Balls or Stupidity

[Aneoakleaf]

  This is what I do with them!!

[boneaddict]

   I think I'd lose a few arrows in this local.  good shot Anne.

SUREEEEEEEE Michelle.  Just for those that don't know physics, a 5 gallon buck won't hold a 4 foot rattler.   I know, I've tried. and for those thinking burlap sacks, just remember they aren't fang proof when its bouncing against your leg coming off the hill.

The only 4 footer I saw was the one I should have shot instead of taking his pics.  The two I brought home were just over three.  I wanted to go back today, but I bet I'll end up doing chores.

[ICEMAN]

Balls or Stupidity?

Both. A little of one, a lot of the other. You guess which order.

[Michelle_Nelson]

I've heard something similure to that but I thought it was a 5' snake wouldn't fit into a 5 gallon bucket? 

I don't know I've always just carried a snake box with me in the back of my truck and a catch stick when I was in Georgia.  Basicly it was a plywood box with I think 1' x 1/2" cage wite on top so I could see where the snakes were befor I opened the door to remove them.  Use to find some really good size snakes laying on and in the road sunning themselves in the morning or getting the warmth from the road in the evening.  If they were not 4' I didn't mess with them a whole lot unless I was asked for one that size.

I may have to make it over to the East side this year and find me a good size snake.  I've got an idea for a mount to put in my shop.

[boneaddict]

The biggest deal here is the logistics of where I am at.  You'll see in this next batch of pics.  Bare in mind this isn't a road or flad ground I am playing with these guys in.  Its in the middle of a very unstable rockslide.  Its fun when it starts moving.  Snakes like it too.  Every here 1,000+ rattles buzzing at one time. The key is to stay upright, NEVER put your hand down.  Considering how steep alot of this is, you are also looking right intot eh snakes above your head.  THEN throw in an expensive heavy camera that you can't pt down.   This was a pain.

[boneaddict]

Here is an example.  Note that this is near vertical and I am looking into it.

[WDFW-SUX]

Can you PM me the location so I dont ever go there
Thanks.

[boneaddict]

If I remember right, there were 10 snakes in that picture.   Shortly after that one I had to dispatch a snake because he was aggressive.  That bastage wanted a piece of me and actually struck a couple times.  I think he had just shed because he looked wet and clean.  I wanted to take his pic but I was a bit distracted.  There is a HUGE underground hole right here just to the right of this picture.  I have a loving memory of standing here one day when the snakes were pouring out of the ground faster than I could shoot, and the whole hillside was buzzing.  It also smells terrible.

[boneaddict]

Its interesting how the snakes are segregated by size.   I used to wonder if it was boulder size or what.  Also, the higher up the hill, the smaller the snake.  This is where I always get the big ones.  On an overcast hot day, I'd make a run, get to here, come of the hill and start over and the rocks would be filled back up. 

[boneaddict]

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[boneaddict]

This was at about 6 inches....

[boneaddict]

I could think of nicer places I'd like to lay.

[WDFW-SUX]

I hate snakes but I like them when you make a crab cake out of them.....

[boneaddict]

This guy never moved.  I was standing and moving around practically on his head.  I held the camera down to him and snapped

[509er]

Looks like a good spot for 100 gallons of diesel and a match to me.    


Cool pics!