Well, my buddy and I ran into a big old 5 1/2 foot timber rattlesnake at the end of March. It's the first one I've seen on our land, but it sure did creep me out. My buddy spotted it first, and I had to stare at it for a while just to let my eyes adjust. But when they did, I said "SHOOT IT!" That's a picture of my buddy with the snake below. He made a nice addition to my hunting hat and the metal sheath for my hunting knife ;D.
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Real cool. Hat looks great.
That is a dandy!
Good snake. He's dead. nice hat. If I didn't say it before :wagon: to OG
That snake had some nice spurs ;D
Quote from Indiana Jones
"Snakes, I hate snakes"
:fud:
Thankfully don't have to deal with that in my neck of the woods.... copperhead, maybe but not rattlers....YUCK!
Quote from: ceejay on May 15, 2012, 10:01:03 AM
That snake had some nice spurs ;D
LOL!!!
Quote from: wvbirdtracker on May 15, 2012, 12:12:59 PM
Thankfully don't have to deal with that in my neck of the woods.... copperhead, maybe but not rattlers....YUCK!
Yeah, I didn't think we had those either. At least the first one I discovered was asleep! Cottonmouths, on the other had, are common. I saw something that I thought was a fish stuck in a puddle when we were turkey hunting late in the season. I ushered my dad over, and when we walked up to the puddle, I saw the MONSTER cottonmouth slither out and the younger one jump in a puddle. He didn't want me to take a shot because it was prime gobbling time (and to his credit, a bird did gobble close on the other side of the road, about 2 minutes later). I kept throwing sticks in the puddle to try and coax the smaller one out, so I could take a throw with my knife, but he said "no sir, come on in," which I was NOT going to do.
Quote from: redarrow on May 15, 2012, 09:39:28 AM
Good snake. He's dead. nice hat. If I didn't say it before :wagon: to OG
Thanks!
If we shot at every snake we saw down here, there wouldn't be any other hunting going on. Rattlers, Pygmy Rattlers, Cottonmouths and all the others.
Pretty snakes here in central bama! All the snakes listed above I don't worry about except for them darn cotton mouths those suckers are quiet and aggressive!!!!
Thats pretty cool....
I really hate snakes but do like the hat. Very cool.
I like the hat but I hate snakes. Yeah I know they serve a purpose and I don't go out of my way to kill one but they still creep me out!
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Nice hat band and big snake!
good snake.....DEAD
creative!
What a waste of a snake.
I can see killing one that resides in close proximity to people but any snake I come across in the woods is safe. They have their place in the ecosystem as a top predator in the food chain.
Quote from: VaTuRkStOmPeR on May 17, 2012, 07:18:07 PM
What a waste of a snake.
I can see killing one that resides in close proximity to people but any snake I come across in the woods is safe. They have their place in the ecosystem as a top predator in the food chain.
That one has his place in the ecosystem: around my hat. One less snake that can kill me while I crawl around on the ground in the dark is an improvement. I don't mind pythons, but all the vipers can die.
Quote from: VGJ5 on May 18, 2012, 02:40:29 AMQuote from: VaTuRkStOmPeR on May 17, 2012, 07:18:07 PMWhat a waste of a snake.
I can see killing one that resides in close proximity to people but any snake I come across in the woods is safe. They have their place in the ecosystem as a top predator in the food chain.
That one has his place in the ecosystem: around my hat. One less snake that can kill me while I crawl around on the ground in the dark is an improvement. I don't mind pythons, but all the vipers can die.
I suppose it's the snakes fault that you're crawling around in the dark in its habitat, too. Ironic how your disgust with the encounter is directed towards the snake instead of recognizing that you create the opportunity to interact with such an animal by immersing yourself in nature.....
I guess all potentially lethal animals in land and marine environments (sharks especially)should be subjected to such a fate according to your thought process. Cracks me up how the same group of people who champion "conservation" and stewardship are the same guys that arbitrarily kill non-game animals that they fear.
Btw, less than 7 people a year die from a snakebite in the US. Your chances of dying from a snakebite are 1 in 50 million. Your chances of dying from a dog attack are 1 in 128,000. Better carry that shotgun in the low ready position on your next walk through a residential area. ;)
Love the hat dude!! BTW---you can't make everybody happy.
Quote from: VaTuRkStOmPeR on May 18, 2012, 02:57:30 PM
I suppose it's the snakes fault that you're crawling around in the dark in its habitat, too. Ironic how your disgust with the encounter is directed towards the snake instead of recognizing that you create the opportunity to interact with such an animal by immersing yourself in nature.....
I guess all potentially lethal animals in land and marine environments (sharks especially)should be subjected to such a fate according to your thought process. Cracks me up how the same group of people who champion "conservation" and stewardship are the same guys that arbitrarily kill non-game animals that they fear.
Btw, less than 7 people a year die from a snakebite in the US. Your chances of dying from a snakebite are 1 in 50 million. Your chances of dying from a dog attack are 1 in 128,000. Better carry that shotgun in the low ready position on your next walk through a residential area. ;)
You're entitled to your opinion, but that's all it is . . . only an opinion. There's no need to hijack my thread and rant about your 'save-the-snakes' campaign. You have the option of not posting.
Predator control is an important part of wildlife management too. I know you're a strong advocate of snake, coyote, bobcat, sasquatch, etc. preservation, but it seems a bit hypocritical to me. You have no problem boasting about killing several turkeys each year, yet you berate me for killing one snake. ::) You justify killing one animal over another by its arbitrary "game animal" label, but by your logic we shouldn't kill any animals at all.
We also farm our land, as my family has done for generations. I would not like that snake to bite my mom in the hand while she's planting a field or a tree. Yeah, she might not die, but she could, and I'd rather not take the chance. I would rather it not bite her, or me, or anyone else at all; I now know for sure that that one will not.
Here is the knife:
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