Snake Season is Here

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TJ: Why don't you hunt out the ones that are already on your property and then throw some Snake-A-Way around the edges of you yard?

BTW anyone know who makes rat/snake shot in 9mm?
 
Many years ago I lived in Austin Texas, well kind of on the outskirts of south east Austin. Area was pretty rustic and rural then, I guess it is all built up now from what I hear.
Anyway, I had an orange tabby cat that would go out at night and kill mice and leave the corpses in a little line up on the back porch.
I always figured that goofy cat would get snake bit some night and not come back but he always did.
He came back to Illinois with me and passed away of old cat syndrome a few years back.
I miss that cat.
 
my cat kills rats, shrews, moles & snakes. my buddy wants me to shoot the cat, WHY? she lives out back, we can leave for a month and she still lives
 
SniperStraz,
Guess I never heard of Snake-A-Way, what is it and where would one get it? As far as hunting out all the snakes, that would be a pretty tall order as I am surrounded by pasture land. I deal with the rattlers I encounter, but don't go looking for them.
 
Has anyone tried just walking away from a snake?
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Absolutely. I never bother snakes when Im in thier territory anymore.


When I was growing up here in S. Louisiana, we were encouraged to bring King snakes home to set loose on our property. Kings are supposed to keep other snakes away. I really couldnt tell you if it worked or if it is just an old wives tale. We didnt have a whole lot of things on our property snakes like to hide in, or under in the first place. Heck we didnt even have any trees in our yard. I will say we didnt see other snakes near the house, only Kings. Like I said tho, I couldnt tell you if that was because of the Kings we "imported", or just because there was nothing there to attract other snakes in the first place. The kind of King snake most common here is colored black with yellow spots all over its body. Man, talk about an ornery, aggresive snake.
 
BTW anyone know who makes rat/snake shot in 9mm?
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CCI makes shot-shells in most all calibers. The CCI 9mm successfully cycled my Sig 226 and the .45 cycled my Colt Compact. YMMV with a full length slide.
 
Guess I never heard of Snake-A-Way, what is it and where would one get it? As far as hunting out all the snakes, that would be a pretty tall order as I am surrounded by pasture land. I deal with the rattlers I encounter, but don't go looking for them.
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You know the old myths about lime and sulfur keeping snakes away? Well this is an alternative that is supposed to be the only anti snake formula ever proven to work. I myself have not used it and cannot vouch for its effectiveness but it seems to be reputable. Granted its the website thats selling it that says its reputable but maybe you want to look into it. http://www.pestproducts.com/snakeaway.htm On the other hand, given the situation as you've explained it, it seems like you might just be trapping the snakes in and spending a fortune trying to spread this stuff all over you land. You may be able to spread it only around your house though and that might be a little comforting.

I figure this pertains to THR either by way of hunting methods or else its just self defence against dangerous animals. (I hope the mods buy that)
 
The CCI .45 ACP shot shells work in my 1911 with a 12# recoil spring. They work very well on even big timber rattlers around here.

I load my own snake loads for the .357 & .44, I like to use #12 shot as it gives a dencer pattern.
 
So far, no snakes at my camp....

I saw a rat snake last year but no copperheads or water moccasins. My neighbor killed a couple copperheads last year but he is a metal roofer and has a lot of roofing tin lying around his shop. I have been told there are mocciasins around the water hole on the southwest corner of my property but I have never seen any. There are a lot of pigs in the area and they eat snakes........chris3
 
Water moc's are really neat to watch - from a distance. They zip through the water at a nice clip (or is it magazine?). Amazing. And scary, when they decide that you're fun to watch.

Thinking of the shotshells for fishing expeditions. Last place we were at, there was a water moccasin on steroids. Zipping to and fro. Had my 1911 with me, but it's a little difficult to hit a skinny, moving target - didn't touch off a round because of that.
 
I leave non-venomous snakes alone if found in my yard. If I find them in my basement I take them outside.

As far a rattlesnakes go (the only poisonous snake commonly encountered here in Nebraska) I will leave them alone. Unless they are a direct threat I see no reason to dispatch them as they are a necessary part or the ecosystem.

I loathe the idea of rattlesnake round ups (though I had eaten rattlesnake acquired through such means as a youngster). The rattlesnake I had eaten was fried in batter, had some very funny looking striped meat (and not very much of it) and did indeed taste like chicken.

I did shoot the head off of a very large rattler with a 180 grain loaded 30’06 from a Remington 700 while deer hunting once . Looking back it was a foolish thing to do as the snake was paying me no mind and moving away from where I was. Strange thing is that this happened in Nebraska in November (on an unseasonably warm day near a known hibernium).
 
I like to use the 20ga w/#6shot.. sometimes the snake charges right at the shooter so you can't use 22's
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.22 shotshells will work but in my opinion you have to get so close, about 5 to 6 feet from the snake for them to be effective you may run a serious risk of being bitten if you don't kill the critter in one shot.
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Are you guys seriously stating that its possible for any venomous snakes in North America are capable of "charging" a human being or a snake within 6 feet could "outrun" a human being? what the hell are you guys suggesting??? The African black mamba might be capable of this sort of thing, but only on rare occasions. I highly doubt any pit vipers (rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottenmouths) would be capable of outrunning a human being, not that any of these snakes would ever attempt to do so. If you guys just want to wholesale slaughter anything you see creeping around your land, then fine, but enough of this crap about snakes chasing down and attacking humans.
 
I too am a snake lover and have been since I was a 9 year old boy when my father bought me my first pet snake for Christmas. I can understand the need to kill certain venomous snakes because you have children near by but I don't see the need to kill them just because you are afraid of them. Snakes are actually pretty smart creatures if you ask me. You will have some that are really shy and some really like to be handled. My dad was at my house the other day and caught a rat snake and at first all it wanted to do was strike and try to bite but after about 15 minutes we could hold it all we wanted and it didn't even attempt to bite.

Water Moccasin can be very nasty animals though, about 18 years ago I was nailed on the leg by one which wasn't a pleasant experience nor was it a cheap adventure due to the cost of the antidote.

I was bitten by a hog nose snake once that made me terribly sick for about 48 hours.:barf:

I would be in heaven though if I lived in TX or AZ. I probably would spend the majority of my time trying to catch these old rattlers.
 
Shots fired: 0 - Snakes killed: 2

Hey when you are good, you are good! :D

Old Rusty Garden Hoe, sharpened.
I installed a nice old hickory handle onto this hoe. Price : Free.

Brush around a pond and out and about with this hoe I put together.
Oh I had a single shot shotgun and CCW.
With me my lady friend , armed with single shot 28 ga and CCW, and her Black Lab .

Guy gets two water moccasins.
Guy Gets the girl [ *feign*"my hero" *sigh* :p ] and Black Lab thinks this guy is pretty cool too .

:)
 
A fellow died in my county last summer from rattlesnake bites (2) - he reportedly "wasn't afraid of them and knew how to catch them"
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Tallpine,

Yep, accidents happen all the time. What is your point?:rolleyes:
 
There are a lot more people killed in this country by bee stings than rattlesnakes
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Kinda irrelevant, due to where you find snakes versus bees. Bees will live almost anywhere - every once in a while you'll hear of some church that's full of thousands of bees. Snakes like the wide-open spaces. The only snakes you're likely to see in big cities are pets and politicians. Out in the country (in Texas anyhoo), you can find pets, politicians, and the real deal.

A little bit like saying that you shouldn't worry about bear attacks during a trip to Alaska, since there's so darn few of 'em on a national scale. Like all the salesman seem to say, location is key. You've got extremely slight chances of running into bears in Hawaii and Florida.
 
kslice Welcome to THR. Thanx for clearing that up for us.
News Shooter I'm not questioning the validity of your statement, but I'd love to see a source if you've got one.
 
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“Ay, ay, ay, no es bueno!”
 
Not trying to get into an argument

Here's a link to a story that mentions it.

http://www.whmentors.org/saf/snakes.html

I believe it is pretty much common knowledge. Just about every hospital in america has anti-venom on hand these days and unless someone is isolated
there is no reason not to get treatment.

My point in all this is that the wholesale killing of rattlesnakes because they are some kind of a perceived danger is misplaced fear. There are plenty of ways of dealing with them which have been covered here.

However, I do understand some folks' irrational fear of snakes. I've seen it first hand
 
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