S. TX ranch trip

[hillcountryhunter]

Well we got back last night from the ranch in S. Tx and only in time to see more rain. I thought I would never say this but I am tired of seeing rain. In the past week our place down there recieved a wopping 8 inches of rain. Needless to say all the tanks and water holes are over flowing and the ground is very saturated. We found that out the hard way when we got the back hoe stuck in one of our senderos. Without the bucket on the front and back we would have been in bad shape. Had another little suprise when checking one of my trail cameras. I had bent down on my knees to mess with the camera when one of my buddies hollered out that there was a rattlesnake. WHat he felled to mention was that the rattlesnake was about 2 feet from where i was kneeling. The snake never rattled up until I put to shots from my .44 into him. HE was about 5 feet long and had 13 buttons on his rattle. Definitely made for an interesting afternoon. HEre are some other photos from the trail cam as well that I thought were interesting.
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[Boomerang]

Glad you had another set of eyes to spot that snake.

[Danw]

Another rattle bug down!

[Longhorn]

yikes, good thing you got him, where is your place at in s.tx?

[hillcountryhunter]

OUtside of San Diego off of 44

[Russ81]

Hail if you were down you should of hollered! Glad you got the rattler

[hillcountryhunter]

I was going to Russ but with it being memorial day weekend and all I was lucky to get done what I did before we had to go and do all the family stuff. Besides getting the back hoe out was part of a day wasted in its self. I will give you a shout next time we are down.

[stxhunter]

Havent been out to the lease lately, but I hear it has been raining quite a bit over there!!!

[bltiger]

Nice stuff HCH...We haven't killed one rattle snake this year which is really surprising but I'm not complaining!!!

My brother-in-law went to the ranch this weekend and he said we received almost 5" on Friday and another 2.5" on Sunday so we are still soaked at our place down the road from you!

[Z7BBD]

Cool pics, glad that darn thing didnt get ya and he spotted him in time....

[Bill M]

Yeh them snake boots ain't much good in the kneeling position!

[mesquitecountry]

i love south texas BUT HATE RATTLESNAKES.

[buck_wild]

green is good

[L.T.K.56]

hawks, owls, and cats can take care of the rodents.thats a good snake right there!!