Rattler

sipsey · Post by **sipsey** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:48 am

Just doing a test post to see if I could get the pict. thing down--I do anticipate posting some deer pics. in near future--here is one of the local inhabitants on a summer stroll--It is a cane-break rattler i came upon on a fishing trip--we just talked and went our seperate ways

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:42 pm

Good pic
He's a big one

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:39 pm

Looks familiar.

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:47 pm

he's huge. how do you guys post pics to big all i can get is small ones

dick195252 · Post by **dick195252** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:47 pm

Do they have those Guys in North West Tennessee??

Doe Master · Post by **Doe Master** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:00 pm

Here is a picture of a rattler I wouldn`t want to see in person.

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:37 pm

that is massive. where is that from doemaster

DuckHunt · Post by **DuckHunt** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:57 pm

Yowza! That one looks bigger than this one from Texas. Having everything bigger in Texas is not always a good thing.

DuckHunt

Doe Master · Post by **Doe Master** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:01 am

I believe it is from Texas .I do know that they do get that big down there .

My most frightening moment with a snake was up on the Bruce Peninsula ,when went to go relieve myself wearing only my wetsuit .Stepped over a log and there it was buzzing like a bumble bee .

Amazing after that I didn`t have to go.

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:58 am

Doe Master wrote:I believe it is from Texas .I do know that they do get that big down there. Amazing after that I didn`t have to go.

The Eastern Diamondback gets even bigger than Westerns. The record is ninety-six inches (8 feet!) ... can you imagine?

When you stepped over that log and saw that rattler, it's amazing that you didn't have to change your wetsuit!

Country · Post by **Country** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:59 am

That big un looks like good eating. I've been thinking about killing the next big one I see and taking it to the taxidermist. I've seen some giants here in Virginia that were as big around as my leg. I guess when they're that big they can eat squirels and rabbits. I wonder how you can kill one without putting a hole in it and messing up the hide or head.

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:04 am

good eating?? we are still talking about rattle snakes right?

pdislow · Post by **pdislow** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:05 am

hey country try putting him in a bucket and then in the freezer. they curl up before they expire and then are fairly stackable in the freezer. so says an aquaintence from sweetwater tx.

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:09 am

pdislow wrote:hey country try putting him in a bucket and then in the freezer. they curl up before they expire and then are fairly stackable in the freezer. so says an aquaintence from sweetwater tx.

are you talking about putting him in the freezer dead or alive??

Country · Post by **Country** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:20 am

That's a good idea about the freezer. Got to make me up a snake pole so I can grab ahold of em. I guess I should leave a note on top of the freezer for the wife although Im not sure about the mother in law. For anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of eating a rattler, they're very good. Sort of tastes like frog legs.