Ya Big Tree Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Makes my heart skip a beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 There are only four kind of snakes I'm afraid of: Big ones. Little ones. Live ones Dead ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boulder Canyon Bob# 32052L Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Where's a grenade when you need one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Longshot, SASS #44254 Life Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 What in the heck was the photographer standing on? It looked like some of those rattlers went right between his legs! Plus, judging from the sound effects and the posture of some of those critters, those were NOT happy snakes.... Laz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backshootin beauford mcgee Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 How about this one from the rice field across the street from my rented house in Thailand. Asian Cobra just over 20 feet long. http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm163/buckeyeshooter1/20footcobra3_zpsc082bf51.jpg http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm163/buckeyeshooter1/20footcorbra2_zps2ecdd413.jpg Guys in the village brought me a bit after they put it on the grill, tastes like chicken only chewy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 I did three forestry internships in the 1980s while studying in college. Year one was in my home state of NC with no real exciting thing to report. Year two was in Michigan's UP with lots of bears and no snakes. Year three was in southern coastal GA. We had to wear snake chaps and carry a pistol everyday. The eastern diamondbacks and canebrake rattlers would sit under 1-3 year old pine trees sitting up on rows. They would sound off when you walked by, scaring the snickers out of you. I worked on my fastdraw with my Ruger .32 Mag that year without knowing that one day I would be shooting cowboy action. Yep, you can say that I am scared of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sarge Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 That was fascinating. I've seen groups of water moccasins in water before, but nothing compares to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 36 known species of rattlesnakes, 13 of them live in Arizona. I'm moving to Prescott in four more days. I'll find out where the best place is for you to find some buzz tails to play with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Milo Talon SASS #23163 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Congrats on getting out of California, Forty Rod. Prescott is a good choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 The ranch in Wyoming where I hunt bison each fall has a prairie rattler snake pit on top of a long limestone ridge. I've been there in October when they are denning up and they actually get entangled in big balls. The ranch owner has a picture of one snake ball that's about 30 " high. I've visited the snake pit many times after we've shot our bison and the snakes are coming into the den and they actually crawl across your boots as you're standing there. Most of these prairie rattlers are a darker green also. We've run across them while hunting on other parts of the ranch and they rarely rattle unless you're right on them, well within striking distance, but my son and I have not been bitten. I will try and take a video next month when we are there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawhorse Kid Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 For the most part I wasn't....until I watched this video. Hate to be the one to stumble and fall into said situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Dinner and Hatbands CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubborn Dutchman, SASS # 61363 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 There are only four kind of snakes I'm afraid of: Big ones. Little ones. Live ones Dead ones. +10 !! There are Timber Rattlers, Copperheads and Water Moccasin in these parts. Anything that looks like a rope and moves, gets a load or two of .38 shot shells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dapper Dynamite Dick Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 There are only four kind of snakes I'm afraid of: Big ones. Little ones. Live ones Dead ones. I can relate to that!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Rattlers, cottonmouth, cobras, boomslangs... NONE of them scare me...AS LONG AS THEY ARE BEHIND GLASS IN THE ZOO! Had one buzz at me as I walked by some tall grass in a foothills parking lot one time. Couldn't see him, so he was back far enough, I took a giant step to the left (he was to my right). Another guy went a bit CLOSER and said, "Can ya see him? Can ya see him?" I said, "You keep getting closer and you're gonna find him alright!" Same parking lot, a little later in October: saw a snake crawling slowly across the asphalt. Checked him for "tail jewelry", wasn't any. It was a bull snake. Went to my car, got some gloves (they can bite), picked him up and put him off to the side where somebody in a vehicle wouldn't try to run over him. Need bull snakes where rattlers grow. The bulls kill the buzz worms. Seem immune to poison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bama Red Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 I'm a very logical person. I have a hard time dealing with folks who aren't logical. I know all the logical arguments and support them fully - until I see a snake. I hate snakes. All kinds, shapes, sizes and colors. Dead or alive. Within five inches of me or five miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curly McCrae Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 And that is why God made the Taurus Judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 There are only four kind of snakes I'm afraid of: Big ones. Little ones. Live ones Dead ones. I'm with you Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Personally, I'm sort of a legend amongst snakes. Like bigfoot, there aint but a couple of them that have ever seen me and lived to tell their friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Howdy, Just as long as I have my MkII and plenty stingers them aint got no chance. Ever seen stingers hit a rattler? Try it you like it. Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 There are only four kind of snakes I'm afraid of: Big ones. Little ones. Live ones Dead ones. I'm only afraid of five kinds of snakes: Big ones Little ones Live ones Dead ones & Toy ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 36 known species of rattlesnakes, 13 of them live in Arizona. I'm moving to Prescott in four more days. I'll find out where the best place is for you to find some buzz tails to play with. Forty Rod, Congrats on your move to Prescott. If you look at my profile to the left, you'll see my location is now Marana, Arizona. The wife and I arrived in the Tucson area on Aug 5th and closed on our new home on Aug 7th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Indy! Indy! Throw me a torch! LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Howdy, Is that floor moving?? Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hoss Carpenter, SASS Life 7843 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Hey Forty Rod and Birdgun Quail, congrats to both of you for moving to the Arizona Territory! during my eight years of fulltime Motor Homing, AZ was one of our favorite states. We covered most all of it many times over. Prescott was one of our favorites. We also loved the Tucson area and spent a lot of time there too. I envy you both, but I know you will both love it! You can wear your SASS clothes every day! Cheers, Hoss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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