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Title: Snake den
Post by: huntingaddiction on September 08, 2016, 11:23:02 AM
So last weekend I moved a trail cam down to one of my favorite elk hunting spots.  The trails are torn up and there is plenty of sign.  While trying to get where I wanted to set up the Cam I walked right into a rattlesnake den.  The den sits right next to the water where the elk come into it.  My question is do I hunt over the snake den or try something else?
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: Elkrunner on September 08, 2016, 11:24:02 AM
So last weekend I moved a trail cam down to one of my favorite elk hunting spots.  The trails are torn up and there is plenty of sign.  While trying to get where I wanted to set up the Cam I walked right into a rattlesnake den.  The den sits right next to the water where the elk come into it.  My question is do I hunt over the snake den or try something else?

I hate snakes, so I would be miles away...
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: rtspring on September 08, 2016, 11:46:17 AM
I would be killing those snakes! 
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: ghosthunter on September 08, 2016, 11:46:40 AM
I would hunt over it right after I called in a air strike. :bash: :yike:
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: huntingaddiction on September 08, 2016, 11:53:34 AM
They don't seem to be aggressive.  I don't like snakes at all but I will hunt it.  My biggest worry is shooting an elk with a snake bite.
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: D-Rock425 on September 08, 2016, 11:56:41 AM
Poor little snake won't hurt you. :cryriver: :cryriver: :cryriver:
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: rtspring on September 08, 2016, 11:57:55 AM
They don't seem to be aggressive.  I don't like snakes at all but I will hunt it.  My biggest worry is shooting an elk with a snake bite.

You will know if one has been bit.  I seen a Bull beef cow that got struck in the neck, his neck was 3 times normal for over a week!  It was crazy looking but he lived just fine.
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: jackelope on September 08, 2016, 11:58:04 AM
 :yike:

Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 08, 2016, 11:59:07 AM
Pics or it didn't happen!  :yike:
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: Woodchuck on September 08, 2016, 12:00:21 PM
:yike:
:yeah:
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: huntingaddiction on September 08, 2016, 12:03:15 PM
Pics or it didn't happen!  :yike:
haha I will take a picture from about two miles away.  I almost stepped on one of them bad boys before I realized what was going on.. :bdid:
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: elkinrutdrivemenuts on September 08, 2016, 12:45:40 PM
That would be where I sent that one annoying person who wants to hunt with you but doesn't want to do any work. 
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: Fish4Fun on September 08, 2016, 12:58:40 PM
No No No!!!!!  The only good snake is a dead snake. I hate Snakes  :yike:
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: huntingaddiction on September 08, 2016, 01:42:55 PM
That would be where I sent that one annoying person who wants to hunt with you but doeskin want to do any work.
I don't have any of thoe this trip.  It is also avout 3 miles in.
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: jkthomps on September 08, 2016, 01:56:29 PM
Hunt over it and bring back some snake skins too.  :chuckle:
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: MerriamMagician on September 08, 2016, 02:01:25 PM
Call in a napalm strike lol.
If you do decide to hunt it get some pictures! Is it in sage country?
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: huntingaddiction on September 08, 2016, 02:11:26 PM
No these are timber rattlers.  They did not make a peep I walked in between like 5 of them. Must have been too cold.  I retraced my steps out.
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: JimmyHoffa on September 08, 2016, 02:13:07 PM
That would be where I sent that one annoying person who wants to hunt with you but doeskin want to do any work.
I need help finding a spot for elk, I don't want your honey hole....... :devil:
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: huntingaddiction on September 08, 2016, 02:15:54 PM
That would be where I sent that one annoying person who wants to hunt with you but doeskin want to do any work.
I need help finding a spot for elk, I don't want your honey hole....... :devil:
so you want the snake hole?
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: huntingaddiction on September 08, 2016, 02:25:18 PM
Screw it...I am going to hunt sunday and if I locate the elk near snake den sunday night I will go in early Monday morning.  I am going to buy some snake gators and I will show them.  Pick up some bird shot for the .40 and kill some snakes.
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: elkinrutdrivemenuts on September 08, 2016, 03:25:01 PM
Bring the 12 gauge and go nuts!!!
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: huntingaddiction on September 08, 2016, 04:24:26 PM
Bring the 12 gauge and go nuts!!!
won't that ruin the elk hunt?
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: JLS on September 08, 2016, 04:27:56 PM
No these are timber rattlers.  They did not make a peep I walked in between like 5 of them. Must have been too cold.  I retraced my steps out.

No timber rattlers in WA, they are all the same species.

I'd hunt over it and not worry about the den.  It doubt the elk really worry about it.
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: cbond3318 on September 08, 2016, 04:29:41 PM
Bring the 12 gauge and go nuts!!!
won't that ruin the elk hunt?

So will your .40, just hunt it and let them be. Pretty cool sight I'd bet, just watch for them while accessing through there. Good luck!
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: huntingaddiction on September 08, 2016, 04:43:27 PM
No these are timber rattlers.  They did not make a peep I walked in between like 5 of them. Must have been too cold.  I retraced my steps out.

No timber rattlers in WA, they are all the same species.

I'd hunt over it and not worry about the den.  It doubt the elk really worry about it.
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: elkinrutdrivemenuts on September 08, 2016, 05:16:40 PM
Bring the 12 gauge and go nuts!!!
won't that ruin the elk hunt?

Im sure they have heard it before :)  Is this in the blues by chance?  Never had the luxury of encountering them when I was there, but it looked like a good area for snakes
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: kevinlisa06 on September 08, 2016, 06:50:35 PM
No thank you I hate snakes period useless nasty slithery buggers! Shoot on sight!
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: CarbonHunter on September 08, 2016, 07:47:41 PM
Screw it...I am going to hunt sunday and if I locate the elk near snake den sunday night I will go in early Monday morning.  I am going to buy some snake gators and I will show them.  Pick up some bird shot for the .40 and kill some snakes.

I don't think you would want to get close enough to a rattler to try and kill it with bird shot through a .40.
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: csaaphill on September 08, 2016, 10:17:03 PM
 :yike: yeah hate snakes, but if they leave me alone I leave them. Hunt it, but be careful.
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: DaveMonti on September 08, 2016, 10:28:59 PM
I'm a bit surprised that nobody has said the obvious. 
Snake Lives....
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: huntingaddiction on September 08, 2016, 10:39:06 PM
Bring the 12 gauge and go nuts!!!
won't that ruin the elk hunt?

Im sure they have heard it before :)  Is this in the blues by chance?  Never had the luxury of encountering them when I was there, but it looked like a good area for snakes
I wouldn't hunt elk in the blues cause there are none there.  It is on Notellum ridge.
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: huntingaddiction on September 08, 2016, 10:41:06 PM
I'm a bit surprised that nobody has said the obvious. 
Snake Lives....
don't matter?
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: kenzmad on September 08, 2016, 11:42:14 PM
Rattlers are cool! Taste good too. Leave em be and they will leave you be. Read somewhere they can only strike half their body length. Stay outside of that. Know where a big den is at in Winthrop. Try to take my family up there ever couple of years. Pick out a couple of big ones for dinner.
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: Rainpaddle on September 09, 2016, 06:25:22 PM
Jungle rules: don't put your hands or feet where your eyes have not been first.

Rob
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: cbond3318 on September 09, 2016, 06:50:56 PM
Rattlers are cool! Taste good too. Leave em be and they will leave you be. Read somewhere they can only strike half their body length. Stay outside of that. Know where a big den is at in Winthrop. Try to take my family up there ever couple of years. Pick out a couple of big ones for dinner.

That sounds awesome!! I've never stumbled onto a den!
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: wapiti hunter2 on September 09, 2016, 07:06:26 PM
22 revolver with long rifle bird shot.
By the time you hunt, they will most likely be hibernating unless you are hunting archery.
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: 2labs on September 09, 2016, 07:31:52 PM
My buddy shot a nice muley a couple years back with an obvious snake bite to his muzzle. It was a deformed mess! Old guy in town, said, yep snake bite!.. You go live in the Desert and not get bit!.. Ok solid info!  We ate it, no issue!
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: cumminsbassguy on September 09, 2016, 10:11:25 PM
I would be eating really good for a few days and have some new boots by the end of the day
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: solomtnhunter on September 09, 2016, 10:23:37 PM
Any snake den on my property gets   :mgun2:
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: dmoua on September 09, 2016, 11:56:51 PM
Air strike is in order
Title: Re: Snake den
Post by: predatorG on September 10, 2016, 06:02:57 AM
I love snakes. I'm not especially afraid of them either. We killed 8 snakes with shovels in the same 15 Sq ft back in montana a couple years ago. At least 2 got away. They were all right on the road and right by the house. Scary thought with all my young cousins around.
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