would think they
would normally stay away from humans, and those attacking people would
be rabid.

locally, one incident in - well since forever. we do have a feral dog
pack in the area, but slowly, its being controlled by the coyote
population.

then we will have to work on the coyotes.
Where they able to find the dog or did the person have to go through the
rabies procedure? It sounds like it is time for a "dog hunting season"
to control the feral dogs. I live in a urban area, and we have some
very small wooded areas, yet we still have a gray fox, a red fox and I
am told (I have never seen it) a coyote. They keep the rabbit
population in check.

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Reggie
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Reggie Smithers wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:56:43 -0500, Reggie Smithers
wrote:

Harry Krause wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:19:24 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Dan J.S. wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
These shots were taken on my canoe trip earlier this week out on
the Shenandoah River near Luray, Virginia:

http://tinyurl.com/bmv3g

and

http://tinyurl.com/ajfgn
Is this your way warning us not to talk smack to you? hahaha

good shots!
Nah. I've got a team of trained wussies for that.

It's quite dangerous to stomp around out there without firearms.
While there are bears and the occasional cougar, the real threat
(other than guys left over from Deliverance) comes from wild dogs,
who travel in packs and have attacked people.
hopefully, you can shoot them from a little further than 25 yards.

I'm no handgun expert, but my guess is that it is not a trivial task
to shoot a fast-moving dog at more than 25 yards with a handgun,
especially one running towards you and thus presenting a pretty
small target. I'm a much better shot with a shotgun than with a
handgun, and feel confident that I could drop a dog at a farther
distance with a shotgun. Again, though, shooting a small target
running towards you is not easy.
I wonder how often people are attacked by wild dogs. I would think
they would normally stay away from humans, and those attacking people
would be rabid.

locally, one incident in - well since forever. we do have a feral dog
pack in the area, but slowly, its being controlled by the coyote
population.

then we will have to work on the coyotes.
EDIT
@Were@ they able to find the dog or did the person have to go through the
rabies procedure? It sounds like it is time for a "dog hunting season"
to control the feral dogs. I live in a urban area, and we have some
very small wooded areas, yet we still have a gray fox, a red fox and I
am told (I have never seen it) a coyote. They keep the rabbit
population in check.



--
Reggie
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