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Originally Posted by SLVGW360
In my state, statute allows me to do many things that are strictly prohibited for others. Some believe that we have greater power than regular LE. Because we are also regulatory in nature we have some powers that are not granted for crime detection only. We do get help from traditional LE agencies with sick or injured critters and we train them, but they usually call us as it is primarily our responsibility and our area of expertise.
I now live in Monte Vista, CO. I have put down deer just down the street from my house and elsewhere. We also have elk along the river within 1/2 mile of my house. If the wind is still and traffic is quiet you can hear them bugling in the fall. I haven't had to put an elk down in this town, but I did in Boulder. Most elk issues in town occur along the front range, especially in Estes Park. I helped my counter part in Estes Park on several occasions, doing just that. Sometimes just helping him; other times because I was the on-call officer.
My first district was Boulder North. Boulder, CO is the city where I did most of the putting down of deer. I can't recall a day that I didn't put down at least one deer in that district; some days it was up to 5 or 6. The vast majority were in town and between houses. Anticipating that the bullet would come out from one of many angles, you had to set up the shot carefully. If needed you had to move the critter or get it to move on its own so you get a safe shot off. There were many that I had to line up between windows so the brick would be hit instead if an exit occurred. Most of the time the bullet stayed inside. You notified and cleared the houses first of course.
I think you have seen the picture of the elk next to a tractor inside of a shed that I posted in a different thread. That was near Ft. Garland, CO. It had a broken jaw. I put that bull elk down with a borrowed .22 LR handgun (I didn't have my own that day). Because the landowner really didn't want any holes in his shed. I had to keep the tractor between it and myself because he kept charging me. Once I had a good shot lined up it worked like a dream.
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That's pretty impressive.
I guess those smallbore silhouette shooters are more dangerous than I thought!
Years ago, I read about a rimfire Olympic shooter who got jacked with his family down south and killed three attackers with his competition pistol.
Head shots, prolly.