I hate rattlesnakes: take 3

[AZhitman]

LOL - gotcha.

My WD-40 / Zippo solution is sounding better and better.

[BusyBadger]

For outdoor use you might want to consider picking up a cheap .38 pistol or .22 rifle and keeping a box of shot shell handy.

Yeah, that might not go over too well with the HOA.

Yeah..oh well. Maybe indoor use then.

That's what the grabber/pikstik/f*** is for.

Exactly! You can have Bex pick it up and then you can shoot it. Make a NICO trick shot exhibition out of it, take plenty of pics!

And never use BB's, they're too hard and will richochet, a lead pellet will deform on impact and not have much momentum after the initial impact.

[audtatious]

we don't have those kinda snakes around here

You have copperheads and timber rattlers.

Not that habitate at my home. In 12 years I've only seen two garder snakes and one huge eastern kingsnake.

[HashiriyaS14]

Wow, that's really scary.

How long would a kid have to get to the hospital if bitten? Half an hour?


We have snakes here, mostly black rat snakes, and I like them because they kill pests and are generally chill and cool looking. Rattlesnakes are a different matter entirely, totally dangerous.

[Dittoz7]

NJ is ghey.

Tyler: http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/spo/2097171097.html

(...probably not a great weapon to be firing in our garage, lol...)

I stayed away from gamo since the whole plastic trigger ordeal. But that's a sweet price for that gun. replacement trigger for the new gamos are already in final stages.

I still say try getting a .22 that shots around 500fps. Like it was said here before lead deforms and doesn't ricochet AS MUCH as bb's. You would just really need to plot your angle of fire. If that's still to just power, there way to detune the spring even more to get the speeds you're looking for. Also remember not all rounds fire the same to just use the heavy ones, usually more accurate and harder hitting.

[themadscientist]

I'd happily take a rattler over my local snake, the Habu. At least Rattlers have that American spirit of fair play and might give you a buzz to let you know. Habus are straight ninja, big as a mofo, can strike in all 360 degrees and are known to climb trees.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G72HZHnGsE[/youtube]


Their venom is nasty stuff.

Whereas the cobra of Southeast Asia and the black mamba of Africa inject nerve poison, the habu injects strongly hemorrhagenic venom. It is called hemorrhagenic because it causes bleeding by destroying the blood vessels. The venom causes a burning pain and swelling, and it can be fatal.

Read more: http://www.articlesbase.com/environment ... z17RKEvGcG
Under Creative Commons License: Attribution

But they taste great in sake!

[Urabus GodofTraction]

Wow, that's really scary.

How long would a kid have to get to the hospital if bitten? Half an hour?

Rattlesnakes, including the Western Diamondback/Mohave in the picture, aren't that venomous.The Eastern's (largest, potentially most toxic) venom's effectiveness is measured in hours, and without an antivenom the survival rate is a little over 60%.Though for a child, I'm not quite sure. Not a game I'd want to play!

[themadscientist]

we don't have those kinda snakes around here

You have copperheads and timber rattlers.

I met one once, gained a new respect and learned we had those; I never knew.

[G_whizz]

YIKES!!! That's more scary then a Canadian Rabid Beaver!!!

And...
HOLY SHAT...is that
Ricky Ticky Tavi or Tabby or something like that????

My FAVORITE movie as a kid...

[The Count]

Greg, get a .357 and apply liberally:


The pellets are small enough that in most situations they won't do damage to the surrounding area.

Also, great reason to buy a badass revolver.

[snwbrdr435]

^ Those work but i would it would be too loud. The gamo big cat that my brother has dispatches varmit with ease. I forget who makes it but they do have a .50 pellet gun. Friend has one very fun

[nissangirl74]

You can have Bex pick it up

[Mr1der]

Santa needs to bring the girls a pet mongoose for Christmas.

My FAVORITE movie as a kid...

Riki wrecked s***.

you could always get a one of the hook grabber thingies...or a .38 with some rat shot.

[krimsonviper]

All this snake hate!

Glad no one got hurt Bex!

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

^ Those work but i would it would be too loud. The gamo big cat that my brother has dispatches varmit with ease. I forget who makes it but they do have a .50 pellet gun. Friend has one very fun

Made by Koreans. And it isn't much quieter than a .357. Won't blow your eardrums out, but it does have a healthy crack to it. Oh and I WANT ONE. They hunt wild boars with those things.

-edit...damn went google crazy after I posted that. Not only boars, but some crazy f*** go big-game hunting...bears, buffalo, you name it.

They make em all the way up to 20mm, and I'm sure some dude is trying to retrofit a 25mm cannon to fire big honking pellets with air.

[MaximA32]

Actually, I have been meaning to get some pellet gun info.

I'm thinking of getting one for me and one for Dar for Christmas... Spit me some knowledge, guys.

p.s. They'll be for snake-sniping, FROGS and picking pigeons off the wall (hate f***ing pigeons...)

FTFY

[goody90q45]

That's a lot of snake there and it's been in the neighborhood for awhile. They don't grow 10 rattles overnight. He's probably been stalking for 2-3 years.

Wow, that's really scary. How long would a kid have to get to the hospital if bitten? Half an hour?

Rattlesnakes, including the Western Diamondback/Mohave in the picture, aren't that venomous.The Eastern's (largest, potentially most toxic) venom's effectiveness is measured in hours, and without an antivenom the survival rate is a little over 60%.Though for a child, I'm not quite sure. Not a game I'd want to play!

Lots of rattlesnakes in the Sacramento area, especially the more rural areas. The bite is not going to kill you if you get to a hospital quickly but you'll be very sick for a few days and be left with a nasty scar when it's all healed up.

We used some cheap Wal-mart Red Ryder BB gun to kill a bird that kept squawking from 12am to the wee morning.

Nightengale? That's what they do. Not fun when they're outside your bedroom window though.

[krimsonviper]

We used some cheap Wal-mart Red Ryder BB gun to kill a bird that kept squawking from 12am to the wee morning.

Nightengale? That's what they do. Not fun when they're outside your bedroom window though.

I think I have one of those in my neighbors palm tree. It's either a nightengale, or a bat, but dog gone it, I wish it will freeze to death already!

[tm1218]

I'm no tree hugging PETA nut, but why kill them? After all, we did steal their habitat. (OK that sounded like a tree hugging PETA nut)

I would pick it up with my bare hands and release it somewhere. Respect things that can kill you and maybe they won't kill you in return. That is human nature for you... if you don't like it, kill it.

[ThatGuyRoger]

at least it wasn't a family of rattlers
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf5puynSYOI[/youtube]

[krimsonviper]

Why are the lights turned off and if he needs to work with them off and use a flashlight, why isn't he working with a partner? Is it bad that I would have found it hilarious if the guy turned around with the lid and the snakes were outta the bucket and it wasn't overturned?

[ADDirishboy]

I'm no tree hugging PETA nut, but why kill them? After all, we did steal their habitat. (OK that sounded like a tree hugging PETA nut)

I would pick it up with my bare hands and release it somewhere. Respect things that can kill you and maybe they won't kill you in return. That is human nature for you... if you don't like it, kill it.

It'll just go bother someone else if you drop it somewhere. Rather have it dead than a threat to anyone.

Also, AZ has major issues with wild animals. AZ Game and Fish actually tells you to shoot any coyote you see as long as your in a location where it's legal to discharge a firearm.

[ThatGuyRoger]

it would have been funny if he turned around to see them missing and the camera franticly moving around to try and find the snakes all while s**ting bricks. he got lucky at the 40 second mark.

[krimsonviper]

it would have been funny if he turned around to see them missing and the camera franticly moving around to try and find the snakes all while s**ting bricks. he got lucky at the 40 second mark.

Hell yeah he did, and you got my hilarity in my post. "Oh sxxt! Where'd they go?!?" and then takes off running and screaming.

[ThatGuyRoger]

lol! I'd like to have seen his reaction when he first stumbled on to them.

[AZhitman]

Wow, that's really scary.

How long would a kid have to get to the hospital if bitten? Half an hour?

Rattlesnakes, including the Western Diamondback/Mohave in the picture, aren't that venomous.The Eastern's (largest, potentially most toxic) venom's effectiveness is measured in hours, and without an antivenom the survival rate is a little over 60%.Though for a child, I'm not quite sure. Not a game I'd want to play!

Uh, actually, they are. Read and learn... Neighbor is a herpetologist (and our Animal Control Officer).

Mohave Rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus) - Up to 50" long - Widely considered most toxic rattlesnake in U.S. - Easily confused with Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake

Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) - Up to 66" long - Largest rattlesnake in the West - Responsible for more bites and deaths to humans than any other rattlesnake species in U.S.

The Eastern Rattler isn't the most venomous, but it's the largest. The two are not correlated.

According to Arizona Poison Centers, less than 1% of rattlesnake bites result in human deaths. However, kids and the elderly are most at risk.

Enjoy!

http://phoenix.gov/FIRE/bitessna.html#SNAKES
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4931459&page=1

[AZhitman]

I would pick it up with my bare hands and release it somewhere. Respect things that can kill you and maybe they won't kill you in return.

Uh, yeah. You'd be dead by morning.

That snake could give a damn about your "respect".

[AZhitman]

AZ Game and Fish actually tells you to shoot any coyote you see as long as your in a location where it's legal to discharge a firearm.

I took out a rabid one (about 45 lbs), but I wasn't in a location where it's legal to discharge a firearm.

He ate the front bumper of an intentionally-misguided Crown Vic Interceptor at 50 mph.

(STILL demolished the bumper and sent me off-course into the desert.... )

[Razi]

Nightengale? That's what they do. Not fun when they're outside your bedroom window though.

Dunno, I could never see it, we just aimed at the puny thing at the top of the tree and shot at it until it shut up.

[flohtingPoint]

Rarely had problems with snakes when I lived in the barrio, mainly just scorpions. When I moved to PV, that was when I discovered my first rattler while going into the kitchen for some breakfast. Also had a couple gila monsters take up residence in the back yard for a while.