Sobering find

[acasto]

[/img]Wife and I walked up on this last night while walking the dogs. Be careful as they are on the move.

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[John(Tx)]

n/t

 

[TerraDigger]

Acasto, whats you location? What do you estimate as it's length? And looks like a DB to me also. About 7-8 years old.

 

[mudpuppy]

n/t

 

[Sailorman]

Ahhhh, isn't it cute! Critters like this are one of the reasons I use one sided headsets. Also it pays to look around some, not just focus on the coil! Glad you got the picture though.

 

[acasto]

Texas, 40 miles north of San Antonio. Diamond back rattler to be sure. Nine buttons on his tail, and a little over 3 feet long.
This is my first rattler kill this year, but the third one to go down within 250 yards of my home.
Coincidentally, I am moving to Colorado in 2 weeks.

HH to all.
Tony

 

[larryk56]

Holy Crap! ... I would of had my pants full.

That's one of the reasons why I don't like to be in
the woods.

If I was hunting in the woods I would want some
fast firepower just for those kinds of critters.

I hope to God that I don't run into one.

 

[nick1curtis]

id rather have rattlesnakes than copperheads. ALL snakes make me uncomfortable, but at least the rattlesnake warns you that they are there. most likely you wont know a copperehead is there unless you step on it. that is a beautiful snake though. im just waiting for people to freak on you for killing it, but i givin how close your home is i think you did the right thing. in the future, if you see one, i would report them to the local animal control. they can use them venom to make antivenom for those unfortunate enough to get bit

 

[John(Tx)]

The snake that worries me the most is the Cottonmouth, they are aggresive and just as deadly...I've killed several on throwlines. Becareful out there. John

 

[tabman]

The snake that worries me the most is the Cottonmouth, they are aggresive and just as deadly...I've killed several on throwlines. Becareful out there. John

Yep, a Cottonmouth will get after you in a heartbeat if you get on their bad side. It doesn't take much to get them mad either.

Snakes bites ain't a good thing. Google up some pictures.



tabman

 

[larryk56]

We saw a large snake at our house and called the DNR asking them
what to do. I think it was a rattle snake.

Alot of good that did. They told us to try and catch it and then they
could get someone out to take it away.

So much for calling the DNR. DNR = Do Nothing Right!

 

[Sailorman]

Well, snakes must like me. I've been around plenty of cotton mouths, copper heads and rattlers. I give them plenty of space and we both go our separate ways. Never felt inclined to kill one but usually have the means if one decided to get unneighborly. They fill an ecological niche like most critters. But if I wind up on the receiving end of trouble then I'll do my best to stop it! Thankfully we don't have big troublemakers like black mambas, fer-de-lance and cobras! Although at the rate exotic species get into the wild around here, who knows.

Now a nonnative exotic I'll do something about. They are very destructive to the natural fauna. The pythons, boas and possibly anacondas that have entrenched themselves in the everglades have wiped out the majority of raccoons and rabbits not to mention all the ground nesting birds in many areas. They'd get popped on sight except that our dear DNR is still "researching" their effects and require a license to hunt. Go figure!

 

[Elton]

Are there that many when your out detecting ???????? or just a once in awhile sightings...

 

[Sailorman]

Naw, it's not so bad. Just once in a while. Heck, growing up in VT I bumped into a few bears, a cougar, several mildly poisonous snakes (spotted adders), what I believe was a wolverine (as a young teen stomping through the woods alone, he seemed to be in a bad mood and I swiftly departed), and several fisher cats and bob cats. I grew up in the sticks. Most north american wildlife won't pester you if you know how to behave around it and avoid it. Now grizzles, even though I roamed around backpacking in their territory, I never ran into one. They'd make me nervous! Feral hogs can be a problem as well but though I've hunted areas with lot's of sign I've never really confronted any yet.

Just good reasons for one sided headsets!