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    Quote Originally Posted by huntinghagen#12 View Post
    My lab won't mess with snakes. She's not scared of them, she just doesn't care. My jack russels raise hell and kill every snake they get a chance at in our yard. I love those dogs, but I want them like that. I'd rather they get bit than my son. Luckily no venomous snakes in my yard yet, they've killed or maimed 10 or 15 friendly snakes though.
    Same here, I have killed 8 copperheads in my yard in the last 2 weeks, both my labs will raise hell when corralling one, I'd rather them be the ones to get hit and alert us than just leaving them alone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin4 View Post
    Do none of y'all train your dogs to stay away from snakes? Cheaper than a vet bill.

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    This pic was from 1979. We use to wade a small swamp and shoot moccasins with .22LR pistols. The one stretched out on the board was a grown snake that we tracked thru a mudflat for about 60 yards before we shot it.

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    I still like to mess with them when I get a chance. Here's a pretty nice King Snake I caught that swam across the cove a few weeks ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Griffin View Post
    A rather predominant members home is being overrun by them as we speak. He won't even go outside until his wife sweeps the yard thusly making it safe for his favorite attire of knee socks and sandals!!!!
    This fella happen to live in the Bamberg area?
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    I could have done without seeing the dude in his underwear while I eat my breakfast.
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    That's gotta be Cromer in dem undies.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Duck cutter View Post
    I could have done without seeing the dude in his underwear while I eat my breakfast.
    Who the hell eats breakfast at 10 in the morning?

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    Pretty badass to wade around killin snakes in your tighty whiteys. Esp if you do everything while smoking a cigarette hands free.

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    I have been seeing a good many garter and black snakes in/around my yard. Twice I suspect a female has entered an area (One shows up and others are following not far behind) and the males are following behind.
    I removed 2 garter snakes from my garage the other night when they just came slithering by the workbench which was a bit startling to say the least. Numbers 3-5 weren't as lucky. I could tolerate 2, but once I was sufficiently outnumbered in my house it went to straight eradication w the weed eater.


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    Quote Originally Posted by scatter shot View Post
    Who the hell eats breakfast at 10 in the morning?
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    I STAND WITH DUCK CUTTER!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sportin' Woodies View Post
    Pretty badass to wade around killin snakes in your tighty whiteys. Esp if you do everything while smoking a cigarette hands free.
    What if he smokes menthols?

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    Thats racist

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    Menthol smokers and snakes don't mix

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    See my original post in this thread. Today my son and grandson encountered, and killed, three cottonmouths in the very spot where my dog was struck several months ago. One was nearly 4' long and the others were about 3' long. This time there was a helpful little .410 available to do the work.

    Maybe I was wrong about the original snakes being copperheads. Maybe none of these three was the one that bit my dog. But somehow I feel that a little righteous justice was dispensed today.

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    Last edited by Sportin' Woodies; 08-19-2017 at 09:16 PM.

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    How do you confuse a copperhead for a water moccasin?

    Or did you just know it was posionous because of the swelling?

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    I saw the confrontation from a distance and didn't make an ID. The swelling made it obvious it was a poisonous hit. The vet suggested copperhead.
    That the Tiger's roar may echo.....

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