Real quick question for Chuck....what was that vice you bought on EBay a bit ago?? ALL my projects are done after close to two years and i'm anxious to get tying again....Hope all on the list are doing well..missed you guys!!!
Tom in VT On Thursday, August 9, 2012 11:57:29 PM UTC-4, chuckles wrote: > > 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
