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    I made a new friend on my ride this morning...

    But not a friend I'd like to get closer too....
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    You mean no hand shake.
    Old redneck hillbilly borned and raised on a redwood stump.

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    I would let it go on as well - learned as a child how the snakes are part of our ecosystem and are too important to kill.

    Hunter
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    The only good snake...Ahhhh, you know the rest......Ben
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    I agree with Utah on this one. I never disturb the wild life... I took it's picture, pulled the chamois out of my butt hole and gave it a wide birth as I was passing...

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    Food in texas.....
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    It all taste like chicken....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phillbo View Post
    It all taste like chicken....
    Grouse
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    Quote Originally Posted by TriGuy View Post
    Grouse
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    Not to spoil the fun here---but I have a serious question

    I was surprised by the apparent height of his head---it surely appears to be at a level that could allow a strike above the top of "snake boots".

    What am I missing?
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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    That snake is pissed and looking to fight. You are correct that a big snake could get you on the knee if you were right next to it but they cant reach that far. Remember that 95% of snake bites are on the hand and the victim is under the influence. I pulled that right outa my azz.
    "Back after 5 years. I thought you had died.

    don"


    Splitting my time between the montane and the mesas

    The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep.

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    Anymore i let them live unless they are around the house (a rare occurrence). Ours are little guys but they are nasty.

    I ran into a big one once that had a bad attitude. I was hunched over going under some mesquites and when he stood up I swear i was looking him in the eye. I was quail hunting so it wasnt a fair fight.
    "Back after 5 years. I thought you had died.

    don"


    Splitting my time between the montane and the mesas

    The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep.

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    I read somewhere from a professional snake handler that a rattlesnake was considered his most dangerous snake even though not the most venomous, but because it’s strike was the fastest. He said he could dodge other vipers such as cobras, but you had no chance if in range of a rattlesnake.

    When I was growing up, my father had a friend with a farm with a lot of rattlers. We hunted a lot of drugs there, but I never saw one, fortunately. One time a local rattlesnake rangler came to the farm to trap some, got bitten and died. It happens.
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    I was raised in the Sierra foothills which had lots of rattle snakes. As children, we learned early on to simply move away slowly if we encountered one on the trail. But, it would bother my Mother when the rattlers would pile up around the house to stay warm in the Winter.

    When it was cold, sometimes we came upon what appeared to be dead snakes on the trail. My brother brought one home once, and it became wild and crazy once warm. We still laugh about it.

    My Father would trap rattlers and confine them in the gopher burrows tearing up our lawn. It was his way of keeping the gopher population down. And, it worked.

    Now, I'm not saying rattle snakes were my best friends. But, I will say, they were no worry to live with. Treat them with respect, and they're fine.

    Hunter
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    I have no respect for rattlesnakes, and no respect for Democrats...but then I repeat myself.
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