Not the first snake, that would have been about a 4' coachwhip that scared the she-ite out of me about a month ago down by the creek. Dang thing was moving like lightning trying to get away from me and I was happy to let him!
This afternoon I was shredding some overgrown trails that had 3-4' brush and saplings. Easy work. Out of the corner of my eye I see a copperhead vectoring off to my right. The vibration of the tractor and shredder had him seeking "elsewhere". I stopped, drew my .38 snubby with CCI shot, and fired. He was about 6' from the muzzle. I had time to aim right at his head. Bang! No effect, other than a noticeable ACCELERATION on his part. No way I missed with that CCI shot, but I did miss him four MORE times with .38 special HP ammo.
I normailly load my own .38 special shot, and .32 H&R mag shotshells and have great luck with them. Maybe it was a fluke, I was using the CCI's because I found an old box of them and have not had time to reload any of my own home-brew lately. I'll load some rat shot in my Ruger .22 tomorrow.
Forgot to mention he was a biggun', pushing 30", which ain't no baby when it come to copperheads.
This afternoon I was shredding some overgrown trails that had 3-4' brush and saplings. Easy work. Out of the corner of my eye I see a copperhead vectoring off to my right. The vibration of the tractor and shredder had him seeking "elsewhere". I stopped, drew my .38 snubby with CCI shot, and fired. He was about 6' from the muzzle. I had time to aim right at his head. Bang! No effect, other than a noticeable ACCELERATION on his part. No way I missed with that CCI shot, but I did miss him four MORE times with .38 special HP ammo.
I normailly load my own .38 special shot, and .32 H&R mag shotshells and have great luck with them. Maybe it was a fluke, I was using the CCI's because I found an old box of them and have not had time to reload any of my own home-brew lately. I'll load some rat shot in my Ruger .22 tomorrow.
Forgot to mention he was a biggun', pushing 30", which ain't no baby when it come to copperheads.