Re: copperhead got the Anne Boleyn treatment

A couple years ago we were up at Lake Shastina visiting a friend, and 
their little dauchsand was running down the rocky hill behind the house 
and jumped right over a sleeping rattlesnake about 50 feet from the 
house.  Stupid dog went back to back at it- gave us all a heart attack 
and we did manage to distract the dog and get is to run the rest of the 
way down the hill before it got itself killed.  My husband  ran a 
grabbed a couple of big rocks and hurled them at the snake- on the 
second rock he killed it dead!  We were duly impressed with his aim.

Theresa

Judy Browning wrote:

>Be careful. A little one may mean you have a nest nearby. My grandma used to
>kill 3-4 rattlesnakes a day each spring when they lived on the ranch. They
>were attracted to the spring near the outhouse.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 2:41 AM
>Subject: RE: [CHAT] copperhead got the Anne Boleyn treatment
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>>YO! You be careful out there.... and where are your boots! :)
>>
>>Donna
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>>>Well, I just killed a small copperhead tonight.  Usually see one every
>>>3 or 4 years and it's been that long.   Over by the burn barrel coming
>>>toward me.  So I got the shovel and took care of that problem.
>>>Agressive little buggers, even after it got chopped it was still
>>>trying to bite.  One of the downsides of gardening in flip-flops.
>>>Thank goodness Sugar wasn't back there.  So that was the excitement
>>>here tonight.  I warned John too since he's mowing here tomorrow.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Pam Evans
>>>Kemp TX
>>>zone 8A
>>>      
>>>
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