Little Big Horn Battlefield & Pompeys Pillar

[rangerider]

Originally Posted by Timberwolf232

We shoot em all the time.

Best way to do it is use a .22 rifle.
When you spook one and it sits up at you can point at it from your hip and rotate the barrel in a circle.
It's head will follow the end of the barrel as it gets ready to strike it and you pop it! You don't need to aim and you'll never miss.

Also pretty hard to beat a .410 w/ a short barrel or a .357 Blackhawk full of shotshells. That's what I carried when fencing on a ranch I worked on outside of Chadron, NE. We had tons of them; I got hit twice, but always wore fairly tall boots and got lucky both times. Nothing gets your heart going like stepping over a rock or log with two fenceposts on your shoulders and hearing that buzz. They're hard on little calves, too; sometimes the young rattlers will be down in the cool of the creek bottoms during the day. Little calves will go nosing around down there and get bit right on the end of the snout. They don't make it very far - a young rattler's venom is pretty potent stuff.

[Timberwolf232]

Originally Posted by rangerider

Also pretty hard to beat a .410 w/ a short barrel or a .357 Blackhawk full of shotshells. That's what I carried when fencing on a ranch I worked on outside of Chadron, NE. We had tons of them; I got hit twice, but always wore fairly tall boots and got lucky both times. Nothing gets your heart going like stepping over a rock or log with two fenceposts on your shoulders and hearing that buzz. They're hard on little calves, too; sometimes the young rattlers will be down in the cool of the creek bottoms during the day. Little calves will go nosing around down there and get bit right on the end of the snout. They don't make it very far - a young rattler's venom is pretty potent stuff.

I've wanted a .410-.22 over and under for years, just never found one at the right time at the right price.
A couple friends have .17's and those little rounds are FAST. Great for gophers. I wonder if someone makes a .410-.17 over and under?

I'm with you on the snake buzz making the heart skip a beat. Every time I hear that I think I lose 15 minutes off of my life..

Haven't seen any snakes yet this year, and hope that trend continues.