Rattlesnake

[mister12ax7]

My wife nearly stepped on this rattler in her garden. I grabbed the most available gun I had at that time. The snake wasn't going to wait for me to open my safe. Tomorrow I'll try to drag him out of the bush to get better photos. They are dangerous dead or alive. 

 

[stoti]

Holy smokes, that looks like a big one. Glad nobody stepped on it!

Stoti

 

[qball]

Wow! That’s a massive rattler! 

 

[Guest]

And you got some points with the wife!!! Now that is the only +1 that matters!

 

[Yo]

How do they taste?

 

[Skydivingmiami]

Glad you solved the problem quickly! 

 

[sonny]

nice pistol

 

[Lewis]

Thank you honey, I'll never complain about you buying or shooting airguns ever again!

We can only dream of these opportunities. Too bad we don't have rattlers here. Maybe I could save her from the saber-toothed salamander or the dreaded highly venomous tree frog I saw in the back yard a week ago. Hmmm.....

 

[edenwildfood]

How do they taste?

Probably not great left in a bush in the heat for a day

 

[lbc_PSI]

They are dangerous dead or alive.

Yep. Pin the head down with a rock or 2x4..cut it off and bury it where a person won't step on it and a pet won't dig it up. That skin would make a great hat band or think how cool it would look stretched over a carbon bottle..just saying. ;-) 

My brother and I were out hiking. He almost stepped on one not quite that large. We cut off the head and buried it. My brother then triumphantly picked up the headless body at the mid-section and the "reflexes" in the snake flipped the headless stump around and left a blood mark on his hand. LOL. He dropped it like a hot potato and almost soiled his pants.

And Yo..After you skin and gut them. Coil them up. Wrap in tin foil with a little butter and your favorite seasoning. Grill till done (your wife will not likely let you use the oven). Tastes like chicken..LOL. 



Western Diamondback? There will be a white stripe that extends from the eye to the mouth. If that was a Mojave, then you and your wife were really lucky.

 

[Queequeg]

That looks like a Black Rattler. The most poisonous!

 

[Funshine]

Glad you got him without anyone getting hurt. Nice, stay safe.

 

[Hugo619]

That’s a big one!! Glad to hear no one stepped on it!!

 

[mister12ax7]

 

It's an Arizona Black Rattlesnake, yeeks!!!

 

[mister12ax7]

That looks like a Black Rattler. The most poisonous!

That it is...

 

[AirNGasman]

"Wow! That’s a massive rattler! " Never been to Texas, huh?

There's a truism that bears repeating here; it goes "The best self-defense pistol is THE ONE MOST AVAILABLE WHEN YOU NEED ONE!" Examples-

 

[Tazhunter0]

How do they taste?

Taste like chicken!

 

[Tazhunter0]

My parents kill about 75-100/yr at their house in south Texas. They live on the family ranch and are killing them around the house and carport. That’s the only ones they count. I use to have some hides that were close to 6ft.