Why We Carry During Hunting Season

 Welcome to swamp huntin'. Can you say .357?

Fella's;

Yup, snake shot, the more, the bigger, the better.  Trigger, I put two snake shots in, then hardcore rounds.  One, if I get just a wee bit rushed & miss with the first one, then #2 is there.  Two, it's not unknown for snakes to come in groups.  And furthermore, if I got social problems, I figure gettin snake-shotted is NO fun & the third one's gonna be comin' along real soon now.

When I was at Ft. Leonard Wood a while ago; maybe even a-while-and-a-half now, they warned us that cottonmouths would possible be in the drains of the rifle pits at the range.  This was Oct-Nov-Dec.  We thought the D.I.'s were B.S.'ing us until a kid about 25 yards down the firing line from me emptied several rounds into the pit after he'd walked up to it.  This was with an M14 too.  T'was a few minutes before things settled down.  But I always looked real close at that G-D drain hole before I jumped in the pit after that.

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Gas checks work really well. Use one as a wad and one as an overshot wad with a drop of fingernail polish to seal it.

44 mag users can start with a 30-40 Kraig case, resize it, trip the rim if you gun has recessed case heads, then trim to cylinder length. I use a thin cork overpowder wad, then a gasscheck, the load of #8 or #9 and a gasscheck as a overshot wad with nail polish. Will tear up anything out to about 20 yards.

For variety, try a JUNK YARD DOG load. Instead of shot, cut 1/4" pieces of 14 or 18 guage copper or aluminum wire and stack it neatly in the case in as many levels as the case will hold and seal with a drop of wax and a bit of nail polish. You can also alternate with a layer of wire and a layer of shot. It will rip apart and NAIL a snake to a tree limb. I got the ideal from an old GUNS MAGAZINE back in 1980. Boy does it work!

Awwwwwww. Its cute. Can i keep him? Can i? Pleasssssssse.

Gary

Thanks for the ideas.

Nice to see you here on BSB,  Welcome.

I have a fear of snakes.  Most of my hunting is in New York and Pennsylvania (thanks good Hillary left here last night).  And not many snakes to worry about and plenty of clear stuff to walk free in.

But each year I hunt florida palmetto swamps and south Carolina.  These places are ridiculous.  I really count on my firearm or bow that I'm carrying for "dispatchment".  But when i was younger carried a K-22 with shot cartridges or a 357 Ruger SA with bird shot.  Stopped carrying when the weight got too heavy (I got too old and out of shape).  Thinking now after your post, I might make up some 38 handload  snake shot and carry it in my 2" alloy frame snub nose 38.

Good thought in your post,, hope to see you continue here.

What part of the country (or other country ) do you hail from Ken'

BEAR