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Oregongundude · August 9, 2006, 08:23 AM

I was wondering one morning if I could kill one with a 9 mm Glock 17 when I was close to being attacked by one in the early morning steelhead fishing on a river close to where I live. Here in Oregon they can get up to 80 pounds some times and they can be quite nasty at certain times of the years. I didn't have to shoot it, so I never found out if my 9 mm would kill it effectively. I figured it would if needed. I'm not sure if the beavers, or the river otters are more aggresive. I have shot a river otter that acted real aggressive toward me and my fishing party and wouldnt leave us alone. I finally shot it when it tryed to bite my daughter and started to chase us. It seemed sick or something. My 9mm glock 17 dropped the river otter with one shot.

August 9, 2006, 08:23 AM	#5
Oregongundude Senior Member Join Date: June 20, 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 205	Beavers can be hard to take down with .22 lr I was wondering one morning if I could kill one with a 9 mm Glock 17 when I was close to being attacked by one in the early morning steelhead fishing on a river close to where I live. Here in Oregon they can get up to 80 pounds some times and they can be quite nasty at certain times of the years. I didn't have to shoot it, so I never found out if my 9 mm would kill it effectively. I figured it would if needed. I'm not sure if the beavers, or the river otters are more aggresive. I have shot a river otter that acted real aggressive toward me and my fishing party and wouldnt leave us alone. I finally shot it when it tryed to bite my daughter and started to chase us. It seemed sick or something. My 9mm glock 17 dropped the river otter with one shot. Last edited by Oregongundude; August 9, 2006 at 02:05 PM.