WHAT ROUND FOR PORCUPINE???

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Posted: 4/19/2014 7:00:51 PM EDT

Just took my dogs out and my lab was about 6 inches from having a very bad night.
It is just hanging out getting on my nerves.
What is the standard load-out for porcupine?

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:01:47 PM EDT

[#1]

Golf club

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:01:59 PM EDT

[#2]

38spl out of a Winchester lever action works like a charm.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:07:51 PM EDT

[#3]

300WSM with a side of 9mm seems to do okay.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:11:08 PM EDT

[#4]

#4 buck. Take NO chances. Evil motherfuckers.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:12:09 PM EDT

[#5]

.338 Lapua

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:12:42 PM EDT

[#6]

Garand loaded with M2 AP

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:13:44 PM EDT

[#7]

The one and only porcupine I have ever killed was with one round of .40s&w. Hydro shock.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:16:06 PM EDT

[#8]

Pulled quills out of my lab's face with my teeth because that's all I had at the time.

.357 Mag is a good round and leave them where they fall for a message to the others...

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:16:39 PM EDT

[#9]

A .22 LR properly placed does the trick. Quite often they'll just stand there ground and let you walk right up.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:17:10 PM EDT

[#10]

120 MM from an M1 Abrams.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:17:36 PM EDT

[#11]

BTW..... flippem over with a shovel and the coyotes will clean up the mess in short order.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:19:16 PM EDT

[#12]

.338 Win.

Makes a REALLY cool sound when it hits them from a distance. 'WHACKKK".

.22lr takes them out though. Just remember that they have a rather primitive CNS, and take a min. to figure out that they are dead.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:21:25 PM EDT

[#13]

I didn't think we had any here in south central Texas but 3 times in the last few years I've seen roadkill porcupines around here.

So I'm guessing Ford.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:25:06 PM EDT

[#14]

use a rifle round because of the thick pines. 556 OR 762 Ruskie will do just fine.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:25:48 PM EDT

[#15]

Had one in my backyard last year, was not paying attention taking the dog out and about tripped over it, luckily that is the end of the story.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:28:00 PM EDT

[#16]

I use suppressed 45, but lesser weapons will do.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:28:50 PM EDT

[#17]

12gauge slug

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:30:04 PM EDT

[#18]

.22 hornet works well if you want to eat it

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:30:43 PM EDT

[#19]

i would eat extra asparagus and piss on it

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:31:01 PM EDT

[#20]

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A .22 LR properly placed does the trick. Quite often they'll just stand there ground and let you walk right up.

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Posted: 4/19/2014 7:31:03 PM EDT

[#21]

.50 beowulf.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:31:28 PM EDT

[#22]

I took one at about 8 yards in Alaska with a 41 mag...worked just fine.
Vermin...

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:32:20 PM EDT

[#23]

Try to make a Spike's Tactical joke here.....it ain't working, sorry.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:33:45 PM EDT

[#24]

Buck knife duck taped to the end of a pool cue

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:34:11 PM EDT

[#25]

The only one I ever killed I used a 6" S&W 686 357,worked like a charm.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:36:39 PM EDT

[#26]

30MM From an A-10.......

Just to make sure!!

I think that's the "PREFERED" Round for SKUNK too......

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:38:12 PM EDT

[#27]

Beeman R-10. .177 cal

Head shot

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:48:48 PM EDT

[#28]

I don't know what it requires, but the only time that I almost shot one, it was with a .375 RUM loaded with 300 grain Nosler Partitions.

I'm glad that I didn't have to shoot it.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:57:01 PM EDT

[#29]

357 magnum kills em DRT.

Posted: 4/19/2014 7:58:00 PM EDT

[#30]

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Pulled quills out of my lab's face with my teeth because that's all I had at the time.

.357 Mag is a good round and leave them where they fall for a message to the others...

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You didn't have hands?
I've never even heard of anyone seeing one around here. I would like to eat it if I got the chance.

Posted: 4/19/2014 8:01:49 PM EDT

[#31]

Hell, you can walk up to them and bonk them hard on the head with a stick. FYI you hit them moderately hard on the end of the nose they die right there. .177 pellet to the temple does it instantly too. Then again, if you shoot them in the wrong spot they can take alot of lead and die very inhumanely.

Posted: 4/19/2014 8:03:41 PM EDT

[#32]

45-70 with a 405gn lead HB bullet.

Posted: 4/19/2014 8:50:30 PM EDT

[#33]

My wife's little papillon cornered this one along the fence in our yard in Montana.I'm glad Oreo didn't get close enough to get slapped.

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9 mm Black Talon works fine.

Posted: 4/19/2014 8:52:48 PM EDT

[#34]

.308

Posted: 4/19/2014 8:54:36 PM EDT

[#35]

boat paddle for the win

Posted: 4/19/2014 8:55:34 PM EDT

[#36]

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I didn't think we had any here in south central Texas but 3 times in the last few years I've seen roadkill porcupines around here.

So I'm guessing Ford.

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I've only seen one porcupine in the wild. In Texas.

Posted: 4/19/2014 8:57:31 PM EDT

[#37]

I watched them eat one on that discovery show in Alaska and although it was a stew I have to admit I wanted a taste.

Do a dinner pic with one and soar into the legends of dinner pics.

Posted: 4/19/2014 8:58:05 PM EDT

[#38]

45-70

Posted: 4/19/2014 9:14:32 PM EDT

[#39]

I have shot too many to keep track of with a 22 revolver.

Posted: 4/19/2014 9:21:13 PM EDT

[#40]

22-250!

Posted: 4/19/2014 9:31:11 PM EDT

[#41]

Firewood works.

Posted: 4/19/2014 9:33:55 PM EDT

[#42]

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i would eat extra asparagus and piss on it

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Yes.

Posted: 4/19/2014 9:36:19 PM EDT

[#43]

If it was me? I'd take no chances. 45-70

Posted: 4/19/2014 9:46:37 PM EDT

[#44]

I've killed a truckload of them over the last 40 years with a 22 LR. Never had one get away either!

Posted: 4/19/2014 9:49:34 PM EDT

[#45]

I've only seen one in my entire life, our youngest dog found it first and got 2 quills in the nose..before I could get there our oldest dog dequilled it with her face and then killed it.

So a Rottweiler mixed with who knows what worked pretty good.

Posted: 4/19/2014 9:52:50 PM EDT

[#46]

12 ga and 2 shot works well from experience.

Posted: 4/19/2014 10:04:33 PM EDT

[#47]

I was out with a friend of mine about 10 years ago and he shot one with 50 Action Express LAR Grizzly.

Tony

Posted: 4/19/2014 10:08:13 PM EDT

[#48]

.204 Ruger, with a 32 grain bullet at 4,200fps. That way, it will explode good and proper, and you can get a face full of quills.

Posted: 4/19/2014 10:09:20 PM EDT

[#49]

12ga with anything a 12g shoots at the closest range is the best bet.

A deer rifle at distance is a fine substitute.

A .223 or 7.62/39 also works well.

Pistol caliber from a pistol too. And a bayonet, or fire. They can be killed with fire.

Posted: 4/19/2014 10:19:02 PM EDT

[#50]

My Grandpa used to pop them racoons and skunks with a .22.

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