Found this little guy this weekend
02-28-2007, 12:13 AM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Southern Illinois
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RE: Found this little guy this weekend
That's a good eating size. I walked up on one about this size one night and found out how fast I could run backwards through mesquite! I was pretty fast. When I got a light on him, I shot him with a .22 and took him home for supper.
02-28-2007, 08:34 AM
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Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: land of the Lilliputians, In the state of insanity
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RE: Found this little guy this weekend
Yep, they shouldnt be out yet. Heck, Sweetwater hasnt even had the round up yet. The snakes should still be in the dens. It has been warm, but not long enough for the rattlers to mover from the dens. I wonder if this is a sign that its going to start getting hot. Arrrggggg, im not ready for the heat. Yesterday was 84 here and I was in a grumpy mood all day.
02-28-2007, 04:30 PM
#7
Giant Nontypical
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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RE: Found this little guy this weekend
This one was still close to the den. He was out on a rock that morning, then when I went back to find him and take a picture that afternoon, he had moved down in the leaves. He was VERY hard to see where he was. When I kneeled down to take a picture, he tried to make a run for the den, so I had to catch him and reposition him so I could take a picture.
02-28-2007, 05:40 PM
#8
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Burleson Texas
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RE: Found this little guy this weekend
ORIGINAL: North Texan
This one was still close to the den. He was out on a rock that morning, then when I went back to find him and take a picture that afternoon, he had moved down in the leaves. He was VERY hard to see where he was. When I kneeled down to take a picture, he tried to make a run for the den, so I had to catch him and reposition him so I could take a picture.
This one was still close to the den. He was out on a rock that morning, then when I went back to find him and take a picture that afternoon, he had moved down in the leaves. He was VERY hard to see where he was. When I kneeled down to take a picture, he tried to make a run for the den, so I had to catch him and reposition him so I could take a picture.
Jeff you are a better man than me. If that would have been me, we would be calling that snake "Dearly Departed" ... I'd a had a little funeral right there on the spot.
02-28-2007, 05:47 PM
#9
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: California
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RE: Found this little guy this weekend
Nice picture. I remember seeing one like that when I was out dove hunting; guess it decided to have dove for dinner after I went out to retrieve it (guessing it landed near the snake)
03-01-2007, 06:21 AM
#10
Giant Nontypical
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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RE: Found this little guy this weekend
I've had one eat a dove I shot one time. The dove didn't die and ran into some prickly pears. I looked and looked for the dove where it landed, then started looking around in the pear pile. There was a medium sized rattlesnake in the middle of the prickly pears, and he had a mouthfull of dove.