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bjrogg:
Yup chip the eight pound sledgehammer is going to be the winner.

Nice snake Steve what kind is it. Please tell me it was in your house . My wife doesn't believe that everyone has snakes in their house from time to time. Actually I really don't know anyone else who's had them in their house.
Bjrogg

Hawkdancer:
Don't care much for spiders and snakes, never have!  Came real close to getting bit by a rattlesnake when I was a kid!  But I did get "kissed" by a hummingbird once on a camping/lodge pole gathering trip in the higher part of the county.  Carry snake charmer loads in my .44 or .41 during the hot months, we have a number of them on the ranch where our black powder range is.  Haven't seen or heard or any on the archery range yet.
Hawkdancer

JEB:
Me and snakes don't get along much as I have a phobia about them.I do my best to avoid them. I even have a hard time using the skins for cresting my arrows.  FYI: great article in the new PA magazine Brian.

bjrogg:
Jerry I'm not say I wouldn't have a uncomfortable feeling with ones that could bite me and do great harm to me. I probably would. The garters we caught as kids and at first detection were as they slither away they do make my natural instinct kick in. They are beneficial predators though so I respect their beauty and their role. My mom actually thought us they were good snakes.
  I once got in our old escavtor and a hummingbird was inside. The door was open and it could have flown right out but it was hovering right at the top of the cab which had a four inch lip all the way around. It was frantically trying to find a way out. I took my hand and put it over top it as it hovered and I could make it lower it altitude. I got it low enough and directed it towards the door and away it flew. That was pretty cool.

Jeb I saw a very interesting show once. They showed how our brain detected snakes and seemed to give us a natural instinct to avoid them. It was kinda like those old subliminal advertisements at the movies where they slipped one frame of a picture of popcorn in and everyone went and got popcorn. This one they slipped one frame of a snake and observed the reaction. It wasn't going up to buy popcorn but it was emediate and even present in small children that hadn't encountered snakes. I found that quite interesting.
Glad you liked the article. It's not your normal hunting story but I'm still learning and it is hunting.
Bjrogg

Pat B:
I have no problem with snakes unless one startles me. In that case I can't be responsible for what happens.  :o  I only kill poisonous snakes if they are near our house. These are mostly copperheads and every dog we've oned in the last 40 years have been bitten, some hot bites, some not...and never during office hours of our vet. Closes emergency vet is over an hour away and by the time we could get there, if the bite were deadly it would be too late. Our vet told us to give the dog Benedryl, watch the dog closely and bring it in the next morning for antibiotic shot. None have dies, all have gotten sick for a few days but all have come through without permanent damage. Our 2 1/2 year old, Maggie, warned me about a copperhead in the yard 2 weeks ago and as far as I know she's never seen one.
 When we lived in Bluffton, SC on the southern coast, we were remodeling our kitchen. I came home from work and my wife said their was a surprise for me under the bucket in the kitchen; a 3' copperhead. A few weeks later I found 4 very small copperheads in the hall going to our bedroom. I dispatched them and never told my wife or daughter about them.
 We've lived in rural areas for our 40 years together so we are both used to encounters with wildlife, friendly or threatening and dealt with the situations accordingly.

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