Chuck; The first shot in my ugh is snake shot. Just like a shotgun shell.
Thank you, Alan Di Somma Sent from my iPad On Aug 10, 2012, at 8:07 AM, "Brian Burgess" <[email protected]> wrote: > HAHAHA sounds like you need glasses or shooting lessons Chuck. > If we ever get rattlers over here in England I'll give Jimmy or Dono a call. > My mate is the same, he has a rat problem, they keep getting up on his bird > table so he bought an air rifle to deal with them, reckons he has had about > 40 shots and not killed any although a pellet did ricochet off a metal garden > chair and nearly hit his wife in the head so he is getting closer to hitting > something. > > Made my day reading your story. > > Birdie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chuck Alexander > To: [email protected] ; fly fishing for panfish > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 4:57 AM > Subject: [VFB] HUGE Rattler > > Folks: It's the dog days of Summer, and that means (at least around here) > that the snakes are crawling, and are meaner than ever. Yesterday, my son and > grand daughter were walking to the edge of of or property to check on getting > a part off an old Ford we have parked there when they saw a huge rattler > gliding across the yard. They ran up and got me, and wouldn't ya know it but > the firing pin on my shotgun is broken, so I get my 22 magnum pistol and go > out there. I spot him, and you know how ppl are about telling you the size of > snakes. It's like telling you the size of the "fish that got away". But this > was one of the Eastern Diamondbacks you see on the TV shows, as in over 5ft > long, and bigger than my forearm. But the weird thing is, even after I shot > (and missed 3 out of 5 times, cause it's hard to hit a snake with an old > revolver at 15 yards, cause that was as close as I was getting LOL). Anyway, > through all that, he NEVER ratted a single time. I shot and missed. I shot > again and hit him. He stopped dead in his tracks and I thought I had heart > shot him, cause I knew it was a "body shot". I shot again, and hit him again. > (reason I know is cause after he had gone, I saw the blood stains on the > ground) He still didn't move. His tail was straight up, and he had 7 or 8 > rattles, each at least 3/4" across, but like I said, they NEVER once rattled. > I missed him three more times, and had one round mis fire before he FINALLY > started crawling off VERY SLOWLY. My son in law had heard the shots and came > down with his shotgun, and we went out into the woods and hunted the snake > for 30 minutes or so, but never saw him again. Man, that really scared me > knowing how close he was to my son and grand daughter. He was a BEAUTIFUL > snake as he had JUST shed his skin and his colors and markings were really > bright. But he'll be "dead and beautiful" if I see him again and hopefully > get more shots at him LOL. Anyway, if you live anywhere that is snake > country, this is a bad time of the year, so be on the lookout at all times. > Chuck > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
