People like this should be locked up

[Raptor]

Like I said before jail is a no for me.
But do you condone the sensless killing of venoumous snakes? Or would you rather learn what to do about it?

I have little problem with it. There's also little I can do about it. I live out of city jurisdiction so there's no calling animal control (can't even take animals to the city shelter for this reason). I have no experience dealing with hots, so I can't capture it. I also reside on 80 acres so I can't relocate it (provided I had the experience to deal with hots) without dumping it on someone else's property. That would essentially be dumping the problem on someone else..Plus no doubt cause a massive amount of stress on the animal.

Additionally, I don't deal with cattle. I deal with goats, usually the ones sold are yearlings and weigh in at around 60-80 pounds. Not as large or potentially dangerous as a bull, but they can still do damage with horns.

Castration removes testosterone which takes the aggression down a great bit. Selling them usually involves taking them to the sale barn. Often times, they're bought by a meat buyer.

[blackcrystal22]

It's one thing doing it out of the safety of your family and neighbors if you don't know how to do it safely in any other manner.

Making a public show out of it and calling the presses to come make a news story out of what a macho man you are.. is a completely different thing.

[Jeremy78]

I have little problem with it. There's also little I can do about it. I live out of city jurisdiction so there's no calling animal control (can't even take animals to the city shelter for this reason). I have no experience dealing with hots, so I can't capture it. I also reside on 80 acres so I can't relocate it (provided I had the experience to deal with hots) without dumping it on someone else's property. That would essentially be dumping the problem on someone else..Plus no doubt cause a massive amount of stress on the animal.

Additionally, I don't deal with cattle. I deal with goats, usually the ones sold are yearlings and weigh in at around 60-80 pounds. Not as large or potentially dangerous as a bull, but they can still do damage with horns.

Castration removes testosterone which takes the aggression down a great bit. Selling them usually involves taking them to the sale barn. Often times, they're bought by a meat buyer.

Thank you. (drools mmmmmm goatttt). Sorry off topic...
But anyways. It's not that big of a problem for you. And I agree this guy shouldn't have waved it around like a hillbilly... And thanks for the information. I'm sure if there was a large problem with hots in your area though something could come of it. Maybe someone local who doesn't mind removing and moving it to crown land or something.

[Raptor]

Thank you. (drools mmmmmm goatttt). Sorry off topic...
But anyways. It's not that big of a problem for you. And I agree this guy shouldn't have waved it around like a hillbilly... And thanks for the information. I'm sure if there was a large problem with hots in your area though something could come of it. Maybe someone local who doesn't mind removing and moving it to crown land or something.

I haven't seen any hots up close for quite some time. It's mainly limited to cottonmouths and copperheads. Admittedly, I'm not a fan of killing snakes. I'm fairly familiar with the local species and I can tell which are venomous and which are not. I often go snake hunting when I'm hiking and I see a beauty. However, I've had a goat bit by a venomous snake before on the inner thigh. He ended up losing some function in his back end. He couldn't run properly: he couldn't coordinate his legs properly. He couldn't stand up on his hind legs: they'd buckle under him. I have no idea what kind of snake struck him. I just know that it effected him quite a bit and I have little desire for that to happen to any of my other goats. Luckily, he's the only one that's been bit, and I've probably had a total of almost 150 goats here, counting the ones that have been sold/died.