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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Tupac on April 26, 2012, 11:21:39 PM
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and told me there was a snake down at the barn, so I grabbed my snake glove and headed down. I had no idea what kind he was, but when I got down there he was up like a rattler and moving his tail like one.(http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz138/dcwdavid/7279b43e.jpg?t=1335499306)
I grabbed the shovel and dispatched him. The only good snake is a dead one.
(http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz138/dcwdavid/6e17b4ae.jpg?t=1335499304)
My preffered method is shotgun, but that is generally frowned upon at 10:45 at night.
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Why kill a harmless Blotched Water Snake? :confused:
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If you look, you will see 3 lumps. Those are 3 of our baby chickens.
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Why kill a harmless Blotched Water Snake? :confused:
That is NOT a blotched water snake.
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If you look, you will see 3 lumps. Those are 3 of our baby chickens.
It's not the snakes fault you can't keep you're chickens safe.
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You killed a snake. Look at you. Wtg.
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It's not the snakes fault you can't keep you're chickens safe.
Nope, it's not the snakes fault. I am the reason the snake isn't a problem anymore, however. You killed a snake. Look at you. Wtg.
Tupac landed 1 victory with a shovel.
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That is NOT a blotched water snake.
My bad, a Rat Snake. First picture was darker.
It's not the snakes fault you can't keep you're chickens safe.
Agree 100%.
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My bad, a Rat Snake. First picture was darker.
Agree 100%.
I still don't think it was a Rat Snake. If I can figure out what it is I put it in a bucket and take it down to the snake farm and they will keep it down there. This snake coiled up and shook it's tail like a rattler - something I've never seen a rat snake do before.
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I still don't think it was a Rat Snake. If I can figure out what it is I put it in a bucket and take it down to the snake farm and they will keep it down there. This snake coiled up and shook it's tail like a rattler - something I've never seen a rat snake do before.
You wouldn't have gotten that close if it was a Rattler. Coiling and shaking it's tail is a defensive mechanism in most snakes.
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You wouldn't have gotten that close if it was a Rattler. Coiling and shaking it's tail is a defensive mechanism in most snakes.
I didn't think it was a rattler, but it was acting like one. You can hear that rattle a solid 30' away.
Y'all sure are defensive of a dumb snake, sounds like PETA members.
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I didn't think it was a rattler, but it was acting like one. You can hear that rattle a solid 30' away.
Y'all sure are defensive of a dumb snake, sounds like PETA members.
I like snakes. They are like bats in that they control pests, which are cool too. The chicks were on you guys though, not the snake.
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I didn't think it was a rattler, but it was acting like one. You can hear that rattle a solid 30' away.
Y'all sure are defensive of a dumb snake, sounds like PETA members.
^^^
My school has a nature trail thats along 2 miles long, well a guy was there 2 weeks ago, saw a 7 foot king snake, took a picture and ran, now the school is trying to kill it.
"Nature on the nature trail oh my gosh lets kill it cause it clearly shouldn't be there!"
People these days :mad:
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The chicks were on you guys though, not the snake.
Well unfortunately, reinforcing the chicken coop is reactionary, not preventative. We do the best we can, and we assume it is secure until otherwise proven. Now we have to figure out where we he got in and how to fix it. When a snake get's that big (We measured it, 5 1/2 feet) It's just best to kill it. I don't like snakes almost as big as I am.
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its definantly not a rattler. and you can easily tell if a snake is poisonous by the shape of the head. this one doesnt look to be poisonous. its probably a king or gardner snake. I get those in my driveway all the time. Just monday after shooting a rabbit near the end of my driveway i went to retrieve it and i stepped on a rattler snake. 12 gauge quickly ended his reign and hes now bagged in the freezer.
and how did he get into your chicken coop? Ive got a million snakes where i live and ive never had one get into mine
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IDK Texas, but I'm pretty sure killing snakes is illegal here in TN....
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and how did he get into your chicken coop?
Dunno, but that's my project for tomorrow. Figure out how it got in the coop.
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I don't care either way about the snake dying, personally I don't like snakes; had a bad expirience with a rattler as a kid and now they scare the **** out of me, but I don't condone killing them for the sake of killing them. However, I fail to see how the snake getting the baby chickens is nessicarily his (or his family's) fault.
I mean if they did something stupid like leaving the door to the coop open or just letting the chickens run loose in the barn or whatever, yeah, it would be their fault. But if a snake just somehow got into the chicken coop, its nobody's fault, just one of those things that happens. And its not like the snakes gonna be missed, so no problems with it dying.
Snakes gotta eat so its not the snakes fault, and if they did everything reasonable to keep the chickens safe, its not their fault either. Just saying, the 'if you can't keep your chickens safe' comment seemed unessecary, I mean are they supposed to take turns guarding the chicken coop 24/7?
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Just saying, the 'if you can't keep your chickens safe' comment seemed unessecary, I mean are they supposed to take turns guarding the chicken coop 24/7?
It was, but I kinda expect low blows like that here.
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He definately deserved to die, after all he's all slithery and scaley and not at all soft and cuddly. And he was hungry. !"$^%^$££$, what did he anticipate was going to happen if he maliciously attacked what were quite obviously domestic animals, he must have known they belonged to someone and he scoffed them anyway. Not to mention they were all yellow and fluffy with sweet little faces. :aok
Good show I say to you Sir :salute
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Im on Tupac's side, I would've done the same thing. Snake ate my chickens? aww hellz nah! Lol but seriously, why let it go so it can come back and do it again? And it is not like they are endangered or anything, lighten up fellas! :aok
:salute
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Im on Tupac's side, I would've done the same thing. And it is not like they are endangered or anything, lighten up fellas! :aok
:salute
lol neither are chickens. you can buy em for pocket change
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I am forever getting pigeons out of chimneys. invariably the householder wants it dead wben its dragged out, terrified, with its eyes full of soot. now if it is injured and suffering then i will put it out of its misery. But iit makes me feel great if i can wash itz peepers out, give it a drink and let the verminous little bugger go. After all its just being a pigeon, not compelling justification for wrenching its bonce off
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Im on Tupac's side, I would've done the same thing. Snake ate my chickens? aww hellz nah! Lol but seriously, why let it go so it can come back and do it again? And it is not like they are endangered or anything, lighten up fellas! :aok
:salute
:salute RedBull
I am forever getting pigeons out of chimneys. invariably the householder wants it dead wben its dragged out, terrified, with its eyes full of soot. now if it is injured and suffering then i will put it out of its misery. But iit makes me feel great if i can wash itz peepers out, give it a drink and let the verminous little bugger go. After all its just being a pigeon, not compelling justification for wrenching its bonce off
Pigeons and snakes are quite different - I wouldn't kill a pigeon if it wasn't suffering. I don't like snakes, I will try not to kill them but there was no way I was gonna touch that snake as long as it was breathing. There was no way I was going to be able to relocate it, because I wouldn't be able to get it in the bucket, and I most certainly wasn't going to let it wander around our property and possibly kill more chicks.
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:salute RedBull
Pigeons and snakes are quite different - I wouldn't kill a pigeon if it wasn't suffering. I don't like snakes, I will try not to kill them but there was no way I was gonna touch that snake as long as it was breathing. There was no way I was going to be able to relocate it, because I wouldn't be able to get it in the bucket, and I most certainly wasn't going to let it wander around our property and possibly kill more chicks.
I can't wait for you're next thread in how you fixed your chicken coop, I'm sure it will be a riveting tale.
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"Assassination with extreme prejudice" :aok
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I am forever getting pigeons out of chimneys. invariably the householder wants it dead wben its dragged out, terrified, with its eyes full of soot. now if it is injured and suffering then i will put it out of its misery. But iit makes me feel great if i can wash itz peepers out, give it a drink and let the verminous little bugger go. After all its just being a pigeon, not compelling justification for wrenching its bonce off
Very valid point which I can agree with!
I can't wait for you're next thread in how you fixed your chicken coop, I'm sure it will be a riveting tale.
When the hell did you get on this high horse suns???
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Very valid point which I can agree with! When the hell did you get on this high horse suns???
+1 :bolt:
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With the notable exception of the three "lumps" I'd say he did an excellent job of protecting the chickens. Predators and farm animals don't mix. (I realize coming from me that last part must sound a little weird...)
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Mmmm... Snakes.
Taste like gator. :aok
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teh second pic looks kinda like a bull snake, never seen one that dark though. I used to have 2 down to 1 now and they will rattle their tail like a rattlesnake.
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I can't wait for you're next thread in how you fixed your chicken coop, I'm sure it will be a riveting tale.
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As long as snakes leave me alone I leave them alone. Now eating your chickens? Thats different. In fact being anywheres around the barn is a death sentence. Thats a snake taking money out of your pocket which means it going to get the ole shovel in the head. Same goes for other critters as well.
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Good thing I didnt start my opossum thread now
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Billy would have relocated the snake if it was not poisonous. Although Ricky probally would have gotten bit. :D
(http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb370/4cherbat/billy_auto%20show/billy-exterminator-poses-by-cage-on-lawn.jpg)
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While I think killing the snake was a little unnecessary, making this thread just shows all you care about is getting a reaction out of people you know will not like the fact that you killed an animal and then sported in pictures with its dead carcass. You might be the most starved for attention teenager on the bbs, which is saying a lot.
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If you're so afraid of snakes that you can't touch a living one, you got problems, son.
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If you're so afraid of snakes that you can't touch a living one, you got problems, son.
Ok, read my first few posts again.
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If only Adam had a shovel....
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While I think killing the snake was a little unnecessary, making this thread just shows all you care about is getting a reaction out of people you know will not like the fact that you killed an animal and then sported in pictures with its dead carcass. You might be the most starved for attention teenager on the bbs, which is saying a lot.
You should change your name to hernia, because you are very inflammatory.
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If only Adam had a shovel....
^--The best post of the whole thread...........
I don't condone what the guy did to the snake and neither am I a fan of chicken.
My problem is with a stray Tom cat.
Too quick for the shovel but was tinkering with a catapult and some ballbearings. Haven't hit it yet, just the fence.
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I don't like snakes almost as big as I am.
Who the Hell Would
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Nope, it's not the snakes fault. I am the reason the snake isn't a problem anymore, however.
Tupac landed 1 victory with a shovel.
:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
As long as snakes leave me alone I leave them alone. Now eating your chickens? Thats different. In fact being anywheres around the barn is a death sentence. Thats a snake taking money out of your pocket which means it going to get the ole shovel in the head. Same goes for other critters as well.
+1 on that.
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I dont see why the snake has to die. did he kill you or a family member? Yes, he got 3 your baby chicks, but chickens are replaceable. I'm not a big fan of snakes, but killing a harmless snake is like bullying the smallest kid in school, not cool. I'm with Grizz on this one. deffinitly seems like an attention post....
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As long as snakes leave me alone I leave them alone. Now eating your chickens? Thats different. In fact being anywheres around the barn is a death sentence. Thats a snake taking money out of your pocket which means it going to get the ole shovel in the head. Same goes for other critters as well.
I tend to agree to a point with this but 3 chicks.... :rolleyes: how do you know it's not 3 mice? I mean do you think the snake went into the barn to get the chickens??? More likely followed a rodent trail and was hunting mice and or rats and happened upon the chicks.
I'm not saying snakes wont eat or target birds and that snake was large enough to eat some big birds but it's more likely that it was after mice.
A good rat terrier would solve all these issues but thats not the point,how much damage do rodents cause and whats the cost involved with that? Maybe having a nonpoisonous snake around isnt a bad idea if you keep your chickens safe.
I think it was totally unnecessary to kill the snake but thats just me,I have no say in how you "protect" your property.
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I know it was 3 chicks because 3 were missing. We had 11. Now we have 8
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I know it was 3 chicks because 3 were missing. We had 11. Now we have 8
Fair enough!
My Mom inlaw had a horse farm for years,I understand why you did what you did! My Mom inlaw once killed a groundhog,it was rabid and she feared her horse were in danger so she cracked it with a shovel. Now I asked her why she didnt shoot it with the gun she had handy and she answered"oh I couldnt do that" yet because she was in fear for her horses she got close enough to whack it!!! I pointed that out to her and she said she just didnt realize what was going on and had to save her precious arabs from this menace. :rofl :rofl :rofl
I convinced her she needed a good dog around so she wouldnt get hurt,she got a rottie shepard mix that was just the ticket for a great farm dog!
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I know it was 3 chicks because 3 were missing. We had 11. Now we have 8
actually a snake that size probably would have eaten only 1 within a weeks time and if it eat 3 in 3 weeks you would only see 1 bump. snakes digest quite quickly, mine eats rats once a week and after about 4 hours you cant see the rat anymore.
(http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx199/homersipes/010.jpg) I have had this one for almost 15 years my other died was the same species
from what I see in the pics the chicks would be a bigger bump than that for the size of the snake, should have cut it open lol
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Definitely Bull snake. Rather harmless but will draw blood if it gets ahold of you. Easy to keep and feed if you find one that likes to be held.
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I didn't think it was a rattler, but it was acting like one. You can hear that rattle a solid 30' away.
Y'all sure are defensive of a dumb snake, sounds like PETA members.
what was he harming? i hunt sure, but i eat what i kill
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Haven't quite understood why everyone care so much over a snake. I would've done the same thing. WTG! :aok
As for all the PETA members on this thread, don't post if you're going to leave something negative. Don't like it? Well that's alright, just click the back button and get to another thread. ;)
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i eat what i kill
How did that video card taste?
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Haven't quite understood why everyone care so much over a snake. I would've done the same thing. WTG!
As for all the PETA members on this thread, don't post if you're going to leave something negative. Don't like it? Well that's alright, just click the back button and get to another thread.
I used to hunt lost interest as there aint much to hunt here in vermont, but I dont like rats and mice so I dont kill snakes, I dont like mosqitos so I dont kill bats or spiders. I understand the fact that 3 chicks disappeared and that snake got the blame. Hell I used to work on a chicken farm where an egg was worth a couple hundred bucks. not sure if you were including my post in the negative, but just my $.02
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Tupac landed 1 victory with a shovel.
:rofl :rofl :rofl
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How did that video card taste?
:rofl
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When a snake is a pest remove it however you want to. When someone elsse has a snake problem they can remove it how they want.
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Not hard to tell who lives in the city in this thread
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Not hard to tell who lives in the city in this thread
Nope.
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I don't like to kill snakes because they eat mice and rats, but if it's a rattler or if they are killing animals of mine I suppose they gotta go because they are territorial, but I won't kill one just because it's a snake.
I even leave rattlers alone if they are not hanging out in an area I have to traverse regularly, but if it's coiled up on my porch, sorry dude, but I don't want you that close to my house and I have no assurances you won't keep coming back even if I am stupid enough to try to risk contact to relocate you.
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How did that video card taste?
:rofl :rofl :rofl BOOM ROASTED! :ahand :ahand :ahand :ahand
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you kill you eat it...law of the land kid :devil
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You should change your name to hernia, because you are very inflammatory.
I bet you are home schooled.
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I bet you are home schooled.
such sheltered children these days...
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Im with Tupac. I dont have a deathly fear of them and have held snakes before but around my house is unacceptable. My neighborhood has a small stream across the road (hidden well behind several hundred feet of trees) and early on we would get cottonmouths and the occasional pygmy making their way into peoples yards or pools. Which with small kids running around in the neighborhood simply isnt safe. A neighbor of ours caught a rat snake, he worked at the 6th army ranger training battalion about 30 minutes from my house. Said snake got to go live a cushy life with rangers taking care of him. They teach the soon to be rangers about all the potential wildlife hazards of mucking around in swamplike areas.
My worst snake encounter was with my little brother (7 at the time) he was playing outside and it started to get dark so my dad called him in and as my brother got near the door he froze and then ran around the house to front door where he barged in yelling "SNAKE!". He got our attention lol. The pygmy rattler had curled up in the corner where house meets patio because it was a warm surface. My father dispatched of the snake promptly.
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I bet you are home schooled.
Correct.
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Im with Tupac. I dont have a deathly fear of them and have held snakes before but around my house is unacceptable. My neighborhood has a small stream across the road (hidden well behind several hundred feet of trees) and early on we would get cottonmouths and the occasional pygmy making their way into peoples yards or pools. Which with small kids running around in the neighborhood simply isnt safe. A neighbor of ours caught a rat snake, he worked at the 6th army ranger training battalion about 30 minutes from my house. Said snake got to go live a cushy life with rangers taking care of him. They teach the soon to be rangers about all the potential wildlife hazards of mucking around in swamplike areas.
My worst snake encounter was with my little brother (7 at the time) he was playing outside and it started to get dark so my dad called him in and as my brother got near the door he froze and then ran around the house to front door where he barged in yelling "SNAKE!". He got our attention lol. The pygmy rattler had curled up in the corner where house meets patio because it was a warm surface. My father dispatched of the snake promptly.
We're in the same situation with cottonmouths. Neighbor has a creek a few hundred yards away - they are aggressive.
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Could of just as easily dispatched him to a different location with a 5 gallon bucket.
I bet it felt good to post a picture of it here... Lets see... You killed the Wednesday Babe and a Snake... You're on a roll, What can you kill next?
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Could of just as easily dispatched him to a different location with a 5 gallon bucket.
I bet it felt good to post a picture of it here... Lets see... You killed the Wednesday Babe and a Snake... You're on a roll, What can you kill next?
Wednesday babe happened 2 years ago. I'm not quite as immature as I was 2 years ago, and if I had the opportunity I would undo it in a heartbeat. I have apologized profusely - but your selective memory must have thrown that out.
I'll post a picture of what I did with my time and money this weekend, to show everyone what a terrible person I am.
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I'll post a picture of what I did with my time and money this weekend, to show everyone what a terrible person I am.
Please don't.
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Please don't.
Too late.
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Wednesday babe happened 2 years ago.
Really? That long ago? Daaaaaaaang. Maybe I can bribe Skuzzy to allow it again.
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Wednesday babe happened 2 years ago.
If I had my way, you would have another 498 years of desert walking to do.
A word of advice: When The Wednesday Babe comes up, you should tuck tail and run.
Darn you...
EDIT: Run fast and hide deep underground. What you did was reprehensible.
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If I had my way, you would have another 498 years of desert walking to do.
A word of advice: When The Wednesday Babe comes up, you should tuck tail and run.
Darn you...
It's not like I intended on getting it shut down.
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Then you should REPENT!
Do the right thing TP.
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I bet you are home schooled.
I'm betting he meant this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemorrhoid
Good chance that by the time he is in his mid 40's+ he'll have a much better understanding. True home schooling! :rofl
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I'm betting he meant this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemorrhoid
Good chance that by the time he is in his mid 40's+ he'll have a much better understanding. True home schooling! :rofl
No, I meant hernia. I had purposely forgotten what a hemorrhoid was.
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No, I meant hernia. I had purposely forgotten what a hemorrhoid was.
Well, an hemorrhoid whould be more appropriate in this situation. I really don't think hernia and immflation go together honestly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernia
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Inflammation is one of the complications down at the bottom.
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Ya done good, Tupac! Predator = Dead on a farm. :cheers:
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Well, lets be kind and not remove tupac's head like he removed the snake's...
But, life everywhere has a right to exist, and should be respected.
You didn't know what type of snake it was, fair enough; learn more about snakes so it doesn't happen again.
Who knows, if you had let it live and observe how it got in there, it might of greatly reduced your workload!
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Just to say, you yanks are wimps.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9gZpxVUobxA/TV6u2V9vzlI/AAAAAAAAACE/YCPGWQYmXd4/s1600/coastal+taipan.jpg)
Your rattlers ain't got nothing on what our enviroment packs.
To quote a US Marine training with the Australian army at Shoalwater.
"If the Aussies don't get you the Wildlife will"
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Well, lets be kind and not remove tupac's head like he removed the snake's...
But, life everywhere has a right to exist, and should be respected.
You didn't know what type of snake it was, fair enough; learn more about snakes so it doesn't happen again.
Who knows, if you had let it live and observe how it got in there, it might of greatly reduced your workload!
It's the "Circle of Life", Simba. Survival of the fittest. Humans raise chicks, snakes kill chicks, humans kill snakes, humans eat fried chicken and eggs Sunny-side up.
I guess following the PETA way of thinking, the snake should have "relocated" the humans safely to a snake free area and set them free so he could eat. But it went in a different direction and that didn't work out well in the long run, did it?
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What I have a hard time seeing, is why is it a such grand thing he kill the snake? I live in an area where (depending where you go) we are littered with Diamondback Rattlers. They have a nesting ground about 10 minutes as the bird flys from my house, and they regularly seen at a a private school 10 minutes drive from my house. they dont get killed for impededing on the dorm rooms, and they dont impede on our way of life in our 1,200 (at most. hell, I think its less) population town. you know why? We dont disrupt them and we let them be as they want. 25 years my dad has lived in this area, 25 years he has been on the fire department. the only snake bite he can recall was a couple years ago. Rumor has it he was a city slicker who failed to understand what a rattling noise was. :bhead
If you dont like snakes, dont settle where theres snakes. If you want to avoid snakes that could be a menace, dont settle in high population areas. not hard. Dont pester them, they wont pester you :aok
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All this crap over a kid that killed a snake that was eating his chickens? To think of the pass they give others....for much worst is laughable.
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Ya done good, Tupac! Predator = Dead on a farm. :cheers:
+1 :aok
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How did that video card taste?
idk i have yet to taste one :(
but for real i never understand why people kill something for nothing. what was he doing bad?
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idk i have yet to taste one :(
but for real i never understand why people kill something for nothing. what was he doing bad?
supposedly ate 3 baby chickens and they were still in the snake... I find it hard to believe. I owned a 2 foot boa for like 4 months before it died, 2 mice took it 3 or 4 days to digest. Yes, the snake in this thread is double that length, but baby chickens are much much larger then 2X a mouse......
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All this crap over a kid that killed a snake that was eating his chickens? To think of the pass they give others....for much worst is laughable.
No kidding, it's not like he was using the shed out back to cook meth.
ack-ack
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:lol :uhoh :bolt:
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God dang people, its 1 snake that was in the wrong place at the wrong time, so what there's millions more that are alive
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Dispatched?
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I stumbled upon a nest of Hog Nosed snakes last spring. Didn't want to kill the lil critters, (although I hate snakes) so I dumped all 15 or so over at my mother-in-law's place. :devil
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I stumbled upon a nest of Hog Nosed snakes last spring. Didn't want to kill the lil critters, (although I hate snakes)
Hog noses are harmless little things though.
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You should have fried him up for supper.
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I moved to the sticks 15 years ago, having lived either in suburbia or the city for my first 35 years. When I got here, I thought beavers were adorable, deer were adorable, bears were adorable...well, you get the picture. !@$@$@$#ing beavers were killing every tree/shrub within 20 feet of my creek, in order to make my entire 2 acre back yard THEIR lake. 2-3 times a week, I'd have to wade into the 55 degree water with a digging bar to break up their succession of dams which these very crafty furry engineers set up to flood my house and yard. While THAT was going on, on any given night, upwards of 15 deer would show up, knocking down or leaping over the 6-foot high protective fencing around wife's garden, destroying everything in sight. (In dead of winter, they come all the way up onto my porch, eating the ivy, which took all year to grow) While THAT was going on, had to take the 1-arm-bandit trash can from the edge of the road around to the back of the house, because the !@#$@$@#%$@#%Ing BEAR was tearing it open, spreading a week's worth of garbage all over the road, to greet me on my way to work any given morning. Later on, the bear got even more brazen, coming right up to the house to dine on my garbage, with the same results--looked like a hand-grenade went off inside the can.... bear even went onto my porch one April, ate/drank 9 2 liter bottles of soda pop, set aside for kid's 16th birthday party (ok..THAT musta been amusing to watch....he apparently was jumping up and down on each bottle, lapping up the Mountain Dew as it squirted out the tooth-holes) NOW, I have to put the damn garbage can in my basement during spring and summer. We killed the damn beaver (neighbor is a trapper), and have killed a half-dozen or so deer over the years (the ones who just WOULDN't TAKE a hint) (Everyone in the neighborhood loves venison) Also have killed an equal number of groundhogs (horse steps in their hole, instant broken leg). Can't shoot the bear...heap big trouble for doing THAT. (Although, I'm thinking one of the neighbors finally popped him). If I had a chicken coop, I'm sure snakes would be on the list too
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Claymores work wonder for critters
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Dude dont listen to these tree huggers if something is on your land you dont want blow into oblivion period.
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And then bag it and send it to them to reincarnate since they love them.
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then when they cry foul refer them to crying the idgf doctrine,
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The trick with bears is having a separate can in the house to put food scraps in then take it out on garbage day. A good covered can will stop the odors from creeping around the house. The bears around here have learned our can does not have food in it. All the neighbors get their cans tossed and wonder why ours is never touched.
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The trick with bears is having a separate can in the house to put food scraps in then take it out on garbage day. A good covered can will stop the odors from creeping around the house. The bears around here have learned our can does not have food in it. All the neighbors get their cans tossed and wonder why ours is never touched.
:rofl
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I don't know what's more sad, all the people who got their panties in such a bunch or the fact I read this whole damn thing. :uhoh
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No kidding, it's not like he was using the shed out back to cook meth.
ack-ack
:rofl
:bolt:
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I'm all in favor of killing a snake. wtg fella.
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Right about this time of year, when the weather gets really hot and the backwaters start to rise, we always ride down towards the Mississippi River, what we call the "bottoms," and go snake hunting up and down the roads. We all have our own different taste in weapon selections...shotguns, handguns, rifles. I prefer a 12 gauge for proper mutilation. Favorite target...copperheads and cotton mouths!
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typical "american" mind set...kill anything you don't like.....or understand.....if it were not for snakes this world would be over run by rodents, that carry all sorts of disease's that will kill man...yet what disease can we get from snakes???? not a friggin one....
I say all you who kill snakes...spiders...and the like, for no other reason but to kill it..... are cowards.
I edited it to add "for no other reason but to kill it"
because yes sometimes you need to destroy something that is a threat to life.
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Considering, even after our cowardice acts, the number of snakes we see every year on our four wheeler trails, on the sides of the roads, camping areas, etc.... I don't think we're just severely hurting the population, or even affecting it at all. And while snakes are not a direct threat to our lives at all times, what's to stop them from biting one of us, or one of the kids, when we walk upon one without noticing it before it's too late? This has been going on for years, and I am surpised that it hasn't been stopped completely because killing snakes in the state of TN is illegal no matter the circumstances.
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I'm with Ink. Snakes attack out of defense for their personal space. they dont just attack to attack, unless they are hunting. and I assure you, unless you stumble across a rather large snake you be hunted by one....
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typical "american" mind set...kill anything you don't like.....or understand.....if it were not for snakes this world would be over run by rodents, that carry all sorts of disease's that will kill man...yet what disease can we get from snakes???? not a friggin one....
I say all you who kill snakes...spiders...and the like, for no other reason but to kill it..... are cowards.
I edited it to add "for no other reason but to kill it"
because yes sometimes you need to destroy something that is a threat to life.
So if it is "eating your chickens" a valid reason?
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So if it is "eating your chickens" a valid reason?
nope....it should have been taken out in the woods and released.
make the chicken coupe snake proof(as much as possible)....the more snakes you have in the area the safer you are.....
I seriously cant stand people who just kill for the sake of killing....
I absolutely love all snakes, to me snakes are integral to our well being....
something that literally saves us, how moronic is it to just kill it.....as far as the few people that die from snake bites.....well 100,000 people die from alcohol a year..why not put up an up roar to stop that??????
I have owned many, many, snakes including a 15' retic that could easily kill a man.
lastly.... not one of the snakes I have had, pretended to be a rabbit so it could get close to me to befriend me then bite me....I have far more respect for animals then most people.
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have fun with the rats when the snakes are thinned out.
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have fun with the rats when the snakes are thinned out.
That'll be something else we can just kill for fun :bolt:
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All animals have right to live on the property I own. The feral cats and woodchucks (groundhogs) have a right to live there also, just as long I don't find them and have a gun in my hand. The woodchucks, heck I set 1 1/2s for them also......................... ........
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yet what disease can we get from snakes????
Salmonella
They are also known to carry tapeworms. (bad for the digestive system)
And they can carry roundworms. (bad for the digestive tract as well as lungs)
They are illegal to kill where I live, plus we have none that are very dangerous to man, although a large Pine snake is something to be reckoned with.
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How to skin and clean a snake (http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Skin-and-Clean-a-Dead-Snake/)
Enjoy.
ack-ack
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Salmonella
They are also known to carry tapeworms. (bad for the digestive system)
And they can carry roundworms. (bad for the digestive tract as well as lungs)
They are illegal to kill where I live, plus we have none that are very dangerous to man, although a large Pine snake is something to be reckoned with.
why you respect them and clean theyre cage on a regular basis. my girlfriends sisters boyfriend has had snakes his whole (hes only 21), and has yet to get any sort of sickness from them. granted, hes young, but after years of owning multiple snakes at a time he is far more likely to get salmonella, tapeworms or round worms then someone who passes a snake in the woods.... just saying.
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Not hard to tell who lives in the city in this thread
Whatchya trying to say? It's the country boy in dis har thread dat can't tell the difference between a gardner and a rattler. :devil
(This here slicker use to remove up to 5 rattlers a day as a teenager staffing summer camps and such.)
Word of advice Tupac: nothing against what you were in your right to do, but where one ("harmless") snake slipped ino the chicken coop, so will another... the past and the future, which one do you think most everyone quietly cares about and which one do you think most everyone freely volunteers an opinion on?
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Salmonella
They are also known to carry tapeworms. (bad for the digestive system)
And they can carry roundworms. (bad for the digestive tract as well as lungs)
They are illegal to kill where I live, plus we have none that are very dangerous to man, although a large Pine snake is something to be reckoned with.
not quite the same as what I was talking about....
How to skin and clean a snake (http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Skin-and-Clean-a-Dead-Snake/)
Enjoy.
ack-ack
if your gonna eat the snake I have no issue at all with killing them. :aok
I love gators, but I skinned and ate one that I had.
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Salmonella will kill you just as dead as the plague.
Anyway, I love Pine snakes. They've been known to eat entire nests of wood ticks.
:banana: <-- My Son thinks that guy is hilarious!
:lol
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Salmonella will kill you just as dead as the plague.
Anyway, I love Pine snakes. They've been known to eat entire nests of wood ticks.
:banana: <-- My Son thinks that guy is hilarious!
:lol
dude you would have to be a complete moron to get salmonella from a captive snake, let alone a wild one... :rolleyes:
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You asked a question, and I answered it.
Like you're the pinnacle of good decisions. Hold your judgment for those that care.
Give me a break.
EDIT: See my sig line.
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You asked a question, and I answered it.
Like you're the pinnacle of good decisions. Hold your judgment for those that care.
Give me a break.
EDIT: See my sig line.
:rofl :aok
you have no clue as to what and how I decide on things...you would be quite surprised if you did.
oh and that's not the thumb I am sticking up at ya.
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IDK Texas, but I'm pretty sure killing snakes is illegal here in TN....
Really? :uhoh :bolt:
All I'll say is he shouldn't have let the meat go to waste, snake is good.
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Really? :uhoh :bolt:
All I'll say is he shouldn't have let the meat go to waste, snake is good.
Yeah, a TWRA agent that's a friend of mine informed me of that after I sent him a picture of a dead snake asking what kind it was.
Something I found pretty funny, a day or two after this thread was started, a buddy of mine came up to me, randomly, and asked did I know that killing snakes was illegal in TN.
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IDK Texas, but I'm pretty sure killing snakes is illegal here in TN....
Well, if that is the case, I better never go back home to Tennessee. There may be a mass murder warrant out for me. I used to kill them by the hundreds as I was plowing our bottom land field next to the Cumberland River.
Fred
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why you respect them and clean theyre cage on a regular basis. my girlfriends sisters boyfriend has had snakes his whole (hes only 21), and has yet to get any sort of sickness from them. granted, hes young, but after years of owning multiple snakes at a time he is far more likely to get salmonella, tapeworms or round worms then someone who passes a snake in the woods.... just saying.
the way you get it is by touching the snake and not cleaning yourself. the salmonella transfers to you if the snake is not clean. washing your hands after you touch a snake stops any chance of you getting the disease. (of course not putting hands to mouth prewash also helps :lol )
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the way you get it is by touching the snake and not cleaning yourself. the salmonella transfers to you if the snake is not clean. washing your hands after you touch a snake stops any chance of you getting the disease. (of course not putting hands to mouth prewash also helps :lol )
How about putting the snake directly in your mouth? :uhoh
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No kidding, it's not like he was using the shed out back to cook meth.
ack-ack
I just spewed Sprite Zero all over the monitor!
It's called pest control, people... We didn't climb to the top of the food chain by being a bunch of limpwrists... Anything I catch in my food is toast, and I NEVER leave a snake, rodent or pest alive - ever.
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I just spewed Sprite Zero all over the monitor!
Is that an expression or did you literally spit soda all over your monitor?
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Well, if that is the case, I better never go back home to Tennessee. There may be a mass murder warrant out for me. I used to kill them by the hundreds as I was plowing our bottom land field next to the Cumberland River.
Fred
Hahaha, look back at one of my earlier posts about intentionally hunting them in the Miss. River bottoms!
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the way you get it is by touching the snake and not cleaning yourself. the salmonella transfers to you if the snake is not clean. washing your hands after you touch a snake stops any chance of you getting the disease. (of course not putting hands to mouth prewash also helps :lol )
then why do they do the snake things on fear factor..... :bhead
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Well if my Mom called me and said there was a snake in her shed. I'd drive two hours to kill it or even look at it. Because there's no snakes here in Ireland. Not a one unless you count pet snakes and zoo snakes. We're lucky like that. I remember telling a guy from the Phillippines that fact. He was most impressed, he didn't like snakes. Who does?
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Well if my Mom called me and said there was a snake in her shed. I'd drive two hours to kill it or even look at it. Because there's no snakes here in Ireland. Not a one unless you count pet snakes and zoo snakes. We're lucky like that. I remember telling a guy from the Phillippines that fact. He was most impressed, he didn't like snakes. Who does?
Ink. I dont mind em, my girlfriends sisters boyfriend has a good bunch.
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Well if my Mom called me and said there was a snake in her shed. I'd drive two hours to kill it or even look at it. Because there's no snakes here in Ireland. Not a one unless you count pet snakes and zoo snakes. We're lucky like that. I remember telling a guy from the Phillippines that fact. He was most impressed, he didn't like snakes. Who does?
I love snakes, magnificant creatures, absolutely amazing. Deadly, adaptive, efficient and beautiful in a strange way.
But, the rules are, me or him. And I choose me every time, which is an unfortunate reality.
(http://museumvictoria.com.au/bioinformatics/snake/images/micrlive1.jpg)
This is the most lethal snake in the world, the Inland Taipan from Queensland Australia. Beautiful reptile, really placid, not aggressive, eats rats and mice and possums. The Solution is a shovel. Quickly. But its best just to get a snake stick and net, and trap it and then release it (if your brave enough).
If you get a Tiger or Rattler. Kill it quickly. And make sure its dead.
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That'll be something else we can just kill for fun :bolt:
Thats different you can eat rat.
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How to skin and clean a snake (http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Skin-and-Clean-a-Dead-Snake/)
Enjoy.
ack-ack
Use to do that every summer, couldn't help but do it..damn things are everywhere. We did have a lot of nice skins hung up on our wall too,,shame we never did keep any of the skulls, but the meat bee's probably would have carried the thing off anyhow!! :D And the meat is not that bad.
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Use to do that every summer, couldn't help but do it..damn things are everywhere. We did have a lot of nice skins hung up on our wall too,,shame we never did keep any of the skulls, but the meat bee's probably would have carried the thing off anyhow!! :D And the meat is not that bad.
Nevermind...
:rofl :rofl :rofl
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No kidding, it's not like he was using the shed out back to cook meth.
ack-ack
Brilliant.