Why I kill rattlesnakes.
Why I kill rattlesnakes.
Lovely pictures:
http://www.rattlesnakebite.org/rattlesnakepics.htm
As an aside, if you ever get bitten by a rattlesnake, your first order of business is to tie a tourniquette above the wound. Don't try to suck the poison out because it doesn't work.
Edited to add: Try to keep the wound above the level of your heart to minimize gravity help pump blood through it and carry the poison further up.
According to this guy's account, the rattlesnake that bit him was about 6 inches longer than the biggest one I have ever come across. (I still have its buttons as a rearview ornament and I ate the meat. . .somebody stole the skin since it was green and green rattlesnakes are pretty rare).
Oh yeah, don't look at the pictures if you get squeamish.
Now, go vote :)
http://www.rattlesnakebite.org/rattlesnakepics.htm
As an aside, if you ever get bitten by a rattlesnake, your first order of business is to tie a tourniquette above the wound. Don't try to suck the poison out because it doesn't work.
Edited to add: Try to keep the wound above the level of your heart to minimize gravity help pump blood through it and carry the poison further up.
According to this guy's account, the rattlesnake that bit him was about 6 inches longer than the biggest one I have ever come across. (I still have its buttons as a rearview ornament and I ate the meat. . .somebody stole the skin since it was green and green rattlesnakes are pretty rare).
Oh yeah, don't look at the pictures if you get squeamish.
Now, go vote :)
Nerox tells you 'Good deal, the other tanks I have don't wanna do it, and since your my special suicidal tank i figure you don't mind one bit!'
Alurissi tells you 'aren't you susposed to get sick or something and not beable to make tia so i can go? :P'
Alurissi tells you 'aren't you susposed to get sick or something and not beable to make tia so i can go? :P'
When I lived in NM, I worked with a guy a couple years older than I was doing summer labor for the city. Well, he found himself a baby rattler, probably hadn't hatched but a day or two prior.
He obviously didn't know that even upon hatching, rattlesnakes have plenty of venom to kill in their bite. His arm looks a lot like that kid's as a result. That was about 7 or 8 years ago.
I've had first-hand experiences with rattlesnakes too, and they're scary as hell. I killed a 73" diamondback when I was 14. It was coiled up in the middle of a dirt road out in the boonies, and I didn't even see it until I got about 3 feet from it. The sound of a ton of bees was the next thing that filled the air (the rattle stuff you only hear if it's a small one). Well, it took a little persuasion, but the thing finally moved and I blew its head off with the 20 gauge I was carrying.
Moral of this story? Big gun > rattlesnake.
He obviously didn't know that even upon hatching, rattlesnakes have plenty of venom to kill in their bite. His arm looks a lot like that kid's as a result. That was about 7 or 8 years ago.
I've had first-hand experiences with rattlesnakes too, and they're scary as hell. I killed a 73" diamondback when I was 14. It was coiled up in the middle of a dirt road out in the boonies, and I didn't even see it until I got about 3 feet from it. The sound of a ton of bees was the next thing that filled the air (the rattle stuff you only hear if it's a small one). Well, it took a little persuasion, but the thing finally moved and I blew its head off with the 20 gauge I was carrying.
Moral of this story? Big gun > rattlesnake.
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Nerox tells you 'ok attempting it again put tape on my fingers for easier sliding'
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Yasden wrote:When I lived in NM, I worked with a guy a couple years older than I was doing summer labor for the city. Well, he found himself a baby rattler, probably hadn't hatched but a day or two prior.
He obviously didn't know that even upon hatching, rattlesnakes have plenty of venom to kill in their bite. His arm looks a lot like that kid's as a result. That was about 7 or 8 years ago.
I've had first-hand experiences with rattlesnakes too, and they're scary as hell. I killed a 73" diamondback when I was 14. It was coiled up in the middle of a dirt road out in the boonies, and I didn't even see it until I got about 3 feet from it. The sound of a ton of bees was the next thing that filled the air (the rattle stuff you only hear if it's a small one). Well, it took a little persuasion, but the thing finally moved and I blew its head off with the 20 gauge I was carrying.
Moral of this story? Big gun > rattlesnake.
You're a redneck.
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You have me confused with Maxler. I haven't lived there since '99.
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Nerox tells you 'man this thing is kicking my ass and i have blisters!'
Nerox tells you 'ok attempting it again put tape on my fingers for easier sliding'
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Why Nerox is jealous of me:
Nerox tells you 'man this thing is kicking my ass and i have blisters!'
Nerox tells you 'ok attempting it again put tape on my fingers for easier sliding'
You just described 75% of the population of your own state, Llaaly. :)
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Nerox tells you 'man this thing is kicking my ass and i have blisters!'
Nerox tells you 'ok attempting it again put tape on my fingers for easier sliding'
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Why Nerox is jealous of me:
Nerox tells you 'man this thing is kicking my ass and i have blisters!'
Nerox tells you 'ok attempting it again put tape on my fingers for easier sliding'
Nah-Uh. I didn't say 'Wearing a cowboy hat and toating a 6-shooter, screaming "Yeehah!"'
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Which state is that??
(Born in the state Yas is sooo happily reminiscing about. :PP)
(Born in the state Yas is sooo happily reminiscing about. :PP)
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You group-say 'my chars will carry the component on them if I can.'
Inama group-says 'hopefully they'll have some sort of volume discounts on ress items for people like you'
You group-say 'oh? Ya think? *giggle*'
Inama group-says 'they could at least implement frequent dier miles'
Suzalize group-says 'oh, eya's over weight i bet'
You group-say 'my chars will carry the component on them if I can.'
Inama group-says 'hopefully they'll have some sort of volume discounts on ress items for people like you'
You group-say 'oh? Ya think? *giggle*'
Inama group-says 'they could at least implement frequent dier miles'
Suzalize group-says 'oh, eya's over weight i bet'
I've never come across a Western Diamondback other than in a cage or a zoo. Pretty sure that all of the rattlesnakes I have killed have been Timber Rattlers (I know for sure that the green one was).
They are pretty much the same except that a diamondback seems to be a bit uglier (scales are more jagged adapted for sand etc.)
They are pretty much the same except that a diamondback seems to be a bit uglier (scales are more jagged adapted for sand etc.)
Nerox tells you 'Good deal, the other tanks I have don't wanna do it, and since your my special suicidal tank i figure you don't mind one bit!'
Alurissi tells you 'aren't you susposed to get sick or something and not beable to make tia so i can go? :P'
Alurissi tells you 'aren't you susposed to get sick or something and not beable to make tia so i can go? :P'
New Mexico. My dad and I were out dove or quail hunting, I forget which now. I was on my way back to my dad's truck to get a drink when I came across it.
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Nerox tells you 'man this thing is kicking my ass and i have blisters!'
Nerox tells you 'ok attempting it again put tape on my fingers for easier sliding'
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Nerox tells you 'ok attempting it again put tape on my fingers for easier sliding'
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