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I just shot another attacker
- Thread starter peter nap
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ODA 226
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What load did you use?
What load did you use?
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ODA 226 wrote:
This is at the burb house and anything louder spooks the soccer moms.
I loaded up some 38 spl light loads using a buck shot and it was almost silent and very accurate...but it bounced around so mucjh I was afraid to use it here. I have houses 250 feet away now:X
ODA 226 wrote:
22lr snake shot.
This is at the burb house and anything louder spooks the soccer moms.
I loaded up some 38 spl light loads using a buck shot and it was almost silent and very accurate...but it bounced around so mucjh I was afraid to use it here. I have houses 250 feet away now:X
ProShooter
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good shootin' !
good shootin' !
ProShooter
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good shootin' !
good shootin' !
bayboy42
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My question isn't WHAT did you shoot it with...but WHY did you shoot it?
My question isn't WHAT did you shoot it with...but WHY did you shoot it?
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bayboy42 wrote:
I generally don't shoot snakes unless they are too close to the house. This year I've had a bumper crop of Copperheads too close to the house.
bayboy42 wrote:
It was on my back walk and I stepped on it. One of us was going west.
I generally don't shoot snakes unless they are too close to the house. This year I've had a bumper crop of Copperheads too close to the house.
1000ydshooter
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you've got a nest on your property or your neighbors place.any stumps or large dead logs close by?
you've got a nest on your property or your neighbors place.any stumps or large dead logs close by?
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1000ydshooter wrote:
I have 2 acres of yard and 8 acres of woods and 2 streams.
I have looked for a nest, just can't find it and it could be anywhere. My guess is a small section between my nearest neighbor and me. Lots of honeysuckle, Ivy but surprisingly, not many logs.
This seems to be the area they come from in the evening though.
The worst part about Copperheads is they will just lay there until you step on them or come close.
1000ydshooter wrote:
Lots!
I have 2 acres of yard and 8 acres of woods and 2 streams.
I have looked for a nest, just can't find it and it could be anywhere. My guess is a small section between my nearest neighbor and me. Lots of honeysuckle, Ivy but surprisingly, not many logs.
This seems to be the area they come from in the evening though.
The worst part about Copperheads is they will just lay there until you step on them or come close.
1000ydshooter
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need to import a couple of king snakes or black snakes.
need to import a couple of king snakes or black snakes.
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1000ydshooter wrote:
The real problem is people. I now have subdivisions all around me and everything is being driven into my woods.
I have to shoot at least two rabid coons every year and it's because I have every coon in the area, living by my streams.
To make it worse, my wife feeds them vanilla pudding when I'm not looking.
1000ydshooter wrote:
That's not a bad idea. I might catch a blacksnake or two at the farm this weekend.
The real problem is people. I now have subdivisions all around me and everything is being driven into my woods.
I have to shoot at least two rabid coons every year and it's because I have every coon in the area, living by my streams.
To make it worse, my wife feeds them vanilla pudding when I'm not looking.
1000ydshooter
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i went to hanover this past summer for dixie days,saw the boom going on there.Thats why i love living in the country.
i went to hanover this past summer for dixie days,saw the boom going on there.Thats why i love living in the country.
TexasNative
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peter nap wrote:
peter nap wrote:
Well, I suppose you really shouldn't shoot her, as much as it might seem justified.
caltain
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Remind me to bypass the desserts at your next cookout...;-)
Remind me to bypass the desserts at your next cookout...;-)
VCDL President
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They are certainly beautiful creatures - too bad they are venemous. I guess I have just been lucky that when I go for walks at night I haven't stepped on any of them on the paved walking path.
They are certainly beautiful creatures - too bad they are venemous. I guess I have just been lucky that when I go for walks at night I haven't stepped on any of them on the paved walking path.
TexasNative
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That's why Texans wear cowboy boots, Philip. As you well know.
~ Boyd
That's why Texans wear cowboy boots, Philip. As you well know.
~ Boyd
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TexasNative wrote:
TexasNative wrote:
Hmm - I guess if I ever get bit I'll wish I had been wearing mine! :what:That's why Texans wear cowboy boots, Philip. As you well know.
~ Boyd
mobeewan
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I found Paint ball guns rapid fire work excelent on racoons. I use the same campground for my canoe trips every year. The Racoons are getting bolder every year. I usually take 2 canoe trips every May and use the same site. Last year we were chasing 3 of them away every 45 minutes during the night. This year on the first trip the first night we had one come in. Second and third nights we had more campers and they stayed away. On the second trip I brought a paintball gun. First night it rained. Second night I was told we were raided a couple times while sleeping. I asked why no one woke me up since they new I had brought my little friend to play with the Racoons. On the Third and finalnight one crawled up on a picnic table about 9:30 while everyone was sitting around the camp fire laughing and joking. I chased it away since the paintball gun was in my pop up trailer. I waited up after everyone had gone to bed with the paintball gun in my lap. After I went back to my pop up I was inside and heard pans falling to the ground. I came flying out of the pup and shined the light in the direction they usually come from and about 25 yards away I saw his eyes under a bush and fired him up with paint balls. I ran over to shoot again and saw him scurrying behind some tents. I ran around the tents to cut him off and fired him up again at about 20 feet while he was running up a trail. No more problems with the Racoons the rest of the night.
The funny thing is the next morning after I got up I found out from one of my friends that someone in a nearby camp site appologized for making noise during the night. Theyhad sat on their picnic table to tie a shoe to go to the outhouse and had tipped the table. The pans I heard was theirs hitting the ground. They thought I was shooting paintballs at them when I started firing at the Racoon. :what:
I found Paint ball guns rapid fire work excelent on racoons. I use the same campground for my canoe trips every year. The Racoons are getting bolder every year. I usually take 2 canoe trips every May and use the same site. Last year we were chasing 3 of them away every 45 minutes during the night. This year on the first trip the first night we had one come in. Second and third nights we had more campers and they stayed away. On the second trip I brought a paintball gun. First night it rained. Second night I was told we were raided a couple times while sleeping. I asked why no one woke me up since they new I had brought my little friend to play with the Racoons. On the Third and finalnight one crawled up on a picnic table about 9:30 while everyone was sitting around the camp fire laughing and joking. I chased it away since the paintball gun was in my pop up trailer. I waited up after everyone had gone to bed with the paintball gun in my lap. After I went back to my pop up I was inside and heard pans falling to the ground. I came flying out of the pup and shined the light in the direction they usually come from and about 25 yards away I saw his eyes under a bush and fired him up with paint balls. I ran over to shoot again and saw him scurrying behind some tents. I ran around the tents to cut him off and fired him up again at about 20 feet while he was running up a trail. No more problems with the Racoons the rest of the night.
The funny thing is the next morning after I got up I found out from one of my friends that someone in a nearby camp site appologized for making noise during the night. Theyhad sat on their picnic table to tie a shoe to go to the outhouse and had tipped the table. The pans I heard was theirs hitting the ground. They thought I was shooting paintballs at them when I started firing at the Racoon. :what: