Snake season

[bigben]

Ues chet its a eastern timber

[Hawks Feather]

I would love to live in an area where there is a possibility of finding a rattlesnake under a tarp.        How about you Jim?  Maybe we could move FnF over there and keep the computers under a tarp.

Jerry

[FinsnFur]

  Not happenin
I noticed tonight that Larry the Cable Guy dont like snakes either. LOL

[bigben]

Found 6 females and possibly one legal male and three copperheads

[FinsnFur]

I wonder what a Fiskars X27 would do to something like that.

[CCP]

Fiskars X27

Had to look that one up. Cool axe..

[bigben]

Took my second cousin danny up this morning. Found this nice looking yellow. But it was a female. She was long enough though.

[KySongDog]

That snake stick doesn't look long enough to me.   

I've accidentally come across water moccasins and copperheads over the years but never went intentionally looking for them.   

[bigben]

Well me and danny went back upstate this weekend and after a 30 minute hunt we both tagged out. I wasnt planning on actually keeping a rattler unless it was a yellow phase that was decent looking and legal. Most are females and small. Well i found him which i have never found yet in the last three years looking.  I really looked at this snake for a while and wasnt sure if i wanted him or not because he looked like a cross were they have a chestnut color. But i noticed a spot of freshly shed skin and it was bright yellow.

We had only walked about a 1/4 of what i wanted and we seen 5 rattlers. One was a baby and the other 4 were full size males. Thats a good day of snake hunting and we didnt look for long.

He was 48" long which isnt huge but not a little puppy either


Him showing his bussiness end off



Shot down the tube.

[bigben]

Here is dannys black phase

[WldWldWest]

Y'all are Nuckin Futs!

[KySongDog]

I gotta ask.  I've never seen a tube used before.  How do you get its head in the tube?  Looks like it might be a bit dicey to me.      Might be a good youtube video project. 

Is the tube made specifically for snake hunting?

[bigben]

The tube is a cover for flo lights to keep em from making a mess if they break. Getting them in depends on a lot of things. If the snake is warm it is dicey. If someone is makig too much movement then they get aggressive.  Im still trying to get a good tubing technique down that is safe but i think i got i figured out. I lay the tube down with their head slightly in. Then lightly brush his back with a snake hook. Experienced guys use their hands and kinda tickle em in the tube. Im not that brave and prob never will. I keep striking distance in mind and stay further then that. Its a commitment tho once hes in ya gotta grab him and the tube. I might video it when we kill this one just to get aome more practice.

[FinsnFur]

Will the tube fit over the barrel of a shotgun

[coyote101]

Will the tube fit over the barrel of a shotgun

That's pretty funny.  They scare the crap put of me. 

Pat

[Okanagan]

Yep, I'll ditto that the tube project sounds a great idea for a You Tube video.   Keep the You in you tube when it comes to putting a rattlesnake in the tube!

I've hunted rattlesnakes a few times.  I always wind up jumpy and dreaming about them for the next few nights. 

[Dave]

It's ridiculous that there are that many in PA - tagged out and seen 5 of em in 30 minutes. 
How the heck did they end up here in the mountains, anyway?     Shouldn't they be in the desert in the S.E. where they belong?
I used to think it was kind of cool to have them here in PA, but just not that many where you might stumble into one.   

[bigben]

I'll see what i can do as far as the tubing video

[bigben]

I got the video hes to ownry to handle killing and cleaning him till tommarrow when i get help.

[bigben]