Texas law states that if an animal is on your property threatening people or pets, it can be shot. Did the research several years ago because a neighbor had a dog that got loose in my yard a couple of times. It threatened both me and my pet. This was an animal with a bad owner, with no obvious training or socialization. Basically it was a wild animal.
Had a house in Texas for 18 years. Concluded long ago most Texans are all hat and no cattle. You want to be around people who don't talk a lot of shit, but will take action when required, come to Appalachia.That is all. Eod1sg Ret
Upshur County, no animal control here either. I don't mow unarmed. Or go to the shop. It's not fun to wag a gun around, but I know how Pisstawff I would be at myself if I got my dumbass mauled because I was too lazy to Be responsible for my own safety. That community needs to put a hunting party together. That pack of dogs is a clear threat. Aguila makes a 22 LR with just the primer for the propellant,it's quieter than pellet rifle.
I've shot a shitload of those Colibre rounds. Definitely quiet, but VERY low power. Barely kills squirrels at close range and may not penetrate a dog skull at all. If you don't keep your rifle barrel clean, bullet will not make it all the way through. I had a 22" Winchester and needed to clean it at about rounds to keep from having to rod a bullet out.
Much better off with subsonic LRHPs and a suppressor.
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Greater Houston metropolitan area and Liberty County. The population was 7,471 at the 2020 census. The average individual income in 2023 was $36,500.
The short version: It's a suburb of Houston. The likely thing is that most people there are prohibited from owning firearms as a result of their records.
Cleveland is my hometown. Everybody I knew owned a gun when I was growing up there (1969-1980). Heck, we'd walk down the shoulder of TX 321 carrying our shotguns and rifles, and we were teenagers. But we lived outside the city limits and nobody gave a damn about us. There are probably ordinances against discharging a firearm in city limits, though.
It is fairly close to Houston, but it was way out in the boonies when I was a kid. It's getting less "boonies" every year. Splendora, TX, the next town closest to Houston, had a population of 194 when I lived there, and it has almost 1700 people now. Porter and New Caney were small towns; now they've been swallowed up by the Houston suburban sprawl.
They've got something almost as bad--Colony Ridge, which has turned the tiny town of Plum Grove (next door to Cleveland and only a couple of miles from where I grew up) into a giant shithole. https://houstonlanding.org/colony-ridge-everything-you-need-to-know-about-liberty-countys-largest-developer/
Might be a generational thing too, but out in rural areas, it's understood by people my age and older that dogs running loose that attack livestock and people who otherwise don't have it coming will get dispatched without warning. If you're the dog's owner, sucks to be you, but you have that same right if it's your neighbor's dog misbehaving.
This is what happens when you depend upon someone else to provide your security..... the sheriff has already told you what you can do..... put your big girl panties on and take care of business....... versus calling the news to whine and bitch about it
Shoot a warning shot through the dogs ear. it doesn't bother the dog so much as gives the dog owner something to consider. if they don't keep their animals at home just shoot a little lower next time and after dark haul the carcass off for the coyotes to eat.
I keep cci capsulated birdshot as my first two scheduled shots. Rest is 158 gr. hammers. Up close, (armpit shot) that cci stuff will scramble a human or a four legged vilian.
if a person has a problem with dogs let the owners know first and give them a chance to correct the problem. i love dogs more than people, but given that problem i would have had to gut shoot them so that they could go home and die. i'm to old to dig holes or cart them off if i have to do it, but better them than me. if a person has a problem with dogs let the owners know first and give them a chance to correct the problem. they are someone's babies, and you don't want a child outside crying over spot. dogs are naturally pack animals and can become aggressive in groups, it's just their nature i would rather come across a pack of wolves than a pack of poodles. chihuahua's or weinie dogs, those little f*ckers are mean,
And if someone used a gun to protect themselves they would likely find themselves arrested for discharging a firearm in town.
ReplyDeleteTexas law states that if an animal is on your property threatening people or pets, it can be shot. Did the research several years ago because a neighbor had a dog that got loose in my yard a couple of times. It threatened both me and my pet. This was an animal with a bad owner, with no obvious training or socialization. Basically it was a wild animal.
DeleteThe dog was no better.
Had a house in Texas for 18 years. Concluded long ago most Texans are all hat and no cattle. You want to be around people who don't talk a lot of shit, but will take action when required, come to Appalachia.That is all. Eod1sg Ret
ReplyDeletePal, I don't know where you are referring to but out here in the sticks of West Texas, that is not the case.
DeleteSounds like he probably lived in the Austin area. That would explain a lot.
DeleteOr Houston.
DeleteI thought it was a law to own a gun down there.
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The county could send a detective out to track the pack (not mob!) of dogs down & take care of the problem.
ReplyDeleteUpshur County, no animal control here either. I don't mow unarmed. Or go to the shop. It's not fun to wag a gun around, but I know how Pisstawff I would be at myself if I got my dumbass mauled because I was too lazy to Be responsible for my own safety.
ReplyDeleteThat community needs to put a hunting party together. That pack of dogs is a clear threat. Aguila makes a 22 LR with just the primer for the propellant,it's quieter than pellet rifle.
.22 Colibri. I have a couple dozen boxes of those, as well as Super Colibris. You are right about the Colibris. My Ruger .22 air rifle is louder.
DeleteI've shot a shitload of those Colibre rounds. Definitely quiet, but VERY low power. Barely kills squirrels at close range and may not penetrate a dog skull at all. If you don't keep your rifle barrel clean, bullet will not make it all the way through. I had a 22" Winchester and needed to clean it at about rounds to keep from having to rod a bullet out.
DeleteMuch better off with subsonic LRHPs and a suppressor.
Ed
.22 Short is great for pest control up to raccoon size, but in the end .22LR is the better round for killing.
DeleteTrap, bury, dont talk.
ReplyDeleteor anon 8:07, the SSS procedure of shoot, shovel, shutup
DeleteWonder what happened to my neighbor's dogs after they came onto my property and attacked my dog. Guessing they moved or went on permanent vacation.
ReplyDeleteCleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Greater Houston metropolitan area and Liberty County. The population was 7,471 at the 2020 census. The average individual income in 2023 was $36,500.
ReplyDeleteThe short version: It's a suburb of Houston. The likely thing is that most people there are prohibited from owning firearms as a result of their records.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/texas/cleveland
Not quite. It's 45 miles from Houston and so far out into the country you'd think the zip code was EIEIO. Lots of mobile homes and not a lot of money.
DeleteCleveland is my hometown. Everybody I knew owned a gun when I was growing up there (1969-1980). Heck, we'd walk down the shoulder of TX 321 carrying our shotguns and rifles, and we were teenagers. But we lived outside the city limits and nobody gave a damn about us. There are probably ordinances against discharging a firearm in city limits, though.
DeleteIt is fairly close to Houston, but it was way out in the boonies when I was a kid. It's getting less "boonies" every year. Splendora, TX, the next town closest to Houston, had a population of 194 when I lived there, and it has almost 1700 people now. Porter and New Caney were small towns; now they've been swallowed up by the Houston suburban sprawl.
Wrist rocket sling shot slinging marbles will most assuredly dampen their ardor. Don't be timid w/it. Yank that thing all the way back.
DeleteCan't they import some Haitians?
ReplyDeleteThey've got something almost as bad--Colony Ridge, which has turned the tiny town of Plum Grove (next door to Cleveland and only a couple of miles from where I grew up) into a giant shithole. https://houstonlanding.org/colony-ridge-everything-you-need-to-know-about-liberty-countys-largest-developer/
DeleteEmpty a mag into the house every time the dogs get out.
ReplyDeleteMight be a generational thing too, but out in rural areas, it's understood by people my age and older that dogs running loose that attack livestock and people who otherwise don't have it coming will get dispatched without warning. If you're the dog's owner, sucks to be you, but you have that same right if it's your neighbor's dog misbehaving.
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I carry when walking my dog down here in south Texas. Been attacked more than once (Which prompted me to carry more often). Quite the experience...
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This is what happens when you depend upon someone else to provide your security..... the sheriff has already told you what you can do..... put your big girl panties on and take care of business....... versus calling the news to whine and bitch about it
ReplyDeletePrimer powered .22 won't penetrate a 5 gal bucket lid at 25' with a 4.5" barrel. Might just piss off a stray.
ReplyDeleteAguila Sniper Subsonic: .22 ,60 grains, 950 fps, 120 ft-lbs
DeleteVery quiet, like a good pellet gun
Shoot a warning shot through the dogs ear. it doesn't bother the dog so much as gives the dog owner something to consider. if they don't keep their animals at home just shoot a little lower next time and after dark haul the carcass off for the coyotes to eat.
ReplyDeleteI keep cci capsulated birdshot as my first two scheduled shots. Rest is 158 gr. hammers. Up close, (armpit shot) that cci stuff will scramble a human or a four legged vilian.
ReplyDeleteif a person has a problem with dogs let the owners know first and give them a chance to correct the problem. i love dogs more than people, but given that problem i would have had to gut shoot them so that they could go home and die. i'm to old to dig holes or cart them off if i have to do it, but better them than me. if a person has a problem with dogs let the owners know first and give them a chance to correct the problem. they are someone's babies, and you don't want a child outside crying over spot.
ReplyDeletedogs are naturally pack animals and can become aggressive in groups, it's just their nature
i would rather come across a pack of wolves than a pack of poodles. chihuahua's or weinie dogs, those little f*ckers are mean,
Hell, just call the bAtF troupe
ReplyDeleteThey know how to deal with puppies
TMF Bert