Post by: deadyote on June 05, 2010, 07:58:20 PM
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Post by: sako223 on June 05, 2010, 08:23:20 PM
I have never eaten it but been present while others do, naturally they say it tastes like chicken except snake keep moving to the end.
The green hides stretch nicely. Don't drop your guard they can outwit you or maybe another one real close.
Post by: ICEMAN on June 06, 2010, 06:30:29 AM
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Post by: Kain on June 06, 2010, 06:06:04 PM
Mangum Rattlesnake Derby Butcher (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8rJi68CiDo#)
Post by: washelkhntr on June 06, 2010, 06:23:54 PM
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Post by: NWBREW on June 06, 2010, 07:01:00 PM
Big difference between a rattlesnake and a cottonmouth I geuss. :chuckle: :chuckle: No one got hurt so it turned out pretty damn funny for them. :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 06, 2010, 07:03:33 PM
Post by: NWBREW on June 06, 2010, 07:19:09 PM
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.
Post by: Forrestrover on June 06, 2010, 09:08:39 PM
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.
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 06, 2010, 09:44:00 PM
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 :tup:
Post by: Kain on June 08, 2010, 09:32:24 AM
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 :tup:
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 (http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/hunter/huntregs2010.pdf) Page 73
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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.
Post by: bigbull94 on June 10, 2010, 04:49:49 PM
Post by: boneaddict on June 10, 2010, 05:12:55 PM
Post by: Huntbear on June 10, 2010, 08:22:30 PM
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. :yike: :bdid:
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 10, 2010, 08:32:10 PM
Post by: shaneman153D on June 10, 2010, 09:22:37 PM
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 :chuckle:
Jesus, he's from WA state too, I hope he's reading this :chuckle:
Post by: sako223 on June 10, 2010, 09:58:36 PM
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Post by: boneaddict on June 11, 2010, 06:00:23 AM
I think I'd distance myself from that guy Shaneman. LOL
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Post by: rasbo on June 11, 2010, 06:19:54 AM
They won't taste bad if you aren't the one that skins them. If you are the one that skins them, or very many of them, then you are probably less likely to think they are palatable.they are like killing pigs and cleaning them,the smell just sticks with ya.I made 35 bucks each for the hides in the early 80s..not many of the high desert snakes were long enough for belts but made great hat bands
Post by: boneaddict on June 11, 2010, 06:23:40 AM
Post by: rasbo on June 11, 2010, 06:31:10 AM
I don't want to even know how much money I have left out there in poision and hides. In the 80's the pharmacy companies used to want the venom. I think they have gone to something else now. I'd run into commercial guys milking them. They didn't appreciate me killing them. Now I just take their pics for the most part.we gave these gals that ran a lookout tower for fires whiskey and they would give us lightning strke areas,we would go there where the grass was burned off,then catch the snakes as they came out to sun..good times but now just let them be..would like to get a band though,my partner shot mine up yrs back :chuckle:
Post by: sako223 on June 11, 2010, 07:27:24 AM
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Sako...That pic looks like a bull snake or what some might call a gopher snake. Cool pic.
Yeah just wondered how long til someone noticed. I ran into him in the driveway yesterday.
Here is the ugly one.
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Post by: Clipboard guy on June 11, 2010, 08:15:47 AM
Post by: Pathfinder101 on June 11, 2010, 08:52:31 AM
Skinning is easy, cut off the head, and isolate it (buried, etc..). Seperate the skin from the body enough so you can grasp the meat with one hand and the skin with the other, then pull them apart. The guts should come out with the skin. If they don't, just pull them out like you would a trout. Too easy.
Post by: deadyote on June 11, 2010, 03:49:53 PM
Where were you when u saw all those snakes? I'll head there this weekend.
Post by: shaneman153D on June 11, 2010, 05:37:36 PM
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
Post by: floatinghat on June 11, 2010, 06:44:54 PM
Post by: Kain on June 11, 2010, 11:00:45 PM
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.
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