Rattlesnake!

[chickencoop57]

A .410 shotgun will do the trick. The only good venomous snake is a dead venomous snake. To many Rattlesnakes here in Texas. However, I do here theyre good eating, too.

 

[sabrfencer]

It is illegal in VA to kill any venomous snake. Besides that, its unnecessary. Snakes, even venomous ones, are good.

Only exception is invasive species. Yall got pythons down there that are not supposed to be there. They are like the snakeheads, kill on sight.

Annnnd that's another reason to not live in VA. I'm all for live and let live, but a water moc on my property is going to his swamp in the sky.

 

[Mtnboomer]

Annnnd that's another reason to not live in VA. I'm all for live and let live, but a water moc on my property is going to his swamp in the sky.

Sorry to hear that.

 

[oldhen2345]

In Texas we just mow over them and if you cant, shotgun. We have zero tolerance for snakes, especially rattle snakes.

Absolutely. I live in east texas and have already killed one copperhead on my patio and the yardman got bitten by a baby copperhead( only about a foot long and not very big around) last week. Luckily it was a defensive bite and not much venom. I hate those suckers.

 

[Mtnboomer]

A .410 shotgun will do the trick. The only good venomous snake is a dead venomous snake. To many Rattlesnakes here in Texas. However, I do here theyre good eating, too.

They are! I've eaten Texas rattler cajun styke on the bbq. Darn good!

 

[oldhen2345]

A .410 shotgun will do the trick. The only good venomous snake is a dead venomous snake. To many Rattlesnakes here in Texas. However, I do here theyre good eating, too.

I was raised in Colorado City, TX- near Sweetwater. There is a rattlesnake roundup every year there. They do fry the rattlesnakes and you can eat them. I often heard that they taste like a mix between chicken and ham - NO- they taste like rattlesnake- I think I still have some in my craw that just won't go down.

 

[ajackalope]

You have to remove or destroy the head. We have Copperheads here. If one gets in my yard I'm calling animal control. I dont mess with anything that toxic.

 

[chickencoop57]

I was raised in Colorado City, TX- near Sweetwater. There is a rattlesnake roundup every year there. They do fry the rattlesnakes and you can eat them. I often heard that they taste like a mix between chicken and ham - NO- they taste like rattlesnake- I think I still have some in my craw that just won't go down.

I was raised in Colorado City, TX- near Sweetwater. There is a rattlesnake roundup every year there. They do fry the rattlesnakes and you can eat them. I often heard that they taste like a mix between chicken and ham - NO- they taste like rattlesnake- I think I still have some in my craw that just won't go down.

I was raised in Colorado City, TX- near Sweetwater. There is a rattlesnake roundup every year there. They do fry the rattlesnakes and you can eat them. I often heard that they taste like a mix between chicken and ham - NO- they taste like rattlesnake- I think I still have some in my craw that just won't go down.

I didn't like it either, oldhen2345.

 

[neo71665]

One other minor point; you'll often hear old timers in the South calling pygmy rattlers "ground rattlers." I don't know why, as all rattlesnakes are ground dwellers. Eastern diamondbacks can be found in are semi-aquatic sometimes and I've never know a pygmy rattler to be associated with water, so maybe that's why. Or maybe due to their exceptional camouflage (although no less so well camoed than an eastern diamonback).

Yep, growing up that's what we always called 'em. Might be an exception but I live around some pretty swampy areas and have seen them. The canebrakes around here are far more common tho.

 

[2Old2Crow]

As a side note, dogs are curious when it comes to snakes and just get TOO close to them. Get ur pup the rattlesnake shot, then if he or she gets bit, you go to the vet and get second shot. It was cheap, and IIRC, it's good for 2 years.