I advocate deadly force and a lot of it. As for Rantor - I can attest to him not allowing snakes on his property (the slithery kind or the 2 legged kind). Once witnessed Rantor shoot a timber rattler with three shots fast enough that it looked like a continously growing mussle flash. It was fast! I personally do not like stopping until I am out of ammo or I am sure that soup would be the only meal that could be made of the snake. By the way... did I mention that I dont like snakes....