I say I killed two rattlers, actually my bride killed one when I was in the hospital. She emptied a Glock 19 at him.. EMPTIED! Snake was a might tattered, I got her a .410 shotgun.
Saw a soon to be Darwin winner on a KS farm to market road.
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finesse_r
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Sounds like good training. Shoot until the bad guy stops moving! LOL
Alpo
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Your avatar is 1/2" wide by 3/8" high. There is something black in the middle of the picture. Judging from the ears, it's a dog. He looks like he's wearing a black and white checked bandanna over his muzzle, like a cowboy bandit.
Going strictly by the ears, I assumed it was a dachshund. What would be wrong with wanting to pet him.
Doug M.
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finesse-r: I often say "you want a hug, embrace the hate".
Alpo: I have old eyes, so my screen is blown up big, but your question is valid. Have another copy.
He's a rott/Fila cross, 121 pounds of black furry hate. The muzzle is not for show. We had just come in from a walk, and he does not leave the yard without it. Rescue had no idea what he really was, but I soon suspected it based on his oddities of gait and stance.
He takes after the Fila temperament in most ways. He LOVES us. Very gentle, docile, easy to live with. Submissive to his "older sister", Mya the Terv (smallest dog we have ever had at 62 pounds). My wife can use him as a pillow. He is rarely more than 5' from us. He was young when we adopted him, so he bonded with us easily. On the other side, he HATES strangers. Really hates them. It's a genetic intolerance. Tolerance of strangers, including show judges, is a disqualifying fault in the breed. The response is fast and violent.
He is lucky to be with us, as we live a pretty non-social life and value our pets enough to place them above other people. With many adopters, I am sure he would have died young. He is major responsibility, and one does not get to inattentive for a moment. My wife does not walk him any more, after her back surgery. I am pretty big and strong, and he's pulled me over playing.
As he has gotten older, he has become more gentle with other dogs again; there are several on our walking routes that he pulls me to; he responds to the summons barks from the puppy behind us and seeks to go visit, and there is a Chihuahua on the walk that is probably 8 pounds at best that he gently noses. He also loves and is fascinated by horses.
He is odd, and a major pain the backside. I can't see having a Fila this close to other people, but I can see why the fans love them.
Alpo: I have old eyes, so my screen is blown up big, but your question is valid. Have another copy.
He's a rott/Fila cross, 121 pounds of black furry hate. The muzzle is not for show. We had just come in from a walk, and he does not leave the yard without it. Rescue had no idea what he really was, but I soon suspected it based on his oddities of gait and stance.
He takes after the Fila temperament in most ways. He LOVES us. Very gentle, docile, easy to live with. Submissive to his "older sister", Mya the Terv (smallest dog we have ever had at 62 pounds). My wife can use him as a pillow. He is rarely more than 5' from us. He was young when we adopted him, so he bonded with us easily. On the other side, he HATES strangers. Really hates them. It's a genetic intolerance. Tolerance of strangers, including show judges, is a disqualifying fault in the breed. The response is fast and violent.
He is lucky to be with us, as we live a pretty non-social life and value our pets enough to place them above other people. With many adopters, I am sure he would have died young. He is major responsibility, and one does not get to inattentive for a moment. My wife does not walk him any more, after her back surgery. I am pretty big and strong, and he's pulled me over playing.
As he has gotten older, he has become more gentle with other dogs again; there are several on our walking routes that he pulls me to; he responds to the summons barks from the puppy behind us and seeks to go visit, and there is a Chihuahua on the walk that is probably 8 pounds at best that he gently noses. He also loves and is fascinated by horses.
He is odd, and a major pain the backside. I can't see having a Fila this close to other people, but I can see why the fans love them.
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Mainsail
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I guess because he was there first he had dibs on the snake?
"Save it? No, I'm afraid that will not be acceptable." BOOM
"Save it? No, I'm afraid that will not be acceptable." BOOM
Whether it was a right or wrong......
Whether it was a right or wrong decision to 'save' the snake, the bottom line is that it was VERY foolish to try to move a big snake with a cardboard box. The things that lolligag around and loll on warm roads can strike like lightning. Hoe or long handled implement of some sort, maybe.
I was in a mountainous area late in the years and a zillion turtles (looked like box turtles) decided to come out at dusk and lay in the road. Every time I came around a bend on the very curvy road, albeit cautiously, there was already a thud and a crunch. I was sick by the time that trip was over we ran over so many turtles.
And frogs. There is an ornamental lake in a park and the road around the park looked like it had been literally papered by squashed frogs after the 'hop out of the lake and across the road' time of the year.
Whether it was a right or wrong decision to 'save' the snake, the bottom line is that it was VERY foolish to try to move a big snake with a cardboard box. The things that lolligag around and loll on warm roads can strike like lightning. Hoe or long handled implement of some sort, maybe.
I was in a mountainous area late in the years and a zillion turtles (looked like box turtles) decided to come out at dusk and lay in the road. Every time I came around a bend on the very curvy road, albeit cautiously, there was already a thud and a crunch. I was sick by the time that trip was over we ran over so many turtles.
And frogs. There is an ornamental lake in a park and the road around the park looked like it had been literally papered by squashed frogs after the 'hop out of the lake and across the road' time of the year.
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model70hunter
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The rattler in question was a Timber Rattler, largest species in KS. Their species name is Crotalus Horridus. His given name in LAtin is, horrendus : horrible, dreadful.
Picture of old Horrible. http://www.gpnc.org/images/jpegs/animals/TRattler.jpg
Link to the KS site. Timber Rattlesnakes in Kansas
Just so you know, I have eaten rattle snake, sorta tastes like chicken. It didn;t go down easy.
Picture of old Horrible. http://www.gpnc.org/images/jpegs/animals/TRattler.jpg
Link to the KS site. Timber Rattlesnakes in Kansas
Just so you know, I have eaten rattle snake, sorta tastes like chicken. It didn;t go down easy.
I have eaten rattlesnake and it reminded me of Bluegill. It was sweet and flakey.
SouthernGirl
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Both my parents agreed (one of few things they did agree on) that
"the only good snake is a DEAD snake"
however i have no issues with them so long as I see them first lol
"the only good snake is a DEAD snake"
however i have no issues with them so long as I see them first lol
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Hmmmmmm..........
Will a cardboard box work for bears?
Will a cardboard box work for bears?
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Yearly here in Texas---in Freer actually, they have a yearly rattlesnake roundup. They dispatch hundreds of snakes to a snakes Heaven. They cook the deceased snakes various ways. I too heard it tastes like chicken and also heard it was slimy too. I'll eat grass before I try snake.
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model70hunter
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Hmmmmmm..........
Will a cardboard box work for bears?
Not sure but in the case of a box I think it would be Darwin posthumous.
The only way I would approach a buzzworm with a cardboard box is if it was hiding a Governor, fully loaded with a variety of pellets/balls/death.
SC_Mike
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One of my simple rules: If it's venomous it dies.
My family is more important than your "endangered species". Snakes were here before we were and will be here after we're gone.
My family is more important than your "endangered species". Snakes were here before we were and will be here after we're gone.
Triathloncoach
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The majority of snake bites occur between the hand and the elbow. Calling Mr. Darwin, I will be joining you soon. Doh!! Leave them alone and they leave you alone. With that said I would not allow a venomous snake to live near my house.
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Hmmmmmm..........
Will a cardboard box work for bears?
About age 6 or so I used to slide down a grassy slope in a cardboard box. Could get going pretty fast, remember that when young how big things looked or how fast you thought you were! Definitely was faster than I can move now, slope or flat land!
But with a bear the only use for a cardboard box would be as a cremation container?
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Shorty 45 MK2
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Hmmmmmm..........
Will a cardboard box work for bears?
I see what you did there.
But I wont fall to your ploy to turn this into a "bear thread" no way! I'm smart enough to know what you are up to! You are trying to get us all to talk about what round or cartridge is best for bears and it ain't going to work because I refuse to turn this into a bear thread.
For those of you whose sarcasm meter is broken that was a joke.
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