What gun for Cottonmouths in the Bathroom?

[Smoke]

Old NFO

You seem reasonably familier with the country to have grown up a bayou boy and now residing in the far east....spend any time in this neck of the woods?

 

[Old NFO]

You seem reasonably familier with the country to have grown up a bayou boy and now residing in the far east....spend any time in this neck of the woods?

My Uncle had a ranch outside El Paso and over in NM, he also had an interest in Ruidoso Downs years ago. He died in the late 70's and everything got sold off I spent summers there from '65-'67 working on the ranch. I used to drive over that way from Louisiana before they had I-10 That was a LONG drive :banghead:

I had family in Texarkana, Quitman, Lubbock, Houston and Humble, plus my dad worked for ESSO/Humble oil company so we traveled Texas a lot. I knew more oilfield roads/farm roads than I did highways...

 

[olazul]

A "snake stick" and a pocket knife.

As a lad I had many encounters around the house with rattlesnakes. I used a 6ft lenght of 1/2" copper pipe that had a piece of cord tied at one end. You then thread the other end of the cord up through the pipe so it comes out the other end. Walk up to the snake, put the noose around the head and tighten. Then cut off the head with your pocket knife- wala!

I also had a rattlesnake in the house- my sister almost stepped on it one night. I did not come home for hours so the trail was cold. I barricaded the section of house and poured a light dusting of flour on the wood floor. Came back the neck day and looked for squigles/tracks. Then barricaded that section and put more flour down. Finally localized it to the kitchen, found it curled up in the coils under the fridge. Snake stick and pocket knife once again! My mom and sis never bit(&*%^ed about cleaning up the flour later either

Olazul

 

[mete]

H&H hunter, I remember that Capstick story, I couldn't stop laughing when I read it !!!

 

[GunGoBoom]

Yikes. I should think my Taurus 94, 9-shot .22lr with birdshot would do nicely, and not chip the toilet too badly...but yeah, a machete would be even better, not to mention some butt-cheek protecting hardened canvas mudflaps of some kind.

 

[firesafety3]

Another Louisiana boy here with a bit of experience with the old Cottonmouth. Particularly in the sunken duck or goose blinds. We would always check the blinds with a flashlight before entering. We've found everything from snakes and nutria to bobcat and once a calf that stepped off into the blind.

Our procedure for dispatching the vermin (except for the calf, of course) was to bite the end of the shotgun shell and spill all the shot, then load it and use a close shot to neutralize the intruder. The wad at 4-12" from the barrel would do the job without blowing a whole in the bottom of the blind.

 

[Old NFO]

Our procedure for dispatching the vermin was to bite the end of the shotgun shell and spill all the shot, then load it and use a close shot to neutralize the intruder. The wad at 4-12" from the barrel would do the job without blowing a hole in the bottom of the blind.

Dang, learn something new every day... Never thought of it Firesafety, thanks!

Now why didn't I learn that 30 YEARS ago when I needed it!

 

[azrael]

Gun for Cottenmouths in the bathroom?? how about a snake stick??

Golf clubs work well for this...Although as nasty a bite as a cottenmouth can deliver it might be more prudent to call someone to get it for you and to dispose (release) it far from your dwelling

 

[swampsniper]

Huh?

I will call someone to catch my snakes when you call someone to make your holsters, LOL! Don't you believe in DIY?

 

[azrael]

yup ya got me there...

However let me say this....At this time...None of my holsters have gotten liquered up and decided to annoy the weird snake with its mouth open...And then say how they hate snakes when there legs get cut open to relieve the pressure of the venom

Wanna guess how I know this one???

We dont have much worries with Cottens where I am at...Copperheads on the other hand are EVERYWHERE!!!!

I got offered $20 bucks 2 weeks ago to come and get a "Cottenmouth" from one of my neighbor's yards...I politely refused money (I got food though!) and left to release the snake... Didnt tell the guy it was a Black rat snake

 

[p35]

Reminds me of the time I was visiting someone in a small town where, apparently, the sewer treatment plant was pretty primitive. One guy went to visit the facilities and suddenly we heard some horrible screaming. The door opens and there he stood, pants down, with a large, panicked sewer rat hanging from an important part of his anatomy. Thinking fast (for him) one of the other guys grabs the fireplace shovel and takes a couple good whacks at it. Needed to practice his aim a little, I guess- never let a guy who strikes out at slow pitch regularly swing near anything you value! Really didn't improve the situation a lot.

Eventually the rat let go and ran off (someone opened the door for it), the yelling died down, and we found some Betadine and Jack Daniels for the victim.

For the rest of that weekend, everyone was REALLY careful to look in the bowl before using it!

 

[dfaugh]

Easy answer...

You need at least a 60mm "Mongoose"...I know its a wildcat, but not too diffficult to find

 

[Old NFO]

I just got back from Perth, AUS working with the RAN out that way- They have a little "problem" in one of their buildings where a lot of computers reside... They have snakes living in the false floor with the cabling for the computers Of course THIS BUILDING is the one I will be using during my test...
AND I have to run cabling (I think I'm gonna hang it from the light fixtures). Of course, most are poisionous, and they are protected (Garden Island is a nature preserve). The secretary did give me the good news though, no more rats in the building, but don't leave food out, especially in the spare room (where we will be) Anybody need any rare snake skins for a holster???

 

[squirrel_hunter]

Them ain't snakes, they're diabled lizards

I was raised in the NE corner of Arkansas, 2 miles from the Mississippi River, hence....lots of Mr. No Shoulders was present. I was taught from a very early age, snakes are more scared of you than you are of them, most times. Anyway, I caught many cottonmouths and watersnakes in and out of the house over the years without getting bit. Me and my grandmother went fishing in one of the sleughs, when a cottonmouth dropped into the boat between us. To my superise, Mom just reached out, grabbed the snake and flipped him out of the boat in a flash, then went back to fishing. I said "I thought you were scared of snakes?" She replied, "Only if your daddy or grandpa ain't around. If they knew the truth, I'd be handling all the snake problems around the farm for them so they could deal with the more important stuff." I also heard my grandpa say that dried snake skins make for good toilet paper in a pinch....never tried that myself.

 

[pauli]

we had a garter snake in the basement here once!

it slithered away, though.

yeah, that's all i got.

 

[bcochran]

snakes

Have encountered them. I try to mentally note the location and not hang around. No need to kill them.

One time, within the City of Los Angeles, within the last 15 years, at the Boy Scout Camp, the women were using the lodge for a meeting. There was a rattlesnake in the parking lot and one up behind the lodge. Because the women were in condition white of consciouness and we couldn't stand around all day warning them off, we tried to move them (unsuccessfully) before we were constrained to kill them-meaning the snakes. No shooting, just a hoe. Sad to have done it.

 

[Dr.Who]

I heard a story 30 years or more ago of a snake in the plumbing of a houses on a block in central Illinois. The snake learned how to go through the water traps and raise the lids of the toilets in each home. It would go from level to level. The home owners were having a time trying to get the snake. They were hooked into the city system. They were having to place weight on the toilet lids to keep the snake out of the house. From time to time the owners would see the snake's head coming out of the bowl. Somehow, someone was able to get a noose around the snake and pull it out. Supposedly, it was over 8 feet long. Do not recall what kind of snake it was. It was believe to be a pet that escaped by crawling into a toilet.... It makes you want to be sure to never raise the lid of the toilet in the dark....

We have all heard of stories of Alligators living in the sewers of New York City in the 60's & 70's. Owners that purcahsed a pet gator in Florida on vacation, got it home and it grew too big for them, flushed them down the toilet, and they lived and grew... Sanitation workers found them time to time as they worked under ground... Most sewers are below the frost line, so the gators can supposedly survive..... Urban legend or not, it sounds possible....