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One of the most venomous snakes in the world. ______________________________________________________ Often times a very small man can cast a very large shadow | |||
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Without a doubt a copperhead. David W. Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. -Sophocles | |||
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They are plenty venomous, but nowhere near the top of the list. https://www.untamedscience.com...ds-deadliest-snakes/ | |||
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It is the most venomous snake in my backyard. ------------------------------ Smart is not something you are but something you get. Chi Chi, get the yayo | |||
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You should change that to: WAS the most venomous snake in my back yard. I'd be out there with rakes, shovels and other implements of destruction looking for the other one. Then I'd be looking for it's friends. ______________________________________________________________________ "When its time to shoot, shoot. Dont talk!" “What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else.” —Author Tom Clancy | |||
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Sage advice. It’s a Copperhead. Dispatched one last week in my yard. I have a granddaughter. No debate. No hesitation. __________________________ If attacked by a mob of clowns, go for the juggler. ----------------------------------- KC P220, KE P226 | |||
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We have one from that list here, the Mojave rattlesnake. In this general area, the predominant rattlers are Western Diamondbacks and Mojaves, with most being the Diamondbacks. But in our specific area (must be climate or elevation), we see mostly Mojaves. They are aggressive, and deliver both neuro- and tissue-toxic venom. They resemble the Diamondback in pattern, but there are several tells to distinguish them. Usually they are greenish in color, but not always, and the black/white tail bands are a different pattern, but again not always. The best tells are two distinct features of the head. When in doubt, mumble | |||
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According to a presentation given by our county herpetologist, there is no antivenom for copperhead bites. Took me by surprise. I don't plan on testing his statement. I would test my .410 Mossberg Persuader if I found a copperhead in my yard. | |||
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hmm ... Copperhead bites – do they need antivenom? | |||
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Set fire to that wood pile  In the wild, I would marvel at its beauty. Near my pets and family, terminate with extreme prejudice. Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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Woodpiles are kind of hard to build. Takes a lot of work and sweat. The way to flush a copperhead or rattlesnake out of a pile of wood or brush is with gasoline. The kind you use in your car or lawnmower. For whatever reason, they don't like the smell and while maybe enraged, they come out fast. Then kill it real dead. The last one I ran into while hunting got itself killified. My method was simple, a 12 gauge blast of #6 from a few feet away. The problem was that a 12 ga has the nasty habit of removing the head, neck, and a few inches of body. Think pink mist. On the other hand, its easy to skin that way. No risk of bite from the now dissolved head and fangs. Did I mention that I don't like snakes? Slithery slimy critters that are better off dead. Lawn mowers do an adequate job, too. The doomed snake lifts its head and then gets a haircut for its efforts. Kind of noisy to remove the head with a shotgun when in a suburban neighborhood. Neighbors are a pain. Rural ones tend to understand as most don't really like snakes. Unhappy ammo seeker | |||
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It's easy, just roll the snake over and evaluate  Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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