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Peska · Member

Here's a pic of a recent night hunt on Guam.

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Got this guy as he was moving through a Mango tree.
Measured him at 7'10" and it's the biggest one I've seen, so I called
the Dept. of Ag here to see if it's a record, but they have gotten
them over 8 feet. It's a brown tree snake, and the only snake
found on the island. No other species exist. Only slightly
venomous but the venom is delivered through their back teeth
as they are engulfing their victim. Chickens are a favorite meal.
The rifle is a cheap Daisy Powerline 880 that I've had for some time.
It's perfectly suited for this job. The snakes fall quickly if you hit
them just at the back of the head, as this one was.

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Jaxom · Senior Member

That's one heck of a shot! What was the range when ya got him?!

Peska · Member

oh,,,,it's not such a great shot... took this guy at probably 7 or 8 yards.... the jungle here is pretty thick.. not much in the way of long range shooting, heh heh....
You get challenged sometimes if you spot one up on the high tension power
lines......a shot like that would be 30 yards or so...

fritz · Silver Status Member

Sounds fun to hunt snake.

Love your signature there Peska.

Peska · Member

Yea.. it's fun.... go out at night,,, spot em in the trees..
you never see one during the day....they hide well. At night
they are on the move and easier to spot.....
You notice my 880 has no light.... Sometimes I take
my spotter (grandson) and he illuminates the target
for me, but if I'm alone, I just hold the flashlight in my
left hand the rest the forearm on top of it. Not the best
solution to a problem, but hey, whatever works, right?

BBgunNoob · Veteran Member

u went snake hunting at night, man your brave.... with a powerline 2 , i wont be caught dead at night out in my woods unless i have a shotgun with me lol

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

If only I could find me a rattler to meet the business end of my air shotty.

Peska · Member

No rattlers here, Roger, but you'd enjoy yourself with
the air shotty over here... The brown trees snakes would
fall like rain with that thing on 'em. heh heh

AirGunEric · Site Admin

Only thing to shoot around here at night is raccoons. I have my "tactical" stuff ready to be installed on one of the springers any day now.

You are brave, for snakes I'd be thinking shotgun as well. I really am not a fan of snakes.

Jaxom · Senior Member

I hear snake is good eatin' thought! Hmmm....

Slavia · Moderator

Peska · Member

There really isn't much to shoot around here 'cept the snakes. We hunt
some other things, like the crab pic below, but you don't want to shoot
those. Ya gotta catch 'em and feed 'em coconut for a week or so to clean
'em out.
As for eating the snakes, some folks here do, although I've never personally
tried it. In fact, a couple of years ago the Sunday edition of our newspaper
published a number of recipes. This is just sport for me. The brown tree
snake is not indigenous to the island, no snake is, but it somehow got introduced
and the powers that be would be happy if they were eradicated completely. (Steps
have been taken to accomplish that with poor results.)
And really, they are not that hard to shoot. The 880 is pretty accurate at
these close ranges, and I never shoot freehand if I can help it. Plenty of
trees and such to brace against. heh heh
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ksredneck · New Member

You don't see crabs like at red lobster Shocked

yourdaddyjoe · Supporting Member

Holy King Crab Batman! You could feed a family of 4 on that thing...

Personally... I don't like crustations/shell fish.... Their the cockroaches of the sea...

thepaladin · Senior Member

I think I'd be more concerned about that crab eating me... I'd probably shoot it just out of self preservation.