Interesting thread! If you could hold out until Nov I would pay for a PAC Mamba hunt! Good luck!

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Originally posted by Mississippian:
Interesting thread! If you could hold out until Nov I would pay for a PAC Mamba hunt! Good luck!

That is one Dangerous Game hunt that I will very gladly PASS ON....... No Thank You, not interested, not going, don't even want to be in the same Concession.. Don't want to see it or
even hear of it.........

I am getting so upset about this, I intend to take a few shotshells for my lever gun now!!!!

Vision:...... Me Running Like Hell, firing shells over my shoulder fast as I can, better not get in my way, and better not be behind me either.............


Michael

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I am trying to shoot a very very large resident Mamba that resides in a thicket here where I am working.

Set the thicket on fire.

In this post is an interesting video of a cottonmouth eating a rattlesnake.

http://forums.accuratereloadin...7021043/m/2171090981

There's a link after the video to another made by the same guy where a black mamba actually bites a dead lion and then even goes about trying to see if he can eat it.

Now that's an aggressive snake!

I just had my own encounter with a fat, four foot cottonmouth...it raised its head and tail and did the whole noise making deal from both ends...and you know what, the inside of that mouth really DOES look like cotton.

Anyways, here's a plan. Use black powder. The smoke will give you cover if you miss.

And don't just stand there til it clears. Move your feet. Run. And so forth.

..but really, I think it's time for Mr. Mamba to meet Mr. Bulldozer - a D-10 ought to be the right medicine...

I vote for the gas and oil mix and nuke the thicket it's in. Damn snakes give me the willies

In my absence my son Ryan is doing well at home and took this boomslang behind the head at six feet.

Call him in for his assistance since he's been doing it recently! Good shooting!

Dead or not, WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO HOLD A SNAKE?????? That is one picture you will never see me in, holding a snake.

Andrew- get a proper smoothbore shotgun and shoot heavy shot.... 5's,4's so you have a tight pattern.
As I recall, any rifled barrel will spin the shot and there can be a hole in the middle of the pattern.
Using split shot, especially cut up, may not fly straight and the pattern may not be tight enough to hit the head....you don't want to miss!!
If you must use teh 500, use proper shot so it is tight and straight...test it out-on paper first!!
Good luck!!
This gives me the Willies too....clear over in the US!!
Cheers,

Thanks all,

I have a .500 and a .22 at my disposal. In Zambia reloading is illegal and subsequently we do not have access to powders etc.

I cannot transfer a shotgun onto my rifle permit and have to do with what I have.

If someone has a .500 and is willing to test then I would appreciate it.

Can you get ahold of a few shotgun shells to cut open for the shot? That would be better than the splitshot.

So-
What's the progress update

Have not been back. From there I went the other side of the country to sort out this man eater and back at home fixing broken cars and stuff. Getting ready for the safari season.

Forgot to mention my first kill with my double was the troublesome Lion.

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Originally posted by fairgame:
Forgot to mention my first kill with my double was the troublesome Lion.

Proper blooding that......

Brett

I used to catch copperheads and cottonmouths all the time around my grandfather's ponds and chicken snakes in his barn. We would make square baskets from chicken wire with a cone shaped entrance hole just big enough for the targeted snakes body size. When you snip the ends of the cone make sure to leave very pointed long ends facing into the trap. The cone needs to be about 6 inches long and centered in the side. If you have ever seen a minnow trap then you know where we got the idea.

When the snakes would enter the trap they couldn't get out. Either they couldn't find the exit hole or would pierce their bodies on the sharp points trying to crawl out. We used pieces of fish for bait around the ponds and mice in the barn.

I don't know why but we always liked playing with snakes. I grabbed a cottonmouth out of some reeds around the pond once. I thought it was a harmless water snake and my friends tried telling me it was a baby viper. Sure enough we pried it's mouth open and the fangs popped down. Nothing like being a teenager and thinking you are immortal.

Anyway back to the trap...not sure what a mamba would be attracted to. Might try tying a live mouse inside or create a smaller cage for a mouse to place inside the trap. Live bait would probably work better.
There is no way I would risk damaging a fine double rifle trying to kill a snake.

I thought of another way you might trap this snake if you know where it's hole is. They sell snake traps that are large pieces of cardboard with a very aggressive glue on them. When a snake crawls over this glue it gets stuck. They will try to use their body to push away from the glue and become even more trapped.

Unfortunately this type of trap will catch any small animal that comes into contact with it. It is strong enough to hold something the size of a rabbit.