Author Topic: Guns for killing snakes (Read 5917 times)

lazs2 · « **Reply #90 on:** July 05, 2007, 08:19:19 AM »

If I knew there was only one snake left I would kill it.

I have also been shooting some colibri gallery rounds in the house.. 22's fired by the primer... 20 grain slug at 500 fps. that would be a good "yard snake killer" I even think the speer plastic bullets for 44 would be good.

lazs

Suave · « **Reply #91 on:** July 05, 2007, 08:39:09 AM »

Wow, not only is laz afraid of snakes, but he's a cat person.

lazs2 · « **Reply #92 on:** July 05, 2007, 08:49:54 AM »

yep.. I think everyone who has ever lived in the country is a "cat person" or just stupid. cats are very efficient rodent killers.. nothing compares.

At work I am on 500 acres surrounded by farms... the mice are unreal destructive to equipment. We have two cats.. they are locked in at night and the mice problem has gone away.. when we first got em it looked like a slaughterhouse the next morning when we unlocked the doors.. and for weeks after. they killed so many that they couldn't even eat em anymore.

but snakes? what is the point? I am sure they were simply left behind by some alien tourist to the planet.

lazs

Jackal1 · « **Reply #93 on:** July 05, 2007, 10:39:51 AM »

Have you hugged your snake today?

As far as I`m concerned snakes have only two uses.
Tony Lama can make a nice pair of boots out of them and in the case of the rattlesnake it makes a mighty tasty snack if fried correctly.

Well..............they are good for target practice, so I`ll make that three.

ghi · « **Reply #94 on:** July 05, 2007, 10:59:39 AM »

Get a mangoose as pet, the most impresive fight to death inbetwen 2 creature, one always dies at the end

from LiveLeak.com
Mangoose vs Cobra

lazs2 · « **Reply #95 on:** July 05, 2007, 02:36:13 PM »

jakal... got to admit.. they are good target practice and there is some ornamental use for their skins.

lazs

Angus · « **Reply #96 on:** July 05, 2007, 05:49:19 PM »

LOL, while I feel lucky to be not surrounded by snakes, poisoned spiders (or gun-toting imbeciles), I feel myself absolutely in the park of Lasz and Jacka1.
Just takes a little bit of imagination. My 1 year old in the garden and a naugty poisoned snake.
I'd be fast oooout with a hosepipe/broomstick and the 12".

Same goes with cats. Cats are a necessity.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #97 on:** July 05, 2007, 05:54:38 PM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
yep.. I think everyone who has ever lived in the country is a "cat person" or just stupid. cats are very efficient rodent killers.. nothing compares.

At work I am on 500 acres surrounded by farms... the mice are unreal destructive to equipment. We have two cats.. they are locked in at night and the mice problem has gone away.. when we first got em it looked like a slaughterhouse the next morning when we unlocked the doors.. and for weeks after. they killed so many that they couldn't even eat em anymore.

but snakes? what is the point? I am sure they were simply left behind by some alien tourist to the planet.

lazs

Mine leaves me the bodies. She's so considerate.

McFarland · « **Reply #98 on:** July 05, 2007, 08:45:36 PM »

I don't like cats for that reason: They kill just for fun and sport, not for food. Snakes only kill to eat. And snakes are good, if it weren't for snakes, we would be overun with rats and mice. As for DieAz ignoring me, he is just too stuck up to listen to any other opinion than his, and he thinks he's always right. Killing for sport is just stupid, and a waste. I live in the country, and cats aren't a neccessity. Dogs are, cats aren't. And no, daddy long legs do not kill black widows or any other spider. They have no venom at all, they mostly eat dead things and plants. That is pure myth that they are venomous, they aren't even a type of spider. They are in a group all their own, called harvestmen.

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Wow, not only is laz afraid of snakes, but he's a cat person.

Very well said.

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These harmless-to-people arachnids are known for their exceptionally long walking legs, compared to body size. The difference between harvestmen and spiders is that in harvestmen the two main body sections (the abdomen with ten segments and cephalothorax, or prosoma and opisthosoma) are nearly joined, so that they appear to be one oval structure; they also have no venom or silk glands.

From wikipedia.

Angus · « **Reply #99 on:** July 06, 2007, 05:44:52 AM »

"I don't like cats for that reason: They kill just for fun and sport, not for food."

Well, a well balanced barn with cats and rodents alike will actually be otherwise.
They will first kill for food, then for practise, if they're any good that is.

(Just got myself 2 little kittens for the barn job)

McFarland · « **Reply #100 on:** July 06, 2007, 06:03:35 AM »

Exactly me point. Cats are the only animal in the world that kill just for the fun of it. Or "practise" as you call it. And exactly, "a little bit of imagination". If you teach your kids not to mess with snakes, they won't. If you teach them. You must teach them to respect them, not go around killing every one they see like maniac mass murderers, but to just leave them alone. Leave a snake alone, it will leave you alone. The only exception to this may be cobras, when they are guarding a nest. And pythons that are actually big enough to eat you. Many a time I have almost stepped on a snake, actually touching it with me shoe, and then watched it crawl off. It didn't even try to bite me, it just wanted to leave. Same goes with most spiders, and most other animals.

Jackal1 · « **Reply #101 on:** July 06, 2007, 06:43:42 AM »

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Exactly me point. Cats are the only animal in the world that kill just for the fun of it. Or "practise" as you call it.

Yep, they are cool animals. Predators. They keep the vermin and snakes down around their area. A must if on the farm or if you have outbuildings.

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You must teach them to respect them, not go around killing every one they see like maniac mass murderers, but to just leave them alone.

I taught mine to snuff every one of the bastiges they saw. Gun powder...It does a snake good.

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Leave a snake alone, it will leave you alone. The only exception to this may be cobras, when they are guarding a nest.

Horse flop!
Here we have the Cotton mouth water moccasin. Very, very aggressive. You enter an area in which they consider theirs and they will come for you in a heartbeat. The problem is they consider any area they happen to be in at the time theirs. Very venomous. Screw em....BOOM.....good snake.
The same can be said for the copperhead during breeding and before hibernation times. No sense of humor whatsoever. BOOM....good snake.

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Many a time I have almost stepped on a snake, actually touching it with me shoe, and then watched it crawl off. It didn't even try to bite me, it just wanted to leave.

Yea...snakes are cute and cuddly alright. I have had a cottonmouth`s fangs embedded and tangled in the buckskin of my boots for walking past an area within a few feet of the slithering bullseyes. BOOM.....good snake.
Due to the recent flooding in this area , people are being warned to take precautions against snakes and possible snakebites. BOOM..........good snake.

McFarland · « **Reply #102 on:** July 06, 2007, 06:54:17 AM »

Well then in your view point.....

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Exactly me point. Cats are the only animal in the world that kill just for the fun of it. Or "practise" as you call it.
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Yep, they are cool people. Predators. They keep the vermin and people down around their area. A must if on the farm or if you have outbuildings.

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You must teach them to respect them, not go around killing every one they see like maniac mass murderers, but to just leave them alone.
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I taught mine to snuff every one of the humans they saw. Gun powder...It does a man good.

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Leave a snake alone, it will leave you alone. The only exception to this may be cobras, when they are guarding a nest.
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Horse flop!
Here we have people. Very, very aggressive. You enter an area in which they consider theirs and they will come for you in a heartbeat. The problem is they consider any area they happen to be in at the time theirs. Very jealous. Screw em....BOOM.....good person.
The same can be said for the people during breeding and before hibernation times. No sense of humor whatsoever. BOOM.... good person.

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Many a time I have almost stepped on a snake, actually touching it with me shoe, and then watched it crawl off. It didn't even try to bite me, it just wanted to leave.
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Yea...people are cute and cuddly alright. I have had a man's fist embedded in me face for walking past an area within a few feet of the slithering jerks. BOOM.....good person.
Due to the recent population explosion in this area , snakes are being warned to take precautions against people. BOOM..........good person.

Angus · « **Reply #103 on:** July 06, 2007, 06:55:49 AM »

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Originally posted by McFarland
Exactly me point. Cats are the only animal in the world that kill just for the fun of it. Or "practise" as you call it. And exactly, "a little bit of imagination". If you teach your kids not to mess with snakes, they won't. If you teach them. You must teach them to respect them, not go around killing every one they see like maniac mass murderers, but to just leave them alone. Leave a snake alone, it will leave you alone. The only exception to this may be cobras, when they are guarding a nest. And pythons that are actually big enough to eat you. Many a time I have almost stepped on a snake, actually touching it with me shoe, and then watched it crawl off. It didn't even try to bite me, it just wanted to leave. Same goes with most spiders, and most other animals.

Wrong.

want a list?

McFarland · « **Reply #104 on:** July 06, 2007, 06:58:38 AM »

Oh yeah, there's another..... PEOPLE.