Mad Snake

[TX-Dennis]

Mother-in-Law called a few minutes ago. She wanted my son and I to come kill a rattlesnake in her back yard. When we got there the snake was angry. About a 4.5 foot western diamondback. I learned that I need to sharpen my hoe. Son wanted to shoot it, but it's in town with close neighbors, so not a good plan.

 

[Onomea]

Dull or not, looks like the hoe, in the right hands, did its job. I'm sure your MIL will now sleep better tonight. Well done!

 

[usmc2427765]

Always good when no one is hurt. Back in the 1950's, I had a cousin in Goliad County, Tx who saw a rattler crossing a county road and when he stopped to dispatch the reptile, the snake turned and came after him. It, a 6 footer, struck the cab door of his pickup 3 times which left fang and venom marks. It was one pi**d off snake !! I saw the marks the next day and at the age of 11, I was very impressed. Apparently the snake then crawled into an armadillo to escape and my cousin managed to cover the entry and exit with several large rocks.

The next day we went to hunt and kill the snake. A little shot of gasoline in the hole and out it came to a barrage of gunfire took care of the problem.

 

[TX-Dennis]

I won't kill one out "in the wild," but you have to kill them around the house.

 

[oldbrownhat]

... I learned that I need to sharpen my hoe...

Hence the expression, "Mad as a cut snake."

 

[Rustyt1953]

It's amazing what one can find on the net.

 

[oldbrownhat]

It's amazing what one can find on the net.

It's in Darwin, AU. I think "mad as a cut snake" is an Aussie expression.

Every time I drive by this place, I wonder,"Would I buy meat from this man?"

 

[lihpster]

It's in Darwin, AU. I think "mad as a cut snake" is an Aussie expression.

Every time I drive by this place, I wonder,"Would I buy meat from this man?"

Because he's slashing prices?

 

[oldbrownhat]

Because he's slashing prices?

<<<< rimshot >>>

 

[Greyman50]

Did you skin the rattler? Easy to make very nice hat bands or just mount on board.

 

[Dave.357]

Wife + snake + hoe = mobile
Pepperoni factory.
She keeps hoe sharp and keeps
One on each porch .

 

[deadin]

I know they can't "jump", but what is the maximum distance (say a six foot rattler) can strike from??


In other words, how long a hoe handle is needed for a six footer?

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

I know they can't "jump", but what is the maximum distance (say a six foot rattler) can strike from??


In other words, how long a hoe handle is needed for a six footer?

About 1/3 of their body length. Snake loads in a .38 special does wonders for their attitude.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[GypsmJim]

I'm a hunter, and only a country boy at heart....up to a point.

One year I had an assignment at a Texas factory and had to stay over a weekend because the plant closed and my boss would't spring for an extra plane ticket.

The Plant Manager said we would be going to a rattlesnake roundup on Sunday and he wanted me to come. He said we would walk out in the prairie and collect them in gunny sacks.

He was surprised when I said I would stay at the hotel and drink beer.....

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Mother-in-Law called a few minutes ago. She wanted my son and I to come kill a rattlesnake in her back yard. When we got there the snake was angry. About a 4.5 foot western diamondback. I learned that I need to sharpen my hoe. Son wanted to shoot it, but it's in town with close neighbors, so not a good plan.

You carry a hoe with you???? I AM impressed

 

[JcMack]

You carry a hoe with you???? I AM impressed

Mine's name is Slezzetra.

 

[mmb617]

Mine's name is Slezzetra.

Piggy back or fireman's carry?

 

[Rudi]

The best kind of snake. DEAD!!!

 

[waffles]

I like rattlers, have seen a few dozen and never killed one, but I guess I'm running into them on hiking and biking trails and not in my yard, so might I might make a different calculation on that. Did jump a bike over one once, I felt pretty rad after that.

 

[oldbrownhat]

...He was surprised when I said I would stay at the hotel and drink beer.....

And thus you are alive to tell the tale

And remembering that no thread is complete without a Far Side cartoon:

 

[Trooperdan]

I know they can't "jump", but what is the maximum distance (say a six foot rattler) can strike from??


In other words, how long a hoe handle is needed for a six footer?

I've heard they can strike about 1/3 their length

 

[James E. McCall]

Be careful when you speak about hoes, you know what happened to a group of ladies when they speaking about using "hoes" in their gardens? Facebook shut that group down. what a bunch of idiots these facebook people are.

 

[mmaher94087]

I transplant them. Last year we had five visitors. One was the cutest of them all; 8" long with its button rattle going 100 miles an hour. One could almost hear the hurricane noise it was trying to make.

 

[TX-Dennis]

I transplant them. Last year we had five visitors. One was the cutest of them all; 8" long with its button rattle going 100 miles an hour. One could almost hear the hurricane noise it was trying to make.

Not me. I don't mind handling a non venomous snake, but the venomous ones are given enough room to go their own way if in the wild or killed if in the yard. I've killed a couple of little ones (2 feet or so) with a machete in my yard, but this one was too big for me to want to get that close. Definitely a job for the hoe which is now somewhat sharper. Hey, better late than never.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Tis the season, as they say. I live about 200 feet from the city limits and a couple hundred thousand acres of southern Colorado prairie, teeming with field mice, grouse, quail, wild turkeys, deer, coyotes, foxes, owls, hawks, and a few million prairie rattlers.

Rake and a garden shovel. Look before stepping out on the patio. Don't be surprised by what we find under the cars in the garage.

Our landscape maintenance guys prefer the weed-eater or a zero-turn lawn mower. I prefer a 12-gauge and #6 shot, but the city authorities frown on that.

In the past 10 years or so I know of 3 local people bitten by rattlesnakes. Nasty experience! One guy lost a foot to gangrene after a month of misery.

 

[Leslie Sapp]

Slingin' a flaming 50/50 diesel/gasoline mixture from a drip torch at his head will make one pretty angry, also......