Couzer Report post Posted October 15, 2015 They are still out!!! Almost stepped on one last night in Peach Springs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted October 16, 2015 dangit, i reread this whole post bacause i thought it said skanks and you were talkin' about pink hair. stinkin' dislexia. Lark 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted October 16, 2015 They are still out!!! Almost stepped on one last night in Peach Springs That was just Peach rattler profilin, makin sho u still gots a pear. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoghntr Report post Posted October 16, 2015 I moved this snake off the road 6feet before it rattled. It struck at me a dozen times before it rattled. Guys please do not count on a rattle. I have been struck 2x, 1 before leg guards and 1 after and neither rattled till shortly after the strike. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mocha1545 Report post Posted October 16, 2015 I moved this snake off the road 6feet before it rattled. It struck at me a dozen times before it rattled. Guys please do not count on a rattle. I have been struck 2x, 1 before leg guards and 1 after and neither rattled till shortly after the strike. I know the feeling! Nothing like lettin you know after the fact! Little Basturds! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted October 16, 2015 this question just begs to be axed- WHY THE HEL L DID YOU MOVE IT OUTTA THE ROAD!?!?!?!? unless it was with a 12 guage? roads are hard and flat, truck tires are round and hard, makes fer a perfect snake squishin' opporunity. no wonder you been bit twiced. that's what happens when you move em outta the road. then they bite somebuddy else. squished snake, no more problem. Lark 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoghntr Report post Posted October 16, 2015 this question just begs to be axed- WHY THE HEL L DID YOU MOVE IT OUTTA THE ROAD!?!?!?!? unless it was with a 12 guage? roads are hard and flat, truck tires are round and hard, makes fer a perfect snake squishin' opporunity. no wonder you been bit twiced. that's what happens when you move em outta the road. then they bite somebuddy else. squished snake, no more problem. Lark This lil dude was in middle of nowhere. My strikes came from area where when n.phx started building up and snakes were displaced so instead of 1 per quail day you would see 4-6 per day. I do kill them if in neighborhoods its eith that ir again they get displaced and over populated where they get moved to. I know some guys kill every one of them that just is not me but i also would not throw 1 in your backyard instead of mine. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoghntr Report post Posted October 16, 2015 And i must admit i love rattlesnakes! Had 4 in aquarium in apartment at 18yrs old (6 locks on top) had a 6ft black rattler with 18 beads when i was 20 living in Christopher Creek, guy i worked with showed up one night at 2am banging on my door carring a sleeping bag all curled up so i figured he had fight with his mom.. No that was not the case! As i was still waking up this knucklehead unfolded sleeping bag and down in bottom was this massive black rattler he found while out camping with friends so naturally he dexided bringing it into my living room alive was the best idea. 😮 so of course i kept it.. They are amazing to watch feeding. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sherman Report post Posted October 16, 2015 Mike just so you know if you and I are ever out hunting and we see a snake I will kill it just my way. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted October 16, 2015 i'm purty sure a good phsycociatrist could help you get over your love of rattlers and return you to somewhat normal. Lark. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pixman Report post Posted October 16, 2015 I almost stepped on this one in a wash in Usery, it never rattled and couldn't in the ambush position it was in with its tail/rattle tucked underneath! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couzer Report post Posted October 16, 2015 I hate snakes 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vixen Report post Posted October 16, 2015 Your chances of getting a wet bite are going to be better trying to kill it than just leaving it alone. Especially when they back into brush. If your going to shoot them, at point blank, is introducing another safety factor. If you get bit just walking out in the sticks the chances of being struck by lightning are almost the same. 9 times out of 10 if not tampered with it is probably going to be a dry bite. The head after decapitation is extremely dangerous and the snake is very capable of injecting a fang in with full dose of venom without its body. The statistics show that the biggest percentage of people bitten are the ones messing with them without experience, even then your still chancing a bite no matter what experience. I think they are better off left alone in the wild. Different story around the house. I have came across people beating a rattlesnake to death in roads and stop and ask them if they have their hunting license. They almost all the time reply "No for what?" I would tell them for killing the snake. They would say that they didn't know you needed to have one. Guess one could be a real ***hole and turn them in, but that's not who I am. Just sayin 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted October 16, 2015 Your chances of getting a wet bite are going to be better trying to kill it than just leaving it alone. Especially when they back into brush. If your going to shoot them, at point blank, is introducing another safety factor. If you get bit just walking out in the sticks the chances of being struck by lightning are almost the same. 9 times out of 10 if not tampered with it is probably going to be a dry bite. The head after decapitation is extremely dangerous and the snake is very capable of injecting a fang in with full dose of venom without its body. The statistics show that the biggest percentage of people bitten are the ones messing with them without experience, even then your still chancing a bite no matter what experience. I think they are better off left alone in the wild. Different story around the house. I have came across people beating a rattlesnake to death in roads and stop and ask them if they have their hunting license. They almost all the time reply "No for what?" I would tell them for killing the snake. They would say that they didn't know you needed to have one. Guess one could be a real ***hole and turn them in, but that's not who I am. Just sayinThis explains a lot. When us kids were toddlers, folks gave lil sis the rattlers and me the head to play with. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke-BE Report post Posted October 16, 2015 Anhhhh rattler snakes! Worst experience was while quail hunting in Oct. about 10 years ago. Heard my friend up and over a small hill shoot. So I ran to the top and while I was cressing the top I came up to a rattler to fast and he struck and hit the barrel of my gun. I jump back like cat like reflex and except the part of landing on your feet. While falling back my elbow hit the ground and the butt of my shotgun hit and the gun fires ( scary). I looked up and no joke the snack started slithering right towards me about 2 feet from my foot. This is the part when a grown man starts screaming like a girl. After I got away with lots of cuts and scratches from pushing myself away and while screaming I finally got up and shot it. Funny part after that while taking a knee and my hand and legs are shaking I look up and see a grey fox coming my way.. Took him out! It was my first fox ever. Maybe he was coming to investigate the high pitch girl scream I was doing and he Probably thought I was a dying rabbit 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
