Snakes are Crawlin' !!!

[straitera]

Voice of experience RC. We've got them thick along the coast and mostly diamondbacks around here. They don't have to bite you to make you hurt yourself. I've dislocated a few hog hunts from rattler strikes. TP&W released Indigos here to control rattlesnakes.

[SERGIO VENNERI]

Let me Make this very simple ! I hate Snakes ,chiggers , ticks etc!! I will be happy with this kind of weather and hunting only Moose and Bear for the rest of my life ( about a1/4 tank left) rather than put up with all them creepy ,crawler critters.        

[Don Stokes]

Live and let live- where would we be without the one that tempted Eve?? It would be such a dull world...

[bayoulongbowman]

Well I hate em too, snakes...but most of the time if you dont bother them ur ok, I  just hate when they fall in the boat when Im fishing. Its happened a time or 2 . Better than 4 cups of coffee to get ya going in the morning.        

[longbow55]

Had a friend of mine, wife got bitten by a copper head this past weekend. Last I heard she was doing o.k.  Makes me want to move to Hawaii this time of year.

[S. Brant Osborn]

Unless rattlers get too close to the house i leave em alone.  May take a couple for a bow this year.

I see 6 or 8 rattlers a year aand have never even had a close call.  Now a copperhead or cotton mouth is different.  Our little copperheads will pop you quick.  And a cotton mouth is an evil creature that will follow you home.  All cotton mouths must die, the stinkin vermin!
Brant

[Scrub_buck]

That must be a state law in NY ... I have kept a few "Hot" snakes in the past and there was no state laws dictating what you could keep as long as it wasn't listed.

I kept a copperhead for about a year, she tamed down so much (she never was that aggresive anyway) I could reach into the cage and rub her on the tail.

I was marking some property lines for a timber sale a few years ago (with my snake leggins on) and I was making my way through some thick stuff while keeping my compass bearing when I stepped on something that felt like a waterbaloon.  I paused for a second becasue it felt kind of weird (I didn't know what it was and my mind was trying to figure out what could make my foot squish around like that).  I took another step off of it and tunred and looked and I had dead centered a 4 foot timber rattler.... and there was another one laying right beside it (mating season I suppose).  My heart rate got up when I realized what I had done, but the two snakes never rattled or acted aggressive, they quickly retreated to thicker brush off the property line.

[straitera]

Stepped square in the middle of a diamondback around dark thirty. It does feel just like a water balloon. Your mind works like a supercomputer discharging sights, smells, and noises. Took less than a second to wind up in a mesquite tree. They only bite for food or to protect themselves. They do good things. Thumbs up.

[Ssamac]

Rattler is good eating if you fry them up right.

Human snakes are the worst kind. Rather deal with a copperhead anyday. IMHO

sam

[Oliverstacy]

Originally posted by Scrub_buck:

 I took another step off of it and tunred and looked and I had dead centered a 4 foot timber rattler.... and there was another one laying right beside it

There are a few bowyers out salivating at the thought of getting they're hands on those!!!

I have a bow coming next week that will be wearing some of those.

For the record I like snakes...but I've never heard the rattle of one and not known where it was.  Never heard the rattle of one for that matter either.

Josh

[GRAYBEARD]

THE FELLER THAT SAID THEM SNAKES WAS MORE AFRAID THAN US WAS 180 DEGREES OUT OF PLUMB!

[bayoulongbowman]

I was walking to stand in early mornin darkness, as i approached the ladder I smelled something nasty...all around the bottom of ladder were bunch moccains, mating ...what a smell...I killed em all right there...the only one I want to touch would be on a bow ...dead!      

[Arrowhead80]

Snakes may be scared of us but I bet they don't about crap their pants when they see us.Anything that moves around without legs just ain't normal.We call em no shoulders round here.

[JEFF B]

SNAKES CHIGGERS YA CAN KEEP EM I HATE EM  

[RC]

This one almost got me on the leg before he ate a judo. And no I wasn`t trying to kill him when he bit.RC

[unclewhit]

On the ranch I used to work at in Montana we found a half-a-dozen or more western Dbacks without rattles. Now that's scary when you don't even get a warning.

[Sunstroked]

I leave em alone most times. Especially when I'm in their territory. If they're intruding in my space that's a different story.
Unclewhit, could they have been gophersnakes? Lots of them around in our area, and they do resemble a diamondback. No mistaking that rattle of a d'back. Gets ones attention real quick.

[Don Stokes]

I've heard of timber rattlers without rattles being called "pilot snakes". Don't know why...