rc6 vs snake

cricketdave

cricketdave

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hi, thought i would post some pics of the snake i killed in my pasture this afternoon. its that time of year when i mow and fertilize the pastures for the year. so it was my wifes turn on the tractor and she called me on the cell. to come quick and kill a big snake. trot out there with my trusty rc 6 and a 45. well it wasn't poisonousness but it was large i killed it with the rc6.

so on to the pics, the snakes just over 5ft long.

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at the thickest its about the size of my forearm

take it easy
cricket
 
not a chance, i cooked the one he ate at the campout. no way i'm eating one of those. now rattlesnake is diffrent i would have fried that up to eat.

cricket
 
i dont blame ya, i wouldnt eat any snake, unless i had to. looks like a good kill :thumbup:
 
Why do people needlessly kill snakes, particularly people with crops that are devoured by rodents?

Please remember the many benefits that snakes provide. Snakes kill and eat a variety of rodents and other pests. Some of the pests could transmit diseases to humans. Although snakes cannot eliminate these pests, they do help control their numbers. Many other species of animals as well as raptors utilize snakes as a source of food. Snakes--poisonous and non-poisonous--are helpful in many ways to humans and are an important part of our natural environment.
 
scotchleaf said:
Why do people needlessly kill snakes, particularly people with crops that are devoured by rodents?

Please remember the many benefits that snakes provide. Snakes kill and eat a variety of rodents and other pests. Some of the pests could transmit diseases to humans. Although snakes cannot eliminate these pests, they do help control their numbers. Many other species of animals as well as raptors utilize snakes as a source of food. Snakes--poisonous and non-poisonous--are helpful in many ways to humans and are an important part of our natural environment.
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imtheomegaman said:
yep, let it live so it can keep the vermin at bay...
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Dave doesn't have crops. He does have children, pets and livestock all of which would see very little benefit from a snake bite.

In the environment that this snake found itself in it became a pest and was eliminated as such. This is the unfortunate reality of the country lifestyle.
 
scotchleaf said:
Why do people needlessly kill snakes, particularly people with crops that are devoured by rodents?

Please remember the many benefits that snakes provide. Snakes kill and eat a variety of rodents and other pests. Some of the pests could transmit diseases to humans. Although snakes cannot eliminate these pests, they do help control their numbers. Many other species of animals as well as raptors utilize snakes as a source of food. Snakes--poisonous and non-poisonous--are helpful in many ways to humans and are an important part of our natural environment.
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yup, i agree. it 's on cricketdave's land though and he can do what he wants :o hopefully next time he'll reconsider...or at least send the meat to me. i'll grill that right up :p

by the way, snakes are venomous (injected as opposed to poisonous which is ingested) :D
 
ok then, i got ellie to come out and run the camera while i did the cuttin.

what we have here is a big assed rat, half digested.

on with the documentry

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there you go
cricket
 
cricketdave said:
ok then, i got ellie to come out and run the camera while i did the cuttin.

what we have here is a big assed rat, half digested.

on with the documentry


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there you go
cricket
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and theres the money shot..
i said vermin! i was right! :D
 
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