Snake in the house!

[dennishoddy]

I believe that the country folk don't keep a hoe around for gardening, it's for snake defense. It was always my grandpa's weapon of choice when he found a legless home invader that needed to be disposed of. I've always had the 'get it outside and let it live' mindset, but I'm a softy for critters and I'm not scared of them. I don't think I'd kill one unless it was venomous, but I don't like killing anything more than a bug. I'm no eco-hippy, I was just always the kid that made everything a pet, not prey.

Actually she grabbed our "back hoe".

Standard hoe that you put some heat on the neck and turn it where the blade is inline with the handle. You push it through the garden just under the surface to shear off the weeds.
Use one one time, and you will wonder why somebody didn't do this before. I'll take a pic of it tomorrow and post it.

 

[Westbrooks Shot Selection]

I started buying guns for these very situations

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Very nice! Are you getting it mounted?

 

[cvrx4]

I remember one time my grandma found a snake in a closet. The next day grandpa was replacing the sheetrock from the shotgun blast. GRANNY DONT PLAY!!!


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[NightShade]

I worked with a guy once that told a funny story one day. He'd just moved out into the country and, one day, saw a snake slithering into the house through the back door. His first instinct was a good one as he kicked the door shut and actually pinned the snake in the door crack. His second instinct was bad. He picked up a nearby shotgun and blasted the snake. The snake (harmless) was instantly killed. But, he also killed everything around the snake--a tile floor, sheetrock wall, door trim, some carpet and the door itself. He was just so worked up, he just had to shoot the thing. It cost him hundreds to get it all fixed.

This is a good reason for the pistol shot shells. Take it out with minimal damage to the surrounding area's, lol.

 

[porscheman2944]

I had a similar experience last summer, but when I rushed home to my old ladies aid, it was a ten inch worm

that's what she said . . . . . come on you know someone was going to say it . . .

 

[AKguy1985]

Growing up we found a copperhead in our house a couple times. those are kill on sight.

 

[Isha's Pa Pa]

Where there is one there is another Fire Fire !!

 

[cody6766]

Actually she grabbed our "back hoe".

Standard hoe that you put some heat on the neck and turn it where the blade is inline with the handle. You push it through the garden just under the surface to shear off the weeds.
Use one one time, and you will wonder why somebody didn't do this before. I'll take a pic of it tomorrow and post it.

Humm, I guess we always called a back hoe a hoe then. Either way, they were always good for chopping snakes while I was growing up. I miss the country...

 

[TedKennedy]

About twenty years ago, a friend of mine's wife was home when a snake came in. She grabbed the nearest thing (a piece of pipe) and promptly beat the snake to death. The "pipe" was my buddies new Mauser barrel, to go on his 98 action. Barrels bend, he found out.....