Rattlesnake hunting?

[Forrestrover]

LOL! Great topic! I was just thinking about this. My brother is moving to Grand Coulee soon. I remember all the rattlesnakes we saw out at Banks Lake a few years ago.
Ive never eaten them, but killed a bunch back in WY when I was a kid. My brothers have eaten them, and said that they were pretty good.

[carpsniperg2]

i do a ton of snake hunting each year the guys are right legal as can be. but it is not legal to sell any part of them what so ever i know this for a fact i have talked to many wardens about this and reptiles are a no no to sell

Snake selling? Did I miss something? I do know it was legal for them to sell all portions...skins, meat, rattles and heads in resin when I was in Texas. I don't know about here in Washington.

I have a friend that killed one over by Wilbur. He skinned it at put the skin in antifreeze....not sure for how long but when he showed it to me it was pretty nice, soft and pliable. The ones I did up I just stretched the skin out and kept it salted till it was dry.

i was just saying not to sell them some people tan the hides and sell them but that is not legal here and just wanted to point that out so no one got into trouble

[Kain]

i do a ton of snake hunting each year the guys are right legal as can be. but it is not legal to sell any part of them what so ever i know this for a fact i have talked to many wardens about this and reptiles are a no no to sell

Snake selling? Did I miss something? I do know it was legal for them to sell all portions...skins, meat, rattles and heads in resin when I was in Texas. I don't know about here in Washington.

I have a friend that killed one over by Wilbur. He skinned it at put the skin in antifreeze....not sure for how long but when he showed it to me it was pretty nice, soft and pliable. The ones I did up I just stretched the skin out and kept it salted till it was dry.

i was just saying not to sell them some people tan the hides and sell them but that is not legal here and just wanted to point that out so no one got into trouble

Are you sure it is not legal?  Looks perfectly legal to me.  Just cant sell the meat.  I dont know if there is a market for them but I would be selling those skins if it were me.
http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/hunter/huntregs2010.pdf  Page 73

3. Purchasing or Selling
Wildlife or Their
Parts:
Non-edible portions of
wild animals and game
birds may be sold or
traded (antlers, hides,
teeth), except for bighorn
sheep; mountain goat;
velvet antlers of deer or
elk; or the gall bladder,
claws, and teeth of bear,
except those claws
or teeth permanently
attached to a full bear
skin or mounted bear
or the raw fur of a wild
animal or the wild animal
itself, if the wild animal,
has been trapped in
this state with a body
gripping trap.

[bigbull94]

they taste fine but are boney as heck as I remember.

[boneaddict]

A cottonmouth will hunt you down and ATTACK.    Most rattlesnakes avoid confrontation. (note) I said most.  Every once in awhile you get one that wants to rip you a new one.

[Huntbear]

A cottonmouth will hunt you down and ATTACK.    Most rattlesnakes avoid confrontation. (note) I said most.  Every once in awhile you get one that wants to rip you a new one.

I have had them chase the boat, bass fishing in Georgia.  Especially at night.   

[carpsniperg2]

i have spoke to many gamies about this because i read it the same way but it says animals and i guess they classify snakes diffrent in the reptile area and all have said hell no. so i am not going to my buddy owns a trad shop and has to buy them for like 50-80 bucks to put on recuves and long bows so i could sell the hell out of them but when told it is not legal i stay away from it myself.

[shaneman153D]

This is funny, I've been meaning to start a cautionary topic addressing this.  A few months back, a newb here was asking about where to hunt yotes, and voiced concerns about snakes.  He was greeted with a few old timers from the coast saying not to worry about them, etc. 

This is the wrong attitude to have if you're going to sneak around certain parts of E. WA in warm weather!  Terrain and wildlife vary greatly here, and some places have them, some don't.  My hunting buddy killed 45 in one day, on one rockslide, on April 15th 09.  They were up there investigating some rock chuck homicides and there they were.

Shovel works great, you can use it as a shield when they strike too.  Snake shot out of a .357 works good too.  I haven't tried 22 birdshot, but I guess it works according to others.  Snakes don't taste like chicken, they have the texture of shrimp/crawdad/lobster, and I can't describe the taste (I can't stand them).

One more cautionary note - and I know it's already been said don't f%$k around with the heads, bury them.  I had a guy in my SERE school class get bit by a dead Eastern diamondback.  Even though the instructors told us to bury the head, this dip*censored* skinned it's neck and stretched it over his walking stick.  After about 20ft of walking, the head fell off, hit his hand, and he had to get MEDEVAC'd out.   IIRC, they made him restart SERE school the next month 

Jesus, he's from WA state too, I hope he's reading this 

[sako223]

[NWBREW]

Sako...That pic looks like a bull snake or what some might call a gopher snake.   Cool pic.

[Michelle_Nelson]

I use to catch them in GA all the time.  I never went anywere with out atleast one 5 gallon bucket and a snake stick.  Than I took them home alive and put them in my freezer.  No damage that way.  Caught a Cotton Mouth one time.  I think it was about 4 - 4 1/2 ft.  That was the only reason I caught it. 

[Skyvalhunter]

How did they taste?

[boneaddict]

Not much meat on one of those Sako.  That is a bullsnake or gopher snake.



I think I'd distance myself from that guy Shaneman. LOL

[boneaddict]

I don't think I got these posted on here.  These are from my hike on Memorial day

[boneaddict]

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