SSS is that "shoot, shovel and shut-up!"
Timber Rattler
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SSS is that "shoot, shovel and shut-up!"
LoboGunLeather
US Veteran
Agreed. Rattlesnakes of all types are much better looking without the heads attached.
ExcitableBoy
US Veteran
Killing 'em ain't illegal if you keep your mouth shut and don't get caught.
Excuse me while while I go hug a tree.
Excuse me while while I go hug a tree.
Texas Star
US Veteran
Has similar markings to the one I took out of my neighbor's yard near where her grandchildren were playing.
Now, THAT is the real C. horridus! Note the color differences between it and the Canebrake rattler above.
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Texas Star
US Veteran
Back when Hugh Grey edited, Field & Stream, he told his gun editor, Warren Page, that they could run a bear story every issue and that readers would never tire of it.
I think the same is true of snakes.
I think the same is true of snakes.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
When I was doing firewood and I caught the snakes sunning themselves on the roads when I had 15k of firewood in the truck, if I ran them over them lived, if I locked up the dual rear wheels they were road pizza. Food for the hawks/crows. I hate snakes.
Agreed. In their territory, I leave them alone. In my territory, they die.
Never seen one, though I've heard they are here. Copperheads are the only venomous species commonly encountered around here. Down state, they've got that damn Eastern Diamondback. My brother in Aiken used to have the diamondbacks in his yard. But he hasn't seen any in a few years.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
I was logging in a area where the forest ranger wanted me out of there before the spring thaw. He said this place is Wall to Wall full of copperheads. I was out of there before the ice and snow melted. At my old house they pulled out a six foot timber rattler out of the woods. Not good I hate snakes.
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Squarebutt
Member
Our gun club backs up to one of the few places in the state that has timber rattlers. At a board discussion about how to post "No Trespassing" signs, there was a suggestion to just post signs announcing that the rattlesnakes are a protected species and illegal to shoot.
darmtn1917
Member
At this point i must claim the 5th -
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
My attitude toward toward venomous snakes is "Don't start nothin', won't be nothin'." I haven't found one in my yard for over fifty years, and that would likely be different--I did shoot that one, as I had a dumb little puppy at the time.
Non-venomous snakes have a permanent "Get Out Of Jail FREE" card with me. They are much too valuable to waste, so to speak.
With exceptions like the cottonmouth, I think most snakes are beautiful, fascinating critters. I respect those who are phobic about them. I just don't understand the loathing, and hate to see harmless, useful ones killed.
Non-venomous snakes have a permanent "Get Out Of Jail FREE" card with me. They are much too valuable to waste, so to speak.
With exceptions like the cottonmouth, I think most snakes are beautiful, fascinating critters. I respect those who are phobic about them. I just don't understand the loathing, and hate to see harmless, useful ones killed.
ChuckS1
US Veteran
As far as venomous snakes go, I'll just paraphrase General Phil Sheridan. "The only good snake is a dead snake".
italiansport
Member
You have to be real careful here when shooting at the Ben Avery Range here in Arizona. They're not much of a problem during the day but the rattlers really come out at night and you can run into one just about anywhere. My wife went to use the ladies room one night,which fortunately is well lit, and there was one coiled up right by the door!
Jim
Jim
Killing 'em ain't illegal if you keep your mouth shut and don't get caught.
Excuse me while while I go hug a tree.
It's still illegal. You just might not go jail . . .
Saw plenty of those in the hills above the Columbia River in Washington State up in the pines........got to keep your eyes open especially on those early September hunts!! This one was slithering along very quietly and I just about stepped on him but luckily saw the movement beforehand.
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Not far from Wharton, TX a few years back.
looks like a whole lotta fun coming right at ya
No way to know, but I always look.
