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HOGHUNTINGUNLIMITED 05-13-2008 02:03 PM

rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
came arcross this lil rattle snake on my way back from checking my trail camera so becareful out there.






bigdawgwill44 05-13-2008 02:23 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
Went to my property this weekend to lay down some weed killer and get it ready for summer/hunting. Found a curled up rattler in the travel trailer.... Was not to excited about that..

OKbowhunter20 05-13-2008 03:42 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
Theres not much I hate more than a rattlesnake....and we got tons of them around here

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Bullet Hole Bailey 05-13-2008 05:24 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
I truly hate snakes!

HOGHUNTINGUNLIMITED 05-13-2008 05:35 PM

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ORIGINAL: DropTine249

The only good snake is a dead snake !!
He is now :D





salukipv1 05-13-2008 05:44 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
kill em all! I'd much prefer if we had more rodents running around than snakes to keep em in check.

I'm glad I don't see em.

I'd really like apistol firing shotshells.....just in case, may need something like that for africa....or hell bowhunting out west.....

twildasin 05-13-2008 07:42 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
wow looked bigger in the top picture!

OKbowhunter20 05-13-2008 08:01 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
Man that was a little guy...glad you killed him

MarquetteMagnum 05-14-2008 02:48 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
Good shot on the "Tube Snake".

Lubricious 05-14-2008 05:26 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
Ah hunters, the great conservationists....until theres a snake :D

Big Duane 05-14-2008 05:27 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
you killed it ?

gawd how ignorant ..... [:o]

Steven McBee 05-14-2008 05:49 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
i kill every rattlesnake i see.......i have already shot 8 that were within 100 yards of my cabin...... with my 5 year old brother playing outside im not taking any chances

PreacherTony 05-14-2008 05:52 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
do they have a season? I mean, is it legal to just kill them? ,,,Before anyone thinks I'm judging, I'm not .....just asking a question ...

royak 05-14-2008 05:54 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
I see a snake its dead no matter waht. I HATE SNAKES

Steven McBee 05-14-2008 05:55 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 

ORIGINAL: PreacherTony

do they have a season? I mean, is it legal to just kill them? ,,,Before anyone thinks I'm judging, I'm not .....just asking a question ...
legally no, lol

WVSPORTSMAN 05-14-2008 06:24 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
man thats a water snake!;), just likes to play in the dirt and shake its tail

Sooner State Hunter 05-14-2008 06:27 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 

ORIGINAL: PreacherTony

do they have a season? I mean, is it legal to just kill them? ,,,Before anyone thinks I'm judging, I'm not .....just asking a question ...
Yes, in Oklahoma there is an establishedrattlesnake season ... and it is currently open

PreacherTony 05-14-2008 06:35 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 

ORIGINAL: Sooner State Hunter


ORIGINAL: PreacherTony

do they have a season? I mean, is it legal to just kill them? ,,,Before anyone thinks I'm judging, I'm not .....just asking a question ...
Yes, in Oklahoma there is an establishedrattlesnake season ... and it is currently open
Well for you guys that have a season .... have fun .... but for you that kill them illegaly ...isn't that poaching?:eek:

HOGHUNTINGUNLIMITED 05-14-2008 07:47 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
there aint no season here. but the stupid thing is I think you have to have a hunting licence to kill them... And luckely I did

WhitetailArchery369 05-14-2008 08:55 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
My hunting buddy just seen a 5 foot rattle snake on the road to his cabin

buckmaster 05-14-2008 09:03 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
Call me a poacher PT:DI wont even look at the book on a rattle snake. I dont like snakes.... I can handle the 'ol Black snake, but thats about as far as it goes, Now I havent evern seen one(rattler) around here, but I'm pretty sure they're around.[&:]

Big Duane 05-14-2008 09:13 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
like I said, ignorance

snakes are beneficial to the ecosystem. ya'll call yourselves sportsman on one hand, and then on the other kill every snake you see and that shows your true colors

I doubt 1 of 10 here can even identify common snakes, much less know poisonous from non-poisonous. I'm not an expert by far, but watching people who call themselves sportsman and conservationists slaughter animals for no reason again just shows the ignorance many people have.

If you don't have a damn good reason to kill it, don't. Its very likely against the law anyway (its is in my state anyway) and killing a snake illegally is absolutley just as much poaching as shooting a big velvet buck in July.


I'm ashamed that I have to be associated with hunters like ya'll [:o]

buckmaster 05-14-2008 09:17 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 

ORIGINAL: Big Duane

like I said, ignorance

snakes are beneficial to the ecosystem. ya'll call yourselves sportsman on one hand, and then on the other kill every snake you see and that shows your true colors

I doubt 1 of 10 here can even identify common snakes, much less know poisonous from non-poisonous. I'm not an expert by far, but watching people who call themselves sportsman and conservationists slaughter animals for no reason again just shows the ignorance many people have.

If you don't have a damn good reason to kill it, don't. Its very likely against the law anyway (its is in my state anyway) and killing a snake illegally is absolutley just as much poaching as shooting a big velvet buck in July.


I'm ashamed that I have to be associated with hunters like ya'll [:o]

Like i said call me a poacher, i come accross a rattler.... Im NOT taking any chances. Honest answer. I dont know what the laws are and really dont care, same goes for spiders too, I can handle them better, but if it dont look like your commmon mailbox spider than it better leave my sight.... same with a snake.


EDIT: I will add by saying this, if the things on a dead run to get away from me, Im not going to chase it down to kill it, that would be defeating the purpose of staying out of any potentiol emergency room visits.

early in 05-14-2008 09:21 AM

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ORIGINAL: Big Duane

I'm ashamed that I have to be associated with hunters like ya'll [:o]
You don't have to be!;):D

bigdawgwill44 05-14-2008 09:42 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
I've already smoked 3 big rattlers this spring with my .357 snake shot. God i love doing that. I hate snakes more than anything in this world, especially rattlers. No argument any man could make would stop me from killing every rattler i see. I don't need to have a hunting season cut short by my ass in a hospital getting anti-venom viles.

superstrutter 05-14-2008 09:47 AM

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It's kind of funny how some people are soafraid of snakes. Some burly guy who will stand up to anything and anyone, yet put a snake in front of him, and he will run like a little girl. I personally really like rattlesnakes, fried that is. If I do kill a rattler, and I've killed several, I eat it. They are delicious. I won't kill one just to kill it. It's a bonus to come up on a 5 or 6 footer while hunting. There is no law in Louisiana stating you cannot kill snakes. Most people who come across one do kill it.I don't kill every snake I come across, and in LA., I come across them all the time.

whitetaildave24 05-14-2008 10:02 AM

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As long as they are not acting aggressive towards me or my kids I will just let them be.

robbcayman 05-14-2008 11:17 AM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 

ORIGINAL: Sooner State Hunter


ORIGINAL: PreacherTony

do they have a season? I mean, is it legal to just kill them? ,,,Before anyone thinks I'm judging, I'm not .....just asking a question ...
Yes, in Oklahoma there is an establishedrattlesnake season ... and it is currently open
What about copperheads?? I too live in Oklahoma and I shot one this weekend I didn't even think about there being a season for snakes. Oh well, he is dead now LOL!!! Anyways, I posted a short story on the other snake thread.

wis_bow_huntr 05-14-2008 12:21 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
nothing tastes better than rattle snake yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum

Big Duane 05-14-2008 12:51 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
buckmaster, bigdawgwill44, robbcayman

call me a poacher, but I've always shot big velvet bucks in the fields in late August - just using the same justification ya'll are using on snakes

of course you know statisitcally only 5-10 people die from snakerelated injuriesin the US every year, about 120-130 people die from deer related ones

thus deer are far more dangerous, and we should kill them whenever we can and help save lives



right ? Just using the same logic and applying it to a greater danger is all


HOGHUNTINGUNLIMITED 05-14-2008 01:20 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 

ORIGINAL: Big Duane

like I said, ignorance

snakes are beneficial to the ecosystem. ya'll call yourselves sportsman on one hand, and then on the other kill every snake you see and that shows your true colors

I doubt 1 of 10 here can even identify common snakes, much less know poisonous from non-poisonous. I'm not an expert by far, but watching people who call themselves sportsman and conservationists slaughter animals for no reason again just shows the ignorance many people have.

If you don't have a damn good reason to kill it, don't. Its very likely against the law anyway (its is in my state anyway) and killing a snake illegally is absolutley just as much poaching as shooting a big velvet buck in July.


I'm ashamed that I have to be associated with hunters like ya'll [:o]
I know that the garden snakes looked allot like ralle snakes but they don't have rattles but I have seen enough rattle snakes to know one when I see one. You actually are helping wildlife by shooting a rattle snake because incase you didn't know rattle snakes eat quail eggs and any other small game bird eggs that are laid on the ground and rattle snakes eat baby turkey when they are hatched so I figure every rattle snake you shoot you really help things out so they don't eat game birds and I had one of our dogs get bite by a rattle snake to and luckely it lived but it was a big vet bill. Just so you know why I shoot them.

DoveshooterII 05-14-2008 01:52 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
I live in Alabama, we have more Mocasins than anything else, but a snake is a snake, and should die. Except for the little garden snakes, thier fun to play with. ( great for pulling pranks)

Yall should check out the "sporting dogs" forum. Cara lives in Tx. and one of her hounds got bit on the nose by a rattler. there arepics of before and after.( looks bad)

DoveshooterII 05-14-2008 01:54 PM

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Its the " *******snakes!" thread.

bigdawgwill44 05-14-2008 01:55 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 

ORIGINAL: Big Duane

buckmaster, bigdawgwill44, robbcayman

call me a poacher, but I've always shot big velvet bucks in the fields in late August - just using the same justification ya'll are using on snakes

of course you know statisitcally only 5-10 people die from snakerelated injuriesin the US every year, about 120-130 people die from deer related ones

thus deer are far more dangerous, and we should kill them whenever we can and help save lives



right ? Just using the same logic and applying it to a greater danger is all
Well we all have our opinions. I'm not breaking any laws and i hate snakes, you belong in the tomb of snakes from Indiana Jones as you are so loving/inclined to save them (btw.. Indiana hates snakes too :))

buckmaster 05-14-2008 02:01 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 

ORIGINAL: Big Duane

buckmaster, bigdawgwill44, robbcayman

call me a poacher, but I've always shot big velvet bucks in the fields in late August - just using the same justification ya'll are using on snakes

of course you know statisitcally only 5-10 people die from snakerelated injuriesin the US every year, about 120-130 people die from deer related ones

thus deer are far more dangerous, and we should kill them whenever we can and help save lives



right ? Just using the same logic and applying it to a greater danger is all
LOL your good:eek:

Hello My name is Aaron, I am apoacher, I kill mice that are in my house, along with snakes, and spiders when i come accross them. Lock me up.... Im pretty sure even the biggest butt hole game warder...errr... I mean "Wildlife Police" that we have here in my county,would laugh at that. Im not wasting the time searching, but I dont even think theres anything stating it's illegal.

Rory/MO 05-14-2008 02:23 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
we dont have rattle snakes where i hunt, but unfortunately we do have cottonmouths and copperheads [:@]

t3 05-14-2008 02:52 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
whats all the fuss about killin snakes??? WHO GIVES A F**K!

Rory/MO 05-14-2008 02:58 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 
i dont shoot non poisonous ones, but we kill well over 200 cottonmouths every year off of two properties we hunt in southern mo, and ya its illegal, but do you wanna be standing in the same water while youre teal hunting when there are cottonmouths swimmin in the decoys, cause i sure as hell dont.

Steven McBee 05-14-2008 03:26 PM

RE: rattle snakes are starting to come out.
 

I'm ashamed that I have to be associated with hunters like ya'll [:o]
hey you dont have to be , the only reason they are beneficial for the environment is cuz they kill mice and rats, put a cat there and it will kill twice as much and cats arent dangerous for a 5 year old that likes to walk around in the woods and play in brush piles............... i will continue killin every rattler i see


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