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03-12-2017, 05:53 PM
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spring sprung early
This is the earliest I have ever dispatched a rattlesnake. My girlfriend and grandaughter walked past it and the dog alerted. 8 rattles and a button
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03-12-2017, 07:14 PM
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Re: spring sprung early
When I lived in Fl someone yelled snake , get a hoe , get a hoe ...
Cost me fifty bucks .... 
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03-12-2017, 08:20 PM
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Re: spring sprung early
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03-12-2017, 08:46 PM
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Re: spring sprung early
You can keep 'em, I would just as soon not see (or hear!) any of 'em. Good dog you have there!
One of our dogs will avoid snakes even if they are dead, even shed skins. Our other dog is braver.... or dumber! Haven't seen any snakes yet, just the first two ticks of the season. Lizards aren't even out yet here.
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03-12-2017, 09:53 PM
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Re: spring sprung early
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Now me, I wouldn't have killed it. I would have caught it and moved it to a location where it wouldn't bother anyone, but I used to hunt and catch them so that wouldn't be a problem.....  LockDoc
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03-12-2017, 10:28 PM
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Re: spring sprung early
Come on down and get you a load of rattlesnakes and copperheads any time Leon.
They are free.
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03-12-2017, 11:40 PM
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Re: spring sprung early
Used to see them once in a while on the fire roads behind the house and on occasion on the driveway when it was hot. Sure don't miss hearing those rattles! Id always heard them after Id nearly stepped on them. Yeah, forget trying to stay calm and back away while the damn thing is in between your feet looking up at you!
Anyone here ever eat one?
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03-12-2017, 11:50 PM
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I like to go down to Northeast Alabama and get the big boys, Eastern Diamondbacks..... My brother caught a 5 footer in his garden when he lived in Woodville. I have never eaten any. LockDoc
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03-13-2017, 12:21 AM
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03-13-2017, 12:35 AM
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No, not endangered there. I don't think there is much danger of urban sprawl in that area. My brother owned 7 acres and because of all the big rocks the only animals he could have was Goats. They were the only animal that could navigate the rocks. Only a big enough area with no rocks for a really small house and a smaller garden. LockDoc
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03-13-2017, 01:29 AM
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Lockdoc ..you better leave my supper alone..you down here getting snakes outta my neck of the woods..haha..I've eat many a rattler..once you get past the fact of what your eating its very good ..but we don't see near as many as we did when I was growing up...but ne ala area around paintrock and skyline over towards ft payne still have plenty..mighty rough ground around there
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03-13-2017, 09:32 AM
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Re: spring sprung early
Down here in Douglas, AZ we have what are called the Mohave Rattlesnake...considered the most poisonous in the US. Particularly dangerous for the folks that have to spend their lives patrolling the Southern AZ deserts.
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03-13-2017, 10:10 AM
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... We picked a few carcasses up off of the roads where people had stoned them. Most of them were missing the rattles though... I don't know why I've never tried eating it. I have eaten everything else, including Coon, Possum, Pigeon pie, Alligator tail, Crawdads, Turtle, and mountain oysters. Just to mention a few.....My brother moved to Albany, GA a few years ago so your supper is safe now.. LockDoc
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03-13-2017, 12:20 PM
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03-13-2017, 03:19 PM
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03-13-2017, 03:32 PM
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Re: spring sprung early
Many of us say the only good one is a dead one on a good pair of boots. However there are those who see it another way. Are they a protected species?
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03-13-2017, 04:39 PM
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03-13-2017, 04:42 PM
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03-15-2017, 12:49 AM
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Re: spring sprung early
i like and respect all kinds of wildlife.
but that is much too close too home. protected? if it bit your granddaughter that's out the window...... |
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03-24-2017, 06:53 AM
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Olblue just thought he had a snake..haha..this one comitted suicide about 5 miles from where I live..
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03-24-2017, 07:25 AM
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Re: spring sprung early
I believe Timber Rattlers are protected as a "threatened species" in all States that they reside.
I'd be careful with that picture Mongo. Snakes don't bother me so I don't bother them.
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03-24-2017, 07:57 AM
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Re: spring sprung early
Eeewwww. I'm glad ours don't get that big....
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03-24-2017, 01:07 PM
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Bigdav..I didn't kill that one or take the picture but out of curiosity I looked up alabama protected species and this one isn't on the list...thank goodness...
As long as I can see them they don't bother me either but the ones that catch you off gaurd make your heart skip a couple beats...specially if their that big |
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03-24-2017, 02:48 PM
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Re: spring sprung early
My FIL had a pic of a rattler killed on their farm back in the 60s. 3 men standing shoulder to shoulder with the snake draped over the shoulders of each outside man. It had to have been 10' or more long. Much like the one in mongos pic.
And they have a python epidemic in florida glades according to the news.
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03-24-2017, 03:47 PM
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They "claimed" that one was over 15ft..me thinks they stretched that a bunch..but I did see a couple more pics ..one of the rattles..they said there were 37..a guy had them laying on his hand and the rattles were as long as his hand...and another pic of its head next fo a guys hand...the head looked as big as a hanburger bun...no matter what its a bigun...and rightlfully so it was killed in a area called devils cellar
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