A dog with a snake

[hrpearce]

Who would have thought Vicki would be a contender in an olympic sprint, but with the right motivation she is quiet fast. That motivation came when she was steping over the storm water drain behind the garage and saw this snake below her. Vicki locked herself in the closest vehicle and wouldn't move until the snake was dead. It was in an awkwars place to get at so I pinned it down with a long handle shovel while Greg pounded it with a garden spade.

[Bob McNeill]

Mowing the grass up at work can get exciting, moving some machinary to get a straight run disturbed a family of copper heads, mum took of but I caught the 2 little ones put them in a jar for the office girl ( hates crawlies ) She took PITYon them, said let them go. just can,t get her to go near the long grass.

[Ganmain Tony]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

Who would have thought Vicki would be a contender in an olympic sprint, but with the right motivation she is quiet fast. That motivation came when she was steping over the storm water drain behind the garage and saw this snake below her. Vicki locked herself in the closest vehicle and wouldn't move until the snake was dead. It was in an awkwars place to get at so I pinned it down with a long handle shovel while Greg pounded it with a garden spade.

As both Howard & I say - they dont make shovels with handles long enough.

Look at the bloody thing! Its the size of an Olive Python. They'll kill a fully grown horse in half an hour.

Ive run into 4 of them this summer, all big & fast moving. I moved in the opposite direction very cautiously.

The Eastern brown snake..........My secret shame is I'm scared stiff of em.

[aj.lec]

Originally Posted by Ganmain Tony

As both Howard & I say - they dont make shovels with handles long enough.

Look at the bloody thing! Its the size of an Olive Python. They'll kill a fully grown horse in half an hour.

Ive run into 4 of them this summer, all big & fast moving. I moved in the opposite direction very cautiously.

The Eastern brown snake..........My secret shame is I'm scared stiff of em.

Well you are not Robinson Crusoe there Tony
Shovels are not ideal for the job .It is better using something that throws lead around 1000+ fps

[Bob McNeill]

Shame on you AJ everybody knows only crims own guns in NSW, a piece of 8guage wire lays along the ground nicely, it hangs on any fence or gate.

[Ken Hughes]

Now you know why i never went to live in Australia,no bloody snakes here in NZ,well i hope not anyway.

[aj.lec]

Originally Posted by Bob McNeill

Shame on you AJ everybody knows only crims own guns in NSW, a piece of 8guage wire lays along the ground nicely, it hangs on any fence or gate.

Still too close to the slippery little rascals with wire
We will call the other CMP and family protection equipment

[hrpearce]

Originally Posted by aj.lec

Well you are not Robinson Crusoe there Tony
Shovels are not ideal for the job .It is better using something that throws lead around 1000+ fps

If you have read previous posts you would know I agree with you but this bugger was between me and the gun safe so my choices were limited.

[Ganmain Tony]

Appropriate for this thread - Bathurst Newspaper front page headline reads;

'ORANGE WOMAN BITTEN BY BROWN SNAKE'


For our overseas lads - Orange is a town near Bathurst

[aj.lec]

Originally Posted by Ganmain Tony

Appropriate for this thread - Bathurst Newspaper front page headline reads;

'ORANGE WOMAN BITTEN BY BROWN SNAKE'


For our overseas lads - Orange is a town near Bathurst

Looks like you need to break out some more 8 gauge wire in your town Bob
Must have been one of the ones you let out of the bottle

[Bob McNeill]

The local copper who is also the snake catcher is flat out with 2-3 a day, with 800 new homes being built in former rural farm land and low dam levels we are moving into their domain. Last week one was found in the main street, (outside Blowes Real Estate office ).