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Found a five foot long 5 inch wide diamondback yesterday while riding my mountain bike. Nice wide head, long rattle....I could see this trophy hanging on the wall. Would have had his hide had it not been for that goober (park ranger) that someone called.
He came looking for it and I tried to distract him to another place but didn't work. He had so many patches on his shoulder that I didn't know whether to laugh or salute him.
I knew I would not get the trophy now but maybe I could get a good laugh. This guy was petrified at the thought of moving the snake to a save place. He kept moving around with his hands behind his back trying to figure out how to move it without getting bit.
I finally gave up and rode off into the sunset.....without my prize.
Goober is probably still there trying to gather up enough backbone to figure out how to move it.
IDIOT!
He came looking for it and I tried to distract him to another place but didn't work. He had so many patches on his shoulder that I didn't know whether to laugh or salute him.
I knew I would not get the trophy now but maybe I could get a good laugh. This guy was petrified at the thought of moving the snake to a save place. He kept moving around with his hands behind his back trying to figure out how to move it without getting bit.
I finally gave up and rode off into the sunset.....without my prize.
Goober is probably still there trying to gather up enough backbone to figure out how to move it.
IDIOT!
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5 feet and with a 5 inch wide head, that is odd. I would have expected a longer snake than that, oh well, not an issue.
Unless you really know what you are doing I would not recommend messing with a rattler/diamondback. If you get bit you will be in a world of hurt. The snake as long as he isn't where lots of people are, will not be a problem. The snake will also probably try to high tail it away from where ever too many people are anyway. He really doesn't want to be around us humans, we are too clumsy and might step on him. He's just doing his job catching vermin and keeping the pest population down so I would leave him alone.
Now then if you plan to make a belt out of him or you like to eat snake, "tastes like chicken", then that is a different story. If you know how to safely hunt a snake and kill it humanely, then go for it. But I would bet he is long gone unless he happened to have a favorite hot rock.
Don't mess with diamond backs unless you know what you are doing, otherwise we will get to read about you in Darwin, and you really don't want that.
Jim Henderson
Unless you really know what you are doing I would not recommend messing with a rattler/diamondback. If you get bit you will be in a world of hurt. The snake as long as he isn't where lots of people are, will not be a problem. The snake will also probably try to high tail it away from where ever too many people are anyway. He really doesn't want to be around us humans, we are too clumsy and might step on him. He's just doing his job catching vermin and keeping the pest population down so I would leave him alone.
Now then if you plan to make a belt out of him or you like to eat snake, "tastes like chicken", then that is a different story. If you know how to safely hunt a snake and kill it humanely, then go for it. But I would bet he is long gone unless he happened to have a favorite hot rock.
Don't mess with diamond backs unless you know what you are doing, otherwise we will get to read about you in Darwin, and you really don't want that.
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I had a little run in with a rattler last weekend while chukar hunting here in Utah. My german shorthair was hunting along the bottom of a canyon when she snapped into point. I moved in only to hear a buzz about 10 feet in front of me! I called the dog off and sent her away. The snake was coiled and ready for a fight, unfortunately for him he brought fangs to a gun fight. It didn't last long and I'm sure he felt no pain. He had 9 rattles on his tail. I hope it starts cooling off quickly, snakes and dogs don't mix
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yeah... a good friend of mine works at a local vet and they have had a ton of dogs coming in with rattlesnake bites in the past month or two. they think that the venom is getting more toxic too because where they used to not lose many to the bites and could treat it if done so soon after the bite...now they are losing alot of them regardless of treatment time following the bite.
be careful and watch your dogs too!
be careful and watch your dogs too!
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Hey, to point to the pig pen...evolution in action!
But seriously, they are no joke, I have had run ins with all 4 poisonois snakes in the U.S....the worst of all was a cotton mouth...he was coiled up when i entered a shed, about head lvl and over 6 feet long...BTW, i was only 5...he was coiled up and ready to strike...I guess i got lucky..my old man killed him for me.
But seriously, they are no joke, I have had run ins with all 4 poisonois snakes in the U.S....the worst of all was a cotton mouth...he was coiled up when i entered a shed, about head lvl and over 6 feet long...BTW, i was only 5...he was coiled up and ready to strike...I guess i got lucky..my old man killed him for me.
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From: Colorado Springs
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the truth, I do like rattlesnake meat. And hatbands and belts..... We have a few rattlers around here, I won't take a small one unless it is to move it to a safer (for the snake and the kids) location. But anything over 4ft is lunch. 
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It takes a lot of snake to make a meal. I enjoy watching the old westerns when they are shown eating a big ol' piece of snake.
I've killed prairie rattlers and cooked them. Not bad, just not much to go around.
I've killed prairie rattlers and cooked them. Not bad, just not much to go around.
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Oh man is rattlesnake good! Or maybe it's cobra...shoot I don't know but it's one of the two. It's kinda chewy but great flavor. A friend mine is a really good chinese cook and he gave me a recipe for cobra stew. Yummy! Oh, I have a snake story too. About 15 years ago, my dad bought a boat from Louisiana and a crew bringing it through the Panama canal and up to Seattle. So when it gets here, we pump out one of the ballast tanks, and when it's empty, dad goes down there and finds what he said was about a six foot water moccosin (sp) Dead of course, but scared the hell out of him. Apparently theysucked it right through the sea chest when they were ballasting in the Gulf! Spotting a six foot snake with a flashlight in an otherwise pitch black steel box is not good for the bloodpressure.
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I personally I'm not hungry enough to eat a snake....matter of fact I'd like to know who was the first person that got sooooo hungry that they had to eat one?
I mean, snakes eat mice, lizards etc. Cows eat grass, feed etc.
Give me a cow and I'll eat em......give me a snake and I'll skin em and admire them.
I mean, snakes eat mice, lizards etc. Cows eat grass, feed etc.
Give me a cow and I'll eat em......give me a snake and I'll skin em and admire them.
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When I'm at the discount Bakery picking up so Extra eating material, I usually buy a package of (6) 12" sub buns (Hoagie buns to the merkin's).
If another customer says something like :
Hmmm, You must be having subs sandwiches for lunch ?
"I tell them, actually I'm making Snake sandwiches for supper".
If another customer says something like :
Hmmm, You must be having subs sandwiches for lunch ?
"I tell them, actually I'm making Snake sandwiches for supper".
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