As I've mentioned before, we've bought some mountain land in WVa with a small cabin on it to use as a little get away spot.
Spot77 and I trucked down there last week to do some recon on the building as I've never been in it and it was not really considered part of the deal on the purchase.
Sure enough, a very large snake has taken up residence in the building and must obviously be removed. Hopefully, I'll be able to "persuade" him to move on since I'd rather not kill an otherwise peaceful creature.
That being said, I want to go prepared, defensively, since we couldn't tell what he was (he was up in the loft). Hopefully a black snake, but there are rattlers around.
I have some snake shot for my .22lr but it IS a pretty big snake and some folks have expressed that this might not be enough. So...I managed to pry my grandfather's Hi-Standard .410 out of dad's hands to use if need be. Figured the 12 gauge would be a bit over done
I don't know the first thing about .410 loads......what is a good light load that will take care of said snake without making additional holes in the building?
Just to be clear....I'm not going hunting for the snake, but want to clear trash out of the building bit by bit to encourage him to move on. I just want to be able to take him out if he turns out to be a rattler and gets aggressive.
Spot77 and I trucked down there last week to do some recon on the building as I've never been in it and it was not really considered part of the deal on the purchase.
Sure enough, a very large snake has taken up residence in the building and must obviously be removed. Hopefully, I'll be able to "persuade" him to move on since I'd rather not kill an otherwise peaceful creature.
That being said, I want to go prepared, defensively, since we couldn't tell what he was (he was up in the loft). Hopefully a black snake, but there are rattlers around.
I have some snake shot for my .22lr but it IS a pretty big snake and some folks have expressed that this might not be enough. So...I managed to pry my grandfather's Hi-Standard .410 out of dad's hands to use if need be. Figured the 12 gauge would be a bit over done
I don't know the first thing about .410 loads......what is a good light load that will take care of said snake without making additional holes in the building?
Just to be clear....I'm not going hunting for the snake, but want to clear trash out of the building bit by bit to encourage him to move on. I just want to be able to take him out if he turns out to be a rattler and gets aggressive.