Rattlesnake

[Golphin]

I don't go walking in the underbrush in Florida unless it is cold and winter where I can see where I am walking. I don't kill snakes unless they would harm me or my dogs but shot a big rattle snake with my 410 that was heading under the back deck. One of us had to go.

 

[Jerry in SC]

I don't go walking in the underbrush in Florida unless it is cold and winter where I can see where I am walking. I don't kill snakes unless they would harm me or my dogs but shot a big rattle snake with my 410 that was heading under the back deck. One of us had to go.

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Dang looks like it swallowed a rabbit…

 

[Oldengineer]

Remember that rattlesnakes help with the rodent population control. If they are close to the house, well..... another rattle for the collection.

 

[Seaburry]

From bird dog snake avoidance training day. Creepy day that made you want to order higher Snake boots…… wk

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Helpful hint from someone who hunted Wyoming for over a dozen years...

Running a tire over them doesn't cut it. If you're on a gravel road, slam on the brakes just before you hit 'em and grind 'em to bits.

Slamming on the brakes on the hwy works too........I have popped "em" open by just running over them and backing up.

 

[Skeet 028]

Never saw a whole bunch of any snakes at one time. We were cutting soybeans and we had a big old white oak stickig in the field...Went and got a chainsaw. got up in the bucket on the tractor and cut the limb off at the tree. When that limb hit the ground there was almst 30 blacksnakes denned up in there. creeped me out. Used that bucket to push that limb into the woods. They were gone in about an hour...as far as I could see from the field...November 1st...pretty cool weather

 

[jbtrucker]

I was hunting in southern AZ in 1999. I was walking with my hunting partner trying to glass some cours deer. Walking through some wooded area, there was a fallen tree across the trail. Instead of stepping over the trunk, I hopped on top of it and heard a loud hiss. It was a Green Mohave rattler on the other side sunning itself. I was carrying a S&W 645 in a shoulder holster. I quickly took careful aim and let fly a 230 grain Win HP at that Mohave. Took his head right off and was nowhere to be found. My buddy had no idea what was going on when he heard the shot, but once he saw the rattler, he got the picture. Glad I didn’t just step over.
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Green Mohave Rattlesnake

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Smith & Wesson model 645 in 45 acp

I was warned about Geen Mohave Rattlers when lived Ridgecrest CA

 

[TX-Dennis]

Mostly western diamondbacks here. I've killed several in the yard, but it's been a couple years now since I've seen one around the house. While hiking I run into mostly rock rattlesnakes - smallish and gray.

I give them their space on the trail and let them be. They help control the rodent population.

 

[steelslaver]

Snakes eat lots of rotents and earn their keep that way.

 

[bgrafsr]

 

[bgrafsr]

Iggy's rattlesnake den:

 

[mtgianni]

Iggy's rattlesnake den:
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That was the one I remembered when I read some of the above posts. He also had a bale full of snakes that was impressive. We lost a good one with Chip.

My wife was the snake lady where she worked, FWP, and moved them away from people in the State Park. I generally let them be unless they are close to the house.

 

[Faulkner]

Sure don’t see anything like that up here in Maine.
Also don’t have pythons, alligators, scorpions, hurricanes, and tornados.
Buy we do have snow and cold weather. I can live with that!

I'll trade you a mess of chiggers for a cold spell and 12 inches of snow.

 

[xfarfuldog]

bgrafsr - Please tell me those pics were not taken in Ohio!

 

[SMSgt]

I'll trade you a mess of chiggers for a cold spell and 12 inches of snow.

I am here to tell you the first time the temperature in the interior of Alaska reaches 33 degrees, the mosquitoes start swarming.

 

[Exaviator]

There was a time when here in Oz - where we have 20 of the worlds worst species - we could shoot a snake. In fact most people living in rural areas kept a 410 behind the kitchen door in readiness. Today however it's illegal and we are required to catch and relocate...

 

[M1A4ME]

Don't know about the other kinds but the timber rattlers are good eating. Easy to clean/skin and cut into section for frying in a skillet.

 

[jimmyj]

I think it was someone on this forum a few years back posted a picture from where they lived. It was a rattlesnake den with hundreds of snakes in it!! I would’ve immediately had a panic attack if I saw it.
Larry

I think it was someone on this forum a few years back posted a picture from where they lived. It was a rattlesnake den with hundreds of snakes in it!! I would’ve immediately had a panic attack if I saw it.
Larry

the post was submitted by Iggy

 

[bgrafsr]

bgrafsr - Please tell me those pics were not taken in Ohio!

No sir, those were not from Ohio thankfully.

 

[Golphin]

Snakes eat lots of rotents and earn their keep that way.

True. I don't kill just any snake and only kill a venomous snake if it is in the fenced in area of my yard where grandkids or dogs hang out. I am sure there have been many that moved through without me knowing it and that is fine. I try to teach the dogs to leave snakes alone. We have plenty of black racers and rat snakes and they are all welcome. I had to tell this to move along as the wife was not happy about him hanging out by the door when she opened it.