Spring is here - the beasties are about

[Kapp]

Found this one exiting the neighbor's yard yesterday. He has dogs and twin little girls. A bit over 5' stretched out. Notice the impact mark in the dirt - .44 Spl. Enjoy the weather!

Kapp

 

[Kapp]

Found this one exiting the neighbor's yard yesterday. He has dogs and twin little girls. A bit over 5' stretched out. Notice the impact mark in the dirt - .44 Spl. Enjoy the weather!

Kapp

 

[keith44spl]

Well Done.

The 44 Special, the all around cartridge.

Su Amigo,
Dave

 

[Cocked & Locked]

way fat rattler

 

[Iggy]

2 degrees and 2 inches of snow.. Ray Rattler won't be out here until May.

 

[rewster]

I've yet to see one around here

 

[pete-driver]

I hear they're tasty. Do you fry it or bake it?

 

[Texas Star]

Eastern Diamondback?

Did you cut off the rattles? The tail looks odd...

T-Star

 

[Kapp]

pete-driver: No.

Texas Star: Yes, a big Eastern. No, I didn't cut off the rattles - he must have lost them somehow. He also must have dined recently. This one is slightly shorter but fatter than one I encountered thirty feet from this spot a couple of years ago. A sandy scrub oak hill is on the other side of the road there's lots of gopher tortoise holes about - snakes love it. I shot him beacuse my neighbor has twin 6 or seven year old daughters and a couple of pets. The snake was coming out of his yard and crossing the dirt road.

Kapp

Kapp

 

[Big Rich]

Nice shooting!

 

[feralmerril]

As sip would say, "Thats why I left georgia".

 

[BarbC]

That there's a chilled rattler.

Stone cold, in fact.

 

[Capt Steve]

The early spring combined with the warm winter we have had is bringing them out early this year. I am seeing them all over the golf courses I work and play at. They have been in their dens all winter and now they are out;, hungry, horny and very active. Watch where you step.

 

[sipowicz]

Deader than the deadest of dead!

 

[Cocked & Locked]

Did you cut off the rattles? The tail looks odd...

Each time a rattlesnake molts, it adds another rattle. They can molt one or several times a year. Generally, the longer the rattle the older the snake.

The rattle "material" is like a thin fingernail and is not too difficult to break. The longer the rattle gets, the easier it becomes to break off. If the rattle ends in a smooth rounded button, then it has never broken off. If it ends with the last segment looking just like the other ones, then it has broken off.

 

[VAdoublegunner]

I thought this was a Georgia Rattlesnake.
Yours is a lot less tasty looking...

 

[reerc]

Thank you, sir. I know a lot of folks who preach leaving them alone, that they're just doing what snakes do, but in my book, a world with one less rattler in it, is a world better off.

(Oh, nice shootin' too; the one I dispatched a couple of summers ago wouldn't hold still - hard to hit a moving target as small as a snake's head with a J-frame.)

 

[TNDixieGirl]

OMG...am I the only one that is totally creeped out by snake pics? Come on, be honest.

 

[reerc]

I'm not creeped out, but I certainly have no use for the SOBs.

 

[sammi357]

the only good snake is boots.

 

[29aholic]

I'd have had to eat it

 

[Ron H.]

Sir, I've heard or read somewhere that some snakes are fast enough to strike at a bullet fired close to their head. Anyone know if that's true?

Thanks, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

 

[LuddhaBuddha]

Ron I very seriously doubt it, the snake would have to be able to see the bullet to strike at it and snakes have pretty bad eyesight.

 

[K3]

Kapp - Good Job!!!

In 1982, I was stationed at Ft Gordon, GA (Augusta)and was a member of the Special Reaction Team (SRT). The on-post golf course had a pond and water moccasins took over that side of the course. On a day the course was closed, we took the SRT out with shotguns and skeet loads. I don't recall the exact number of snakes we killed, but it was high, and I wish we had thought to take pictures of the ones on the course. We also shot several in the water. I truly hate snakes and I recall that day vividly anytime someone mentions snakes or golf!!!

 

[Kapp]

Ron H,

I believe it. This one bit the bullet for sure!

Kapp

 

[Kapp]

Here's his uncle, cousin, granny that I ran across less than 30 feet from the spot I found this one. And to thin I used to tromp all over these woods when I was a kid!

Kapp

 

[creedekid]

In 1982, I was stationed at Ft Gordon, GA (Augusta)and was a member of the Special Reaction Team (SRT). The on-post golf course had a pond and water moccasins took over that side of the course. On a day the course was closed, we took the SRT out with shotguns and skeet loads. I don't recall the exact number of snakes we killed, but it was high, and I wish we had thought to take pictures of the ones on the course. We also shot several in the water. I truly hate snakes and I recall that day vividly anytime someone mentions snakes or golf!!!

You must have missed some of them as they are still around the pond and sometimes on the greens.

 

[BigBoreShooter]

Now he's a GOOD snake.

 

[Old Corp]

Wow - was at my range today with buddies and we usually tromp the brush near the shotgun range in order to pick up clay targets, or large chunks of targets to place on the pistol range berm. Saw TWO large black rat snakes. Left'em alone - good rodent control.

 

[gunsmith11]

use to live in eastern oregon, with a lot of timber rattlers, 23 years in texas, with lots of rattlers, I do a lot of walking in the boonies, never have seen one,,s*** probably step outside the shop tonight and step on one