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Snake Hunting 101
Cal Sportsman ^
| 10/23/2015
| Tim Hovey
Posted on 10/23/2015 1:51:43 PM PDT by w1n1
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posted on
10/23/2015 1:51:43 PM PDT
by
w1n1
To: w1n1; yarddog
I had to laugh at the 3-footer. Southland has 5-8 foot diamondbacks.
'Ol Yarddog has a great pic of an eastern diamondback for runs 6+ ft he nabbed in those palmetto bushes!
To: w1n1
My college girlfriend's yearbook contained a senior picture that bore this caption:
Herpetologists are just like other people, except they're herpetologists.
I know that's a strange thing to remember.
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posted on
10/23/2015 2:00:48 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: w1n1
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posted on
10/23/2015 2:03:40 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
To: HonkyTonkMan
Here is my dog with a smaller one.
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posted on
10/23/2015 2:06:32 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: yarddog
To: w1n1; Salamander
To: w1n1
Snake hunting 101?
1. Find snake.
2. Kill snake.
3. Repeat as needed.
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posted on
10/23/2015 2:14:44 PM PDT
by
stinkerpot65
(Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
To: yarddog
At least a dog has the good sense to bring you a dead one. Freaking cats bring them inside alive and dump them in your lap.
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posted on
10/23/2015 2:15:25 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Beware the Louisiana Weasel - GOPe Plan C or make that D)
To: HonkyTonkMan
Yes he was proud. Every few steps he would look back to see if I was watching.
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posted on
10/23/2015 2:15:46 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: All
The very BEST thing about a rattlesnake is that they taste really good....
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posted on
10/23/2015 2:17:47 PM PDT
by
Boonie
("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
To: stinkerpot65
We live on the edge of the city, adjacent to open desert here in Kalifornia...not unusual to have a Western Diamondback slither into the yard whence I then whack 'em with my "Mutt" (heavy duty straight bladed scraper/hoe thingie)...
Three summers or so ago, I'd just finished one off in the front yard when wifey came out and said there was an angry rattler all coiled and hissing in the back....given it's location under a dwarf citrus, I couldn't get a good whack, so ended up calling Animal Control.
The guy showed up and as I was showing him the filleted snake in the front, he started in with the "rattlesnakes are our friends" PC crap......then we got out back, and he took one look and said, "Shit! That's a Mojave! If you ever see another, kill it!!"
Mojaves are reportedly 20 times more venemous than Diamondbacks, and are very aggressive -- and the scary thing is they're known to NOT rattle before striking.)
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posted on
10/23/2015 2:27:04 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
To: yarddog
Part Great Dane, part Lab, or both?
To: yarddog
Part Great Dane, part Lab, or both?
To: w1n1
Carry a 12 gauge shotgun!!!
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posted on
10/23/2015 2:42:30 PM PDT
by
tallyhoe
To: w1n1
THE ROUNDUPS OF YORE ARE MOSTLY GONE, BUT SNAKE RUNS ARE ANOTHER WAY TO EXPERIENCE CALIFORNIAS SLITHERERSAn easier way to experience California Slitherers is to go to Sacramento or to Hollyweird where they are on display.
To: stinkerpot65
I got snake stories galore from SEA. The only one I’ll mention here is during an ambush, I pushed back a bush and saw a snake and quickly had it in my hand. We had a Kit Carson Scout with us and I showed it to him and he scrambled backwards with his eyes bulging out of his head. It was what was known as a ‘step-and -half’. The ARVN’s quickly dispatched it and observed me to see if I was gonna die in the next minute.
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posted on
10/23/2015 2:57:29 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: w1n1
Not a fan. Will kill the timber rattlers and copperheads (NYS ya see). Leave the other slitherers to take care of the rodentia. Actually havent seen many of the venomous ones here. out west while camping across AZ in ‘75 I saw my fill.
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posted on
10/23/2015 2:59:26 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: freedumb2003
To: ErnBatavia
he started in with the "rattlesnakes are our friends" PC crap......then we got out back, and he took one look and said, "Shit! That's a Mojave! If you ever see another, kill it!!" Diamondbacks are just like Mojaves, except they're not as poisonous or aggressive.
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