ottor
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Anyone carry a weapon while out 'shooting' ? I happened to have a carry permit, and after a friend of mine lost about $2500 in equipment to a strong-arm thief, I thought I'd just have one handy... Almost always go out with it, and certainly 'always' go out with it when I'm away from civilization to an extent shooting landscapes ..
Well, I needed it today. I wasn't out shooting pictures, but I was doing a little Geocaching across the canyon this afternoon - in an area that I do spend a lot of time taking photographs.. Nobody around - this is a fairly flat desert area with a generous scattering of large rocks and boulders.. I had my GPS in my hand and was just waking across the area, when I heard a couple of dogs barking very loudly - ... here they came - running at me full out - mad as hell - snarling and barking with teeth showing ..... Did I mention they were Rots' ?? - Extremely LARGE Rots... and thought this area of the prairie was theirs .. Right over the knoll, and had my 'nads' in their sights !! :gah:
I just froze - and they kept coming ... snarling and barking... the first one was about 30 feet in front of me and I fired off 3 rounds in front of him, kicking up some dirt ... he stopped like he hit a wall, and here comes a girl over the same knoll yelling "Don't shoot my dogs, don't shoot my dogs".. She was out for a walk with them, and apparently they smelled something they didnt' like about me, and was gonna take me out... she put them on a leash and I told her that the dogs were realllly lucky - as much as animal lover as I am, and certainly would do everything in my power to avoid hurting an animal, I fired off these shots as a warning - but the next ones would have stopped them for good.. - and I would have had a hard time ever getting over that, but .. I know what a 140 pound Rot can do to a man if it's mad ...
There's no way she could have stopped them - I would have been kibbles if I hadn't had that weapon.. (Sig Sauer P229 Elite Stainless) - Anyone else have protection when they are out?