RE: How would you like to come up on THIS in the woods?
 

I'd sh!t my pants if i seen that and be like a stone just standing there. with my mouth open.

RE: How would you like to come up on THIS in the woods?
 

I tend to kill any poisonous snake I see. But, that is often asking for trouble since they generally do not pose a direct threat to me. Even if they pose a threat, it is actually bestto go by the advice of one of the teachers in my karate class, "Evasion is often the best defensive manuever."

RE: How would you like to come up on THIS in the woods?
 

A good example of how we (this time me) can jump to conclusions on the forums due to judging by a few sentences that were posted, thus, my apologies for the ethics remark!

Exactly my point Lanse, I think more people get bit by poisonous snakes because they are trying to catch them or kill them rather then accidentily getting to close and getting bit, although that happens enough.

RE: How would you like to come up on THIS in the woods?
 

I once worked on a archaeology survey with a fellow who was on loan from another company. The guy always came to work with a loaded ruger .22 pistol on his hip. His explanation was that his boss required it as a safety precaution against snakes. My response was that trying to use a .22 pistol on a snake in closequarters would be a good way to end up withbullet holes in your foot. It is much easier to evade them, oruse the machete or shovel that all of us carried.

RE: How would you like to come up on THIS in the woods?
 

Nice sized snake. Not anywhere close to 9' long or 91 pounds, but still a very large western diamondback.

It's a shame somebody killed it. It would have taken care of a lot of rats and mice.

RE: How would you like to come up on THIS in the woods?
 

That's some good eatin.:)

RE: How would you like to come up on THIS in the woods?
 

Thats one big rattler. It make a good pair of boots.

RE: How would you like to come up on THIS in the woods?
 

First I would pee my pants, then cry, and then run away like a little scared girl.

RE: How would you like to come up on THIS in the woods?
 

i never said 11 footers are everywhere. i said they have been killed here up to 11 foot long. the eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest poisonous snake in the U.S. try searching "google". most of the hits you get off "google" say the eastern diamondback rattlesnake can grow to 8 feet in length. i'm also pretty sure that the eastern diamondback rattlesnakes haven't read the same snake books that you have, therefore they don't know they have to stop growing at 6 feet (or whatever length you have designated for the largest rattlesnake species). reptiles are reptiles, if the environment allows they will grow. this is why there are continual state records being broke on ALL species of animals.

so superstrutter, what's the maximum boone and crockett score that a whitetail deer can score?

RE: How would you like to come up on THIS in the woods?
 

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