That ugh was supposed to be "gun"......duh! Thank you,
Alan Di Somma Sent from my iPad On Aug 10, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Alan Di Somma <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- 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
