i dont know what makes people kill them they are a beautiful creature i catch a good many every year but most guys here turn into the biggest sissys when they see one and about pee down there legs they dont want to bite you got one today 56 inch 13 rattlers on nort mountain and turned it back tonight ??? :you_rock:
I ain't afraid of them,but I don't like them.Most folks dont like anything that eats turkey eggs.
Do you wear snake chaps? this sissy does, and i will kill all posionis snakes that i come across. Oh and i eat the rattlers, taste like chicken :fud:
I can appreciate snakes if I spot them first. If its the other way around, its a different story. I just want 1 rattler for my wall.
I'm not afriad of them. sure i take saftey precautions, that doesnt make me a sissy, it makes me smart. I hunt them and eat them. they are pretty. they also taste pretty dang good.
I kill every one of them on sight. I don't eat them either, I don't care what they taste like. I leave him right where he lays.
I am in total agreement with M Sharpe.
We eat them as well...delicious!
Got some in the freezer now
I lost my best dog to a rattle snake and almost lost another to a cotton mouth so I kill every one I can around the places I frequent. Will not bother them in a place where I probably will never return. I am a timber cruiser and have a lot of encounters with snakes, I couldn't do my job if I was scared of snakes.
You must be a sissy if u think they are a beautiful creature. ;D I kill every snake i see but i have never ran up on a rattler but i have other various snakes.And yes i think they are out to bite ya.And yes they eat turkey eggs so they need to die.Snakes remind me of the DEVIL.
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We also use them to guard our beverage
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Lets see lost two dogs to NON biting rattlers and almost lost one horse. Had many farm workers leave out of fear of them and had to pick the cantaloupe my self as a kid. I kill every one I see and know if the head is blown off the coyotes and crows will dine well that evening. Sorry they are dangerous as are all poisonous snakes. A dead snake is better than being bitten by one. Sorry no sympathy here for any snake.
If a poisonous snake is close to a dwelling, I'll kill it in a heartbeat.
That being said, I wear snakeboots to protect myself while I'm in the turkey woods. My personal thoughts are that ultimately, when I'm in the timber, I'm intruding into the snakes' home. To me, they're defending themselves and have the right to do so.
I feel no need to kill them and I appreciate the necessary role they play in the ecosystem.
To each their own, though.
i know outlaw pretty well he cathes a lot of snakes he got bit by a black snake a couple weeks ago hes a good guy just a little crazey when it comes to snakes
when i see any poison snake i let them alone. until i find somethging to kill them with !!!! ;D ;D
I will usually leave most snakes alone and let them do their thing. Most snakes except a copperhead. They seem to turn up where they are not supposed to be and when you least expect it. If I find one of those rascals, he'd better draw his last breath because as soon as I can find something his heads a coming off.
i do kill copperheads a 44mag with rat shot works well
I kill every one that I run across no matter home or in the woods,they die
Never heard of a poisonous snake. thought you could eat any of them if you wanted to. As for killing non-venomous snakes,in most states its aganst the law. the fear of snakes is implanted in most peoples head when they are young, nothing rational about it. I'd rather be bitten by a non-venomous snake any day as finned by a catfish or a little poison ivy or a splinter in my hand. Nobody even thinks twice about things like that. don't get me wrong, I don't care if you kill them. If they bother you kill them, I would. You should have saw the pile of birds under my cherry trees. Wife was having a fit,"you don't like anybody killing snakes and wasps and hornets but you kill the little birds". They were bothering me. Most people kill the rattlers. Its just part of life. Wonder how many people think about the devel when they see a goat?
i found ou t today its against thelaw to kill them in virginia but think of the rodent population if they weren't here man fears and destroys what he or she doesn't understands everything has a purpose look what humans did to the passenger pigeon and other species such as the bison the rattler is even used on a flag that says don't tred on me that significant in a song country boy
The biggest problem I have with rattlers is here in central AR they trapped turkeys and traded them to TX for rattlers maybe 20 years ago. It is against the law to kill rattlers here and there are very few turkeys?
We got rattlers out the yingyang around here. See them all the time. ....Been within inches of many in the last forty years,....never had one even take a nip at me. Their danger is way over-rated....(now watch,...I'll get bit next week!).
If I find one somewhere where they might be likely to cause a problem for somebody,...or themselves,...then I just get a shovel, scoop them into a five gallon bucket with a lid, and take them way out in the desert and let 'em go.
Having said all that,...if you are skeerd of 'em enough to feel a need to kill 'em, then go fur'it!
One of those bastards killed one of my good dogs two weeks ago.
KILL THEM ALL!
Quote from: saint on June 11, 2011, 04:52:21 PM
i know outlaw pretty well he cathes a lot of snakes he got bit by a black snake a couple weeks ago hes a good guy just a little crazey when it comes to snakes
And you type very much alike. . . . ::) :you_rock:
But I'm with ya, I don't mess with them and they don't mess with me. Rattlers are my favorite, cottonmouths- least favorite.
I almost stepped on one a few days ago in the campground I was staying in and boy did it scare that crap out of me. But he never flinched, I leave them alone untill I get hungry. :toothy12:
There's very few Rattlers, Bears, Mountain Lions left in Iowa. ;D We take our place in the food chain very seriously.
Quote from: VAHUNTER on June 11, 2011, 05:45:15 PM
when i see any poison snake i let them alone. until i find somethging to kill them with !!!! ;D ;D
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:fud: big or small i will kill them all
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I anit to crazy about them, but I anit real scared either.
I can't imagine seeing one close to a home and not killing it. Out in the wild I won't mess with him unless I want his skin.
Where's catdaddy when you need him.....
http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php/topic,10543.msg121300.html#msg121300
Quote from: bird on June 13, 2011, 09:39:07 PM
Where's catdaddy when you need him.....
http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php/topic,10543.msg121300.html#msg121300
Here I am AL!!!
I killed these two bad boys within a few yards of each other
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I've killed lot of rattlers--but this mandingo gets the prize. I am 5'9 feet tall.
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Here is a big rattler I killed at my cabin when the water was just over flood stage. At this juncture the water still had 6 more feet to rise. We had some local "helpers" with us this day. After I killed the snake I tried to take it over an show it to them. It was hilarious--you would have thought I was holding up Lucifer himself!!! They left me in a flash with a quick glance over their shoulder now and then to make sure I was not following them.
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I have been it in the back of the leg by one while wearing snake boots and turkey hunting. With that said, I will kill every poisonous snake I see. Non poisonous, I let them walk or should I say crawl
Guess I'm a sissy. Hate them. If you don't like it, then don't hunt with me. Killin' everyone I see.
I kill everyone I see. Skin most of them out for the hide.
Quote from: catdaddy on June 14, 2011, 07:44:07 AM
Quote from: bird on June 13, 2011, 09:39:07 PM
Where's catdaddy when you need him.....
http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php/topic,10543.msg121300.html#msg121300
Here I am AL!!!
I've killed lot of rattlers--but this mandingo gets the prize. I am 5'9 feet tall.
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That's a big turtle shell in the background. I used to see them like that when I lived down in the delta region of Arkansas, but haven't seen one that big in a long time.
That one Catdaddy's holding has a lot of good meat on him! Wish we had some bigguns like that.