When I was a kid me and my buddies would go to the creeks and shoot mocassins. Sometimes we would catch them rolled up in a ball. Man, they stunk. Shotguns and birdshot would get a lot of them. When they started coming up the banks toward us it was time to di-di.
Who likes snakes?
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5BeansintheWheel
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They look great when used to back self bows, recurves and longbows. Great for other things, too.
gunny4053
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That's pretty cool.....BUT! In my opinion, all reptiles are deadly. Don't believe me, throw a garter snake at me and see if you don't wind up dead. 
If they are non-venomous, they are my friend........I hate rodents! If they are venomous, they go to heaven.
We do have a problem sometimes with ring-neck snakes. They are harmless, but can be a nuisance around the house. They look like oversized nightcrawlers with a red ring just behind their head.
We do have a problem sometimes with ring-neck snakes. They are harmless, but can be a nuisance around the house. They look like oversized nightcrawlers with a red ring just behind their head.
dcxplant
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I'm not wasting the ammo!
I've been using a shovel on rattlers for years. Just the one in my yard though. On the trail I leave them be.
Here in El Paso we don't have snakes. We do have rats and if you're out a night occasionally you'll see one.
Out in the desert is something else. i remember seeing two. Once a friend and I were out shooting. We had a litle natural range of about 50 yards with a sand dune at the end. There were other dunes also. We'd been shooting for about 15 minutes when a rattler crawled out from behind a dune on one side of the range, went across the range and disappeared around a dune on the other side. We let him go. He was about 4 feet long and had a white band just forward of his rattles. What kinda snake is that?
Anothe time we were out on the other side of town, where they're doing all the quarrying. We were shooting rifles from a rest, and the non-shooter was in a chair with a spoting scope. The rattler crawled by us not 10 feet away, going down range. We let him go too; it's his country, noy ours.
Captorquewrench would like this: At the same place we were shooting and I was spotting. I felt something on my lap, looked down and there was a brown tarantula on my lap; about 4 inches across. The sound I made caused the shooter, wearing earmuffs, to turn around and see what was going on. I stood up, brushed hm off and stomped him. I think I did him a favor, as not five minutes later a tarantula wasp investigated his remains found they were no interest and flew off. Gives me the willies to think what would have happened if he'd gone up the inside of my pant leg.
Out in the desert is something else. i remember seeing two. Once a friend and I were out shooting. We had a litle natural range of about 50 yards with a sand dune at the end. There were other dunes also. We'd been shooting for about 15 minutes when a rattler crawled out from behind a dune on one side of the range, went across the range and disappeared around a dune on the other side. We let him go. He was about 4 feet long and had a white band just forward of his rattles. What kinda snake is that?
Anothe time we were out on the other side of town, where they're doing all the quarrying. We were shooting rifles from a rest, and the non-shooter was in a chair with a spoting scope. The rattler crawled by us not 10 feet away, going down range. We let him go too; it's his country, noy ours.
Captorquewrench would like this: At the same place we were shooting and I was spotting. I felt something on my lap, looked down and there was a brown tarantula on my lap; about 4 inches across. The sound I made caused the shooter, wearing earmuffs, to turn around and see what was going on. I stood up, brushed hm off and stomped him. I think I did him a favor, as not five minutes later a tarantula wasp investigated his remains found they were no interest and flew off. Gives me the willies to think what would have happened if he'd gone up the inside of my pant leg.
wildenout
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I would love to go to that! I sold Ribbon Snakes when I was in Middle School to local Pet shops. It was fun for me! Fascinating, and I made some decent money at it. Snakes give some people the willeys, but to me they're pretty neat.
But other than right around the place I don't even bother rattlesnakes. Interesting creatures are snakes.
It does amaze me that so many people are so afraid of something that doesn't even have legs, or more dangerous yet arms and hands.
Malpasowildlifer
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i really don't like snakes; scared to death of them.
I like them, unless one of them gets a little too friendly with my (then) 3 year old son!
http://smith-wessonforum.com/lounge/320474-model-67-saves-3-year-old-boy-fearsome-rattler.html
This is one snake that I really like.
BearBio
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"Out in the desert is something else. i remember seeing two. Once a friend and I were out shooting. We had a litle natural range of about 50 yards with a sand dune at the end. There were other dunes also. We'd been shooting for about 15 minutes when a rattler crawled out from behind a dune on one side of the range, went across the range and disappeared around a dune on the other side. We let him go. He was about 4 feet long and had a white band just forward of his rattles. What kinda snake is that?"
Most rattlers have some form of white or light colored band in front of the rattles. Most have several alternating light and dark bands. Sand dunes would indicate maybe a sidewinder, if you have them where you were at. Would have "horns" over the eyes. Greenish color might indicate a Mojave (would have large scales over the eyes). Diamond backs have dark, diamond-shaped saddles with LIGHT BORDERS. There are about 7-10 varieties in Texas. Maybe Texas Star can help out if you tell us WHERE you were, exactly.
Don't worry, even us biologists have our unreasonable fears==I'm scared to death of spiders!
Most rattlers have some form of white or light colored band in front of the rattles. Most have several alternating light and dark bands. Sand dunes would indicate maybe a sidewinder, if you have them where you were at. Would have "horns" over the eyes. Greenish color might indicate a Mojave (would have large scales over the eyes). Diamond backs have dark, diamond-shaped saddles with LIGHT BORDERS. There are about 7-10 varieties in Texas. Maybe Texas Star can help out if you tell us WHERE you were, exactly.
Don't worry, even us biologists have our unreasonable fears==I'm scared to death of spiders!
I saw a picture this morning on FB of a Diamondback that was 9 ft. 6 in.! It had 22 rattles, and it's head was 5 inches wide. Had fangs 2.5 inches long. Those aren't fangs, they're tusks!
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The ONLY Snakes I like have a Pony Logo on them ...... COLT of course!
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I would think killing invasive species on sight is a good thing. I am suprised that people in Florida don't burn down exotic pet shops as a civic activity.
ShieldsRock
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Here's my pet snake. All he does is sleep or try to escape. Feed him a few mice every 2 weeks, give him water and he's good. I get him out for a stretch on a regular basis but never take my eye off him. He's a great conversation starter when company comes over.
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I tried to have a pet snake for a while to help get over my intense dilike of them. It didn't work out so well. The snake had to go.
Someone kill this whole thread with fire.
Someone kill this whole thread with fire.
cass
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Here's my pet snake. All he does is sleep or try to escape. Feed him a few mice every 2 weeks, give him water and he's good. I get him out for a stretch on a regular basis but never take my eye off him. He's a great conversation starter when company comes over.
Bingo ! My favorite of all the kings/milks. Was that a catch, or a captive bred??
Harleystoo
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PETA: People Eat Tasty Animals.
Fried rattlesnake - tastes like alligator.
Fried rattlesnake - tastes like alligator.
They look great when used to back self bows, recurves and longbows. Great for other things, too.
Sort of like this , My Wes Wallace Recurvs
