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Author Topic: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.  (Read 15374 times)

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Re: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.
« Reply #15 on: September 02, 2008, 03:45:29 PM »
A small pistol or shoty would be good in case it is pissed at 10 yards. a shovel will not reach that. sometimes it better to play safe at 10 yards then at 2 yards and a shovel. better to be safe then sorry :twocents:

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Re: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.
« Reply #16 on: September 02, 2008, 03:48:37 PM »
Wow, even Idabooner can do some dumb things!  I do not feel so bad now for some of the dumb things I have done.  When I was reading your write up I was saying "Oh No, that sound like a bad idea!"  I have never come up on a snake, but I am sure after I peed myself I would probably do the same thing you did with my 300WSM and wonder why I am cut up all over.......
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Re: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.
« Reply #17 on: September 02, 2008, 04:30:43 PM »
I have a 410 called the "snake charmer" just a tiny lil gun made for shootin snakes...got 2 with it this weekend, blew there head rite off.

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Re: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.
« Reply #18 on: September 02, 2008, 04:53:40 PM »
Im gonna go with my truck tire :P
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Re: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.
« Reply #19 on: September 02, 2008, 05:06:07 PM »
They ran out of anti-venom here about a month ago and everyone that got bit had to be airlifted somewhere else.

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Re: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.
« Reply #20 on: November 12, 2008, 09:51:31 AM »
They ran out of anti-venom here about a month ago and everyone that got bit had to be airlifted somewhere else.

A neighbor of ours down in Lincoln said the snakes were really bad this year. He had never had one in his yard for 15 years and had 3 this summer. We had one on our property that lost it's head....I hate snakes....

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Re: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.
« Reply #21 on: November 12, 2008, 04:36:08 PM »
I pin them down and whack off the head.But I can be a nut case.killed alot that way but!!!! shotgun to the head bone or shovel.just depends on how bad you dont want to be bit.

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Re: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.
« Reply #22 on: November 12, 2008, 04:53:25 PM »
I have a 410 called the "snake charmer" just a tiny lil gun made for shootin snakes...got 2 with it this weekend, blew there head rite off.

best darn snake killer there is, and doubles as a great grouse gun.

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Re: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.
« Reply #23 on: November 12, 2008, 04:56:41 PM »
The rimfire and pistol "shotshells" work very well on snakes...
The problem isn't that the shells suck, it's the rifling in your firearm! It distorts the shot and jumbles up the shot column so you don't really have a "pattern" when they exit the barrel...which is why they only work at close distance. The plus side, however, is that you don't have to worry about ricochets.

if you're dumb like me and shoot at a sheet of plywood from 10feet to "check out the pattern" they can and will bounce back and nail you... though it's barely noticeable (eye protection would be a good idea).

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Re: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.
« Reply #24 on: November 12, 2008, 05:02:37 PM »
I have a Taurus Judge that shoots 2.5 inch .410 shells. That will mess up a snakes medical records for sure.
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Re: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.
« Reply #25 on: November 12, 2008, 10:02:59 PM »
I just use a rock.......it works good also have soem 357 shotshells that will do the job but mostly I just use a rock or the truck :)

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Re: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.
« Reply #26 on: November 13, 2008, 02:55:49 PM »
If yer killin em and not eatin em yer missin a great meal. I kinda freak my friends out cause I like to play with em. If you spend a little time calming them down you can pick em up and pet em.
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Re: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.
« Reply #27 on: November 13, 2008, 03:07:56 PM »
If yer killin em and not eatin em yer missin a great meal. I kinda freak my friends out cause I like to play with em. If you spend a little time calming them down you can pick em up and pet em.
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Re: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.
« Reply #28 on: November 14, 2008, 06:14:12 PM »
put a pinch of copenhagen in  his mouth kills em dead!!! :chuckle:

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Re: Rattlesnake Weapon of choice.
« Reply #29 on: November 15, 2008, 11:50:39 PM »
just get a high powered airsoft gun, thats all you really need(with metal ammo).
I wouldnt try that :bdid:

Plus a good high powered airsoft gun is as expensive as a real gun...
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