On Friday my wife lifted up a plastic bin lid that I left just outside the garage and came running into the house and said hurry up and get out here. We had a black bear looking in the sliding glass door at me in the basement on Monday so I thought that may be it, I was wrong, it was a coiled up copperhead. I grabbed the Governor shot it with #6 shot. The 2 1/2" 410 hit hard and killed it instantly. The snake was coiled up looking ready to strike and the shot flipped it about 10 inches into the position in the picture. A neighbor told me he has killed 3 already this year. The worst part is that it ate the very large frog in the pond I have in front of the house. My wife got vey lucky that she wasn't bit.

 

Nasty bastard!! Sent him where he belongs!

I hate snakes. 
 

The irony is that my ranch is in the home of the largest rattlesnake roundup in the world. Ugh. 

37 minutes ago, Displaced Texan said:

I hate snakes. 
 

The irony is that my ranch is in the home of the largest rattlesnake roundup in the world. Ugh. 

Another reason to buy that tank.

5 hours ago, 10X said:

Another reason to buy that tank.

I was thinking about a flamethrower.