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| quote: Originally posted by CPTKILLER: My Great Pyrenees cornered a rattlesnake on the ranch in the yard. I nailed him with one 9mm JHP from my Sig P365.
Question: did you nail the Great Pyrenees or the snake? If the snake, I hope you got his head directly, because they live on for some time in agony otherwise...just a thought (I like snakes) |
| Posts: 559 | Location: Virginia | Registered: January 06, 2006 |
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| Nice shot! (I dislike snakes)
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| quote: Originally posted by SteadyHand: because they live on for some time in agony otherwise...
Ooooh. Tell me more about the agony part. I like it! Then a 22 would be better than the 9mm?
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| Posts: 18394 | Location: Kentucky, USA | Registered: February 25, 2001 |
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| Probably nailed its rattling tail.
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| A head shot on a rattlesnake or moccasin is a good challenge, especially if it's moving!
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| Posts: 7215 | Location: South Georgia | Registered: May 13, 2006 |
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| Where I'm from, rattlers are protected species and one does not declare in public that one has harmed a rattlesnake. They do prosecute for that around these parts.
And no, they don't care if it was in your yard or bothering your dog or whatever. Protected is protected. |
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| quote: Originally posted by valleyforge.1777: Where I'm from, rattlers are protected species and one does not declare in public that one has harmed a rattlesnake. They do prosecute for that around these parts.
And no, they don't care if it was in your yard or bothering your dog or whatever. Protected is protected. https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwil...bians-reptiles.phtmlif it was a timber rattlesnake in Texas it would be protected. Timber rattlesnakes are only really in the east side of Texas. On the other hand if it was a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake it is not protected in Texas and can be taken with a hunting license. Western Diamondback Rattlesnake's are found all over Texas. There are a number of Rattlesnake types in Texas but only the Timber Rattlesnake's are protected. For better or worse you can usually do what you want to the snakes on your property. |
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| quote: Originally posted by GataGunner: How bad did your ears ring afterwards?
Kinda bad. Better than getting snakebit in the dark some night, though. |
| Posts: 27245 | Location: SW of Hovey, Texas | Registered: January 30, 2007 |
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| Seems to me the least you could have done for the little guy was dispatch him with a SIG Rattler. quote: Originally posted by valleyforge.1777: Where I'm from, rattlers are protected species and one does not declare in public that one has harmed a rattlesnake. They do prosecute for that around these parts.
And no, they don't care if it was in your yard or bothering your dog or whatever. Protected is protected.
My father was an avid bird hunter in his younger adult years (back in the '70s) and, on one late afternoon hunt along the Columbia River valley, his bird dog (and our family pet Black Lab) cornered a Lynx that was boxed into a rock wall canyon with only one escape route, blocked by the dog and my nearby Dad. The Lynx was crouched and my Dad instantly realized that it was about to attack our dog and likely him as well and he levelled his shotgun and put it down, although he felt badly about having to do so. I respect life and wouldn't go out of my way to kill something, even a Rattler, if it weren't a threat to me or my family... but protected by law or not, you do what you need to to survive and protect those in your family. |
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