My Redneck Mom really knows her way around a rifle. Well, minus the fact that she told me she wasn't sure how to tell if her guns are on safety or not until she tries to take a shot, but that's a minor detail that I try not to think about. She has developed quite a reputation amongst her friends and family and nobody doubts her "Will shoot to kill" sign on her barn, but that story is for another day.
Being a woman, the men in the area are even more impressed with her abilities to shoot elk, deer, coyotes or anything else that ends up in her cross hairs. (All legal of course. Mom learned her lesson when she trapped a cougar and forgot to report it.)
Since she lives in a rural area, Mom experiences a lot of problems with predators, specifically coyotes. One night she heard coyotes howling in the field near her house, so she crept down to the field and saw one harassing her horses. spotted it at the very far end near the fence and shot it with a light in one hand so she could see his eyes glimmering and the rifle in the other. With one shot! The next day she hung the coyote on the fence "as a warning to all the other coyotes."
Somehow I doubt the coyotes in the area are that smart. In fact, they probably returned to take little bites off their friend.
Now I just need to find someone who can show her what "safety" looks like on a gun.
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it's usually just a little peg on either side. if the orange side is out, the saftey is on
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