{"id":3827,"date":"2016-08-29T08:05:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T12:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=3827"},"modified":"2016-08-29T08:05:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T12:05:07","slug":"handguns-for-defense-against-dangerous-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/handguns-for-defense-against-dangerous-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"HANDGUNS FOR DEFENSE AGAINST DANGEROUS ANIMALS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those who spend a lot of time outdoors often carry handguns not just for the situations one imagines will be preceded by ominous banjo music, but for the wilderness\u2019s own dangerous denizens.\u00a0 We don\u2019t want \u201cDeliverance\u201d <em>or <\/em>\u201cThe Revenant\u201d to be the template for our outdoor adventures.<\/p>\n<p>My old friend Alan Kulovitz, retired from the Cook County, Illinois (Chicago area) Sheriff\u2019s Department, turned me on to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marksmanshipmatters.com\/dangerous-predators-stopped-with-handguns\/\" target=\"_blank\">this excellent article<\/a>.\u00a0 It was written by Larry Mudgett, one of our leading experts in firearms and tactics.<\/p>\n<p>I first met Larry thirty-some years ago at Chapman Academy in Columbia, Missouri, where he was training under founder and world champion Ray Chapman.\u00a0 Larry, I learned, was a decorated street cop, SWAT operator, gunfight winner, and firearms instructor <em>extraordinaire. <\/em>He has continued the latter vocation since his retirement from LAPD, and he is well up on the list of instructors I recommend.<\/p>\n<p>Read Larry Mudgett\u2019s linked article.\u00a0 It will enhance your appreciation of a potent handgun worn during outdoor pursuits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who spend a lot of time outdoors often carry handguns not just for the situations one imagines will be preceded by ominous banjo music, but for the wilderness\u2019s own dangerous denizens.\u00a0 We don\u2019t want \u201cDeliverance\u201d or \u201cThe Revenant\u201d to be the template for our outdoor adventures. My old friend Alan Kulovitz, retired from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-preparedness"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}