# Movie where guys shoot at cows from a moving train

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**Created:** [June 9, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-where-guys-shoot-at-cows-from-a-moving-train/835244 "2019-06-09T07:16:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-where-guys-shoot-at-cows-from-a-moving-train/835244/1 "2019-06-09T07:16:21Z")

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I have this scene stuck in my head and for the life of me I can’t remember where it’s from.

Basically I think it was a war movie made in the 70’s. A group of guys on a train going off to war decide to take pot shots at cows as their train goes across the countryside. They hit a couple until the protagonist chides them for pointlessly killing cows when they’re going to be killing real humans soon.

I also remember a really fake looking shot of a cow getting shot in the leg and collapsing but that may have been from an entirely different film.

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**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-where-guys-shoot-at-cows-from-a-moving-train/835244/2 "2019-06-09T07:37:31Z")

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Well, let’s get this out of the way. It’s not,['Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"](https://youtu.be/81eU8Rq7j58?t=83) is it?

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**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-where-guys-shoot-at-cows-from-a-moving-train/835244/3 "2019-06-09T07:51:14Z")

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No, it’s not that.

Guys were firing bolt action style rifles from a train.

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-where-guys-shoot-at-cows-from-a-moving-train/835244/4 "2019-06-09T07:51:41Z")

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There’s a scene exactly like you describe from the 2010 HBO miniseries \*The Pacific \*- could that be it? It’s in one of the earlier episodes, and takes place in Australia.

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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-where-guys-shoot-at-cows-from-a-moving-train/835244/5 "2019-06-09T11:17:57Z")

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shooting people and I think animals from a helicopter is in Full Metal Jacket .

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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-where-guys-shoot-at-cows-from-a-moving-train/835244/6 "2019-06-11T15:59:50Z")

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I know it’s not what you’re looking for, but I immediately thought of scene in Unforgiven where English Bob challenges a couple of other passengers to shoot birds while riding a train.