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MechAg94 wrote:The hawks and owls around my parents house kill a whole lot more snakes than my brother and I ever did growing up. Keeping poisonous snakes away from the house isn't going to impact their population much.

If you are concerned about recoil, the CCI 22 Mag snake shot works great out of the little H&R single action revolvers. Works well and groups pretty good at about 4 to 6 feet.

Road runners keep the serpent population in check where I live, I have at least 12 nesting pairs that I have seen within a couple of miles. Every time I see one it seems like they have a snake in their beak.

You know I think you are awesome, but, I have to disagree with both your assessment of snakes, and pump shotguns.

Snakes eat frogs, that's their nature. If you were able to save the frog then the snake was non venomous. Snakes will do more to prevent mice and rats in your house than a whole clouder of cats.( yes that is what a large group is called)
I have only killed one snake around my house, a copperhead that had bitten my dog for the second time in two weeks.
Mrs. Jusme has the same,attitude as you about snakes as demonstrated by my posts in this thread. http://www.texaschlforum.com/viewtopic. ... ilit=Snake

Now for pump shotguns, I taught my daughter and her best friend how to shoot one, and that's what my daughter keeps in her house for HD. My daughter is 5ft 3 her friend is 4ft 11. I started them with bird shot and worked up to 3" magnum 00 buck. This was a Mossberg 500 with an 18.5" barrel. It is all in proper shouldering and stance. My wife is also very proficient with it. For reference I am 5'-8" 165 lbs. I can empty a full magazine (6 rounds) in under 8 seconds.
Please think about relocating snakes rather than killing them, they mean you no harm, and only go where they have a food source. JMHO