OT - A walk on the wild side - dinos

crs · Post by **crs** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:14 pm

Where do you hold on this one?

Or this one

Life size meat eaters from the Heard Wildlife museum near McKinney, Texas, in their annual dino exhibit.

All the plant eaters are scale models, not life size, but they all move and make sounds. In the grey wet woods last week, the sounds and sights were strangly realistic, especially from a distance.
Here my daughter and grandson "feed" a brontosauraus female( not the current new name, but the one I learned as a kid).

Even though I "knew" these were just animated models, I kept figuring just where to place a bullet for the most effect!

Nate Kiowa Jones · Post by **Nate Kiowa Jones** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:21 pm

I'm thinkin head shot with a 405.

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:22 pm

For the T-Rex, I would hold for a neck/brain shot. This would be with a .50 BMG from 500yds+. I would use a 9mm with one round of ammo for backup in case he got within 100yds. 1 shot to the head should do it.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:31 pm

45-70 right in the eye.

nemhed · Post by **nemhed** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:45 pm

Base of the skull/neck, standard hold with my 45-70. Head shots are too risky with their brains being so small.

claybob86 · Post by **claybob86** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:50 pm

I'm thinkin' one of those wire guided anti-tank missiles right down the throat.

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:23 pm

I wondering how hard it would be to out run ya'll after you make them Mad.

CalvinMD · Post by **CalvinMD** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:10 pm

I'm thinking dead center on the knee-cap...once down and mostly immobilized ...then i'll experiment on where else works the best

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:16 pm

jengel wrote: I would use a 9mm with one round of ammo for backup in case he got within 100yds.

For what? Yourself?! I guess it beats getting eaten alive.

For me, nothing less than a 50BMG with some Barnes X solids. I'll deal with the recoil.

Idahoser · Post by **Idahoser** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:25 pm

Funny you should mention this now, we just watched "The Lost World" and the 'hunter' dude had something I thought, "hey, I bet that's a four-bore" double rifle thingy.

I'm thinkin... close air support is called for.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:25 pm

I like challenge and excitement. I'd use a Raven 25 auto from about 3 yards away and shoot from underneath through the torso and try to hit the spine. Of course, I would use a fmj for full penetration.------Sixgun

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:34 pm

Javelin right in the mullet. Won't be playing much after that.

lever-4-life · Post by **lever-4-life** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:38 pm

I like the Raven Idea!!

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:21 pm

When my son was 2 he was really, REALLY into dinosaurs. Could name most of them - using their real scientific names to boot - before he could say many other common words! The only thing he wanted to watch for about 6 months straight was "Walking with Dinosaurs".

I took him to a park like this in Florida once - one with life size dinosaur statues. He liked it better than Disney!!! (so did I - less crowds and a heck of a lot cheaper!!!)

GANJIRO · Post by **GANJIRO** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:15 am

Dinosaur Medicine

This Rifle ought to do the job the .577 T-Rex!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlFlXMHaSVQ

Unless you prefer a 4 Bore Double Rifle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElmlIyOt ... re=related

Here's one for you handgun hunters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M-kJCxLpAk&NR=1

crs · Post by **crs** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:08 am

jengel;
A .50 BMG was my first thought also - with a big guy as gun bearer. Maybe one of those new semiautos with recoil reduction and a scope - yeah, thats the ticket!

kirkwood · Post by **kirkwood** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:00 pm

Those brontos are good eatin'. I find T. Rex a bit too gamey for my taste.

Trouble is getting a freezer big enough to hold all the steaks and sausage!

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:10 pm

L.A.W.

Cuz Joey can't run fast and don't wanna get 'et.

Joe

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:42 pm

Barnes monolithic solid through the roof of the mouth from below.

Can't say on gun/caliber, but Big, Fast and with multiple followups available.

Though the Kneecap idea does have merit...

66GTO · Post by **66GTO** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:43 pm

I agree. Kneecap him first. You better be good with a brain shot. They had a brain about the size of a walnut!

El Chivo · Post by **El Chivo** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:24 pm

Why do you think they make the .577 Tyrannosaur?

http://www.accuratereloading.com/577tyr.html

The one that had the brain the size of a walnut was the Stegosaurs, he and the largest ones (Brontosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Diplococus) had a second brain at the hip.

The predators weren't that dumb, you'd better be ready.