03-15-2024, 09:04 PM
DeusxMac wrote:
[quote=Mr645]
if you cannot handle a firearm safely, just let another adult deal with any rattlesnakes they come across while exploring the natural beauty, waterfalls, fauna, deer, birds, sunsets and trails.
BTW, the 9mm handgun ammo at the link is designed to protect from snakes, rodents etc, or just carry a shotgun.
Again...
Bobcats and rattlesnakes, and now "rodents"… :facepalm:
- Bobcats are extremely afraid of humans and easily scared off in the highly unlikely chance of encountering one.
- If you can see any snake you can avoid it; if you can’t see it a gun isn’t going to help you (and how many could actually hit a snake firing a handgun at it?).
"There were this squirrel, an it were lookin' at me funny. I had ta deefend myself an shoot it!"
When you love guns, anything is a target.
Bobcats maybe rare in your community, but in others, such as ranches in Texas, ranchers pay hunters to eradicate bobcats that pray on deer, goats and grandchildren.
Almost as many people get bitten by rattlesnakes as get shot by criminals each year. So it makes sense to protect yourself when you in areas where we know rattlesnakes are common. Think of it like wearing body armor when visiting Austin Illinois or Baltimore. Just being smart