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- From: callison@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison)
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- Subject: Re: Weapon for defense from cows
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- Date: 22 Nov 92 20:20:47 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov21.134449.10187@reed.edu> todd@reed.edu (Todd Ellner) writes:
- #I've got a self-defense situation that's a little different from most
- #of the ones I see here. It's cows.
- [discussion of what to use against cows deleted]
-
- Personally, I would suggest using the same thing ranchers do in tight
- quarters (like in the stock yards); either a bullwhip or the good,
- old-fashioned non-lethal cattle prod. If you shoot a cow, you're
- very likely to be held liable for the rancher's loss (which can amount
- to no small amount of change), even if it is on your property.
- A cattle prod or bullwhip is almost always going to work against
- cattle, except in a stampede--but if you're caught in one, you'll
- have the choice of climbing a tree or kissing your @$$ goodbye--an
- AK47 with AP rounds won't help you there...
- If you're likely to meet them amongst the trees, like you said, a
- good, sturdy cattle prod should do nicely, as you'll have a tree
- to hide behind while zapping the not-so-little bugger as he goes
- by, rather like a toreador. Cattle prods work well against all sorts
- of cattle, but they have to be within three or four feet (there're
- probably longer cattle prods available, but most of the ones I'd
- see when I went to the Cow Palace with my grandfather were about
- four feet long (and very effective, even against those 2-ton
- Brahma bulls).
- Besides being a potential legal hassle, it's also a little bit cruel
- to kill a cow just because you got in its way....or is that too PC
- for you? :-)
-
- James
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