OT - A walk on the wild side - dinos

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OT - A walk on the wild side - dinos

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Where do you hold on this one? :shock:

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Or this one :?:
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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).
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Even though I "knew" these were just animated models, I kept figuring just where to place a bullet for the most effect! :D
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I'm thinkin head shot with a 405.
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Post by jengel »

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.
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45-70 right in the eye.
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Post by nemhed »

Base of the skull/neck, standard hold with my 45-70. Head shots are too risky with their brains being so small.
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Post by claybob86 »

I'm thinkin' one of those wire guided anti-tank missiles right down the throat. :twisted:
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I wondering how hard it would be to out run ya'll after you make them Mad. :lol:
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Post by CalvinMD »

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

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. :shock:

For me, nothing less than a 50BMG with some Barnes X solids. I'll deal with the recoil.
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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.
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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
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Javelin right in the mullet. Won't be playing much after that.
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I like the Raven Idea!!
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Post by Ysabel Kid »

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!!!) :D
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Dinosaur Medicine

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

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Post by crs »

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!
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Post by kirkwood »

Those brontos are good eatin'. I find T. Rex a bit too gamey for my taste. :lol:
Trouble is getting a freezer big enough to hold all the steaks and sausage! :D
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L.A.W.

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Post by Old Ironsights »

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...
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Post by 66GTO »

I agree. Kneecap him first. You better be good with a brain shot. They had a brain about the size of a walnut! :shock:
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Post by El Chivo »

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.
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