Cottonmouth trespsses, meets Walther P22 with Silencerco Sparrow Suppressor

[SC-Texas]

YouTube - Cottonmouth meets its maker

Interesting, note the echo effect of teh open garage behind the shooter.

 

[crazyrec12]

Not very smart discharging a firearm towards concrete or in a neighborhood, use a shovel .

 

[San Antone RR]

7 shots into a target on concrete with residences 30 or 40 yards across the street? I hope the camera angle was MUCH different than the shot angle or those guys are going to be in some real trouble with their superior officers.

The suppressor doesn't seem to do much.

 

[Texas1911]

Kinda ballsy to be shooting a gun in a neighborhood, but unless you are listening for it a suppressed .22 doesn't attract much attention.

There's some smarter ways of dealing with the snake in my opinion, but a rimfire pistol isn't exactly a killing machine after the round has ricocheted off concrete and zipped a quarter mile away.

 

[swsmailman]

Easiest way to deal with snakes when I was growing up was grab the shovel by the door and cut its head off, where is this guy located anyways?

 

[Adionik]

That was a BIG ass snake.

I would've grabbed a shovel though.

 

[Texas42]

Easiest way to deal with snakes when I was growing up was grab the shovel by the door and cut its head off, where is this guy located anyways?

But guns are so much more fun.

 

[RetArmySgt]

I agree with the friend he needs to go to the range. But shovel is a lot better choice.

 

[navyguy]

The shooting was all good. The one guy apparently was the sheriff.

But seriously, I'm surprised that house across the street didn't take a few ricochets, and might have, but just didn't strike glass.

 

[cougartex]

 

[jarguello74]

Wow, what a bone head move for a law enforcement officer.

 

[San Antone RR]

House directly downrange is on the market. Bet the realtor won't be the happiest person in the neighborhood when the prospective buyers ask about the driveby. Camera angle and shot angle appear to be pretty close and those 22 rounds will certainly have carried as far as that house.

 

[SC-Texas]

He said they found all the slugs.

I don't think I would have wanted to get that close to that frackin' snamke. Cottonmouths can get damned agressive!

 

[Outbreak]

Honestly, I'm a relatively new homeowner.I don't own a shovel yet.

Right now, if I found a snake on my driveway, it's the .40 snakeshot I have laying around. My uncle gave me a couple rounds of it. Once my .22 Sparrow gets in, and the form 4 comes back, the p22 with the can will probably be the weapon of choice.

 

[Maxpower]

He said they found all the slugs.

I don't think I would have wanted to get that close to that frackin' snamke. Cottonmouths can get damned agressive!

I find that very hard to believe

 

[Burt Gummer]

Before I saw the "sheriff" shirt I thought these were a bunch of d-bag stoners or something.

This is ridiculous, shooting a snake in a residential area, poorly I might add, then posting you in uniform on You Tube.
What a genius.
If you are going to do something idiotic and dangerous, don't advertise your department on video.

 

[MiTX]

I killed the last snake that trespassed on my lawn with rocks!
Wounded it with the first one, killed it with the second.
It was a 4 1/2 rattlesnake and he was not a happy camper.
I cannot shoot out here, as the houses are too close, but after it tried to strike my daughter that bad boy was gonna die!
They are easier to kill when coiled up.

 

[Burt Gummer]

I killed the last snake that trespassed on my lawn with rocks!
Wounded it with the first one, killed it with the second.
It was a 4 1/2 rattlesnake and he was not a happy camper.
I cannot shoot out here, as the houses are too close, but after it tried to strike my daughter that bad boy was gonna die!
They are easier to kill when coiled up.

I kill em with a shovel or bricks/rocks. Shooting in a neighborhood is reckless.

 

[Double Naught Spy]

Took Herpetology with James Dixon around 1990. He liked to start of every class with a couple anecdotal musings, usually accompanied by newspaper clippings, photographs, or brief video. After a while, several patterns emerged in regard to how people often deal with snakes and gators that are not very good.

When dispatching snakes, people often choose an implement that is too short for the job. There were several incidents of people getting bitten as a result of trying to use machetes and a few that were bitten trying to use hoes or shovels. Several more folks were bitten because they tried to use a stick.

When it came to the use of firearms, many of the folks that are especially paranoid about snakes tended to have some of the poorest decision making abilities about when and where to discharge their guns. There were several folks who managed to shoot themselves in the foot , apparently after stepping on a snake. One guy managed to shoot both feet, once each with a shotgun. There were a few buddy shoots as well where the shootee was either still on or close to a snake when the shooter discharged his gun, shooting his buddy along with the snake. My favorite was the guy that shot out the bottom of the cabin cruiser with a shotgun because a cottonmouth had climbed into the boat and was sunning itself on the rear deck.

Dixon also explained how to not approach an alligator, rolling up his sleeve to show us the bite marks.

 

[WhoDat]

Yup.

I hate Moccasins, but their were lots of better ways to kill that vermin. Personally, I would have opted for death via Nissan.

I killed several dozen Cotton Mouths with a Daisy 880, when I was a kid. So, I don't see the need for shooting a .22, in a suburb.

But Moccasins do need killing. I had a co-worker bitten by one of them, in his garage. He almost lost his arm. And, now that I have young kids, stuff like that dies. Now, this video has reminded me to patrol the acre of land I just moved to. Grabbing the shovel and Gamo, now... LOL I'll post pics of anything I kill.

Not very smart discharging a firearm towards concrete or in a neighborhood, use a shovel .