My oldest son and I generally carry when we're working in the back yard. This past Friday re-iterates just why we carry at home.
Our beagle pup started howling. My youngest son went to investigate and found that our idiot Beagle was playing with a WATER MOCCASIN!:shocker::shocker: He managed to pull the dog away BEFORE it became snake food.
We have 3 smallish dogs and there are always children in the yard, so the VENOMOUS, DEADLY SNAKE had to go.
(sorry if I offend any snake-lovers out there, but I love my dogs & kids more).
When he saw the snake, he called my oldest son over to help while he held the dog. My oldest, not wanting to get bit by a snake, decided it was safest to just shoot the thing with his LC9, and that's exactly what he proceeded to do. Then just to make sure it was dead, he cut off it's head with a shovel.
Sunday, the whole incident REPEATED ITSELF! The Beagle started howling at something, This time I was working in the yard so I went over to investigate. Sure enough, it was ANOTHER water moccasin!
I had my little .380 strapped to my hip, but I also had a shovel in my hand from digging a new pond. I sure was tempted to shoot it, but decided the shovel would do the job just fine. And it did.
Final score: LC9 1, Shovel 1 Snakes 0.
Beagle still stupid, but alive.
:banana::banana::banana:
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Our beagle pup started howling. My youngest son went to investigate and found that our idiot Beagle was playing with a WATER MOCCASIN!:shocker::shocker: He managed to pull the dog away BEFORE it became snake food.
We have 3 smallish dogs and there are always children in the yard, so the VENOMOUS, DEADLY SNAKE had to go.
(sorry if I offend any snake-lovers out there, but I love my dogs & kids more).
When he saw the snake, he called my oldest son over to help while he held the dog. My oldest, not wanting to get bit by a snake, decided it was safest to just shoot the thing with his LC9, and that's exactly what he proceeded to do. Then just to make sure it was dead, he cut off it's head with a shovel.
Sunday, the whole incident REPEATED ITSELF! The Beagle started howling at something, This time I was working in the yard so I went over to investigate. Sure enough, it was ANOTHER water moccasin!
I had my little .380 strapped to my hip, but I also had a shovel in my hand from digging a new pond. I sure was tempted to shoot it, but decided the shovel would do the job just fine. And it did.
Final score: LC9 1, Shovel 1 Snakes 0.
Beagle still stupid, but alive.
:banana::banana::banana:
Lance