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Offline fishermanjoe

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Re: Rattlesnakes and Chuckers
« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2009, 08:03:43 PM »
I was in the Quilomene  on sat and sun, we managed to kill 2 rattlers. I got one with the truck, and my buddy walked up on one, he jumped about a mile high, i thought it was kind of comical :chuckle:. On saturday we kill one chukar and flushed about 15, sunday we flushed about 8 but didnt hit any. Good hunting out there though.

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Re: Rattlesnakes and Chuckers
« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2009, 09:25:09 PM »
i hate snakes!! >:( But honestly dont worry about the dogs, keep a snake kit with you but for the most part the dogs dont bother them, if u see one kill it and teach the dog no, but snakes are still out now, last year on quail chukar opener my dad and ikilled about 4, and year before that i got bit in the knee chasing chuckar on cresent bar :'(

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Re: Rattlesnakes and Chuckers
« Reply #17 on: October 07, 2011, 06:36:26 PM »
I would be interested in taking my dog to a snake breaking class if anyones finds one, or can set one up. I am in Spokane but i am willing to travel.
Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I am still looking for a class. Planning on hunting a lot of snake country and I don't think it will hurt to get the dog in front of a snake to learn avoidance. If anyone knows of a trainer or class please PM me.

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Re: Rattlesnakes and Chuckers
« Reply #18 on: October 08, 2011, 02:59:09 PM »
Just got back from chukar hunting today and I encountered 3 rattlesnakes. I got buzzed by one and saw two others on the road. Luckily my dog didn't see any. I kind of dislike hunting in early season because of them.

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Re: Rattlesnakes and Chuckers
« Reply #19 on: October 08, 2011, 06:20:03 PM »
Well i can say this much. This dog I got here is a huge part of our family outside of hunting. If anything bad was to happen to her I would never hear the end of it or be able to forgive myself. Especially something like this that is pretty much avoidable if I can get her in font of a few and teach her.

A few years back she got a puncture wound in her chest that was not discovered until the following morning, and she was definitely not well when I woke up. I pretty much cried the whole way to the vets office for fear of the worst possible news. I'll be damned if I want to have to go through that again. (This is why we didnt hunt chukkar last year)

Im really at a point where I want to hunt chukkar, but probably won't until I get this done. It's putting a damper on both of us. But I couldnt live with myself if something bad happened. This dog has an amazing connection with my family, and she is what has gotten us through some very sad and hard times.

I know, all soft and mushy, but I'm sure you understand.

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Re: Rattlesnakes and Chuckers
« Reply #20 on: October 09, 2011, 05:45:40 AM »
My dad and I figured it had been cold enough that the snakes would be dormant.  Well last night on our way out I saw one in the road and promptly ran it over. Just for good measure I added some lead to its head. Some people frown on killing snakes. I do not, I lost a friend to a rattle snake bite he took in the face many years ago. For me they are shoot on sight.

 


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