Yeah Arthur,I know what you mean.I thought my stepdad was going to beat a hole in the bottom of the boat with the oar before the thing quit moving enough for him to cut his head off.
I thought for a second he was going to hit me with the oar,but then he realized he told me to do it as a joke.Snakes sunning on logs is a hard shot to make.The log seems to get hit more often and claim your arrow than hitting the snake.