I am so tired of the stinking rattlesnakes. Two years in a row my kids have come way to close to getting bit. Last year during turkey season one of my 13 year old twins had a broken foot and was on crutches. He hobbled out a couple hundred yards to where we heard a bird gobble. After the hunt I told him I would go get the truck so he wouldn't have to walk back. I walked down the road and drove back to get him. He and his twin brother have a terrified look on their face. He tells me he just accidently pinned a rattlesnake with the end of one of his crutches while walking. He said the ground felt funny and he looked down and the snake was squirming and trying to wrap around the crutch. He jumped backed and left the crutch and hopped away. He said he never rattled so I'm thinking maybe it wasn't a rattlesnake. He said it saw it crawl towards some bushes so I go look. Sure enough there is a big old rattler coiled up. The thought of what might have happened almost made me throwup. Yes I killed him. The very next night we are at camp. Just starting the fire, everyone's kids are playing, dogs running around. I walk back to the lodge to get some foil and there is a big rattlesnake laid out on the concrete porch right where everyone had been walking in and out just moments before. Never buzzed never moved. Killed him too. Fast forward to this past Sunday. Myself, 6 year daughter, and both twin boys are walking down a road to set up on some gobblers. I'm leading in case of snakes then one of the twins, my daughter is next and the other twin is last. As we are walking along the last twin yells out a jumps to the side. There is a rattlesnake coiled up and in striking distance next to the road right where we had just walked by. He never rattled and my son just happened to see the movement as he coiled. We are always very cautious and vigilant during snake season but this is getting to the point I don't even want the kids going out. Seems like they used to buzz a warning more in the olden days but not do much now What gives ?
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the tale i hear about that is that with the explosion of hogs...and other predators becoming more agressive ..the rattlebugs dont warn anymore as not to give themselves away.. -
That's crazy. I am all in favor of killing them all.
Systemnt- that is interesting to know!Comment
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Like killing them all to the point of extinction?Originally posted by perfectstorm View PostComment
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Headed to Academy and pickin' up several pair of kids snakechaps by Everlast.
Gonna throw in a couple adult pairs, too...Comment
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I'm thinking about putting out some owl boxes. I don't know if it will help, but I figure the enemy of my enemy is my friend.Comment
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Don't take it as gospel.. thats just what some farmers/ranchers/guides have told me... don't know how factual it is..Originally posted by perfectstorm View PostComment
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get u some blue indigos
i havent seen a rattler now at my place in 10 yrs, but dem indigos are everywhere!Comment
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Luckily I haven't encountered but 1 rattlesnake in the last 5 years. Atleast your kids are ok.Comment
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Don't care for them either. To many close calls but they are some very neat creatures so it's either a quick kill or a catch and snag a few pictures and then killem. They have started to not rattle over the last 5-10 years which is interesting and I guess natural selection taking its course since it seems the rattle is doing more bad then good for the snakes now-a-daysComment
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I thought about this but don't know if it's legal to pick 'em up & transport 'em.Originally posted by kingranch View PostComment
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I remember seeing this in a email a while back, another source claims it has something to do with mice chewing the tail off when the snake rattle's in a tunnel or something like that. Not sure whats whatOriginally posted by systemnt View PostComment
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I believe its illegal to capture them period but I could be wrong.Originally posted by fritztown View Post
Edit: The eastern indigo snake, informally called the eastern black snake, has been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act since 1971. Accordingly, state and federal laws are in place to protect them throughout their range, making it illegal to kill, capture, harass, handle, sell or possess without a federal permit
Read more: U.S. Endangered Species: The Eastern Black Snake | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/info_8617421_end...#ixzz1r0KPH4W6Last edited by 150class; 04-03-2012, 12:42 PM.Comment
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Man-made evolution IMO. All the ones that rattled got killed. The ones that don't rattle bred offspring that don't rattle.Comment
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So, manmade evolution that ends up in the snake's corner - it all evens out..Originally posted by denowt View PostComment
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