Rattlesnakes while deer hunting

[PA BEN]

They make good hat bands. Nail the hide to a board and use borax. 

[Huntbear]

The only good snake is a dead snake in my opinion.  They scare the bejesus out of me.  Sorry, I know they eat rodents, but if I see one, it is a dead snake.   

[hornhunter]

The only good snake is a dead snake in my opinion.  They scare the bejesus out of me.  Sorry, I know they eat rodents, but if I see one, it is a dead snake.   

 

[shoot-em-dead]

I have yet to see one in the wild. Seen a couple at reptile gardens in Dakota's when I was young.

[duckmen1]

i wasnt saying that the snakes are searching for you morons
yall just to dumb to realize they do bight when provocked
you all that agree with me about killing snakes i think are pretty smart but when the others get bit they will pay

[NWBREW]

i wasnt saying that the snakes are searching for you morons
 

We were joking with you.Thats why you saw these  Don't take it so seriously. Sure they will bite when provoked....wouldn't you. I have been around rattlesnakes damn near all my life and I know better then to provoke them. I just don't have a problem with them when I see them out hunting.

[Jeremy S]

Damn! I was looking everywhere in an area thick with snakes in the summer and couldn't find one

[surfj9009]

If there is anyone here who can catch one and pull it's fangs that would be cool. There was another thread in the Upland section where some folks had shown interest in attending or having a snake-breaking seminar or class or something to get our dogs to stay the f*** away from these things. I would do it but I would shoot it, and it would not work if it was dead.

Any takers? I'll give ya $20 and come get it from ya? PM me if your interested, or if you know where i can take my dog to a snake-breaking class.....

[wolfbait]

I snake break every dog I get, it has worked for me to just kill one or two and lay it out on the ground call the dogs up and scold them good as in NO when they go to sniffen. I had one Blue Heelers that would hunt snakes she would dive in and grab the snake and shake it real hard kind of snaps their necks, pretty wild to watch. Sometimes I pick a R.snake up pinch him behind the jaws a little till he opens up wide then I put a pinch of Copenhagen in his mouth, kills em deader than hell, they don't even move afterwards. Snake looks like he died of natural causes.

[Dayton Elk]

Kill em all , I was bit this summer still have poor circulation and an $80,000 dollar hospital bill.  The whole time after I was bit and then killed the snake I never thought it would be as bad as it was.  Two days in the hospital and could barely leave on the third,  hobbled for a week.  If you or a friend are bit get the antivenom in as quick as possible and have them give you as much as they will.  It is a judgement call and the doctors are not always smarter then we are.  I had 14 vials and there should have been more and quicker.  Do not underestimate their bite, all I could think about was being way out hunting alone, it may have been ugly, I would not have been able to walk out!  Swelling, sorness, vesiculation, blurry vision that kept escalating until the antivenom was administered. They are trying to stay alive and so are we Be careful, and kill em all!!!

[bow-n-head]

Most folks I know kills every one they see. I was at the lake this summer when a friends 2 year old girl was bit by one. I have small children, I don't let rattlers go.

[NWBREW]

Kill em all , I was bit this summer still have poor circulation and an $80,000 dollar hospital bill.  The whole time after I was bit and then killed the snake I never thought it would be as bad as it was.  Two days in the hospital and could barely leave on the third,  hobbled for a week.  If you or a friend are bit get the antivenom in as quick as possible and have them give you as much as they will.  It is a judgement call and the doctors are not always smarter then we are.  I had 14 vials and there should have been more and quicker.  Do not underestimate their bite, all I could think about was being way out hunting alone, it may have been ugly, I would not have been able to walk out!  Swelling, sorness, vesiculation, blurry vision that kept escalating until the antivenom was administered. They are trying to stay alive and so are we Be careful, and kill em all!!!

How far were you away from a vehicle and the hospital? Was this in Wa. state? I'm sorry to hear that but I'm glad things didn't turn out worse.

[Redmist]

Living in Grant County for 50 years on a ranch/farm we were taught to eliminate them because we will eventually get poked.  But in remote areas I'll let them slide.  With high frequency hearing loss from guns, I can't even hear them.  Last one I saw was sitting 2 feet directly under my 270 in the blast zone when I was kneeing and shooting at a coyote.  I let him slide away from me because I felt sorry for him because I gave him high frequency hearing loss.  Poor *censored* had the hell rang out of his ears.

[duckmen1]

my bad sorry

[benbo30]

i will kill every rattler i see , not one is left alone , they scare the crap out of me especially since they are poisonous , my life is more important than theirs