I am definitely with you on the shot gun! Why get more close to it than necessary? Funny little story: I told you I cannot stand snakes. When I was about six months pregnant with my daughter, a six or seven foot snake crawled into the carport area. No one else was home and I just knew it would crawl behind the trash can and wait for me. So, I grabbed a shovel. Now... I’ve seen people whack those things in the movie, right? So, I gave it a fair chance to scoot and it was a’coming. Several cars actually stopped on the street to watch the huge prego woman whack some snake about thirty times with a shovel. (seems that a shovel doesn’t do the trick with one good whack). It was definitely one of those “Little House on the Prairie” type moments. LOL!
You are my new hero!
And yes, I brought a shovel to do in the nasty thing - my father (86 yrs old) brought the axe...he won!
I’m getting the shot gun!