LOL Glad to be of service....
BTW temperature got down to 27 degrees last Sunday night.
Dangerous Encounters with Snakes, Etc.
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LOL Glad to be of service....
BTW temperature got down to 27 degrees last Sunday night.38 or 39 years ago, I was visiting a friend in eastern NC, and four of us in two boats were gently paddling around a hunting area familiar to the other three, only it had several feet of water that it didn't usually have. A cottonmouth, I believe, decided to swim up to the boat I was in, and I was the only one of the two of us with a gun, so I got to do the honors. I had a T/C with the then-new .44 Mag/ .44 Hot Shot barrel. The straightener was mounted, and the gun was loaded with shot, so I figured I couldn't miss. As I extended my arm to fire without using the sights, I remembered that it was a single-shot, so it really wouldn't be very smart to miss. So I let him get pretty close, and the shot flat cut him in half. Both halves sank.
You have now read my entire life history of violent use of a handgun.
You have now read my entire life history of violent use of a handgun.
Faulkner
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I killed this rattlesnake with my .380 ACP Walther PPK/S. One shot to the head at about 30 feet. When I walked up on it in my neighbors yard it was coiled to strike, but I back off and after a few moments it started to crawl away. That's when I shot it. That's only the second or third rattlesnake I've seen in Arkansas in my whole life.
Before all the snake lovers pitch a fit, the neighbor had his grandkids playing in the yard not 50 yards away. No, I'm not gonna catch and release it somewhere else, nor herd it away peacefully away from the grandkids. I shot it and threw it in the back of the truck then went and got my dog to see if there were any more we could shoot and haul off, eradication being my intent.
I also went frog gigging with a couple of friends a few weeks ago. We went to a private minnow farm that has a dozen or so ponds on it, all of 'em full of minnows, bullfrogs, and snakes. We must have killed two dozen cottonmouths.
The biggest one about as big around as my leg at the knee. Was using my Ruger MKII loaded with Stingers and I think the first round just made it mad, took 4 or 5 rounds to get it to roll off the log.
We ended up with a limit of bullfrogs, but the owner told us to come back sometime with a brick of .22 ammo and and spotlight and just kill snakes.
Before all the snake lovers pitch a fit, the neighbor had his grandkids playing in the yard not 50 yards away. No, I'm not gonna catch and release it somewhere else, nor herd it away peacefully away from the grandkids. I shot it and threw it in the back of the truck then went and got my dog to see if there were any more we could shoot and haul off, eradication being my intent.
I also went frog gigging with a couple of friends a few weeks ago. We went to a private minnow farm that has a dozen or so ponds on it, all of 'em full of minnows, bullfrogs, and snakes. We must have killed two dozen cottonmouths.
The biggest one about as big around as my leg at the knee. Was using my Ruger MKII loaded with Stingers and I think the first round just made it mad, took 4 or 5 rounds to get it to roll off the log.
We ended up with a limit of bullfrogs, but the owner told us to come back sometime with a brick of .22 ammo and and spotlight and just kill snakes.
I didn't take that picture. My wild ride occurred over 50 years ago. I used it to illustrate pretty much what I saw at least before that old pony exploded.
That is a picture taken by a photographer of a den in central Wyoming. I would imagine he took it from a vehicle with a telephoto lens.
Dens such as that are not uncommon out here.
We found one years ago, and put an old wood stove chimney pipe from the main hole into a 55 gallon about half full of old motor oil in it. 2 days later there were enough dead snakes in the barrel to cause the oil to overflow.
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There is no way I am going to let a snake get away if I see it. You should be paid for doing a public service by reducing the snake population. If anyone complains about shooting snakes, shoot the complainer also.
pluspea
Member
You can't be to careful.
DeathGrip
US Veteran
My last encounter with a snake in the grass was easily handled with some quick action by my '79 Toro.Briggs&Straton 5hp.Self propelled and side ejection.
DG
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DOEBOY1
Member
I killed this rattlesnake with my .380 ACP Walther PPK/S. One shot to the head at about 30 feet. When I walked up on it in my neighbors yard it was coiled to strike, but I back off and after a few moments it started to crawl away. That's when I shot it. That's only the second or third rattlesnake I've seen in Arkansas in my whole life.
Before all the snake lovers pitch a fit, the neighbor had his grandkids playing in the yard not 50 yards away. No, I'm not gonna catch and release it somewhere else, nor herd it away peacefully away from the grandkids. I shot it and threw it in the back of the truck then went and got my dog to see if there were any more we could shoot and haul off, eradication being my intent.
I also went frog gigging with a couple of friends a few weeks ago. We went to a private minnow farm that has a dozen or so ponds on it, all of 'em full of minnows, bullfrogs, and snakes. We must have killed two dozen cottonmouths.
The biggest one about as big around as my leg at the knee. Was using my Ruger MKII loaded with Stingers and I think the first round just made it mad, took 4 or 5 rounds to get it to roll off the log.
We ended up with a limit of bullfrogs, but the owner told us to come back sometime with a brick of .22 ammo and and spotlight and just kill snakes.
NOW THAT JUST SOUNDS LIKE FUN! I have often thought it would be fun to shoot snakes and turtles from a tripod around my dads pond. Just never had the oppertunity being in the mountain and him 300 miles away. Doeboy
Faulkner
Member
Due to the fixed barrel in a blowback operated handgun like the PPK they are generally pretty accurate.
Besides, 30 feet sounds better than 10 yards.
Kelly Green
Member
Worst fright I’ve had with snakes was several years ago when a friend and I went fishing and camping. Around dusk, we beached the boat on a remote area of the lake, tied it off and climbed up a small bluff overlooking the water. We built a fire, fried some fish we had caught then settled into the tent for the night. About thirty minutes later we heard a rustling in the brush. Not knowing what to expect, I grabbed my revolver and shined the light through the mosquito netting. Out front of the tent, the ground was covered with copperheads. I counted over a dozen that I could see. The snakes were slithering all over the ground between the tent and the path to the boat. The .38 I was carrying was useless—to many snakes and not enough ammo. We had no choice but to stay where we were. We frantically checked to be sure there were no holes in the tent and the netting was zipped tight. I don’t think I slept a wink that night. Next morning the snakes were gone and as soon as we could break camp we were too.
OP
Texas Star
US Veteran
Wow-
There are some chilling tales here, espcially the mass snake movements.
Does anyone know what that green snake is in the photo from the member in TN (Plus Pea) with the Super Blackhawk? I think a .44 Magnum would kill any snake, easily, even a Reticulated Python.
But I can't think of any green snakes in the USA that are especially dangerous. Elsewhere, sure, a number of them.
T-Star
There are some chilling tales here, espcially the mass snake movements.
Does anyone know what that green snake is in the photo from the member in TN (Plus Pea) with the Super Blackhawk? I think a .44 Magnum would kill any snake, easily, even a Reticulated Python.
But I can't think of any green snakes in the USA that are especially dangerous. Elsewhere, sure, a number of them.
T-Star
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OP
Texas Star
US Veteran
http://www.boneclones.com/images/bc-118-lg.jpg
Museum quality replica python skull. Something to keep in mind if you live where people have been turning those things loose in FL! They now have active breeding populations of Burmese pythons.
Saw on the morning news today that a FL angler also caught a 13" red-bellied piranha, too.
Exotic pet owners do some very irresponsible things.
T-Star
Museum quality replica python skull. Something to keep in mind if you live where people have been turning those things loose in FL! They now have active breeding populations of Burmese pythons.
Saw on the morning news today that a FL angler also caught a 13" red-bellied piranha, too.
Exotic pet owners do some very irresponsible things.
T-Star
