Snake Hunting 101

Cal Sportsman ^ | 10/23/2015 | Tim Hovey

[yarddog]

He was a Lab/mutt mix. Someone dumped the mama dog off here in the country and she was expecting pups. She was also Lab/mutt mix.

She had 8 beautiful pups tho only two looked like their mother. Smokey was the runt of the litter and I recall Daddy would always pick the runt so I did the same.

I put up a sign near the highway and gave the other 7 away in just a few days.

[Polynikes]

I had a buddy that served as a LRRP in VN in the late 60’s. Said he was walking point through the bush when stepped aside to go around a small tree and the tree moved back in front of him. He froze and slowly looked up to see a cobra looking down at him, hood flared. He froze in place until the LT that was with them started yelling what was the hold up.

He said the LT took the muzzled of his M16 and started tracing a circle around in the air around the area of the snakes head. The snake followed it as the circle got smaller until the cobra was was basically looking down the barrel then the LT fired taking out the snake.

[bgill]

The only good snake is a dead snake.

[bgill]

So, you know my cats. They averaged 3 a week during the summer. Today, they presented me with a squirrel which, thankfully, was dead.

[redfreedom]

I recall as a high schooler, there was a snake near the superintendents office. He came out where a bunch of us were, and gave us a lesson in how to kill them. Just quickly grab them by their tail and very quickly crack them like a whip.

Instant death!

He was so quick at it the snake never had a chance to react.

[libstripper]

Good for you, keeping the pups until you found homes for them. So much better than turning them over to a shelter.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Ha! The very reason I don’t mind the neighbors having outside cats, but out Tigger stay inside all the time. :)

[Salamander]

Snakes give a lot of men instant sex changes.

[Ditter]

I agree, kill em all and let Mother Nature sort em out....... Or something like that.

[Ditter]

I don't know what your “Mutt” is but I stopped using a hoe to kill snakes when the wooden handle broke and a big water moccasin got away. I come down on them with a sharp shovel or spade.

[TLI]

The very BEST thing about a rattlesnake is that they taste really good....

Rattlesnake fajitas, yum!

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[TigersEye]

LOL

Never been afraid of snakes. Catch ‘em, play with ‘em, let ‘em go. ;-)

[Salamander]

You deserve your Man Badge.

:)

[TigersEye]

Aw shucks! T’wernt nothin.’
I was at most 8 yrs old when I started catching every snake I ran across.