ER doctors have amazing stories.

I've heard that if you only shoot once then nobody can really figure out where the shot was fired. Maybe that's just at night.

Too funny! Sounds like greenway village

Nailed it

rugger74 said:

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Country boys know to use a hoe for snake murder.

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I HAVE NEVER LET MY WIFE OR GIRLFRIEND KILL A SNAKE

So if you're a young guy, don't go to a beer bust sponsored by a snake handling church.

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AgsMnn said:

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rugger74 said:

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Country boys know to use a hoe for snake murder.

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I'm country but never wanted my snake murdered.

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I'm not country and want any venomous snake in my yard to be murdered without any doubt or effort

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Y'all boys slow today? Guess my pun went over the heads.

Forget the shovel - farmboys shoot 'em in the nutsack

Local laws/situation apply. I know where I live the issue of legality is discharge of a firearm within 1000 feet of a habitation. There's one 15 foot stretch of lake bank I can set my duck blind...

CanyonAg77 said:

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Just make sure it's a rattler, not a bull snake.

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Or a timber rattler

saltyoldguy said:

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CanyonAg77 said:

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Just make sure it's a rattler, not a bull snake.

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Or a timber rattler

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https://tpwd.texas.gov/education/hunter-education/online-course/wildlife-conservation/threatened-endangered-and-protected-animals

The timber rattler has been removed from the threatened list

Just walking over and picking it up doesn't seem like a great idea

I'd just give the hoe the shovel and tell her to be careful..

Seven Costanza said:

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Just walking over and picking it up doesn't seem like a great idea

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I love the utter sincerity with which he believes that the 'best' way to kill a rattlesnake is to pick it up. He's utterly sold on this insanity. There is involuntary psychiatric intervention in his future.

snowaggie said:

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Seven Costanza said:

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Just walking over and picking it up doesn't seem like a great idea

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I love the utter sincerity with which he believes that the 'best' way to kill a rattlesnake is to pick it up. He's utterly sold on this insanity. There is involuntary psychiatric intervention in his future.

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My grandma told me a story about a sister-in-law of hers doing this. I thought it was probably possible but seeing it is amazing. They don't make them like they used to.

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CanyonAg77 said:

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Just make sure it's a rattler, not a bull snake.

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Or a timber rattler

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I'm 99% sure you can kill an endangered animal if it is an imminent threat to you.

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How to kill a Rattlesnake Properly

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That's an @$$h0le move, in my opinion.

In your yard, or around a barn where you work, sure. Out in the middle of nowhere, where it's his habitat, not yours?

Leave him alone.

It looked like it had just fed a couple of times recently. Doing the Lord's work ridding the planet of rodents and this idiot kills it to make a youtube video.

snowaggie said:

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Seven Costanza said:

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Just walking over and picking it up doesn't seem like a great idea

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I love the utter sincerity with which he believes that the 'best' way to kill a rattlesnake is to pick it up. He's utterly sold on this insanity. There is involuntary psychiatric intervention in his future.

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Here's some more insanity.

Bigger idiot: Guy dragging a badger out of its burrow by hand or guy filming vertically to post on You Tube? Debatable.

Looks like the same guy Jeff Foxworthy is talking about

Dad has a friend from childhood that has dispatched multiple badgers with an adjustable wrench. Literally climbs off the tractor and walks up to them.

Question I have is how do these up close and personal killers practice these methods? The consequences for failure seem somewhat severe...

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Marauder Blue 6 said:

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What you're looking for is a suppressed .22.

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Bingo

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With subsonic rounds

A few years ago some water moccasins were terrorizing the tiny drainage fountain "lakes" of my folks' gated suburban neighborhood in Ft. Bend county. I called the sheriffs office and asked if I could shoot them with a shotgun. Deputy on the phone phone said a person can not discharge a shotgun over a roadway or across a utility easement (power lines or utility lines). So I asked "ok if I don't do that can I shoot the snakes?" To which he answered "you gotta do what you gotta do." I ambushed and killed what ended up being yellow belly water snakes.

So at least under the Nehls regime the answer was fire away. Go for it.

Schu in Mizzou said:

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A few years ago some water moccasins were terrorizing the tiny drainage fountain "lakes" of my folks' gated suburban neighborhood in Ft. Bend county. I called the sheriffs office and asked if I could shoot them with a shotgun. Deputy on the phone phone said a person can not discharge a shotgun over a roadway or across a utility easement (power lines or utility lines). So I asked "ok if I don't do that can I shoot the snakes?" To which he answered "you gotta do what you gotta do." I ambushed and killed what ended up being yellow belly water snakes.

So at least under the Nehls regime the answer was fire away. Go for it.

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I would bet that 75-80% of the time (if not more) that someone kills a "cottonmouth" it is a water snake.

Not a dig on you, just a general observation. And there is no shortage of water snakes and cottonmouths in Fort Bend county, particularly around neighborhood bayous and lakes.

I'd hazard a guess that doing something based on the legal advice of whatever deputy got stuck with phone duty that day,will carry about as much weight in court as consulting an Ouija Board.

Bull snakes are the only ones I'd ever consider shooting because they're just a-holes and like to lunge at you a couple feet. Any blunt or sharp object at least 3 ft long does the trick otherwise.

Unrelated dear diary- I recently dispatched an armadillo with a small sledgehammer. That was interesting and surprisingly quick. Probably won't be trying that one again, but I had seen one hole too many and lost my temper without access to better tools.

What kind of neighborhoods are y'all in where your neighbors are more upset by a shotgun blast into the dirt at a snake than having a rattle snake running around.

Admittedly I know my neighbors, but given how many young kids run around, I can't imagine any of them wanting a rattle snake around.

I killed 2 rattlesnakes Sunday. We were repairing a float in a water tub for cattle and my father in law went to the well house 20 yards away and he hollered "hey, you got your gun" I replied in the affirmative and he says "here, shoot him" unaware of exactly what "him" was, I learned as a 4' rattlesnake was flying through the air. 3 shots and he was done. Whew, now back to task at hand. Turn to walk to the float project and hear "this one too". This time a little more prepared a smaller 3.5' was dispatched with relative ease.

Then my father in law and I argued over if he was throwing the snakes "too" me or "at" me. He in a rather sarcastic tone ended it with "well, you decide if it was to or at, but remember, you're the one sleeping with my daughter".

CanyonAg77 said:

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Rattlesnake can strike a radius about half their length. So unless it's 10 feet long, a shovel should get him while you stay out of range.

Just make sure it's a rattler, not a bull snake.

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This... and if it is stretched out, you can approach from the front to get closer. The snake can strike a little distance backward if you approach it from the tail.

Also shovel > hoe..... just hit it with the back of the shovel flat on top of the head. This easily knocks them out and sometimes kills them. Then you can cut the head off if you wish with the blade of the shovel.

I hate mice 10,000x more than I hate snakes, so I'd never kill a bull snake. As I said before, a rattlesnake where I work or live is in danger, but nothing else.

Also there's the claim I always hear, that a bull snake will run rattlesnakes out of its territory. Don't know if that's true, but one more reason to keep them around.

Speaking of snakes and mice, I moved an empty stock tank last year, and there were a couple of rattlesnakes, as well as a bunch of mice under it. Surprised me to see them coexisting. Darn rattlesnakes couldn't even earn their keep and eat the mice.

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What kind of neighborhoods are y'all in where your neighbors are more upset by a shotgun blast into the dirt at a snake than having a rattle snake running around.

Admittedly I know my neighbors, but given how many young kids run around, I can't imagine any of them wanting a rattle snake around.

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Want to know how I know you've never been on the Nextdoor app?????

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Bradley.Kohr.II said:

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What kind of neighborhoods are y'all in where your neighbors are more upset by a shotgun blast into the dirt at a snake than having a rattle snake running around.

Admittedly I know my neighbors, but given how many young kids run around, I can't imagine any of them wanting a rattle snake around.

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Want to know how I know you've never been on the Nextdoor app?????

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I swear there was one where a lady posted a picture of a green snake and was worried that it was someone's green mamba that had escaped.

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Ok. I wasn't sure if you were in the city limits or if the rattler was a timber rattler which you are not allowed to kill. Thanks.

You'll most likely be cited, but if you feel like it's an imminent threat then do what you have to to protect you and your family and animals. But, like others said, use a hoe or a shovel and then you don't have to worry about it.

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This is no longer the case... they have been removed from the protected list. I don't advocate killing timber rattlers, just clearing this up.

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Good to know. I no longer live in Texas, hence my username, so am out of the loop on some things.