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12 hours ago, TX OMFS said:

You missed a step.

 

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Looks like you have little rattlesnakes like we do up here.  

I went with a microbiologist/geneticist on a trip to some heavily populated snake areas along the aptly named Snake River about 60 miles south of me.

He and I and another fool hunted for rattlesnakes in order to take blood samples, measure them, and milk them for venom samples.

We went out for about 5 hours and got around 12 snakes.  The largest were around 3' and skinny.  Not impressed.  I lived in AZ for several years and was used to 3' to 6' rattlesnakes.

Some pics from our adventure...

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Looks like you have little rattlesnakes like we do up here.  
I went with a microbiologist/geneticist on a trip to some heavily populated snake areas along the aptly named Snake River about 60 miles south of me.
He and I and another fool hunted for rattlesnakes in order to take blood samples, measure them, and milk them for venom samples.
We went out for about 5 hours and got around 12 snakes.  The largest were around 3' and skinny.  Not impressed.  I lived in AZ for several years and was used to 3' to 6' rattlesnakes.
Some pics from our adventure...


It was a little over 3 foot. It's a western diamondback. The taxidermist said a big one is about 5'. He said the eastern ones get to 6'.

This one wasn't real impressive but it makes me worry about how many are around that I don't know about. We have little kids & lots of animals.

This one never rattled or coiled. I saw it moving away from me and unloaded my G27 with no luck. My father-in-law beaned it with a 10/22. I sent my kids to get him as soon as I saw it because I wasn't sure I could hit it with my pistol.
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Just now, TX OMFS said:


 

 


It was a little over 3 foot. It's a western diamondback. The taxidermist said a big one is about 5'. He said the eastern ones get to 6'.

This one wasn't real impressive but it makes me worry about how many are around that I don't know about. We have little kids & lots of animals.

This one never rattled or coiled. I saw it moving away from me and unloaded my G27 with no luck. My father-in-law beaned it with a 10/22. I sent my kids to get him as soon as I saw it because I wasn't sure I could hit it with my pistol.

 

 

Do you have any cats?  They will deal with the snakes for you and generally keep them away.

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