Time to start Watching your step out in the wild - The Firearms Forum

Texman · 03-05-2009, 04:02 PM

keep your eyes peeled when out in the brush http://s266.photobucket.com/albums/i...xasBen/snakes/

RunningOnMT · 03-05-2009, 04:15 PM

Did you take these pics? I love it out in the country and woods but man those things make me shudder. Not only can I not stand the sight of them , I hate the fact that they are so stealthy and if not paying attention you can be on top of them before you know it. I definately have to get the "Judge".

islenos · 03-05-2009, 04:17 PM

Snake sex, you mess with them all you want and they won't strike you. They have something better to think about.

kingnothingugm · 03-05-2009, 04:20 PM

I don't think I would want to be the person who tested that.

jacksonco · 03-05-2009, 04:31 PM

Really cool pic. I have never seen a rattle snake in the wild. We have copper heads around here but not to many rattlers. Ever once in a long while you will hear of a timber rattler being killed.

islenos · 03-05-2009, 04:35 PM

Tested, I don't care for running over snakes, so you just scoot them to the side and everyone goes about their way.

Carne Frio · 03-05-2009, 05:53 PM

Observe them, as any other cool part of nature and
don't meddle with them. When molested they will
reward you with pain. Snakes are needed to keep
down the population of disease carrying rodents. In
the Southwest USA you only kill snakes if you like
Bubonic Plague and Hanta Virus.

Those are cool photos and you are lucky to have seen
that sort of behavior.

ponycar17 · 03-05-2009, 05:59 PM

I am thinking the pattern from a modified cylinder choke and #8 at that range would have gotten them both...

artabr · 03-05-2009, 07:06 PM

That's some big ones. I'll kill a poisonous snake. Those that aren't, I'll leave.
I've run across too many cotton mouths in my time.

Art

GunHugger · 03-05-2009, 08:41 PM

Snakes give me fantastic physical abilities.

If I almost step on one I can jump backwards 10 feet with one leg.

Gabob · 03-05-2009, 09:50 PM

Those rattlers are doing the viper dance as a mating ritual. I watched a couple of copperheads do that years ago.

1shot1k · 03-05-2009, 10:13 PM

Yes you need to watch for them and let em be.

Ive seen some big un's all over...in my time....

But you know fellers,,,,,you just got me thinkin.....

I guess the biggest one I ever saw was one day.......

I was in this saloon in a little texas town..and we all heard somthin and looked out..and here come this great big seven foot guy walkin to the saloon...and he was a draggin a 2000 pound grizzly on one chain and a 1000 pound mountain lion on another....

He come to the front door..we saw him kick the grizzly and lion in the "butt" and holler " sit here till I come back !"....

Well, he come in (every body got against the wall ) and went to bar and told keeper - give me bottle of strongest redeye..he took bottle , bit kneck off and drunk it down ..then softly said "ouch"...

He reached in his shirt and pulled out a 18 foot diamond back rattler 1 ffot around in size .." thats 3 times you bit me today , he said .." and promptly bit the snakes head off and spit it out..then told keep for another bottle....

seems I was only one not scared to speek..so I asked him .."sir...not bein nosey..where you from...? "

he spit and said " I'm from franksboro..why ?....

I gulped and said.." they must be tough up there !."

he frowned and said..." TOUGH HELL !...they ran all of us sissies out yesterday !!!!! "

anyway, biggest snake I ever saw ..( or told)

pray for me ?

308 at my gate · 03-05-2009, 10:46 PM

Very cool pictures, but I am with ponycar17 on this one. I have 40 acres near cheyenne, Wyoming and have seen rattlers there before. I have a 410 with their picture on it.

raveneap · 03-06-2009, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Texman

keep your eyes peeled when out in the brush http://s266.photobucket.com/albums/i...xasBen/snakes/

Great pics - but - just serve to emphasize why I like Maine. No slithery or crawly things up here that will bite/sting/poison you. We've got some big black bears but they'll generally steer clear of you unless you get between mom and her cubs. Then you've had it. Don't believe the stories that a bear can't run.

03-05-2009, 04:02 PM	#1
Texman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 362	Time to start Watching your step out in the wild keep your eyes peeled when out in the brush http://s266.photobucket.com/albums/i...xasBen/snakes/ -->

03-05-2009, 04:15 PM	#2
RunningOnMT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Akron, Ohio Contributor Posts: 4,720	Re: Time to start Watching your step out in the wild Did you take these pics? I love it out in the country and woods but man those things make me shudder. Not only can I not stand the sight of them , I hate the fact that they are so stealthy and if not paying attention you can be on top of them before you know it. I definately have to get the "Judge".

03-05-2009, 04:17 PM	#3
islenos Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,244	Re: Time to start Watching your step out in the wild Snake sex, you mess with them all you want and they won't strike you. They have something better to think about. __________________

03-05-2009, 04:20 PM	#4
kingnothingugm V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: FL Posts: 274	Re: Time to start Watching your step out in the wild I don't think I would want to be the person who tested that. __________________ Freedom is not being able to do what you want, whenever you feel like it. Freedom is being willing to die defending your right to do so. -- Me Those who fight deserve our respect, wether they win or lose. -- Me

03-05-2009, 04:31 PM	#5
jacksonco Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Jackson County West Virginia Posts: 2,237	Re: Time to start Watching your step out in the wild Really cool pic. I have never seen a rattle snake in the wild. We have copper heads around here but not to many rattlers. Ever once in a long while you will hear of a timber rattler being killed.

03-05-2009, 04:35 PM	#6
islenos Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,244	Re: Time to start Watching your step out in the wild Tested, I don't care for running over snakes, so you just scoot them to the side and everyone goes about their way. __________________

03-05-2009, 05:53 PM	#7
Carne Frio Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Near Fairbanks Posts: 699	Re: Time to start Watching your step out in the wild Observe them, as any other cool part of nature and don't meddle with them. When molested they will reward you with pain. Snakes are needed to keep down the population of disease carrying rodents. In the Southwest USA you only kill snakes if you like Bubonic Plague and Hanta Virus. Those are cool photos and you are lucky to have seen that sort of behavior.

03-05-2009, 05:59 PM	#8
ponycar17 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: South Carolina Contributor Posts: 4,884	Re: Time to start Watching your step out in the wild I am thinking the pattern from a modified cylinder choke and #8 at that range would have gotten them both... __________________ Arm yourself with intellectual Ammunition! Gunfacts 5.1 Myth-Busting Facts JustFacts.com on Gun Control Stopping Power, the Downloadable Book

03-05-2009, 07:06 PM	#9
artabr Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Iberia, Louisiana Contributor Posts: 7,859	Re: Time to start Watching your step out in the wild That's some big ones. I'll kill a poisonous snake. Those that aren't, I'll leave. I've run across too many cotton mouths in my time. Art __________________ God and the soldier we like adore, In times of trouble, not before. When troubles ended and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier is slighted. Francis Quarles 1592 - 1644 __________________ When asked for my race, I answer CauCajun. Hope is not a plan, and not all change is good. The resistance is here; the resistance is now. RESIST! These hands are neither cold nor are they dead!!

03-05-2009, 08:41 PM	#10
GunHugger Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SW PA Posts: 1,161	Re: Time to start Watching your step out in the wild Snakes give me fantastic physical abilities. If I almost step on one I can jump backwards 10 feet with one leg. __________________ . “There will be a revolution in this country!” “I don’t believe people should to be able to own guns.” ~Barack Obama "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war let it begin here." ~Captain John Parker, to his Minute Men on Lexington Green, April 19, 1775.

03-05-2009, 09:50 PM	#11
Gabob Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SW GA CSA Posts: 1,161	Re: Time to start Watching your step out in the wild Those rattlers are doing the viper dance as a mating ritual. I watched a couple of copperheads do that years ago. __________________ NRA Endowment Member Keep Your Powder Dry

03-05-2009, 10:13 PM	#12
1shot1k Former Guest Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 904	Re: Time to start Watching your step out in the wild Yes you need to watch for them and let em be. Ive seen some big un's all over...in my time.... But you know fellers,,,,,you just got me thinkin..... I guess the biggest one I ever saw was one day....... I was in this saloon in a little texas town..and we all heard somthin and looked out..and here come this great big seven foot guy walkin to the saloon...and he was a draggin a 2000 pound grizzly on one chain and a 1000 pound mountain lion on another.... He come to the front door..we saw him kick the grizzly and lion in the "butt" and holler " sit here till I come back !".... Well, he come in (every body got against the wall ) and went to bar and told keeper - give me bottle of strongest redeye..he took bottle , bit kneck off and drunk it down ..then softly said "ouch"... He reached in his shirt and pulled out a 18 foot diamond back rattler 1 ffot around in size .." thats 3 times you bit me today , he said .." and promptly bit the snakes head off and spit it out..then told keep for another bottle.... seems I was only one not scared to speek..so I asked him .."sir...not bein nosey..where you from...? " he spit and said " I'm from franksboro..why ?.... I gulped and said.." they must be tough up there !." he frowned and said..." TOUGH HELL !...they ran all of us sissies out yesterday !!!!! " anyway, biggest snake I ever saw ..( or told) pray for me ? Last edited by 1shot1k; 03-05-2009 at 10:25 PM..

03-05-2009, 10:46 PM	#13
308 at my gate Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Lost in SW USA. Posts: 847	Re: Time to start Watching your step out in the wild Very cool pictures, but I am with ponycar17 on this one. I have 40 acres near cheyenne, Wyoming and have seen rattlers there before. I have a 410 with their picture on it. __________________ You got to love it.