Rattlesnake hunting?

[shaneman153D]

Bone- Nice pics.  I hope, for your sake, you're not using a wide-angle lens 

Deadyote - Near the Palouse river in Whitman county (hour W/NW of Pullman).  I wasn't there, this was before I started hunting with my buddy Cliff.  We see lots of them while we're out there working.  It's funny because as a kid we used to vacation over at Potholes, (I lived in Spanaway) I spent a lot of time out ther and never saw one.  Over here they're all over the place.  If you walk loud and wear boots you'll probably be alright.  Both of my Heelers have rattler vaccines, so they are my early-warning snake detection system.

Shane

[floatinghat]

So does killing lots of rattlers increase the vermin population?  And in turn increase the yote feed and up the yote population?

[Kain]

So does killing lots of rattlers increase the vermin population?  And in turn increase the yote feed and up the yote population?

I dont know if enough snakes are killed to make a huge difference but more small prey are good for all predators.  Raptors, coyote, bears, cats...  More small prey could mean less fawn/calf deaths also.

[wsucowboy]

i usually run into one or two each year when i go camping at burke lake (mid April). I didn't see any this year but the weather was awful. it was even spitting snow on us the first day. last year me and my buddy killed one on the cliff over looking dusty. In the same spot we killed that snake there was another in the rock crack rattling at us. always a good idea to be careful over east. some spots have a lot of snakes. i'm going camping at bumping lake next weekend and was wondering if anybody has seen any rattle snakes over there.

[spikehunter]

do they make enough ammo for a snake round-up?

[trotterlg]

To eat a rattlesnake you need to only eat the two back straps on either side of the spine.  Just strip out those two muscels full length and cut them up in 1 inch lengths, then batter and fry them up.  The rest of the snake isn't really any good to eat.  Larry

[Red Beard]

This topic is great! My buddy and I were talking about doing this last night.