Snakes early this year...

[Hoji]

I’ve got my Blackhawk loaded with alternating cylinders of shotshells and 125gr HPs.

Don’t mind putting one of each in a snake just to be sure.

If I’m in the house when I hear about it I just take a shotgun.

Those coppermockassin rattlemouths don’t stand a chance. Even if they’re just a chicken snake.


Rare to see a rattler around here. But not unheard of.


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Best educated snake sissy on the forum.
And I do remember that you actually have a legitimate reason for killing every snake you see.

 

[gdr_11]

This may have been mentioned before for the CCI shotshells, but you can overcome the recoil effect on the shot cups if you glue them before use.

I bought a RIA .38 Spec revolver with a 4” barrel to use with snake shot. First time I used it, got lucky and killed the snake with the first shot because three of the shot cups slid forward and blocked the cylinder from rotating.

So, I took each round in the box and pulled the plastic shot cup out about 1/4” and then used a small artist brush to apply a band of super glue to the 1/4” I exposed then pushed the cups all the way back in. After drying, the cups stay put with no recoil effect.

 

[BRD@66]

Well done gdr_11.

 

[rotor]

This may have been mentioned before for the CCI shotshells, but you can overcome the recoil effect on the shot cups if you glue them before use.

I bought a RIA .38 Spec revolver with a 4” barrel to use with snake shot. First time I used it, got lucky and killed the snake with the first shot because three of the shot cups slid forward and blocked the cylinder from rotating.

So, I took each round in the box and pulled the plastic shot cup out about 1/4” and then used a small artist brush to apply a band of super glue to the 1/4” I exposed then pushed the cups all the way back in. After drying, the cups stay put with no recoil effect.

I read about doing that but I thought there might be some weird problem with 1/2 of the capsule not coming out doing that. They really should make the plastic with a cannelure to crimp into for those that load their own.

 

[satx78247]

To All,

What I really wish that some company would make is a single shot 3-inch .410/.45 Colt caliber version of the old H&R Handy Gun with a 8-10" tube.

I'd buy one for sure. = Since the barrel would be polygon- rifled, it would NOT be an AOW but it would be a snake-killer & small game hunting handgun DELUXE, with shot or bullet.
(Until I left the City Marshal's job LONG AGO, I had one that I routinely carried in the I-H Scout.= Whoever the Marshal is now, probably still carries it.)

yours, satx

 

[Big Green]

Driving to work on Monday there was one at the end of the road. Only got a quick glance but color and from what I could see I think it was a Timber. Really wish I’d had more time to stop and investigate, they really are beautiful creatures.

 

[Whistler]

Had a H&R .410 Topper I 'butchered' as a young man that was similar in function, shot shell only though.

 

[Axxe55]

Well it's been a week now since Susie the puppy got snake bit. Most of the swelling has gone down, and she seems no the worse for getting bit.

Since she is so well mannered, we decided to let her be our new house puppy!

 

[satx78247]

Well it's been a week now since Susie the puppy got snake bit. Most of the swelling has gone down, and she seems no the worse for getting bit.

Since she is so well mannered, we decided to let her be our new house puppy!

Axxe55,

Fwiw, I once had an English Pointer bitch that was bitten by a copperhead when she was a pup. - Thereafter, SHEBA would point poisonous snakes & then "back off".
(She probably kept me from getting snake-bitten more than once, as there were numerous "velvet-tails" where our lease was in those long ago days.)

yours, satx

 

[oldag]

Well it's been a week now since Susie the puppy got snake bit. Most of the swelling has gone down, and she seems no the worse for getting bit.

Since she is so well mannered, we decided to let her be our new house puppy!

We have our dog vaccinated for the snake bites.

 

[Hoji]

We have our dog vaccinated for the snake bites.

Some interesting reading on the “vaccine” https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-rattlesnake-vaccines-for-dogs-effective/

 

[oldag]

Some interesting reading on the “vaccine” https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-rattlesnake-vaccines-for-dogs-effective/

Been using it for over ten years, no harm done.

And the article is correct in that the vaccine is not necessarily effective against every snake species venom. And a high enough dose of venom might overwhelm it.

Figure it can't hurt. Vets report it can help from their experience.

 

[Hoji]

Been using it for over ten years, no harm done.

And the article is correct in that the vaccine is not necessarily effective against every snake species venom. And a high enough dose of venom might overwhelm it.

Figure it can't hurt. Vets report it can help from their experience.

Cool. If your dog isn’t one of the ones that have a negative reaction to it, and it is not hurting anything.

wanted to throw that out there for folks thinking about starting this vaccine.

 

[satx78247]

oldag; Hoji,

THANKS, Gents. = I've never even heard of a vaccine against snakebite until now. ====> GOOD TO KNOW for sure.

yours, satx

 

[Hoji]

oldag; Hoji,

THANKS, Gents. = I've never even heard of a vaccine against snakebite until now. ====> GOOD TO KNOW for sure.

yours, satx

Do your homework. There are breeds of dog that it is not recommended for. Can’t think of what they are off the top of my head, but it causes severe seizures and even death.

 

[skfullgun]

Killed two good size water mocassins today. We had about 6" of rain in the past few days, and the property is really,really wet. I rode the four-wheeler down to the creek where I have a 30' pipe bridge. They were laying on the pipes (similar to a cattleguard, but opposite direction) sunning. Two rounds of 9mm later, they dropped 25' into the creek below!
They stunk like something dead - which they were soon to be!
I will boast about killing them with one shot apiece only because it significantly improves my average and makes up for last year when I missed a copperhead with 7 rounds of .380 and had to kill him with a big stick!

 

[Vaquero]

Do your homework. There are breeds of dog that it is not recommended for. Can’t think of what they are off the top of my head, but it causes severe seizures and even death.

Mocha got the rattlesnake vaccinations last year.
No side effects at all.

 

[Vaquero]

Some interesting reading on the “vaccine” https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-rattlesnake-vaccines-for-dogs-effective/

I read the comments after that article.
It's like a TGT thread. Heh

 

[Axxe55]

Several of mine have been bit over the past few years. One of the older Pitbull mix males, Fatboy, has been bit at least six times. He's very loveable, but a dumbass when it comes to snakes!

 

[Axxe55]

Yep, they are going to be really bad this year.

Killed two more today. One copperhead and one water moccasin. Neither were really big snakes, but big enough to ruin your day if bitten.