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My son just returned from a deployment to Afghanistan, and while he was away, he and his wife bout a house with a few acres in the hills out side of Fresno.
My daughter whos only 23 handles all of it, she did send him links on the web so he could see it.
They have two small sons, ages 5 and 1, there are several places on their property which has granite boulders piles which looks like perfect Rattle Snake habitats as well as the rest of the property, my cousin who lives out side of Springville also had a lot of rattle snakes on his property in his first years there, but now its just an occasional one, he also has two small kids and his favorite tool for killing the snakes is a shovel.
We understand the value of having these snakes around, both my son and law and my self our fans of snakes and have had several over our life times as pets, but with the little ones running around, if one is found in common use areas or close to the house, they will need to be dispatched.
I know my daughter is not going to want to get close enough to use a shovel, they have .22 rifles, as well as an old .410 single shot. What's the preferred firearm for killing rattle snakes? a small caliber with snake shot? is that sufficient, or the .410, there are neighbors in the area, none in line of site of their property, but within a 1/4 mile, it may actually be over a 1/4 mile, not positive, but lets say it is legal to shoot, what would you use. I spoke to a neighbor who lives in the same area, he uses a .410 is that overkill?
My daughter whos only 23 handles all of it, she did send him links on the web so he could see it.
They have two small sons, ages 5 and 1, there are several places on their property which has granite boulders piles which looks like perfect Rattle Snake habitats as well as the rest of the property, my cousin who lives out side of Springville also had a lot of rattle snakes on his property in his first years there, but now its just an occasional one, he also has two small kids and his favorite tool for killing the snakes is a shovel.
We understand the value of having these snakes around, both my son and law and my self our fans of snakes and have had several over our life times as pets, but with the little ones running around, if one is found in common use areas or close to the house, they will need to be dispatched.
I know my daughter is not going to want to get close enough to use a shovel, they have .22 rifles, as well as an old .410 single shot. What's the preferred firearm for killing rattle snakes? a small caliber with snake shot? is that sufficient, or the .410, there are neighbors in the area, none in line of site of their property, but within a 1/4 mile, it may actually be over a 1/4 mile, not positive, but lets say it is legal to shoot, what would you use. I spoke to a neighbor who lives in the same area, he uses a .410 is that overkill?
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