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Title: Rattlesnake Bites Man at Ocean Beach
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the Nothing But Crap network
URL Source: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/loc ... h-296332051.html#ixzz3UbD61qMq
Published: Mar 15, 2015
Author: By reporterettes Samantha Tatro and Moni
Post Date: 2015-03-15 21:26:57 by BobCeleste
Keywords: None
Views: 5017
Comments: 22
A man was bit by a rattlesnake at the Ocean Beach dog beach, the San Diego Fire Department said. The incident happened around 2:25 p.m. on Voltaire Street. The adult man was transported to the UC San Diego Medical Center. The condition of the victim is unknown. Last year, warmer weather at the start of the year resulted in more than triple the number of rattlesnake calls to the County's Department of Animal Services. Since Jan. 1, it had received 78 calls reporting rattlesnakes across San Diego County. That’s more than three times the number of rattlesnake calls during this same time period in 2013, when 24 calls came in. Typically, rattlesnakes wait until spring to come out of hibernation. DAS recommends locals discourage the critters from making themselves at home in yards by getting rid of any possible shelter or food for rattlesnakes, including heaps of trash, wood piles, mice and rats. Also, if you spot a rattlesnake on your property, calmly back away from the critter and leave it alone. Then, call DAS for assistance in safely removing the snake. ...
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#1. To: All (#0)
Also, if you spot a rattlesnake on your property, calmly back away from the critter
IMO only shoot a rattle snake IF you have secured and cleared the surrounding area. I remember an article on LP that some sheriff shot at a snake, missed and hit a kid fishing nearby. Better to hack it with a machete or other longer farming/gardening implement. If SD had rattle snake round ups like Texas then problem reduced. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2995355/Rattlesnake- Roundup-charms- massive-crowds-Texas-s-oldest-grandest-event-hunters-nearly-1-000- snakes.html Bob there may be one near you. Fun event for the whole family.
most of the folks I know don't carry a machete or other longer farming/gardening implement, but they carry gun(s).
Ready for snakes!
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#21. To: BobCeleste (#17)
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Let's try this: Ready for snakes!
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestAlso, if you spot a rattlesnake on your property, calmly back away from the critter and leave it alone. Then, call DAS for assistance in safely removing the snake.
and leave it alone. Then, call DAS for assistance in safely removing get a gun and shoot the snake or cut off it's head.
#4. To: BobCeleste, TooConservative, liberator (#1)
#10. To: redleghunter (#4)
Better to hack it with a machete or other longer farming/gardening implement.
#13. To: BobCeleste (#10)
(Edited)
"most of the folks I know don't carry a machete"
#17. To: misterwhite (#13)
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