Early this morning I looked our and saw a water snake climbing the pole of my bluebird house. He didn't make it.
Water snake caught threatening baby bluebirds
- Thread starter JimD
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My first several shots were from 25 yards away with him on the metal pole of the bird house. I could not see his head so I just shot him in the body until he dropped off the pole. Several solid hits. Then I walked out there and he was still alive but only moving the front third of his body. One to the head stopped that. If he had dropped into the lake I would have let the turtles take care of him but since he was in the yard I put him in a bag of trash and took him to the collection center. Grandkids are here now, don't need dead snakes in the yard. He was about 5 feet long.
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Good deal ! A few weeks ago a red squirrel decided to start investigating our BB box . It wasn't a good career move.
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The only good snake is a dead snake.
This one didn’t make it either. .25 Hades from my Veteran standard.
This one didn’t make it either. .25 Hades from my Veteran standard.
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Why all the hate for snakes... They are all out there all out there controlling pests while we aren't.
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I never asked for any help controlling pests... I got that covered. I just don't like anything that I can't see or hear coming until it is here.
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I sealed up a hole in my crawl space wall and after that I had more problems with mice than I had before. I don't kill all the snakes I see, just the ones that are threatening a preferred animal. I will also kill each poisonous snake I can but so far I haven't seen one of those in the wild.
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Put three in the head of a moccasin today.
We have dogs and kids on the property. The snakes gotta go.
I won't apologize for that.
We have dogs and kids on the property. The snakes gotta go.
I won't apologize for that.
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Texas water snakes are voracious predators, and often mistaken for water moccasins by the less informed. On two occasions I've come upon moccasins with a dearth-grip on bulldogs after being attracted by the frog's distress calls. I've also come upon and freed a cottontail on its last breath being constricirted by a large rat snake. Took the bunny about 15 seconds to catch its breath before fleeing apparently uninjured.
Unfortunately I came upon this large water snake probably only seconds too late to save my resident bullfrog-
Only the snake's head was visible above surface, but that was enough to brain him at five yards with my awesome .22 Tau 7 Co2 pistol. Wasn't till after I fished him out of the waterhole that I realized I was too late to save Kermit.
Unfortunately I came upon this large water snake probably only seconds too late to save my resident bullfrog-
Only the snake's head was visible above surface, but that was enough to brain him at five yards with my awesome .22 Tau 7 Co2 pistol. Wasn't till after I fished him out of the waterhole that I realized I was too late to save Kermit.
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