# What stopped the cattle?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stopped-the-cattle/838117>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 3, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stopped-the-cattle/838117 "2019-08-03T15:59:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stopped-the-cattle/838117/1 "2019-08-03T15:59:26Z")

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So watching City Slickers, the cows are stopped in the middle of a stampede with a gunshot. Would that really stop a stampede?

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stopped-the-cattle/838117/2 "2019-08-03T16:14:39Z")

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No. Movie magic was applied in this instance.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stopped-the-cattle/838117/3 "2019-08-03T16:22:16Z")

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> [@singular1](#):
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> So watching City Slickers, the cows are stopped in the middle of a stampede with a gunshot. Would that really stop a stampede?

if you have a [big enough gun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_artillery), yes.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stopped-the-cattle/838117/4 "2019-08-03T19:00:26Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> if you have a [big enough gun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_artillery), yes.

That would be the herd shot round the world.