The Quack Shack

[Muscovy Wunda]

I am very hesitant to buy something stronger than my air-rifle.
First i am not familiar with firearms at all, i am able to identify the side that should point away from you, but that's it.
Then i became really forgetful during the last two years and one of the other things i know about firearms is that you must not forget to keep the safety on when you don't want to shoot. Forgetfulness together with firearms is a recipe to accidents.
And in that situation, robbing on the ground, cutting thorny shrubs at ground level with a chainsaw - where would i keep a firearm?

Not sure what you call then there, but maybe carrying a pocket knife instead? Or a pitch fork. From someone that hates the thought of stabbing anything, I don't like the idea of you unarmed. This is one of the times I am thankful that in Aust though we have deadly animals, they are mostly considerably small

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

There are classes to teach you about firearms. Glocks have no separate safety button to remember. Right next to you within arms reach is where you’d keep it.

In your last described situation I see nothing wrong with wielding a chain saw and whatever else you had on hand. It certainly would have caused damage to the offender.

I agree a firearm is something to consider. I suspect wells be seeing more incidents like this as the pressure for land and resources increase while those resources dwindle at the same time.

It is a scarey a thought! We saw this with the kangaroos here in the big dry, chasing sheep off from their feeders and water troughs. But luckily they aren't too dangerous to humans unlike cyotes and wolves. The foxes that discovered my chickens way back then were very dangerous to the poultry, taking all bar one muscovy. Husband shot 40 in an hour the following night in a 100m radius of her safety coop.

 

[Jenbirdee]

I am very hesitant to buy something stronger than my air-rifle.
First i am not familiar with firearms at all, i am able to identify the side that should point away from you, but that's it.
Then i became really forgetful during the last two years and one of the other things i know about firearms is that you must not forget to keep the safety on when you don't want to shoot. Forgetfulness together with firearms is a recipe to accidents.
And in that situation, robbing on the ground, cutting thorny shrubs at ground level with a chainsaw - where would i keep a firearm?

pepper spray

 

[igorsMistress]

It is a scarey a thought! We saw this with the kangaroos here in the big dry, chasing sheep off from their feeders and water troughs. But luckily they aren't too dangerous to humans unlike cyotes and wolves. The foxes that discovered my chickens way back then were very dangerous to the poultry, taking all bar one muscovy. Husband shot 40 in an hour the following night in a 100m radius of her safety coop.

That is a lot of foxes. I’ve read that the red ones are a problem there, is that what you were dealing with?

 

[Luv Ducks]

I am very hesitant to buy something stronger than my air-rifle.
First i am not familiar with firearms at all, i am able to identify the side that should point away from you, but that's it.
Then i became really forgetful during the last two years and one of the other things i know about firearms is that you must not forget to keep the safety on when you don't want to shoot. Forgetfulness together with firearms is a recipe to accidents.
And in that situation, robbing on the ground, cutting thorny shrubs at ground level with a chainsaw - where would i keep a firearm?

Due to your situation I agree it would not work for you. I was thinking you had knowledge of them and I was thinking one in a holster on your waste just for protection from the cotes.

 

[Miss Lydia]

pepper spray

Bear spray!!

 

[Jenbirdee]

Bear spray!!

what is in bear spray anyway

 

[Miss Lydia]

It's much stronger than pepper spray well it maybe pepper spray but when you shoot it out it covers a bigger area since it is to keep a bear from attacking.
https://search.brave.com/search?q=b...y&summary=1&summary_og=83f4376a3a27d543a0bb73

 

[Jenbirdee]

It's much stronger than pepper spray well it maybe pepper spray but when you shoot it out it covers a bigger area since it is to keep a bear from attacking.

gotcha. i really didnt know, until i looked it up and yah its pepper spray... in a really big canister ! Kewl! Get that @WannaBeHillBilly

 

[Miss Lydia]

gotcha. i really didnt know, until i looked it up and yah its pepper spray... in a really big canister ! Kewl! Get that @WannaBeHillBilly

I really think it would work for him.