Author Topic: Guns for killing snakes (Read 6463 times)

Wes14 · « **Reply #210 on:** July 11, 2007, 11:35:41 AM »

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BOOM....good snake

Good point

DiabloTX · « **Reply #211 on:** July 11, 2007, 03:35:05 PM »

LMAO, Jackal!

Angus · « **Reply #212 on:** July 11, 2007, 03:41:39 PM »

"It's not like it's invisible until you step on it. And you should be able to tell what kind of snake it is when you see it."

Most snake bites occure on the legs below the knee, and AFAIK to an unsuspecting person. Most fatalities are to children.

By the way, us farmers also gun down seagulls. While harmless, they are a meanace to any sick animal (they will eat the arse and eyes out of a living horse with fever if they "need to"), as well as spreading Salmonella into the pastures and drinking water. They will also peck holes into silage bales, and then there is something common with cats (sadly) and snakes, - they will gobble up youngbirds (very little ones) and eggs.
Gunning them down brings results, - less of them.
( I shot so much one year that I got a question from the tax authorities, - I had so much ammo on the expense list, hehe)
So, put it up again, - in an area where you have a living threat of poisonous snakes in the grass where your toddlers (or grandkids Jackal) play, - then I'd really try to keep their number....low...and a cat & dog for the other problems ....

Angus · « **Reply #213 on:** July 11, 2007, 03:43:16 PM »

"We kill more snakes each year than they kill of us.
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Yep. the scoreboard is looking good for us. Go team...go.

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hehehehehe

DieAz · « **Reply #214 on:** July 11, 2007, 09:02:09 PM »

http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=209840 < check it out. he did a fine job. this is how it is done.

Jackal1 · « **Reply #215 on:** July 12, 2007, 04:33:27 AM »

McFarland · « **Reply #216 on:** July 12, 2007, 06:42:09 AM »

That's how you get over swamped with rats and mice. And bit.

Jackal1 · « **Reply #217 on:** July 12, 2007, 07:21:23 AM »

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Originally posted by McFarland
That's how you get over swamped with rats and mice.

Naw...cats will easily take care of the rats and mice and much more efficiently than a Tony Lama in training.

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And bit.

LOL He don`t bite anyone after he sees the flash and hears the BOOM. Bad snake to good snake in .10 seconds. He`s dead Jim.

You get bit by playing with the belt buckle wannabes and making cuddly toys out of something that will sink fangs into human flesh. It`s a no brainer.

McFarland · « **Reply #218 on:** July 12, 2007, 07:58:24 AM »

I don't play with snakes, and they are good for the environment. I guess you never heard of Steve Irwin, nor took any advice to heart. And snakes aren't out to get people, they will rather run than have to waste venom on something they can't eat. And in your equation, it's good snake to bad in .10 seconds. I guess you would kill even a garter snake if it crossed your path, just to be "on the safe side"? More like you have an agenda to kill every snake on earth. Poachers.

lazs2 · « **Reply #219 on:** July 12, 2007, 08:21:11 AM »

well.. I agree with jackal that my grandkids are not replaceable. I will kill every snake on the planet if it saves one of my grandkids.. or even yours.

You claim that snakes are good for the environment. You haven't said how yet. All you have said is that they kill mice. If that is the only thing they are good for then we can live without em..

Their time has passed and they are useless.. to be replaced by feral and domestic small felines. I don't see how the countries that don't have snakes are so bad off.

People aren't steve irwin (who was killed by nature) who spend their life studying snakes... even people who have been around snakes a lot make mistakes on the old.. "poison snake/not poison snake" quickie ID.

people get bit in the legs and hands by snakes they never seen and children are the biggest victim.

Soo.. we have a nasty little critter that is often poisonous and has no environmental value or.. his value has been taken over by a superior breed...

If you are hiking around a revolver in 38, 44 or 45 with the first round a shot load will do a really great job of converting live snakes to good snakes and helping them become extinct as they should be.
lazs

McFarland · « **Reply #220 on:** July 12, 2007, 08:41:05 AM »

They keep the rodent populations down, and other species. That's how they are good for the environment. And they aren't "nasty little critter"s. And Steve Irwin was killed because he pulled the barb out. Had he left it in, he would have survived. And it is agreed that he was killed because the cameraman got in front of the sting ray and it felt threatened, and thus shot its barb up. Countries that don't have snakes often also don't have rats and mice because they never reached those places. "If that is the only thing they are good for then we can live without em.." no, because cats are not a replacement for snakes. Many snakes live underground, where cats couldn't live, (I've never seen a burrowing cat) and eat harmful garden pests. We couldn't live without snakes in this country. And it doesn't take a lifetime of study to be able to identify the venomous species in your area. Maybe it's not snakes that are the problem, but humans encroaching on their territory. And here's something to give you a thought aboot whether cats are better than snakes: In cities where snakes aren't present, there are many rats and mice. There are many stray cats there as well, but there are still lots of rats and mice. Cats can't get to rats and mice in some places, but snakes can.

lazs2 · « **Reply #221 on:** July 12, 2007, 08:53:00 AM »

everything they do... cats do better. Other countries do indeed have mice and no snakes.. I think angus would tell you that.

I don't care why irwin died except as an interesting addendum... He played with dangerous stuff and eventually got killed. that is the way it is. there is no safe way to do it. snake handlers have all been bit.

raising kittens you will get scratched a little and bit maybe.. but.. you can turn your back on em and the wounds are seldom life threatening if you get a tournicate on em and get the limb sewn back on right away.

I just find it ironic that you dredge up your fear of kitty kats and the ghost of steve irwin up in the same post.

was irwin afraid of cats too?

lazs

McFarland · « **Reply #222 on:** July 12, 2007, 09:00:45 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
everything they do... cats do better. Other countries do indeed have mice and no snakes.. I think angus would tell you that.

I don't care why irwin died except as an interesting addendum... He played with dangerous stuff and eventually got killed. that is the way it is. there is no safe way to do it. snake handlers have all been bit.

raising kittens you will get scratched a little and bit maybe.. but.. you can turn your back on em and the wounds are seldom life threatening if you get a tournicate on em and get the limb sewn back on right away.

I just find it ironic that you dredge up your fear of kitty kats and the ghost of steve irwin up in the same post.

was irwin afraid of cats too?

lazs

No, Steve Irwin was not afraid of cats. And he wasn't killed by a deadly animal. He was killed by a harmless stingray that happened to hit his heart. And he would have lived had the barb not been taken out. And for the last time, I'm not afraid of cats. I just know that feral cats go back to their instincts, and none are loyal. Loyalty is the most important part of any pet. And I've been bit. By copperheads. Me arm hurt for a couple weeks, that was all. And yes, there is a safe way to go aboot handling dangerous things. He did not "play". He did an important job of relocating them to places where they would not come into cntact with people. I think you should be relocated to a place where you won't come into contact with snakes. Or any other animal. God blessed Steve Irwin. Thank God for his contributions to society.

lazs2 · « **Reply #223 on:** July 12, 2007, 09:06:10 AM »

do you even read what you write? steve irwin was killed by a harmless animal?

no... if he had driven his car into a tree because he wanted to avoid hitting a cat then he would have been killed by a harmless animal..

When an animal drives a spike into your heart it kinda goes past the "harmless animal" stage to me.

Face it.. we don't need snakes.. their time is over. many many species become extinct.. even without the help of man.. it is time for snakes to do so.

lazs

McFarland · « **Reply #224 on:** July 12, 2007, 09:14:41 AM »

Steve Irwin was killed by a harmless animal. A stingray normally only inflicts a painfull wound. It just happened to hit his heart in this case. Another man was stabbed through the heart by a stingray, and is still alive. Steve Irwin bled to death. He wasn't killed by the venom, he was killed by bad luck of where it hit.