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<blockquote data-quote="David2012" data-source="post: 1818300" data-attributes="member: 24428"><p>5 rings on the tail-- coon tail rattler / diamond back. </p><p></p><p>I was out deer hunting once and when I stepped out of my truck and there was a 5'6" coon tail rattler coiled right at my feet.. that started rattling w/ its head back. I just happened to be holding my holstered .357 Mag in my right hand. I fired six rounds as fast as I could... hitting the snake once just below the head... it flopped hard against my boot just above the ankle. I thought I had been bitten!!!! It then slithered off into the grass. I was alone, 30 miles from any hospital / doctor and didn't have a cell phone back then. <strong><u>Scared the Hell out of me</u>!</strong> I wasn't about to let a snake that might result in my death get away. So I reloaded quickly, found it and finished it off. Then I checked for a bite and found that I was OK.</p><p></p><p>I had been gonna deer hunt from a ground blind using the .357. Since I was OK and the snake was dead... I thought if I waited a while the animals would get over the gun shots and start moving around again.</p><p></p><p>It was still warm that year and grasshoppers by the hundreds were making their rattling / buzzing sound. As I sat there in that ground blind, they all got to sounding like rattlesnakes to me... so I packed up and went home.</p><p></p><p><u>If anyone ever wants a easy way to preserve a snake skin.... </u>slit it down the belly... skin it... scrape the fat off the bottom and roll the skin up loosely so there is a little space between the layers. Then put it in a can [like a old coffee can] with a 50 / 50 mixture of denatured alcohol & glycerin. Let it set in the solution for 4-6 weeks. I had my snake skin hanging on the wall for almost 20 yrs before it finally dried out. It would have lasted longer if I had just retreated it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="David2012, post: 1818300, member: 24428"] 5 rings on the tail-- coon tail rattler / diamond back. I was out deer hunting once and when I stepped out of my truck and there was a 5'6" coon tail rattler coiled right at my feet.. that started rattling w/ its head back. I just happened to be holding my holstered .357 Mag in my right hand. I fired six rounds as fast as I could... hitting the snake once just below the head... it flopped hard against my boot just above the ankle. I thought I had been bitten!!!! It then slithered off into the grass. I was alone, 30 miles from any hospital / doctor and didn't have a cell phone back then. [B][U]Scared the Hell out of me[/U]![/B] I wasn't about to let a snake that might result in my death get away. So I reloaded quickly, found it and finished it off. Then I checked for a bite and found that I was OK. I had been gonna deer hunt from a ground blind using the .357. Since I was OK and the snake was dead... I thought if I waited a while the animals would get over the gun shots and start moving around again. It was still warm that year and grasshoppers by the hundreds were making their rattling / buzzing sound. As I sat there in that ground blind, they all got to sounding like rattlesnakes to me... so I packed up and went home. [U]If anyone ever wants a easy way to preserve a snake skin.... [/U]slit it down the belly... skin it... scrape the fat off the bottom and roll the skin up loosely so there is a little space between the layers. Then put it in a can [like a old coffee can] with a 50 / 50 mixture of denatured alcohol & glycerin. Let it set in the solution for 4-6 weeks. I had my snake skin hanging on the wall for almost 20 yrs before it finally dried out. It would have lasted longer if I had just retreated it. [/QUOTE]
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