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Title: Brazos River Snake Skin
Post by: Gottabow on August 25, 2010, 12:51:00 PM
Hello..I have a couple of Brazos River Snake Skins that I am going to back a bow with..my question is are they thin enough that the color of the original back will show through or influence the outcome of the bow.  The bow is Black Glass front and back..
Title: Re: Brazos River Snake Skin
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on August 25, 2010, 12:58:00 PM
have to have a pic of the skins.. The black glass will make it darker.
Title: Re: Brazos River Snake Skin
Post by: Gottabow on August 25, 2010, 01:03:00 PM
Thats what I was wondering...I don't have any pics but thought someone that has worked with the skins before would know...
Title: Re: Brazos River Snake Skin
Post by: Keith Zimmerman on August 25, 2010, 01:08:00 PM
Black glass will really bring out the pattern.  Are they similar to the Tx Rat Snake skins?
Title: Re: Brazos River Snake Skin
Post by: Gottabow on August 25, 2010, 01:13:00 PM
Ya kind of I guess...They don't seem to be a real thick skin.
Title: Re: Brazos River Snake Skin
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on August 25, 2010, 01:46:00 PM
Look like this one??
 (http://static.texashuntfish.com/pics/2009/10/23/large/bd6f846e-5c9a-47e7-bd9e-bad1dc9d9c82.jpg)
Title: Re: Brazos River Snake Skin
Post by: Gottabow on August 25, 2010, 03:01:00 PM
Naw,seems to be alot darker marking than that one in the pick but who knows..each snake is different.
Title: Re: Brazos River Snake Skin
Post by: Danny Rowan on August 25, 2010, 03:02:00 PM
Sal,

That is a rattler, and yes they swim, had one try and get in the boat with me at Devil's Lake one time(this lake is now part of Amistead Resivour down by Del Rio, got swollowed up when they made Amistead, some of the best fishing there ever was in Texas)
Title: Re: Brazos River Snake Skin
Post by: bornagainbowhunter on August 25, 2010, 03:04:00 PM
That is what I thought Danny.  Looked like a good canidate for a bow skin though.
Title: Re: Brazos River Snake Skin
Post by: Danny Rowan on August 25, 2010, 03:07:00 PM
By the way, the Brazos River watersnake is a Threatend species so I would not kill one unless you want to get in trouble with Fish and Game.
Title: Re: Brazos River Snake Skin
Post by: Gottabow on August 25, 2010, 03:12:00 PM
These skins were bought from Pine Hollow Longbows about 3 or4 years ago.
Title: Re: Brazos River Snake Skin
Post by: 2treks on August 26, 2010, 08:00:00 AM
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