cinch314 Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 I was on the phone with Cabela's ordering 4 IR cameras for me and my sister's Christmas presents when Mom came in my room telling me to hurry up. There was a Timber Rattler by my 2 yr old daughter's play toys outside. So I was going to get a hoe and my snake boots on when Mom so NO just shoot the darn thing. So I grabbed my 30-30 with hollow points and went to go shoot it. I shot once got it in the body, waiting for it to so me its head. I shot again and this time blew something out of it. I shot the third time when it showed me its head and about blew the head plumb off. It had a velvet tail and 8 rattles. It was 3 ft long. I looked at the weed eater Mom had bought and she said that she couldnt ever get it started, so I started it and weed eated all around my daughters play toys. I then went and picked up the snake and put it out in the pasture belly up before the sun went down. I looked at what I had blown out of it and it was a bird that the snake had eaten. The thing that scared me was that it was by my daughters stuff and the dogs never paid it any mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 I'd shoot the dogs too................naw just pickin', but I know people who would! That is a good reason to get scared. My moto has always been "The only good snake is a dead snake." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 good story. i love dead snakes. may i suggest you look for some "snake charmers" for your gun? they are shells with shotgun shot in them. much easier to hit (which it doesn't look like you had a problem with that) and the lead doesn't travel very far. i've got my gun loaded with them, with good success. by the way, if there is an annoying pigeon in your barn, don't shoot it off the trusses.... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinch314 Posted September 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 lol my boyfriend said he was going to by me a shotgun for that snake reason and because I dont have one. I'd never shot a shotgun until last week when he had me shooting his 12 guage and I was shooting lights out of everything lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Best snake in my book is a dead snake!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 We get copperheads and water moccasins in the yard occasionally here and it is definitely always a concern with the kids outside. I try to keep the yard clean, it helps. Moth balls around borders also help. This time of year and in the spring is when we tend to see the most snakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinch314 Posted September 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 we generally keep the yard clean and cut but Ive been so busy with my food plots and getting ready for deer season that Ive been lazy with the yard. Guess I better get back on the ball lol. The gip that normally will tell us about a snake is in a pen right now fixing to have puppies so my warning dog is out of commission right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugshooter Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 In NC we had water moccasins and copperheads. Not too many rattlesnakes up there. I was fishing on the bank of the Cape Fear River one evening and looked down and there was a baby copperhead next to my gear. I went to smack him but he slithered off. Now that I am back in Florida I have to deal with rattlers again as well as others. The back yard of this house was horrible when we moved in. I've have to post some pictures of before and aft. Anyhoo, me and my father in law were clearing some brush and plants, and I was trying to dig some roots out. I looked up, and out came a coral snake. I tried to get him a couple times with the hoe but he got away. I should have got him with the machete. I think he was ticked because we took away his habitat. Snakes and I do not get along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whttlbucksteve Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Come on they also make good boots and hat bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighoytman Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 got a scare last night Well we only have rattle snakes here in Michigan. We never hardly see them around our place much.I was about 18 at time helping a neighbor move a horse water take. We had our fingers under the edges lifting it about ankle high when we heard the rattles buzzing.We dropped it quickly, when we rolled tank over with shovels.There was 18 baby rattlers about 6 to 10 inches long.I can't believe nobody got bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest outdoorgirl Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Glad nobody got hurt except the snake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetucker Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 no snakes here in maine except for little grass snakes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flintlock1776 Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 I think a scatter gun would have been a better choice for up close and personal on a target that size! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 I would rather have 4 ft of snow in the winter, than poisoness snakes around my place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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