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Re: Dealing with rattlesnakes
<Reply # 20 on 11/18/2019 10:08 PM >
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As Abby alluded to, snakes are most dangerous when coiled up. They can spring up to 1/2 of their body length.

Obviously, your first line of defense is not to get bitten at all. Don't ever stick your hands where you can't see them! Snakes are generally shy and won't attack unless provoked.

Rattlesnakes can be identified by their signature triangular head. This comes from their poison glands and heat pits on the sides of their head. Just keep your distance. I hate to see people kill snakes for sport—they are a critical part of the ecosystem.

If you get bitten, you'll want to keep calm and as stationary as possible to keep the venom from circulating. Obviously, getting yourself to the hospital is top priority. The only real cure is the antivenom, but your body can start to break some venoms on its own and mitigate the damage. There's some evidence adding heat (hot pad) to the wound may help the degradation of the venom.

Here's the famous mojave green!

https://i.imgur.com/i6LRH3e.png

This one is all stretched out and cold from the night so my friend managed to maneuver it off the road and save it from becoming roadkill. If you see one of these admire but don't touch—its has one of the most dangerous (and unique!) venoms in the world.


That's a beauty.
The most bite happy of the rattlers and packing the worst venom in North America shy the coral snake's.
Not a snake to be taken lightly; even prompt treatment with anti-venom doesn't guarantee survival in a healthy adult.

Interesting fact: the sidewinder is the only snake that use this peculiar form of locomotion in the snake world. It's only is touching the earth at two points at any time in order to minimize heat transfer.
Another reason that the rattler is one of the most highly evolved snakes on the planet.


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Re: Dealing with rattlesnakes
<Reply # 21 on 11/18/2019 10:15 PM >
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The most bite happy of the rattlers and packing the worst venom in North America shy the coral snake's.


Ah but it's a gorgeous snake. Can't wait to see one in the wild (from a LONG way off). And remember: Red touch yellow, kills a fellow. The scarlet snake, on the other hand, is safe to touch and just as beautiful.



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Re: Dealing with rattlesnakes
<Reply # 22 on 11/18/2019 10:44 PM >
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Ah but it's a gorgeous snake. Can't wait to see one in the wild (from a LONG way off). And remember: Red touch yellow, kills a fellow. The scarlet snake, on the other hand, is safe to touch and just as beautiful.


The coral snake human kill count is very low; not a bite happy snake at all. No fangs but if the venom gets in, death is the most probable outcome.
The few fatal bites have come from people screwing around with them... well earned



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Re: Dealing with rattlesnakes
<Reply # 23 on 11/19/2019 3:17 AM >
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http://thehuntingg...s-because-of-hogs/

I Googled it and found a close tie between pro and con but most credible are from wildlife biologists.

Anyway. Saw one at least this big cross the road while hunting in the Trinity bottoms near Corsicana, now under Lake Richland Chambers. Locals call them Canebrakes but theyre just Eastern Diamondbacks

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Re: Dealing with rattlesnakes
<Reply # 24 on 11/19/2019 3:38 AM >
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http://thehuntingg...s-because-of-hogs/

I Googled it and found a close tie between pro and con but most credible are from wildlife biologists.

Anyway. Saw one at least this big cross the road while hunting in the Trinity bottoms near Corsicana, now under Lake Richland Chambers. Locals call them Canebrakes but theyre just Eastern Diamondbacks

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Feral hogs are a blight on everything living including road vehicles.
Let's have an unrestricted feral hog minigun season
Now that be fun...




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Re: Dealing with rattlesnakes
<Reply # 25 on 11/19/2019 10:20 AM >
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Talk about de-evolving. 400lbs bigger hump back longer snout this is not your domestic swine. I believe they are reverting to their ancestral form. Had a buddy who killed one this big cant find his pic now on social media but it was over 400lbs.




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Re: Dealing with rattlesnakes
<Reply # 26 on 11/24/2019 1:57 AM >
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Holy shit.

That snake is big! I’ve never seen a rattlesnake near that big. Or a boar that big (pic 2) for that matter.



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Re: Dealing with rattlesnakes
<Reply # 27 on 11/24/2019 4:20 AM >
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Holy shit.

That snake is big! I’ve never seen a rattlesnake near that big. Or a boar that big (pic 2) for that matter.


I killed a 6ft'er back in my bad old days on CoE land at Lake Whitney.

Wild story I might have to re-tell it someday but it would not be appreciated here I think.

That's not my neighbor but he killed one that big, black in color posted it on Facebook then took it off. One round from a 6.5 Creedmoor, in the dark using night vision optic.

Pig that big will ruin your day (and your truck) when it runs out in front of you doing 75mph



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