Firearm for vampire beast

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Last night I was watching monster quest on one of the cable shows. the episode was called vampire beast and documented attacks on dogs and goats in NC last year.

At least a couple of pit bulls were taken down by whatever it was, apparently without them even having a chance to fight back or make a sound.

At the very end of the show they showed a blurry cell phone photo of what they said was a cougar and implied it may have been a cougar that did the damage, even thought the state biologist said no cougars live in NC anymore.

During the show, several people went out in the woods to try and track the thing down. I saw no evidence whatsoever that any of them were armed in any way. Personally, I am not going out in the woods after a critter that takes down pit bulls without them even able to put up any kind of fight, and not be armed with some serious firepower.

My question is does the lack of firearms indicate they felt the animal was no threat, or that they felt the animal just did not exist and were playing along? or maybe they are just plain stupid.

On a lighter note, they played some animal sounds to some of the witnesses. One of the sounds was a tiger. My little beagle was sleeping on the couch and when she heard the tiger, she got up and started barking and demanded to go outside and confront the tiger she had heard. The other animal sounds did not seem to matter much to her. Just the tiger. I let her out and she did her best to scare off the tiger she had heard on TV.
 
I am not going out in the woods after him unarmed (probably not at all), especially after he offed a bunch of pit bulls without breaking a sweat.
 
Around here we call cougars "catamounts". People thought there weren't any more in Vermont until some were sighted.
 
I think they're just stupid.

I'd definitely bring a Striker shotgun loaded with slugs containing miniature stakes of white ash wood if I were vamprie hunting.
 
A blunderbuss packed with miniature wood stakes and rosaries. ;) For werewolves make sure to keep your Glock 18 set to f/a with the 33 rounder topped off with Winchester silver tips. See, even Winchester realizes there's an issue out there with werewolves at least. Now, if we can just get Barnes to start pumping out some mahogany XPB bullets for people's reloads. lol
 
I'll be loading up my sure-fire Monster-Zombie-Vampire Super Butt-Stomper rounds...

Crucifix-shaped oak flechettes(sp??), with silver buckshot, buckshot having been dunked in Holy Water & Garlic Oil.

Seriously, folks...what could take down a mature Pit Bull without a major fight?
 
I'm thinking my Desert Eagle .50 AE with Underworld Ultraviolet rounds.

Heck, just nuke 'em from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
 
even Winchester realizes there's an issue out there with werewolves at least.

LOL!! thats awesome :p

But ive always wonderd this, ive seen some "big foot" "hunts" on tv and always wonderd if they got a guy with a rifle not shown.. :/

But i think the stiker shotgun sounds good.. or a AA-12 :p
 
OK they called the episode vampire beast were the "victims" drained of all their blood or what ?

Were there the telltale two puncture marks on the throat or was the throat completely torn out ?

As far as wandering in the woods after an unknown predator at night a 4 inch 357 would be the bare minimum to have along and a 12 ga shotgun might be a good idea with the limited visibility .
 
I saw that episode last night as well. I'd bet it was a cougar long before I'd start looking for a chupacabra. If put in a fighting ring, a 150-pound pit bull (which is how large they said one of the victims was) would probably do pretty well against an adult cougar. But if the cougar stalked up behind a sleeping pit bull at night, it could be over very quickly.

So, for blood-thirsty cougars, I'd probably feel pretty good with a Marlin lever-action .44 mag or a 12 gauge pump loaded with 00Buck. Here in Oregon, with a very healthy cougar population, I feel pretty safe with my Ruger GP100 .357 revolver. But having another person with you is a much better defense. Even armed, you'd be very lucky to see or hear a cougar before it was on your back with it's teeth in your neck. The other person could then dispatch the kitty while you're face-down in the dirt.
 
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My brother's pitbull was attacked by some mysterious creature not very long ago. Tore him UP. he survived though, luckily. barely.

We assumed it was a bobcat.
or one of those monster groundhogs we have around here, they get pretty big (and mean).



I imagine .357 magnum w/ 4in barrel would do the job. Heck, for groundhog or bobcat, 9mm may work, if you can hit them. they move pretty fast.
 
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