Hunting partner is not too smart!!!!

Dead

Dead snake crawling.

Found a nest of timber rattlers a few years back, staked it out and found the 2 openings they were coming out of, its amazing what 10 gallons of jellied gasoline and 2 Estes rocket motors can do.......WOW!!! :cool:
 
Yep, that's definitely a Pygmy, although as others have said, it's massive for a Pygmy. Most of the ones I've seen were about a foot long or smaller.

I caught dozens of these in Florida years & years ago. They have an Attitude and a very quick, albeit short strike, but the biggest problem is that tiny rattle sounds more like an insect than it does that Diamondback in the Hollywood westerns.

All in all though, and except for someone in Brent's position, I think MLeake nailed it. While in snake country, you really need to look before placing hands and feet. Little things like stepping ON a log and looking down, and not just stepping over it can prevent a boatload of misery.

As for dogs, there are trainers that effectively teach dogs snake avoidance. Horses, contrary to popular belief, aren't naturally afraid of snakes, and when they get bitten, it's usually on the nose. They're big enough that the venom usually isn't a problem systemically, but the swelling of the nose area can shut off breathing :(.
 
You guys would really hate...

... emptying out portable horse water troughs.

At least in our area, black widows love to nest in the spaces under the curved parts of the plastic.

I'm not arachnaphobic, but talk about the willies.... Flip over a tub, find a dozen black widows. Yech.

They bother me more than snakes do, as they are harder to detect.

Capt Charlie, the first time I encountered a pygmy, I thought I'd found a hornet's nest. You're right, they don't sound like a Hollywood rattler.
 
Here is the size we see most often...
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His fangs...
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And their rattle isn't even audible to me... It is far quieter than the un ceasing ringing...:o I would have to have my ear 1-3 inches from the tail... I have had junior hold one up so I could hear the slight buzzing they make.

BTW, we killed near half a dozen in my yard in 2 seasons.

Brent
 
People here confuse hog-noses for these, and kill them, too.
It's a shame, though because ignorance is completely unnecessary.
 
It's folks like you that make me question the time and effort I spend to be a volunteer FF/EMT
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Where in Ne? We are on the VFD here, and tell me just how many snake bites have you had to deal with? I am trained and have caught many snakes and other hazardous pests. :) I bet I have been doing this before you was even born. :) Now if ya wanta get all huffy, come out and go noodleing with us. We catch snappers tho not cat fish like the sissies go after. :)

And I know what it cost to go thru that training, wife just finished hers up.

You obviously have not seen what a bite from a venomous snake can do to a human being.
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Rattlers are not of the kind that will kill a human, I have been bitten by a desert rattler, hurts and swells up. Now on the other hand my good friend died from a bite he got from a spider. On his leg. In Omaha.
 
Hogdog that is tiny compared to the ones I have seen in the woods here in Florida. We must grow em bigger here.

I've only come across two myself, and they scared the ****e out of me when I did.
 
markj pygmies venom is supposed to be more potent than an eastern diamondback, of which I have seen plenty of those too, but they are generally so lethargic I just let them pass on by.

I had a cottonmouth chase me through a swamp once. I had to dispatch him with one shot from my S&W .357. He was as big around as a mountain bike tire.
 
I had a cottonmouth chase me through a swamp once
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Them are another matter, I have relatives live in Fla. they tell me a cottonmouth will plain go out of its way to bite ya.

Snake training is done with a electric shock collar, a snake has his fangs pulled and mouth taped shut. Let dog find snake, he extends his head to get a closer look and you zap the crap outta him. May need to re peat.

My cousins hunt with a pit bull along as they kill snakes and rarely get bit. Keeps the shorthairs safe along with the snake training they dont lose any dogs.

Snake tastes like snake, chicken tastes like chicken. I find they are not close.

Guy out in Wyo has a gas stop on a highway, he sells rattler stuff, heads and tails on key chains, snake belts etc. Very nice folks I have their info at home. His wife goes and catches them, he does the work on em and they make some cash from it.

Out in western nebr you may also find scorpians :) the smaller they are the badder the poison is.
 
True

We called it LA when I lived there, too.

Snakes did seem bigger in central Florida, when I lived there.

Friends ran over one in their driveway that was thicker than my forearm. That got our attention.
 
A little of subject here, but
Markj, How the hell do you noodle for a snapper???
Are you talking about a snapping turtle?
 
Markj, How the hell do you noodle for a snapper???
Are you talking about a snapping turtle?
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Very carefully :) get into the water I wear steel toes boots, find em by the bubbles, step on one he sucks in to his shell, grab him by the tail and he is yours. Careful tho he can strike faster than any snake but is limited in distance. He will take a finger right off be careful, best let me have him :) I have caught many of them and ate them all.

My cousin catchs gators in the swamp, he is a bit wilder than i am now that I am older.

This guy has it down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn8EQ0azXpQ

Dad and son

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udS93BhMmcI&feature=related

I have caught them as big or bigger :)
 
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