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[Southdakotahunter]

80-Year-Old Woman Shoots Mountain Lion


She may be 80 years old, but Martha Smith of rural Fairburn is still a good shot.

She has lived her entire life on the family ranch in the Black Hills and last week encountered her first mountain lion. Smith says she heard her dog bark, looked outside and saw the big cat in the garden.

She was afraid for the dog's safety so she grabbed her .22-caliber rifle, went outside, took a shot but missed so she called 911.

Smith says she grabbed the gun again, went back out and found the cat, "a spittin' and a growlin'", so she waited to spot the light-colored hair where his heart was, took another shot and dropped it.

Game officers picked up the 90-pound carcass. Smith would like to get it mounted but doubts that she'll get it back.


ht maybe you were hunting on your locked out land for a minute!

 

[passin thru]

Yea this woman wanted to get it mounted so some southdakotahunter volunteered. They have no shame

 

[Brad S]

Yeah, no shooting on locked out property to protect livestock, pets or family because the Gompers wing of the South Dakota Socialists don't understand the difference between that and sport hunting.

The worst thing a rancher can do is wound a cougar - you absoutely must have a clean kill. Most cougars stay in more remote areas from a fear of humans, and this is positive. The cougar killed in the corrals may have needed eradication because he was fearless in human areas, but a .22 is not enough gun to be sure of an absolute kill. Glad it was a lethal hit, but Liberty Belle wouldda used a Sharps .45/70

 

[Sandhusker]

Yeah, no shooting on locked out property to protect livestock, pets or family because the Gompers wing of the South Dakota Socialists don't understand the difference between that and sport hunting.

The worst thing a rancher can do is wound a cougar - you absoutely must have a clean kill. Most cougars stay in more remote areas from a fear of humans, and this is positive. The cougar killed in the corrals may have needed eradication because he was fearless in human areas, but a .22 is not enough gun to be sure of an absolute kill. Glad it was a lethal hit, but Liberty Belle wouldda used a Sharps .45/70

I can get them from 1000 yards away with my 25-06. It shoots straight as an arrow 800 yards and kicks rocks the rest of the way.

 

[Southdakotahunter]

I guess there is no one on here with a sense of humor.........i was hoping to rattle her cage with being 80 yrs old!

oh well......

and your right about protecting your livestock etc. what this old lady has done is not hunting, its protecting.

HOWEVER. when you have people coyote HUNTING on your property, its hunting. No different than rabbit hunting, since them dang rabbits eat the baby trees. The reason for the lockout is to keep the gfp from having the ability to come on and do a compliance check. when you are coyote HUNTING....the gfp can come on out.

 

[Southdakotahunter]

HEY BRAD how am i a socialist?

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, no shooting on locked out property to protect livestock, pets or family because the Gompers wing of the South Dakota Socialists don't understand the difference between that and sport hunting.

The worst thing a rancher can do is wound a cougar - you absoutely must have a clean kill. Most cougars stay in more remote areas from a fear of humans, and this is positive. The cougar killed in the corrals may have needed eradication because he was fearless in human areas, but a .22 is not enough gun to be sure of an absolute kill. Glad it was a lethal hit, but Liberty Belle wouldda used a Sharps .45/70

This reminds me of last winter when a lion came prowling around my uncles place (who is 86) which is way out in the boonies, one night...He heard it screaming outside- and the dogs trying to tear the screen door off to get into the porch-- so he instinctively grabbed his protection gun (old 22 revolver) and went out the door....Never could get a good look at in the dark- just hear it moving thru the brush- so he popped a couple rounds in the air- which apparantly scared it off....

I always love articles like this when I see another fella show up hunting deer or antelope with his 460 Weatherby Magnum...This again shows it ain't so much the size and power of the gun as it is the ability to place the bullet...The old cowboy saying was--"Fear the one gun man"-- they feared the fella that had only one gun that he used for everything more than they did one that has a different gun for each activity--as the one gun man probably knows how to use it...
"Or any guns' the right gun in a knife fight" -- I used to always tell my guys "that a 38 on the hip is better than any 45 stuck away in the gun cabinet"....

Altho hunting mountain lion with a 22 is not something I'd recommend- its interesting when you look back in history and see the number of dangerous animals (bear, cats, lion, tiger) that were killed with a 30-30 or lighter powered rifle...I can't remember the fellas name- but he is considered the ultimate hunter for tigers (killed thousands back around the turn of the century)- he killed most with a .250-3000 Savage and 87 grain bullet which he thought was the ultimate high velocity gun of the day....

Good for this old gal :clap: