NWI INGO General Post - Part 13

[bigretic]

guys. i found a big snake today.... after a 15 minute shoot out(he hid in the rocks) which required 25 rounds of .22 and 2 pieces of shrapnel in my skin I got him.


im worried they are around my house. what can I do?

Enjoy the increase in rodents.

 

[melensdad]

next time i weed eat ill have the saiga 12 strapped up....

Why? Snakes in Indiana are generally beneficial.

 

[KLB]

I sense a common theme here

 

[CTC B4Z]

I have little dogs...

Shouldn't I be worried about them?

 

[1775usmarine]

Anyone got say 3 32 auto JHP I could try out in my CZ70 for function.

 

[tv1217]

Unless your dogs are chihuahua pups, I wouldn't worry. A gerbil does more damage than the bite of any nonvenomous snake on this continent.

 

[CTC B4Z]

Thanks. Still going to put down some powder or something. I don't want these near my dogs or house, but don't want to kill them all

 

[melensdad]

Unless your dogs are chihuahua pups, I wouldn't worry. A gerbil does more damage than the bite of any nonvenomous snake on this continent.

Pretty much my thought too.

Thanks. Still going to put down some powder or something. I don't want these near my dogs or house...

The powder might be more dangerous to your dogs than the snakes. And the snakes will very likely control all sorts of problems that the powder won't resolve. Get rid of the snakes and the mouse population grows. Mice spread both ticks and disease. If you live in the country get used to the occasional snake.

 

[tv1217]

Snake bites don't really even hurt that much until you get into the big constrictors, and of course the venomous, which again there is only one species in this region.

 

[melensdad]

Snake bites don't really even hurt that much until you get into the big constrictors, and of course the venomous, which again there is only one species in this region.

Can't say I've ever been bit. See a snake every now and again. Usually dead, as a result of an unfortunately encounter with a tractor implement.

I'm not a fan of opossums but I won't kill them unless they are injured and inside my fenced 'dog yard' or otherwise a pest causing damage. But they are definitely a beneficial animal and control a lot of nasty bugs. I simply believe they are ugly. I think I've intentionally killed 2.

I dislike raccoons. Those things are a PITA. I've dispatched 8 or 10 of those. Always inside my 'dog yard' and always causing problems.

Deer, those are also a PITA. Rabbits, not a big fan. Coyotes have come up close to the house but never cause a problem. Cats, on the other hand, those can all die. They do not belong in our ecosystem as they destroy the bird population, both game bird and song bird populations are devastated by free roaming cats. Snakes, generally I have no issues with those.

But outside of the dog yard the animals that I dislike are allowed to roam free on my property. I can't really control where they go anyway.

 

[Ericpwp]

My whole street smells like cat **** from people not containing their pets and then them having litters.

 

[Ballstater98]

Camper bitten by venomous snake in Brown County State Park - Local News - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

 

[repeter1977]

At least it's Friday. If you are off the next four days, congratulations.

 

[actaeon277]

It's Monday

 

[Ericpwp]

I'm working Monday because no one else will be there to bother me.

 

[tv1217]

At least it's Friday. If you are off the next four days, congratulations.

Yes, but only because I used PTO to take Monday off so we can pick up my BIL from MDW.






I may have overused the acronyms...

 

[KLB]

I get four days. Of course that means four days of actual work here at home.

 

[CTC B4Z]

Nature can nature anywhere else on my 10 acres. But when something like that gets that close I have to do something

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

Nature can nature anywhere else on my 10 acres. But when something like that gets that close I have to do something

Pee yourself and take shrapnel damage?

 

[CTC B4Z]

Lol basically...