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38 special cci shotshell aka snake shot will work well for this!
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That it does!
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Maybe someone should hire a pack , herd , gang , whatever they are called , of Mongoose.
(Mongeese ?
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Anyone else read the story: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi ?
Andy
(Mongeese ?
)Anyone else read the story: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi ?
Andy
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Maybe someone should hire a pack , herd , gang , whatever they are called , of Mongoose.
(Mongeese ?
Anyone else read the story: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi ?
Andy
That seems to me it should be called a gaggle.... imagine a mongoose stampede... HIDE YOUR CHILDREN... and sammiches.
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That sounds like fun. Next time I go to daughters house guess what I'm gonna do
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Shoot the neighbors cat?
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When I lived there that happened to me one night. We were in a rural area but not safe for shooting. Heard the sound of a rattler. Go outside and cat has one cornered at fence. I got a flashlight and shovel and shooed the cat. When I got closer I could see it was about a 4 footer. Started wondering if I really wanted to wack it with a shovel. Got Wife with gun. Said I'm going to step up and swing. If I don't get it you shoot it. I cut it in several pieces with that one swing. Still scared me to think one that big had been around the house for who the hell knows how long. Snake shot would have been perfect for that and I bought some the next day.But..... that's not a gun!
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I lived in Arizona. I was on my dad's ranch once, south of Tucson, when still in my teens and came across a pissed off rattler rattling away at me. Being a city boy I thought I'd use my movie-wisdom and dispatch said snake with my pistol. I emptied the magazine at it and did nothing but piss the snake off more. Ended up using a big heavy rock to squish it. So much for city kids playing cowboy.
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Did you mangle it up too badly to eat it? It is delicious meat...tastes just like salt, pepper, and butter.
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I had tried it in a survival class and it tasted fine to me. Wife wanted NO part of eating it. Would have loved to save the hide as I knew how to tan it. Sadly it was no way since it was so badly damaged. The fire department there used to use CO2 fire extinguishers on them.Wished I had one as I would have used that. Then could have had a nice hide.
Maybe someone should hire a pack , herd , gang , whatever they are called , of Mongoose.
(Mongeese ?
Anyone else read the story: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi ?
Andy
No, but I remember the cartoon........
Ray
PHOENIX (AP) - Residents in Arizona cities who spot a rat or snake in their yard will be able to shoot the animals using a small-caliber gun loaded with tiny pellets under legislation that Republicans gave initial approval Tuesday.
A group of scientists opposed to the proposal say it endangers people by encouraging firearm use in populated areas and puts them at risk as they approach venomous snakes. In Phoenix and other cities in Arizona, neighborhoods are commonly built on or near the desert.
And in other news, cities built in the oceans or lakes are commonly built on or near islands!
A group of scientists opposed to the proposal say it endangers people by encouraging firearm use in populated areas and puts them at risk as they approach venomous snakes. In Phoenix and other cities in Arizona, neighborhoods are commonly built on or near the desert.
And in other news, cities built in the oceans or lakes are commonly built on or near islands!
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Fishing along a stream once I found a rattler in the middle of the trail. It wouldn't move so I though I would be clever and hold it down with my pole as I walked past.... only to get that sucker all tangled up in the line between the pole eyelets.
Looking back on my life I can see why some people believe God protects children, drunks and fools.
Looking back on my life I can see why some people believe God protects children, drunks and fools.
Maybe someone should hire a pack , herd , gang , whatever they are called , of Mongoose.
(Mongeese ?
Anyone else read the story: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi ?
Andy
IIRC, Mongooses were imported to Florida at the turn of the last century! The rattlers wiped them out! Apparently rattlesnakes are very low drag/high speed compared to cobras!
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Hats off to @Sgt Nambu for knowing that the plural of mongoose is mongooses. To me "Mongeese" is less correct but more fun to say.
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I thought you were gonna say, "if I don't get it, shoot me".
When I was a kid I did the same thing with a pellet rifle. Dang things are pretty hard to kill with bullets. Nowadays I carry .38 snake shot and a Judge with #5 shot when I am in AZ. Only we are not allowed to shoot on the Quartzsite LTVA. We keep a shovel handy but I'm not sure I wouldn't shoot one. The last time we were there a big ol rattler got in the shade underneath the lawn chair our neighbor was in. Yikes!!! He got a shovel and herded it into a swale... not!!!!
I did catch and release a Tarantula tho. Neat critters and they eat mice that are a real problem getting into RVs on the desert.
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