Cholla Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 I went out snake hunting Sunday and got a nice blacktail rattlesnake. I skinned it out today and noticed what appeared to be eggs inside. They were. There were five dead baby rattlesnakes. That's a bummer as that's generations of future rattlesnakes gone and I want to keep doing this as long as I can walk. In case you have never seen the inside of a rattlesnake, they can have a lot of fat. Other snakes that I have found road kills of, do not. It is extremely hard to skin a gopher snake because they are so lean. Rattlesnakes are so fat, skinning them is like taking off a sock. The yellow are the eggs, almost like bluegill roe in color. The pinkish white is the fat. The babies are about the size of BIG nightcrawlers and I didn't see any fangs at this point. I think I am going to not hunt what I think might be den areas until September going forward to give the babies a chance to get out and on their own. In case you didn't know, rattlesnakes hatch their young inside them and then bear live young. This has caused some to believe that rattlesnakes swallow their young in times of danger and then somehow get them back out later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Eeeewwww...and get them ALL! I don't mind snakes...but the venemous ones need to go!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Ovoviviparous is the biological term, in case you want to impress your friends at cocktail parties. It’s fun to try to say it after you’ve had a few drinks. And fun for your friends to watch you try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Thanks! I learn something new everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 54 minutes ago, DeaconKC said: Thanks! I learn something new everyday. Same here. Thank you Cholla and thanks for the new word J-Bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Can you fry up the babies and make giblet gravy. Probably go good with noodles. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Small Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Dang, That's neat keen. Thanks for sharing CS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 19 minutes ago, Cowboy Small said: Dang, That's neat keen. Thanks for sharing CS I think you mean "neat-o peachy-keen!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 I made a deal with rattlesnakes. They leave me alone, and I won't kill them. I made the same deal with non-poisonous snakes...that are native to America, that is. That does not include pythons, that have been let loose. I did not make that deal with: copperheads, or cotton-mouth moccasins, or coral snakes. I kill them on sight, without remorse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Fascinating. Thank you for sharing, and for thinking about good wildlife management practices. My buddy shot a wild sow here in Tennessee. They are quite invasive and aggressive. While field dressing he found she was pregnant with nine piglets. One shot. Ten dead pigs. He doesn’t feel a bit bad about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 NOPE Imis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Yuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 12 hours ago, DeaconKC said: Thanks! I learn something new everyday. University of Saloon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 If you stop learning, you're dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 said: If you stop learning, you're dead Wait, didn't curiosity kill the cat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee Trapper Tom Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 I miss rattlesnake hunting. Good meat. I hunt red and green Mojave’s in The National Traing Center near Barstow California in the late 70s and early 80s. Nice post! Snake hunters are a necessity in many areas. Especially those that catch and milk for the production of anti Venom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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