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Aug 20, 2004 | 10:13 AM

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John Russell

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See, it works already!

I think you got my point! 99.9% of the people attempting to get in the tool box will disappear IMMEDIATELY, and any thief that would take that chance would just steal your truck, and your house, anyway!
The sound of a Rattlesnake is WAY more recognizeable as something deadly than, say a pump shotgun being racked, and I don't know of anyone that would try and reason with a bunch of hacked off Rattlesnakes!
I truly believe this would work, and well! Shoot, I think I may just go on line and see if I can buy a couple of Rarrlesnake rattles to just hang over my rear view mirror.
John Russell
ps. Just in case, I really don't like them either. Last year, I took my Boy Scout troop to Philmont for a Treck, and on the 4th day out we had stopped for lunch. As two of our boys were about to sit on a fallen tree, we discovered a Timber Rattlesnake coiled under it. I think they traveled about 15 ft in the air before they landed, I took pictures of the coiled snake & we ate lunch about two miles further up the trail! It looked to be around 5 ' long, and we didn't disturb it, but just typing this makes me shiver!

Aug 20, 2004 | 10:21 AM

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Hjudge49

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The only good snake is a dead snake. Especially rattlesnakes and cotton-mouths. Those mocassins are the worst, they don't even warm you!!

Aug 20, 2004 | 12:05 PM

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va_redneck

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Originally Posted by SBV45

Would probably scratch or scorch your paint.

A good bedliner would work...

But then you would have to use C4 because the grounding would be insulated.

maybe a small report like a stun grenade

Aug 20, 2004 | 12:10 PM

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kw5413

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Even a known recording of a rattle snake in my own tool box would keep me out of it.

I don't even look @ snakes on TV

Aug 20, 2004 | 12:11 PM

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jdadamsjr

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Guess it's something in our younger days - right KW ????

I have been bitten 3 times while young and once since NOT SO YOUNG

ALmost lost my mother to a TINY ground rattler while working her flower beds...

Aug 20, 2004 | 12:30 PM

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kw5413

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Perzackly JD...At age 6 I watched my Dad blow the tip of his boot off when he stepped on a copper head (mean, mean snake) while chasing calves.

At age 9 I woke up to a snake trapped between my bedroom window glass and screen ( he swallered a mouse that had snuck up in there) Even at that age I was smart enough to figure there was a pretty good chance that he crawled across my bed to get there.

At age 17 was doing a little night time creek bank drinking...I mean fishing...when a water mocassin crawled between my britches leg and my boot. to make that real long story short...once I got to the truck I never left it again 'til good day light.

When I was in missle security (Arizona) in the USAF I always assumed any snake had the authority to enter and I made sure I never challenged them.

This little phobia of mine sure makes hunting in South Texas difficult.

Aug 20, 2004 | 12:37 PM

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Choctaw Bob

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Originally Posted by kw5413

Even a known recording of a rattle snake in my own tool box would keep me out of it.

I don't even look @ snakes on TV

One of those scumbags got in my tool box last week. Might be the same one since we live so close.

The Texas legislature turned them loose by changing the law on car break ins from a felony to a misdemeanor.

All they got from mine was a case of water. They left their own water bottle so I have their prints if they come back. They did unscrew my security lights so they could come back. I just removed everything from the tool box and unlocked it. They make a tool from a piece of i" X 1/8" by 12" flat stock and bend a slight curve on it. They just stick it under the lid and push back the hook that latches the lid.

You can't kill or hurt em in any way or you are in more trouble than they are.

I thought about getting a security camera setup and making them movie stars by sending the film to the TV Stations.