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And the child will put his hand in the viper’s den… …We've broken a few fine, handmade cypress paddles upon bringing them to bear edgewise across the backs of big, swimming cottonmouths alongside the boat… __________________________ …but not yet. You hit and don't kill a big swimming cottonmouth with a boat paddle and he might be riding in the boat with you....in my experiences with them they can be one of the most aggressive poisonous snakes out there especially in the spring. A friend had to beat one to death with a golf club on a course in Houston. The snake considered a water hazard as it’s territory, and kept advancing when he backed off.
“When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead” - John Greenleaf Whittier
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I have spent over fifty years in the African bush and have only felt nervous about a snake a handful of times. Nervous enough to kill one only once, a small spitting cobra resident by a house with small children. It is sobering to look down and see a six foot puff adder at your feet, more so if your foot is coming down on it. Or to find a cobra in your tent or house, but I have yet to encounter an aggressive snake or one that didn't just want to get away.
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Never liked being thigh deep in an Ozark stream and having a cottonmouth come for me but my few encounters with black mambas easily topped those.
Speude Bradeos
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I got this TSS info straight from Apex ammo....
"A TSS #9 pellet weighs 1.2 grains. #9's are the perfect TSS pellet size. More energy than lead 4's and equal energy to hevi shot 5's."
When I mentioned that according to one of my handloading manuals a lead #7 shot weighs 1.50 grains and lead #4 pellet weighs 3.30 grains they went into a density tail spin....
I'm still waiting on someone to explain to me how a lighter pellet leaving the muzzle at the same velocity could have more energy than a heavier pellet....when I questioned them on that they wanted to claim the #9 was more aerodynamic.
Only thing harder than TSS is the peoples head that fell for it. George what part of this can you not comprehend'a....
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Saw a guy blow a hole in a flat-bottomed wooden boat when a snake dropped out of a tree into it. Don't know what shot size he used but the pattern was really tight.
Caution: Hunting and fishing stories told here. Protective footgear may be required.
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My son had a friend whose father had been a medical missionary in Cameroon. The father said two diseases they never saw in clinic were coronary artery disease and snakebite. They never saw CAD because the locals had no cars, cigarettes, or cheeseburgers. They never saw snakebite because no victims lived long enough to get to the clinic.
Caution: Hunting and fishing stories told here. Protective footgear may be required.
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My son had a friend whose father had been a medical missionary in Cameroon. The father said two diseases they never saw in clinic were coronary artery disease and snakebite. They never saw CAD because the locals had no cars, cigarettes, or cheeseburgers. They never saw snakebite because no victims lived long enough to get to the clinic. Yes, neurotoxin kills very quickly.
“When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead” - John Greenleaf Whittier
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Saw a guy blow a hole in a flat-bottomed wooden boat when a snake dropped out of a tree into it. Don't know what shot size he used but the pattern was really tight. My grandfather was my fishing partner when I was a kid. He warned me many times that I better not ever jump out of the bateau when a snake dropped off a limb into it. I didn't, but I drew myself up tight against the front end more than once. Granddaddy would never move his feet or legs. He'd just pick up that long, skinny paddle and crunch that cottonmouth in the corner against the live well. Then, he'd casually pick it up with the paddle and drop it over the side into the lake, then pick up his reel, and resume fishing. I know it had to have excited him a little but I could never tell it.
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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Do you have any Burmese pythons in Georgia yet, or does Florida have them all? I think I'd go heavier than #9 for those things.
Caution: Hunting and fishing stories told here. Protective footgear may be required.
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I think Stan wrestled a few pythons in the hen house.....
If we are really gOOd maybe Stanley will tell us again how his granpappy shot coveys of quail on the ground......he called it ground swatting.
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