{"id":148,"date":"2022-09-04T08:28:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T08:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=148"},"modified":"2022-09-04T08:28:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T08:28:59","slug":"trying-to-protect-african-wildlife-with-the-least-expensive-weapons-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"Trying to Protect African Wildlife With the Least Expensive Weapons Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220831_090610.jpg\" data-caption=\"JWT for TTAG\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220831_090610-696x522.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220831_090610-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220831_090610-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220831_090610-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220831_090610-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220831_090610-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220831_090610-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220831_090610-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220831_090610-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220831_090610-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220831_090610-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220831_090610.jpg 1696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"Africa poacher poaching security guard\" title=\"Africa poacher poaching security guard\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">JWT for TTAG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition to hunting, when TTAG writer Jon Wayne Taylor is in Africa, he trains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/former-us-soldier-hunts-poachers-in-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the people who protect<\/a> some of continent\u2019s most endangered wildlife from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/men-with-guns-and-mud-mounds-keep-rare-one-horn-rhinos-safe-from-poachers-floods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poachers<\/a>. This week he\u2019s in South Africa working with men who protect <a href=\"https:\/\/africacenter.org\/publication\/wildlife-poaching-africas-surging-trafficking-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">black and white rhinos<\/a> from two-legged predators. And as JWT texted, they\u2019re seriously under-gunned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>They carry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mossberg.com\/firearms\/shotguns\/maverick-88.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maverick 88 Security<\/a> models in various lengths. Some have been shortened significantly, some remain at 18.5. They were all originally green at some point, but the paint has long since worn off.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_531437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-531437\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-531437 size-large\" alt=\"Africa poaching security guard shotguns\" width=\"696\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-700x533.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-1536x1171.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-696x530.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-1068x814.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-551x420.jpg 551w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-560x427.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3.jpg 1803w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-700x533.jpg\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-531437 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-700x533.jpg\" alt=\"Africa poaching security guard shotguns\" width=\"696\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-700x533.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-1536x1171.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-696x530.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-1068x814.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-551x420.jpg 551w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3-560x427.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-3.jpg 1803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-531437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JWT for TTAG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As he said, that\u2019s quite a commercial for a dirt-cheap shotgun that, like the Energizer Bunny, keeps going and going.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_531438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-531438\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-531438 size-large\" alt=\"Africa poacher poaching security guard\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000.jpg 2013w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-700x525.jpg\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-531438 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"Africa poacher poaching security guard\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000.jpg 2013w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-531438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JWT for TTAG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t sure how long these smoothbores have been in service, but the men pictured above have been on he job for 10 years and have been using the same shotguns for all of that time.<\/p>\n<p>A Maverick 88 Security model can be had for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/click.php?tt=cl&amp;merchant_id=83c7c186-fb5f-42ca-a1a4-8e6e1a99ac2e&amp;website_id=4e8a62e5-c9f2-4169-947d-06856fc118da&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsmans.com%2Fshooting-gear-gun-supplies%2Fshotguns%2Fmossberg-maverick-88-security-black-12-gauge-3in-pump-shotgun-20in%2Fp%2F1426605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well under $250<\/a>. As a home defense shogun, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/if-youre-only-going-to-own-gun-make-it-a-shotgun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it has a lot going for it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_531439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-531439\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-531439 size-large\" alt=\"Africa poacher poaching security guard\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001.jpg 1294w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-700x525.jpg\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-531439 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"Africa poacher poaching security guard\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000001.jpg 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-531439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JWT for TTAG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But as a weapon to go up against poachers who are frequently well-armed, JWT says \u201cThese guys are grossly <span class=\"il\">outgunned<\/span>, outnumbered, and undermanned.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_531436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-531436\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-531436 size-large\" alt=\"Africa poacher poaching security guard\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2.jpg 1832w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-700x525.jpg\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-531436 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"Africa poacher poaching security guard\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image000000-2.jpg 1832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-531436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JWT for TTAG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/trying-to-protect-african-wildlife-with-the-least-expensive-weapons-available\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JWT for TTAG In addition to hunting, when TTAG writer Jon Wayne Taylor is in Africa, he trains the people who protect some of continent\u2019s most endangered wildlife from poachers. This week he\u2019s in South Africa working with men who protect black and white rhinos from two-legged predators. And as JWT texted, they\u2019re seriously under-gunned. 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