So, now we have to worry about the largest murder kitty's as well as the largest bears?
So, the question becomes: What caliber for tigers?
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The simple truth is the more we destroy their homelands and food supply the more they will seek food where we live.
No difference than what humans would do under the same conditions
No difference than what humans would do under the same conditions
Like dben002 said,stay out of their house,stop tearing up their stuff, no problem. Seems us as the human race can do nothing but mess stuff up.
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I guess they could have got there. There is more habitat in Alaska than you can shake a big stick at. Wilderness there is not like wilderness down here. We have not made too much of a mess of it up there. As to caliber, I carried a .300 Win. Mag. up there. More than enough for a TIGGR. Shot placement as always.
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Shortly after Savage introduced the .22 Hi-Power they sent a Model 1899 so chambered to the Reverend Harry Caldwell, missionary to interior China for many years. He quickly used it dispatch a man-eating tiger with the first shot he ever fired from it at very close range.
This is a great read:
My AR in 6.8spc would make a decent Tiger gun
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I've read of American soldiers in the China-India-Burma theater of operations during WWII successfully hunting tigers with M1 Garands using M2 Ball FMJ ammo.
Alpo
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#1 - Texas has a wild pig problem
#2 - Texas is the only state in the Union where it is legal for an individual to own a tiger (an individual, as opposed to a zoo or a circus)
#3 - according to that video the favorite food for Siberian tigers is wild boar.
I becha somebody puts 1 and 2 and 3 together, buys a breeding pair, and throws them loose in the woods.
"Y'all go take care of them pigs for me, like good little kitty cats."
#2 - Texas is the only state in the Union where it is legal for an individual to own a tiger (an individual, as opposed to a zoo or a circus)
#3 - according to that video the favorite food for Siberian tigers is wild boar.
I becha somebody puts 1 and 2 and 3 together, buys a breeding pair, and throws them loose in the woods.
"Y'all go take care of them pigs for me, like good little kitty cats."
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Ha! That scene was the first thing that came to mind when I read the title.
There are more Siberian Tigers in Alaska than Sasquatches, but they are in zoos.
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Only tigers? If this sign up the street is any indication, we may have bigger concerns than that here, just barely north of 49. I don't think my Marlin 45-70 w. 405 gr HC @ 1700fps would suit Robert Ruark's advice to "use enough gun."
I've thought so for a long time: Humans don't inhabit the Earth quite so much as they infest it. One day it'll be sick of us and then...*poof*!
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If you got a Smokepole powerful enough to take Alaska Bars,
You should be OK with tigers.
Repeat, McPete.
Way down in South Mississippi a bison Bull broke out and went on rampage.
The buffalo owner called around and told the locals if they saw it, take it down.
My buddy Eddie got his deer rifle, which I think is a Ruger 77 in 7x57, and took a look around his property.
No Joy!
A Nearby wrecker driver saw the Buffalo. He took it down with the only gun he had with him, which was a 22 Hornet.
Then he backed the wrecker up, hooked up the buffalo and took that boy home.
Where the buff was field dressed and later butchered.
Them old boys are not going to waste all that good meat!
You should be OK with tigers.
Repeat, McPete.
Way down in South Mississippi a bison Bull broke out and went on rampage.
The buffalo owner called around and told the locals if they saw it, take it down.
My buddy Eddie got his deer rifle, which I think is a Ruger 77 in 7x57, and took a look around his property.
No Joy!
A Nearby wrecker driver saw the Buffalo. He took it down with the only gun he had with him, which was a 22 Hornet.
Then he backed the wrecker up, hooked up the buffalo and took that boy home.
Where the buff was field dressed and later butchered.
Them old boys are not going to waste all that good meat!
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We talk about bear guns a lot here but I think I would be much more afraid of a Tiger knowing how quick cats are. I would probably "wimp out" and stay away from where they hang out.
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If humans live long enough until the next massive asteroid hits then it will be quite the...*bang*!
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If I am going on a Tiger Hunt, I want a .375 H&H Double Rifle, shooting from the back of an Elephant, with a dozen ammo bearers and enough man servants for a formal lunch in a campaign tent.
458 Winchester Magnum.
Carl
Carl
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When one goes into woods infested with tigers and grizzlies, always take a buddy and a .22 revolver. Then, use your handgun with .44magnum minimum. Shoot the person's kneecap with the 22, then when animal is busy eating him/her blast the animal in the head.
Aren't there some tigers with white-ish stripes living up there? Or is that just an odd Albino that lives anywhere? Not too many Tigers around Stanton Heights. Maybe a couple Black Panthers, but no big cats. We did have a black bear sighting a couple blocks away near the border with the Allegheny Cemetery. It was on social media of some sort; I didn't see/hear anything from the news.
Tigers are beautiful animals. I don't think I'd like them around killing hogs, if there were any around here, because they make great targets.
Aren't there some tigers with white-ish stripes living up there? Or is that just an odd Albino that lives anywhere? Not too many Tigers around Stanton Heights. Maybe a couple Black Panthers, but no big cats. We did have a black bear sighting a couple blocks away near the border with the Allegheny Cemetery. It was on social media of some sort; I didn't see/hear anything from the news.
Tigers are beautiful animals. I don't think I'd like them around killing hogs, if there were any around here, because they make great targets.
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It would have to be some sort of fast Wildcat cartridge, maybe a 22 Cheetah? They're Grrrrreat!!!
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Hmmm.... methinks a MaDeuce would work.
I wouldn’t feel safe if cartridge didn’t have Creedmoor in the name.
James Corbin was the greatest "Man Eating Tiger" hunter in the world. He started with a double rifle in 450/400 (a 375 H&H class gun. Later in the late 1920's he switched to a Rigby bolt action in 275 Rigby (a proprietary loading [HOT!] of 7mm Mauser) and had many one-shot kills in the 300-yard range.
Rigby still sells the gun and ammo. You can use the ammo in any modern bolt action and use their ammo. 154 grain Semi-Spire Point soft point at around 2900 fps. Norma used to have this load also, but I haven't seen it imported in about 20 years. (Mt Ruger No1 in 7x57 does very well with the Norma ammo!)
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Rigby still sells the gun and ammo. You can use the ammo in any modern bolt action and use their ammo. 154 grain Semi-Spire Point soft point at around 2900 fps. Norma used to have this load also, but I haven't seen it imported in about 20 years. (Mt Ruger No1 in 7x57 does very well with the Norma ammo!)
Ivan
If the .275Rigby was good enough for Jim Corbett that or anything bigger would be fine by me. However, if I had a fantasy hunt it would be bowhunting Siberian tiger and Jaguars with my recurve and heavy wooden arrows.
The explanation is simple, it is Bigfoot wearing tiger shoes to camouflage his presence.
I would think that while someone was hunting a tiger, the tiger might be hunting the someone.
Also, I would be real nervous being in the same woods as a 400lb kitty with big teeth that can leap up to 30 feet or jump 16ft vertically.
Also, I would be real nervous being in the same woods as a 400lb kitty with big teeth that can leap up to 30 feet or jump 16ft vertically.
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