deflave,
Pardon me for pointing out that Pitbulls are NOT jaguars & aren't 300-400 pounds of muscle/bone/claws/teeth. - I know of one "way down there" who survived a shot in the chest by a 7x57mm Mauser from 30-40M long enough to severely maul the shooter & then disappear into the jungle. NO body was ever found, so we don't even know if the cat died..
That's why I carried a 12-gauge "sawed-off" DB loaded with #1 magnum buckshot all the time when we were in "jaguar habitat". = At pointblank range buckshot will "turn" most any critter, with the possible exception of a charging elephant..
yours, tex
Rhino?