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re: More fun with cottonmouths!
Posted on 10/27/22 at 9:19 am to TigrrrDad
Posted on 10/27/22 at 9:19 am to TigrrrDad
Question. When catching snakes, do you feel like they get tired after fooling with them a bit and thus easier to catch? I follow Mike/Python Cowboy on IG and he talks about how he'll try to wear the pythons out a bit before he catches them. I have zero interest in catching snakes, but I'm wondering if it's the same for the smaller snakes.
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Posted on 10/27/22 at 9:27 am to TigrrrDad
frick every bit of this.
Posted on 10/27/22 at 9:30 am to White Bear
quote:
you’re projecting.
projecting what?
Posted on 10/27/22 at 10:25 am to bluemoons
Not really, because the smaller ones are easy enough to pin and grab pretty quickly. Though you could go that route and I’m sure it would work, but you’d stress the snake more. Not a bad strategy for big pythons, and the same thing works for gators. They get them going in circles and tire them out before jumping on their backs. If I ever run across a big rattler, I’d probably wear it down a bit first before grabbing. Dying to catch a big canebrake (no pun intended), but no luck yet. Next year I’m going to make some road trips to target other species.
Posted on 10/27/22 at 11:04 am to TigrrrDad
TigrrrDad
Where you snake hunting? Ever catch a Coral? I worked on a farm in Rapides parish during the summer when I was in high school and that place seemed to have a lot of coral snakes. Killed a huge rattler that was hanging out in and old rotted pile of firewood. Measured 4'10" with it's head missing.
Where you snake hunting? Ever catch a Coral? I worked on a farm in Rapides parish during the summer when I was in high school and that place seemed to have a lot of coral snakes. Killed a huge rattler that was hanging out in and old rotted pile of firewood. Measured 4'10" with it's head missing.
Posted on 10/27/22 at 11:08 am to Funky Tide 8
quote:Terrified of highly venomous little snakes.
It amazes me how many "manly men" on this board are terrified of little snakes.
FIFY
Posted on 10/27/22 at 11:47 am to TigrrrDad
What do you do with them once you catch them?
Posted on 10/27/22 at 11:48 am to ForLSU56
Haven’t really hunted any areas where they are common. In the spring I plan on hitting Kisatchie so there’s a chance I might find one there. Still don’t know if I’d handle one. So potently venomous, but the temptation to grab it will probably be too hard to resist.
Posted on 10/27/22 at 1:08 pm to bhtigerfan
quote:
Terrified of highly venomous little snakes that will only bite humans if provoked.
fify
Posted on 10/27/22 at 1:50 pm to Funky Tide 8
I’m irrational when it comes to water moccasins.They give me the “willies”,I would never touch one willingly.I’ve had 2 in my yard and I killed them both.Pretty much the same with copperheads(in my yard).
I don’t kill them away from the house so it’s not like I hate them.
Rattlesnakes,I’m not afraid of.I’ve caught at least a dozen Timber (Canebrake) rattlers in my yard over the years,put them in a feed sack and haul them off 5 or so miles and release them.
At first I used a forked stick,pin their heads down and grab them behind the head.
Then I bought a catch pole like dog catchers use and drop them in the sack.
They are surprisingly non-aggressive.What they do is coil up and rattle,when you try and get ahold of the head they pull it down in the coil.Keep messing with them and they uncoil and try to get away.
I’ve only ever had 2 strike at my stick or pole.
I think one would have to actually have to step directly on one to get bit.One day I was walking behind the yard and looking up in tree and bumped one with my foot and he didn’t strike.Scared the hell out of me.
I understand Eastern Diamondbacks are much more aggressive but I have no experience with them.
I don’t kill them away from the house so it’s not like I hate them.
Rattlesnakes,I’m not afraid of.I’ve caught at least a dozen Timber (Canebrake) rattlers in my yard over the years,put them in a feed sack and haul them off 5 or so miles and release them.
At first I used a forked stick,pin their heads down and grab them behind the head.
Then I bought a catch pole like dog catchers use and drop them in the sack.
They are surprisingly non-aggressive.What they do is coil up and rattle,when you try and get ahold of the head they pull it down in the coil.Keep messing with them and they uncoil and try to get away.
I’ve only ever had 2 strike at my stick or pole.
I think one would have to actually have to step directly on one to get bit.One day I was walking behind the yard and looking up in tree and bumped one with my foot and he didn’t strike.Scared the hell out of me.
I understand Eastern Diamondbacks are much more aggressive but I have no experience with them.
Posted on 10/27/22 at 2:00 pm to TigrrrDad
“Oy! He’s a beaut! Let’s get him really pissed off before we pick him up, eh?”
Posted on 10/27/22 at 3:41 pm to TigrrrDad
*Insert chart depicting relationship between fricking around and finding out*
Posted on 10/27/22 at 4:05 pm to TigrrrDad
Nice for you. Not my thing. 
Posted on 10/27/22 at 4:16 pm to TigrrrDad
Go ahead. I know a guy that was a rattlesnake wrangler. Got nipped a couple of times so he thought he was immune.
Got popped by on and spent some time in the hospital, almost died. Hasn’t been the same since, but you go ahead.
Got popped by on and spent some time in the hospital, almost died. Hasn’t been the same since, but you go ahead.
Posted on 10/27/22 at 9:32 pm to XenScott
Pick your poison. My hobbies over the years included racing dirtbikes in my 30s/40s then sportbikes after that. I was much more nervous racing dirtbikes - over the 6 years my son and I raced, at least 5 local riders were paralyzed. Bad crashes happened on a regular basis. After the first 2 or 3 venomous catches, I really don’t even get that nervous feeling anymore. On a dirtbike I had butterflies in my stomach every time I attempted a new big jump at the track. Unfortunately, many fun hobbies have an element of risk or danger.
My dad was bitten by a cottonmouth when he was a teen, and my uncle took 3-4 venomous bites, including one from a Gila Monster that nearly killed him, so I do understand the risks.
My dad was bitten by a cottonmouth when he was a teen, and my uncle took 3-4 venomous bites, including one from a Gila Monster that nearly killed him, so I do understand the risks.
Posted on 10/27/22 at 9:41 pm to TigrrrDad
You look like you know what you are doing but…..
I am afraid you are going to get bit
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