a little friend

[rennie]

I went to a friends place in Gonzales TX and help him, and keep an eye on him so nothing happens to him. He is 82 yrs old and his wife and daughter don't want him going down by him self. Here is a 3-1/2 to 4' Cotton Mouth Moccasin that tried to eat us, and rushed us. I shot 3 times with a 9mm and hit him three times, in the neck and twice in the head. The old barn is about 100 or more yrs old and made out of square Mesquite posts. I am trying to talk him into letting me MD.
Rennie

 

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[umrgolf]

2 years ago around Christmas there was a copperhead in my garage about that size.. a little smaller but nonetheless large for a copperhead.. He got the same treatment. Good work

 

[Knightwalker]

Wow.. Nice find. We have rattlers, copperheads and other snakes that big here in Illinois.
HH in 2010

 

[Old River]

Just proud you saw him first. We have those to contend with down here in the swamps. Good luck, and hope you make some good finds.

 

[Knightwalker]

That's a big one.

Did you eat it? Snake is quite tasty.

You just cut off the head, gut it, and the skin slips off pretty easily with a pair of pliers.
Roasting on a spit is pretty easy.




And the next time you get "surrounded" by a snake, you know you can go around them, right?

And they say it taste like chicken.

 

[Dedimus]

Cotton mouth Moccasin

the Devil in disguise

 

[LI Tom]

3 out of 3,very nice shooting.

 

[SkyPirate]

Just wondering why everyone has to kill a snake when they see one? Snakes keep the rodent population in check and that helps keep down the spread of disease. I am sure if you let the snake alone he would have slithered away without bothering you.
Give snakes a break!

 

[DigginThePast]

Now its a good Cottonmouth!

 

[SkyPirate]

Just wondering why everyone has to kill a snake when they see one? Snakes keep the rodent population in check and that helps the spread of disease. I am sure if you let the snake alone he would have slithered away without bothering you.
Give snakes a break!

I wonder this myself, my previous joke aside.

Reflex?



I'm not some kinda treehugger, but how does one get "surrounded" by a snake?

I can see EATING it...

i guess I'm old fasioned, but I can't see killing something you are not going to eat oryou can outrun by leaning over.

Of course I was born in AFRICA... :-)

I am by far no religious freak or a tree hugger, but I don't see a reason for wasting life. Any life. Sure if you are going to eat it or it is attacking your kid or pet you have to do what you have to do.(humanely) Everything was put on this earth for a reason. Not all of Gods creatures are cute and cuddly but they some how serve a purpose in the grand scheme of things. We (humans) have already wiped out hundreds if not thousands of species for no good reason. I could go on. Just my opinion.

 

[SkyPirate]

I went to a friends place in Gonzales TX and help him, and keep an eye on him so nothing happens to him. He is 82 yrs old and his wife and daughter don't want him going down by him self. Here is a 3-1/2 to 4' Cotton Mouth Moccasin that tried to eat us, and rushed us. I shot 3 times with a 9mm and hit him three times, in the neck and twice in the head. The old barn is about 100 or more yrs old and made out of square Mesquite posts. I am trying to talk him into letting me MD.
Rennie

Why did you shoot your little friend?

 

[umrgolf]

The author of the thread stated that the snake came at him. I'm no snake expert but I have heard of cottonmouths doing this sort of thing. If we do in fact take the author for his word, then it would seem that he made a very wise decision, as cottonmouths are very poisonous

 

[umrgolf]

Just wondering why everyone has to kill a snake when they see one? Snakes keep the rodent population in check and that helps the spread of disease. I am sure if you let the snake alone he would have slithered away without bothering you.
Give snakes a break!

I wonder this myself, my previous joke aside.

Reflex?



I'm not some kinda treehugger, but how does one get "surrounded" by a snake?

I can see EATING it...

i guess I'm old fasioned, but I can't see killing something you are not going to eat oryou can outrun by leaning over.

Of course I was born in AFRICA... :-)

because it really sucks to get bit...it also costs around $100,000. in anti-venom if you are lucky enough to live close to a hospital that has it. It sometimes takes several courses. We live many miles from a hospital and you may have scared the one away in the daytime but step on him later that day when it cools off and he crawls up on your porch to the heat still in the porch. A friend of ours was bit by a Rattle snake baby by his tire...he was luck to find a hospital with the anti-venom....His bill was $75,000. My bother in law lost his $2500. colt because it was bitten on the nose and he didn't have 2 pieces of garden hose to shove up the nostrils before the nostrils swelled shut suffocating him. What a painful way to die. Our neighbor's dog has taken so many bites she is immune...she took 2 for her owner cause she jumped between the snake and him. I could go on and on about folks getting bit...so for me...shovel or gun whichever is closer at the time.

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Amen, this makes perfect sense... "give snakes a break" is a great thought but a bit of a stereotype that all snakes are harmless.. i agree with you skypirate that if you see a helpless black snake and wrecklessly kill it that youve done no good, but when it comes to defending yourself, really who wouldnt?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I think its the only native snake that will attack and keep coming. Scary. I dont know why some cottonmouths will to do that. Heres some snake pics for ya I got.. These snakes eat deer and alligators.

 

[SkyPirate]

The author of the thread stated that the snake came at him. I'm no snake expert but I have heard of cottonmouths doing this sort of thing. If we do in fact take the author for his word, then it would seem that he made a very wise decision, as cottonmouths are very poisonous

If a snake came at me I would run away, I am sure I could out run it

 

[SkyPirate]

The author of the thread stated that the snake came at him. I'm no snake expert but I have heard of cottonmouths doing this sort of thing. If we do in fact take the author for his word, then it would seem that he made a very wise decision, as cottonmouths are very poisonous

So are black widow spiders

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Snakes are beneficial and I would leave them alone on my property. Found in my house, I would merely escort it out the door. I would leave a poisonous snake alone in the woods. A poisonous snake in my barn or home is a dead snake.

 

[SkyPirate]

Just wondering why everyone has to kill a snake when they see one? Snakes keep the rodent population in check and that helps the spread of disease. I am sure if you let the snake alone he would have slithered away without bothering you.
Give snakes a break!

I wonder this myself, my previous joke aside.

Reflex?



I'm not some kinda treehugger, but how does one get "surrounded" by a snake?

I can see EATING it...

i guess I'm old fasioned, but I can't see killing something you are not going to eat oryou can outrun by leaning over.

Of course I was born in AFRICA... :-)

because it really sucks to get bit...it also costs around $100,000. in anti-venom if you are lucky enough to live close to a hospital that has it. It sometimes takes several courses. We live many miles from a hospital and you may have scared the one away in the daytime but step on him later that day when it cools off and he crawls up on your porch to the heat still in the porch. A friend of ours was bit by a Rattle snake baby by his tire...he was luck to find a hospital with the anti-venom....His bill was $75,000. My bother in law lost his $2500. colt because it was bitten on the nose and he didn't have 2 pieces of garden hose to shove up the nostrils before the nostrils swelled shut suffocating him. What a painful way to die. Our neighbor's dog has taken so many bites she is immune...she took 2 for her owner cause she jumped between the snake and him. I could go on and on about folks getting bit...so for me...shovel or gun whichever is closer at the time.

p

Amen, this makes perfect sense... "give snakes a break" is a great thought but a bit of a stereotype that all snakes are harmless.. i agree with you skypirate that if you see a helpless black snake and wrecklessly kill it that youve done no good, but when it comes to defending yourself, really who wouldnt?

Like I said I am all for defending yourself, children and pets. Needless taking of life is what bothers me. If a snake were advancing to bite my wife or my dog I would take the same action.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

That's a big one.

Did you eat it? Snake is quite tasty.

You just cut off the head, gut it, and the skin slips off pretty easily with a pair of pliers.
Roasting on a spit is pretty easy.




And the next time you get "surrounded" by a snake, you know you can go around them, right?

LOL funny but usually true.

 

[SkyPirate]

I think its the only native snake that will attack and keep coming. Scary. I dont know why some cottonmouths will to do that. Heres some snake pics for ya I got.. These snakes eat deer and alligators.

September 15, 2006—A fresh lamb dinner might sound like a manageable meal for an 18-foot-long (5.5-meter-long) python. But maybe the hungry snake should have waited for the lamb to be born.

Last week firefighters in the Malaysian village of Kampung Jabor were called in to remove the bloated snake (pictured) from a roadway. The reptile had swallowed an entire pregnant sheep and was too full to slither away and digest its supersize meal.

But the stress of being captured likely triggered the python to purge—it eventually regurgitated the dead ewe.