Look what my buddy found lurking near one of the stands yesterday!
08-13-2008, 04:02 AM
#92
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RE: Look what my buddy found lurking near one of the stands yesterday!
ORIGINAL: jackflap
I was raised as most Texans in that it is your DUTY to kill a rattlesnake every chance you get. They play havoc on cattle, horses, dogs and at times, people.
I am serious when I tell you as a teenager I got in troibleand ridiculed by my Uncle when he found out I encountered a rattlesnake while turkey hunting and DIDN'T kill it.
Right or wrong, that is how much of rural Texas is brought up in regards to rattlesnakes.
Do I know anyone first hand that has ever been bitten? No, but I know OF at least one person in our local area that gets bit every year.
On the other hand, I ride a mountain bike in Palo Duro State Park where they ARE protected within the boundaries of the State Park.
I encounter them frequently while riding. I have never killed one in the canyon since 1) it is illegal and 2) I am usually anywhere from 1-3 miles from pavement and there is no cell service in the bottom of the canyon to request help if I was to get bitten. So I let them go on their way and I have never had any problems.
Because of this irepeated interaction without any problems , I no longer think I HAVE to kill every rattlesnake I encounter anymore, but they are constantly on my mind while riding, not enough to keep me from riding by any means, but I will tell you that whenI fall on my mountain bike in the canyon, I get up QUICKLY.
But having said that, I am a hypocrite because I'd be lying if I didn't tell you that I will kill everyone around my house or in our pastures. Right or wrong thats just the way it is. Judge me all you want.
I was raised as most Texans in that it is your DUTY to kill a rattlesnake every chance you get. They play havoc on cattle, horses, dogs and at times, people.
I am serious when I tell you as a teenager I got in troibleand ridiculed by my Uncle when he found out I encountered a rattlesnake while turkey hunting and DIDN'T kill it.
Right or wrong, that is how much of rural Texas is brought up in regards to rattlesnakes.
Do I know anyone first hand that has ever been bitten? No, but I know OF at least one person in our local area that gets bit every year.
On the other hand, I ride a mountain bike in Palo Duro State Park where they ARE protected within the boundaries of the State Park.
I encounter them frequently while riding. I have never killed one in the canyon since 1) it is illegal and 2) I am usually anywhere from 1-3 miles from pavement and there is no cell service in the bottom of the canyon to request help if I was to get bitten. So I let them go on their way and I have never had any problems.
Because of this irepeated interaction without any problems , I no longer think I HAVE to kill every rattlesnake I encounter anymore, but they are constantly on my mind while riding, not enough to keep me from riding by any means, but I will tell you that whenI fall on my mountain bike in the canyon, I get up QUICKLY.
But having said that, I am a hypocrite because I'd be lying if I didn't tell you that I will kill everyone around my house or in our pastures. Right or wrong thats just the way it is. Judge me all you want.
but i would not kill a snake just to kill it because it was a snake
08-13-2008, 05:04 AM
#93
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RE: Look what my buddy found lurking near one of the stands yesterday!
ORIGINAL: bawanajim
Hopefully we as hunters know the time and place to give the respect to all things as deserved.
Hopefully we as hunters know the time and place to give the respect to all things as deserved.
08-13-2008, 10:50 AM
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RE: Look what my buddy found lurking near one of the stands yesterday!
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
If there were no government, no laws, we humans would still have basic rights, human rights. Laws just protect our rights from infringement by the government (ie. the right to free speech) and anyone else.
ORIGINAL: PreacherTony
Bruce .... how can you disagree with that ..... just curious.
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
We'll have to disagree on that big fella .
ORIGINAL: PreacherTony
if they are protected by a law, then they have rights .....
laws are what establishes rights....
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
Animals (snakes) do not have rights. They may be protected by laws but they do not have rights. Unless, of course, you are ingrid newkirk, then you think animals have rights.
ORIGINAL: Buck Magnet
Whats the point of killing an animal that has every right to be there as you do?
Whats the point of killing an animal that has every right to be there as you do?
laws are what establishes rights....
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Alexander Hamilton, 1775
08-13-2008, 10:53 AM
#96
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RE: Look what my buddy found lurking near one of the stands yesterday!
ORIGINAL: Washington Hunter
Did anyone call Samuel L. Jackson?
C'mon, folks. There are MF snakes near his MF stand.
Did anyone call Samuel L. Jackson?
C'mon, folks. There are MF snakes near his MF stand.
08-13-2008, 10:53 AM
#97
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RE: Look what my buddy found lurking near one of the stands yesterday!
ORIGINAL: buttonbuckmaster
Did he beat it to death with the piece of diamond plated chrome laying in the ditch?
The snake posse will take their turn at the podium shortly. Some will say its a harmless reptile that is feared for no reason. Kinda like this cuddly little fella
Did he beat it to death with the piece of diamond plated chrome laying in the ditch?
The snake posse will take their turn at the podium shortly. Some will say its a harmless reptile that is feared for no reason. Kinda like this cuddly little fella
BTW -I thought the same thing when I saw that hunk of aluminum laying at the edge of the road. LMAO
C'mon, folks. There are MF snakes near his MF stand.
08-13-2008, 10:58 AM
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RE: Look what my buddy found lurking near one of the stands yesterday!
Hopefully we as hunters know the time and place to give the respect to all things as deserved.
08-13-2008, 10:59 AM
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RE: Look what my buddy found lurking near one of the stands yesterday!
ORIGINAL: Buck Magnet
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ORIGINAL: Buck Magnet
It just amazes me how many people forget that the snakes have been here longer than we have
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Actually BM, they wer both created the same day ..... day 6
I don't understand the killing of snakes just to kill them, but I am from the north, too
Sorry Preach
My question is why kill it then? Why not just walk around and leave it be? Whats the point of killing an animal that has every right to be there as you do?
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ORIGINAL: Buck Magnet
It just amazes me how many people forget that the snakes have been here longer than we have
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Actually BM, they wer both created the same day ..... day 6
I don't understand the killing of snakes just to kill them, but I am from the north, too
I dont go lookin for them to kill them but if i cross one im not givin him the time to rattle, boom hes dead.
08-13-2008, 11:06 AM
#100
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RE: Look what my buddy found lurking near one of the stands yesterday!
ORIGINAL: BobCo19-65
Their skins look aweful nice as backing on a bow:
Hopefully we as hunters know the time and place to give the respect to all things as deserved.