Starting early, so watch your step or where you swim. Big boy was sucking on a catfish. I usually let them slide off, but too many grandkids down this way now. Nice, and not so nice are out.
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A timely reminder-out here in California the rattlesnakes will be getting active-keep an eye out you GS hunters!
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Hunting with Centercut last summer, he went to set up on a boulder & I watched him jump 3 feet backwards to avoid a Diamondback on the rocks! Nature's camouflage can be deadly. Eyes open & stay safe people!
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Yes sir, just Saturday I was stacking firewood with the kids, and we were getting to the bottom of a pile when I reached down and almost grabbed a copperhead.
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I have eaten rattlesnake fried(southern thang) at our wild game supper. It’s nice looking white meat and not bad. ‘Proverbially’ a lot like chicken. Snakes are fairly easy to clean. The entrails were nicely bagged and strip out easily leaving a ‘tenderloin’ type piece of meat. I really don’t personally know of anyone who has tried other varieties other than survivalist on TV.
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Those dang danger noodles are no joke. Luckily where I currently am we do not have any venomous snakes to speak of, but that makes it even worse because you arent even thinking about looking for a snake when you go out... not until you step over a log and theres a big ol timber rattler stretched out on it
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Growing up it was copperheads. Had a chicken get bit by a snake guessing copper head baby. It squeaked and a while later got the wobbly leg syndrome then the death syndrome.
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Good call and nice shot! Keep the good ones around though like king snakes and corn snakes, etc. Always remind yourself and your buddies before walking the woods to be aware of possible snakes. It's easy to forget in the excitement of getting out. This tip paid off for me and my buddies when a rattlesnake was alongside a trial we were walking on. None were thinking about that but me. Glad I put the thought in their heads. RIP serpent.
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