Six friggin Rattlers this week
 

1 with a weed eater
1 with a shovel
1 with a mower
2 with my Kimber
1 with a 12 gauge

Damn , I love the fall , but those pesky little critters sure move around this time of year. you constantly have to watch where you're walking. And the damn tarantulas are every where too. I hate those worse.

Holy crap. I'll give you rep for continuing to stay alive. PS I hate spiders more than snakes.

where the hell are you? I am out in the sticks of the KC area and haven't seen a one.

Between jerking off hogs and battling rattlers you are challenging Bwana's throne as planet badass.

Texas my friend. Wouldn't live any place else. No state taxes and I've always got the Cowboys to fall back on.

I've got forearms like popeye.

i bet that weed eater really makes em dance. are you related to pennywise?
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so does claythan
and hes used to handling black mambas

I've never eaten rattlesnake. I always wondered if it tastes like chicken too?

Correct. They move around this time of year looking for warm spots. A lot of times you'll see them on the roads trying to stay warm. I killed one last year curled up in a sunny spot in the middle of my horse pasture on a 50 degree day.

I have had it and if you didn't know what it was, it does taste like chicken. Not exactly like chicken but close enough.

Yea right. He's probably standing in a PetSmart . Where else would you see rattlers and spiders???

All you need now is a leaf pile, engine block and some fire works and you have got him beat!

I can't get past the friggin things eat all manner of vermin. No way would I willingly eat snake.

Petsmart gets really upset when you walk in with a shotgun and start killing their animals!:rolleyes:

Except for the ones they can't seem to adopt. So I'm told.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpVffsJ0OhA

my favorite is when the kick the billy lee riley on and pass the shine.

lol that too funnyROFLROFLROFL

PETA's gonna be all over your arse, Hog Farmer!!

Good eats. I would have skinned and eatin the bad rascals.

Do you have a good recipe for rattler?

Dude, how is the rabittry going?

I pm'd you an extensive write up about it, and I haven't so much as gotten a thank you out of you? WTF?

Pigs roll in their own shit and they taste yummy, no?

I do, and it tastes damn close to chicken.

Oh and I hate rattlesnakes. The only things those bastards are good for (other than mixed in with pasta) is making a fine set of boots.

How much meat is there on a rattler?

he might have enough for snake with 6..... taste like chicken/pork combo from what I remember at Taste of HOOSTON in 92....

Cool thanks. :thumb: I just saute them in a little herb butter with some garlic. Ia m going to keep that for when I go back to Oregon.

It depends how big the rattler is. :spock:

On the bigs ones, more than you would think.

Hey Greg why you're at it maybe you could help him with how much meat there is on a cow.

What part of Texas are you from? I grew up around Freer, and rattlers were a very common occurence.

I'm sorry, I just don't encounter many rattlers. Is that odd?

It's mostly meat. No bones, not a lot of innerds and skin.

Very interesting. How many ounces?

I never weighed them. Where I am at we have Western Diamondbacks which can get longer than 6 feet and over 10 lbs I would imagine. About half of that would be meat.

Hey Farmer have you ever had a headless rattler strike at you .. Wierd as hell .. Its happened to me ...

Happens all the time. Want to know what's more weird? Put it in a plastic bag in the icebox till evening. When you skin and gut it the heart will still be beating.

ROFL

I hate poisonous snakes. Some of my worst nightmares involve poisonous snakes.

HF - you need to get yourself a Taurus Judge. Good snake pistol.

Hope ya don't like Lobster either?
Garbage fish of the ocean. They eat things that would make a snake puke:eek:

only 2 things come from Texas Boy, Steers and Qu...s
i dont see no horns, you must be Q---r

just kidding but that was the first thing that came to mind, loved that movie officer and a gentleman!

got all the pens built and the crap bought feeders ect, gonna set them up in the barn this weekend. then im either gonna roll down to AR. or have my brood stock sent usps.

and yes you sent me a pm and it was a dick move for me not to get back at you.
Thank you for the info. ill pm you picks this spring when shits underway & or send you a fryer or three.

Rattlesnake Nachos? :hmmm:

It's been several years since I have eaten rattlesnake. (more of a beef, moose and elk guy these days) One of the places where I go out grouse hunting, is thick with them this time of year, so when I would see one, I would make it go "night night" and take it home. If I was in the mood, I could easily get three or four along with my limit of grouse for the day. I used all kinds of different recipes, but never made rattlesnake nachos. As others have stated, rattler does taste a lot like chicken, depending on how you prepare it and which spices you choose.

It's that time of year here also. Cept for the tarantulas of course. We have enough of the brown recluses and black widows for every one if someone wants to take them off our hands.
Rattlers want to come out and sun themselves in the morning to warm up and then when the sun goes down their all over the roads to stay warm.

That story was a great classic. Still makes me giggle.

I don't think I've ever eaten Rattlesnake, but with economic conditions the way they are I guess I might as well. Most of the rattlers around here are prairie rattlers. There are a few diamonbacks around but not many.

No . One of them I shot with my Kimber .45 I hit in the head with the 3rd shot and his whole head was gone except for a little chunk. He didn't do shit after that. Just turned him into a carcass. The one I shot yesterday with the 12 gauge was all coiled up when I shot him. After the blast he was in like 5 different pieces.

Where part of Texas are you in?

Up in the panhandle.

Way to far for me to drive for a pig then...

I'd love to try rattler. Seems like actually taste better than chicken given some of the stories I've heard about the way those feathery creatures are raised.

I'd start eating rattlesnake if it would get rid of the chicken plant and all the mexicans that now occupy my hometown.

I am going grouse hunting tomorrow, hop a jet Joe. :D

how many have you whacked this summer? snakes, i mean.
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I'm certainly due, won't be tomorrow though.

Sadly enough, I only managed to get four or so.

But I did shoot a cat 2 days ago that has been bothering me for about a month.

ROFL
tastes like rattlesnake.
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:shake:

so when you grow a tail, you're really growing a tail?
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A friend of mine was out cutting brush on his land and was bitten by a rattler. Almost died, too.

See - this is why I like MOh. He can roll around in the dirt but just when you think he's a dick he does something really smooth. I love people who own their mistakes without cheesy excuses.

I don't believe that. The part about you having a friend, that is.

Yes, perhaps "acquaintance" would have been more accurate. Husband of one of my wife's friends.

Haha.

I dont have too many phobias....but if I lived where you live I'd have to wear brown pants all the time....cuz if I ever stumbled across a tarantula........

I had 13 Western Diamondbacks as pets when I was a kid. I am really lucky I never got bit.

Your parents really wanted to get rid of you, eh?

Christ...you've got a weed eater that will kill a rattle snake?
Shit, my weed eater is so figgin weak, the grass just collapses from laughing so hard. I reckon I'm tickling it. I bet I could diddle my dog with my weed eater

not enough time to get the light saber off the charger?

Kimber?

Man....I want Kimber Ultra Carry badly;...but don't think it'll fly with the wife. I had a hard enough time selling her on the idea of getting a second pistol with the SigPro to compliment my Springfield XD-9.

I shouldn't push my luck lol

if I ever see a big A snake in my back yard, I'm shootin' it.

Went to the round up once back in my truck driving days.
Must say I loved the different ways it was coked by different folks there.
Didn’t have the balls to go kill my own though.
I paid my $10 or what ever it was