Battle Mistress vs. Copperhead

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Bigfattyt said:
my last run in with a rattler was in Utah. I was up at some relatives house and almost stepped on a baby rattler with shorts and flip flops on.

I jumped over it right as it struck at my foot.

It coiled up and kept striking at me. If I had been out in the boonies I would have just left it alone, but it was about 2 feet away from a group of little toddlers in the front yard of the family's house. I did shovel that one, because it was so tiny and quick I did not think I could safely catch it and move it some where.

The day before, one of the neighbor kids caught a little "gardner snake" and was showing it off to their mom. It bit her and oops, not a gardner snake, it was a baby rattler.
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what part of utah?
 
Big man with a big knife kills a little snake. Very sad.
I'm with the snakes. :eek::thumbup::D
 
Eric had an awesome idea. Make a sheath out of it:thumbup:
 
I realize some folks love snakes, hell we even have a pet corn snake however if I am out in the woods and run across one I will kill it without giving it a second thought, same with pretty much any other animal that can do harm (obviously venemous snakes). I say good kill and agree that it would make a really nice sheath :thumbup:
 
If I run upon a snake in the woods I try to give it a little respect, after all I'm passing through his back yard. Black snakes ignore, but if I find a rattlesnake or copperhead within sight of my home I drop the knife and give them the buckshot. I've crawled over these mountains surveying when I was younger and try to be aware of my surroundings. The kids on the road have not learned that skill yet.
 
Liu Kang said:
I don't believe that... is that the whole story? Cause I'm huge snake guy and usually that's not what they do.... And it's been pretty cold out so I don't think that they are that active now... Snakes aren't as bad as everyone makes them out to be...
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Agreed, copperheads are not aggressive and dont just strike. Unless being harassed with a BM.
 
Great pic. I have a bama clay BM, maybe my favorite Busse.

No need to justify killing it. Killing things is fun. Gutsy move with a blade, when I lived in NM and had to dispatch a rattler in the woodpile or yard I used a shovel. NMFBM is long, but I prefer a little more distance!
 
No need to call names. Is this what we want to teach our children; "Killing things is fun"?
 
Of course its fun. Ever get that rush when you hit a flying dove or that perfect shot when you drop a buck?

Sorry for putting it so bluntly. But yes, it is a lot of fun, and that is what it comes down to.
 
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