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18 minutes ago, retsevlys said:

Serious question here.  I like shooting guns with the rest of y'all.  If the snake was secured with a rake, why not kill it with the rake?  Obviously not as fun, but also less of a to-do.

I mean of yer gonna kill, go big or go home .  A rake ?!  WHERE IS YOUR SENSE OF STYLE ?!

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    I thought I was going to find a bunch of cool snakes today.  Only saw two ribbon snakes.  However, one was being eaten by a hawk, so that is pretty cool.  Not the best or sharpest shots, but still coo

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Maybe it's just because I live in the city limits.  The last rattlesnake I killed was with a pitching wedge.

5 hours ago, bmbmd said:

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My wife and youngest are at the farm a couple of days early to do some chores prior to the family Thanksgiving brouhaha-ha-ha.  Excitement ensued. 4'6", twelve rattles.  

You are cooking this for the family right? 

You are cooking this for the family right? 

You need to get rid of that hackberry anyhow. Trash tree too damn close to the house.
12 hours ago, retsevlys said:

Maybe it's just because I live in the city limits.  The last rattlesnake I killed was with a pitching wedge.

My PawPaw was a got damn snake assassin with a shovel.

17 hours ago, Hook1997 said:

I figured by now they would be in hibernating by now?  Did they find it under something? 

IIRC, they don't actually hibernate but rather a hybrid type situation where they come out on warm days and stay in on cool days.

How do you get close enough with a wedge or rake without opening yourself up to potentially getting bit from it launching itself at you. Those things can move quickly.

Sounds like you should just have your husband take care of it.

5 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

How do you get close enough with a wedge or rake without opening yourself up to potentially getting bit from it launching itself at you. Those things can move quickly.

We've got a lot of experience.  The last six years have been snake Armageddon.  

17 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

You are cooking this for the family right? 

If we can't get a possum.

7 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:


You need to get rid of that hackberry anyhow. Trash tree too damn close to the house.

That tree was there when I was a kid.  We'll see who dies first. 

That tree was there when I was a kid.  We'll see who dies first. 

Being sentimental towards a hackberry is like being sentimental towards your most memorable bowel movement. Sure, it was a great experience to drop those kids off at the pool, but you flushed them just the same.
13 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:


Being sentimental towards a hackberry is like being sentimental towards your most memorable bowel movement. Sure, it was a great experience to drop those kids off at the pool, but you flushed them just the same.

Listen to this man. He is Pre-Law

Killed about a 20" rattlesnake on my patio last week. Mrs Rojo found it...yes there was a PESCADOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! moment. Told the boy to fetch me a shovel, whacked it in the head with the flat of the shovel, then used the side to cut it's head off. Mrs Rojo still won't go in the back yard. 

On 11/27/2019 at 11:06 AM, SimonBolivar said:

IIRC, they don't actually hibernate but rather a hybrid type situation where they come out on warm days and stay in on cool days.

It’s called brumation

7 hours ago, 4th and 5 said:

It’s called brumation

I promise that I read this as "burnination" 

Damn, I was out roaming with the kids the last couple days completely carefree from rattlers due to the cold. They were crawling through the brush around the stock tank collecting “dinosaur” bones. Glad I didn’t check this thread beforehand or they wouldn’t have had nearly as much fun. Also glad they didn’t come across any big mutherfuckers like bmbmd!

I took 2 steps right up the back of a 4+ footer on a cold morning dove hunting south of Tilden. 

Didn't move, didn’t rattle.

That’s the day I stopped hunting in snake gaiters and started hunting in snake chaps. 

IIRC, they don't actually hibernate but rather a hybrid type situation where they come out on warm days and stay in on cool days.

Damn I didn’t know this. Not even safe tongo outside in winter. Fuck
Killed about a 20" rattlesnake on my patio last week. Mrs Rojo found it...yes there was a PESCADOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! moment. Told the boy to fetch me a shovel, whacked it in the head with the flat of the shovel, then used the side to cut it's head off. Mrs Rojo still won't go in the back yard. 

Good on little Rojo. If memory serves me correctly, didn’t I go to high school with Mrs. Rojo?

rhombic egg eater is cool snek

 

 

On 11/30/2019 at 2:45 AM, Homesickhorn said:


Good on little Rojo. If memory serves me correctly, didn’t I go to high school with Mrs. Rojo?

Yep, I believe you did.

33 minutes ago, elfenix said:

rhombic egg eater is cool snek

 

 

 

That is a cool snek, yep.

 

Also nice to know I'm not the only one to catch weird shit on my Ring.

The jackals didn't want to be there

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On 10/15/2019 at 3:41 PM, Homesickhorn said:

I found one in my back yard that I kept as a pet for almost six years. Never snapped at me once, easily the nicest snake I’ve ever owned. And they’re typically pretty mean. RIP Billy Jack.

 

I had a bull snake someone gave me as a baby. I had it about a year, then it got so ornery that I couldn't feed it very easily. Finally just let it go.

On 10/21/2019 at 10:01 AM, bmbmd said:

The neighbor died a few years ago. His granary is about a hundred  yards from my place. It’s full of rotting feed.  His rats spill over to my barn. Snakes line up for an easy meal. The place is on the market if you’re interested

 

How much will you pay me to take it off your hands?

Bout tree fiddy.  You'll have to ask the owners what they want.  

4 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

I had a bull snake someone gave me as a baby. I had it about a year, then it got so ornery that I couldn't feed it very easily. Finally just let it go.

Who gives a baby a snake?  (Weird phrasing)

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spider-tailed snek

 

I wanna know the evolution of that. Like how does the genetic code of that snake know to create a fake spider on it's tail over thousands of years. That shit is fascinating. 

Also, its camouflage is so good the bird lands on its head, thinking it's a rock I guess.

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On 2/14/2020 at 9:24 PM, NorthLoop said:

I wanna know the evolution of that. Like how does the genetic code of that snake know to create a fake spider on it's tail over thousands of years. That shit is fascinating. 

Nah, that shit is a gift from the devil

On 2/14/2020 at 10:24 PM, NorthLoop said:

I wanna know the evolution of that. Like how does the genetic code of that snake know to create a fake spider on it's tail over thousands of years. That shit is fascinating. 

A big bang occurred that aligned billions of variables and presto, science.

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On 3/1/2020 at 9:30 PM, ss13 said:

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Come on and take a free ride

2 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Which one is Jeremiah ??

Foreground right, gettin a beej from Lily

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In the next week or so I will start looking for snakes to take photos of. Hoping to finally get a good shot of a rattlesnake. The only one I have a shot of isn’t that great of a photo.

1 minute ago, Patricio Swayze said:

In the next week or so I will start looking for snakes to take photos of. Hoping to finally get a good shot of a rattlesnake. The only one I have a shot of isn’t that great of a photo.

Better you than me brah, godspeed.

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I see a lot of these bitey fucks at Bishop Fiorenza park near Eldridge and Westpark.

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