Will a 22LR turn a dog?

[KenLee]

Situation like that. I'm not calling anybody. The issue was handled, and the less people involved the better IMO

The three "S" rule

 

[KenLee]

All my 22lr pistols and carbines are loaded with CCI "Stangers". A term of affection for the lil pills of death. Killed many wild dogs, coons, Bobcats, coyotes and a couple dozen whitetail with Stangers since 1975. Before buckshot was legal in Upstate SC when I was a kid, I'd rather shoot Stangers from a Marlin model 60 than old school 12 ga slugs from a smooth barrel shotgun...unless I was going to hunt super thick areas.
I'd pop an aggressive dog with the Stingers from your pistol without any hesitation if the pistol shoots them fairly accurately.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Back in the mid-1990s, my father was attacked by a bear dog that had run down and killed a deer.

He was out hunting with an antique Martini-action rifle in a now-obsolete cartridge (.41 Swiss) with hand loaded ammunition formed from .348 Winchester brass. He found a deer carcass. While he was examining it, a bear dog came up on him. When he extended his hand towards the dog, it bit his hand and arm. He attempted to shoot the dog, but the rifle misfired. He attempted to fend the dog off with the rifle barrel while frantically trying to recock the rifle and fire the round. Despite repeated attempts, the round would not fire. Because the custom ammunition was very tight, the dud round would not eject (the ejector was not strong enough to eject unfired rounds). His folding knife was in a sheath and he could not reach it while holding the rifle with both hands.

A second dog came up and began fighting with the first one. This gave him enough of a respite to use the wooden ramrod to eject the dud round. The first dog ran off the second dog and then attacked him again. He shot the dog.

He reported the incident to animal control. Animal control told him to go get his wounds checked out and bring in the dog’s head for rabies testing. He did both these things.

The dog’s owner followed the tracking collar onto our farm, where he found the headless dog and the deer carcass. He promptly called his friend/cousin in the DA’s office. The DA charged my dad with malicious wounding of an animal. His first lawyer tried to get him to take a plea deal that would have resulted in “only” 30 days in jail. he had to hire a second lawyer to get someone who cared more about his clients than his relationship with the DA. The judge eventually dismissed the criminal case for lack of evidence.

We went through three years of criminal and civil litigation before the matter was settled. I’ve known self-defense homicide cases wrapped up more quickly and with less trouble.

There’s a lot of local backstory to the whole mess, stuff going back to business dealings between my grandfather and the dog owner’s grandfather, previous disputes over poaching, people being members of different political parties, people “not being from around here” despite having been there since 1965, etc.

On a side note, in Virginia, if you own sheep, you can shoot stray dogs on your land with impunity. Growing up on the farm, we had a small pack of outdoor basset hound mixes that kept wandering and going missing. I later learned that a kid I used to ride the school bus with had shot at least twenty of our dogs over the course of a decade. His family owned a few sheep, so there was no legal recourse.

Things get crazy where dogs are concerned.

And I carry my P226 whenever I am on the farm.

Well if that isnt an east coast story I dunno what is. JFC

 

[bowhuntercoop]

Just take a can of wasp spray…..unlike bear spray, wasp spray will 100 percent kill it. As mentioned earlier in this thread their respiratory system is much different.

Wasp spray works great as a human detergent as well. If you spray a cat or dog with it through just be prepared, they will 100 percent die.

I had a conceal carry instructor that would advice college females living on campus who couldn’t legally carry to keep wasp spray in the bags and in the dorm rooms. I half thought he was full of shit.

Until one of my Marines volunteered to be sprayed. Dropped him faster then oc, pepper spray, or the gas chamber haha. Made me a believer.

 

[BLJ]

Noted

 

[Dr.Spaniel]

Shooting anything in the head with a 22 wmr usually does the trick. I’m cheap so I carry a rough rider in wmr with the 4 3/4 inch barrel, 2 snake shot and 4 hornady v-max as my trapping pistol.

 

[CMF]

I agree that 22LR can and usually will kill a dog, but more than 20 years ago, I went out to help a buddy put down his old, sick dog. Probably the cheapest of ammo, but that dog took one to the head and took off never to be seen again. I felt terrible, and if I ever had to put one down, I wouldn't use a 22.

Dogs are probably the main reason I carry in the woods, especially back in MS. I didn't think I had to worry as much in CO, but that changed in Aug on a sheep hunt. The wife dropped me off at a trailhead on NF at daylight with no cars in the parking lot. I get going down the trail, and I'm probably 3-500yds down the trail and I start hearing a dog bark, sounds aggressive, like it's after something. It starts getting closer. I had took my glock 43x 9mm off my chest holster and swapped for my wifes 380 lcp that I put in my pack lid to cut weight. As the barking gets closer, I drop my pack and get out the 380 and rack a round. I only had 6 rounds. A big az great pyranese comes flying around the corner of the trail and stops 15-20 ft from me barking, kicking dirt up and pissing on the bushes. I stand my ground and he stays about the same distance. His owner, an older woman up the trail and out of sight, is yelling for him and blowing the heck out of some whistle. The dog could have cared less, he goes back to her then comes back to me and gets within 10'. I holler at the lady that her dog is about to get shot. If I had had my glock with 10 rounds I would have put a warning shot in the dirt. I'll bet that would have freaked her out. He finally retreated back to her.
Had a buddy almost get attacked by a couple pits in MS during turkey season, luckily he had a shotgun.

If you're really worried about getting attacked, I'd probably have something bigger. A judge with some buckshot ammo would probably be good.

You're not likely to get attacked by any hunting dog, at least not that I've seen. I've been around deer and hog dogs and they're only worried about game.

And if you shoot a hunting dog you can be on the hook for thousands in restitution.