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Never kill a black snake

Discussion in 'The Water Cooler' started by Finch, Jul 10, 2009.

  1. Finch

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    Got this in an email. Pretty darn cool. :cool:


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  3. Jim_IV

    Jim_IV Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I think thats a Blue Indigo......pretty cool pics!
     
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  4. IL_Bow_Man

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    so what do you suppose happens if the rattler is bigger then the one eating him? Does he just leave his rattles hanging out or what?
     
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  5. jfergus7

    jfergus7 Legendary Woodsman

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    Those are some cool pictures. Not sure I would want to stand that close to take those pictures though!
     
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    Cool pics but I would have never been able to get them. Two snakes that close I don't think so.
     
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  7. BowHuntingFool

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    Awesome!
     
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  8. Greg / MO

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    Best time to take a pic of a snake is when he's got his mouth full, LOL! ;)
     
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  9. Finch

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    Lol...I never really thought of that. :confused:
     
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  10. ISiman/OH

    ISiman/OH Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Great story, that is one full snake!
     
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  11. BJE80

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    Looking at that really makes me appreciate living in Wisconsin. I don't want anything to do with that.
     
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    I got home and my wife was telling me there was a snake in the chicken coop, in the nest boxes. I go out there and grab it and see that he has already eaten 4 eggs. I take it about 100 yards back into the marsh and let him go figuring a snake wouldn't be able to find his way back. 3 days later I was proved wrong. Apparently 100 yards is nothing to a snake. Anyway, I grab him again and go grab an axe. I put a board behind his head and hold him to the ground and then bring the axe down beside the board and behind his head. I now have a 6 foot black snake hide salted down and in a bowl. If only it would have stayed away from the chickens.............. :d
     
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  13. Finch

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    You animal! :deer:
     
    Finch, Jul 10, 2009
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    Cool pics, good story!!
     
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    Why? Wisconsin has timber rattlers & pine snakes that are as big as that black snake.I see pine snakes all the time but have not seen a rattler.
     
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    Less common than the south.
     
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    mnbowhunter Die Hard Bowhunter

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    he doesnt have a gagging problem that for sure
     
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