Well, I’d do whatever Dishonest John did in that one TV show. Man, now I wish I’d taped that sucker.
I think he killed the puppeteer.
Missiles to the Bronto’s ass would be the best bet. About the only way to immobilize would be to blast the pelvic ganglia so it wouldn’t be able to move its hind legs.
I agree that a head shot would not be a good tactic.
Think of how chickens run around after they’ve had their heads cut off. Now imagine one weighing 80 tons doing the same thing. I don’t think I would like to be anywhere in the vicinity.
Shhhh!
Be vewwwy quiet.
I’m hunting bwontosauwuses.
Samurai with a Ginsu.
Tyrannosaurs in F-14s!
Some kind of special artillery ammo would have to be developed. Giant Razor Edged Sabot Javelin Rounds fired from Abrams or other mobile artillery. Sort of like Bow Hunting but, ya know, with a tank.
Drop an asteroid on them. It worked last time, after all. Yes, yes, global devastation, the end of humanity, and so on; sorry, but if you’re gonna hunt brontosaurs, it’s gonna be messy.
Alternatively, set off a brontosaur stampede and drive them into an array of 200 foot tall chainsaw-towers. Quick, messy, presliced.
Chuck Norris.
'Nuff said.
But I’m not sure of the metallurgy, shape, and final load? What will take down the wiley Bronto? Alluminum round might shotgun and pit flesh at velocity, or…?
If you’re a good shot, then a .22 through the eye would prolly do the deed. Eventually.
Killing it is not the problem. Finding a soup pot big enough to handle the neckbone, now that’s a problem…
You guys can do what you want but I am NOT carrying the decoys!
Brontosaurus, shmontosaurus! At a mere 35 tonnes estimated weight, they were puny compared to the stupacular Argentinoasarus, which is estimated to have weighed anywhere from 80 to 100 metric tonnes!
As to hunting one, I would use a truck-mounted 25mm autocannon.
35 ton chicken with it’s head cut off, now there’s a vivid image!
Ok, my first thought was the specially modified single shot rifle based on a ww1 cartridge (can’t remember the caliber, .50 maybe) used by Micheal Gross in Tremors 2
IIRC African Pygmies used to crawl up inside the elephants they killed while they were eating them, guess we’ll have to do the same
“Sure is dark in here.”
“You know, this stuff is nice and red. I thought dinos would be like chicken or somthin’. Tastes like pork”
“Ya’ll seen outlierrn? He was just in front of you.”
“Chomp, chomp, say what? Pass the catsup.”
Actually, IIRC, they’d send one of their warriors packing a big ass machete to sneak up on elephants while they were grazing – said warrior would sever the elephant’s Achilles tendon on a back leg. The elephant drops where it stood, unable to run, and its trumpeting would scatter the rest of the herd. The rest of the hunting party come out and finish off the elephant at their leisure.
I think it would be easier to kill them when they are young and tender. A smallish one could be had with what ever you would use on elephants. Who the hell would want 50+ tons of tough leathery reptile meat, when 10+ tons of young fresh meat could be had easier?
Bronti parmegan? That’s a lot of cheese…and who will peel the tomatoes?
spray paint their toenails pink and watch them kill themselves in shame.
On the same note; first you find a clan ritual…
Iron fence posts with spikes on the end. They step down on them and get them stuck in the foot pads. They are unable to walk or run away. It’s a variation of the sharpened bamboo pits of the Japanese. The fence is nice and decrative, until the marauding beast comes by and steps on your fence. That’s more of a self preservation method. I think the high voltage transmission lines up and down the landscape whould take out most of them. I wonder if the fried squirrel expansion factor is the same as that of a brontosaurus. The microwave weapons developed by our military might work if scaled up.