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<blockquote data-quote="r00s7a" data-source="post: 1507243" data-attributes="member: 9675"><p>I used to snake hunt around Ringling a lot when I lived out there. I'll never forget the first time I went with my old man friend. We were out in the middle of a wide open pasture with no rocks or anything that I would consider snakey habitat, I thought this old man's crazy. We walked up the back of this ol tank dam and the only feature in it was what looked like crack from water running down the back of the dam. Bob Earl told me get on the other side of the crack so I got in position. As soon as I did, he reached down in there with his grabbers and plucked out about a 3 foot snake, who was less than happy about it. As soon as that snake started rattling, the grass around our feet just came alive. All those snakes wanted to do was get back in the den, unfortunately I was in between the biggest snake I have seen to this date, and his den. He went right between my legs and into the hole. I got a handle on him with about two feet left sticking out of the hole, but he was dug in there pretty hard and I couldn't get him out without injury, so I let go. He was every bit as big around as a baseball. The whole time I never was really scared. Those snakes were never aggressive or try to chase you down like a cottonmouth, all they want to do is get away. I caught quite a few over the years with Bob Earl. They were really easy to skin and tan, so I made a lot of skins for people and still have a whole drawer full of tanned skins. Here is a pic of some after I lopped the heads off. I was MUCH more comfortable with them after the head was gone. But they still move for nearly an hour after you chop their heads off... which proves the are the spawn of Satan. I had to let them sit for an hour or so before I skinned them, creeped me out too bad holding a wiggling rattlesnake in my bare hands.</p><p></p><p><strong>[Broken External Image]</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="r00s7a, post: 1507243, member: 9675"] I used to snake hunt around Ringling a lot when I lived out there. I'll never forget the first time I went with my old man friend. We were out in the middle of a wide open pasture with no rocks or anything that I would consider snakey habitat, I thought this old man's crazy. We walked up the back of this ol tank dam and the only feature in it was what looked like crack from water running down the back of the dam. Bob Earl told me get on the other side of the crack so I got in position. As soon as I did, he reached down in there with his grabbers and plucked out about a 3 foot snake, who was less than happy about it. As soon as that snake started rattling, the grass around our feet just came alive. All those snakes wanted to do was get back in the den, unfortunately I was in between the biggest snake I have seen to this date, and his den. He went right between my legs and into the hole. I got a handle on him with about two feet left sticking out of the hole, but he was dug in there pretty hard and I couldn't get him out without injury, so I let go. He was every bit as big around as a baseball. The whole time I never was really scared. Those snakes were never aggressive or try to chase you down like a cottonmouth, all they want to do is get away. I caught quite a few over the years with Bob Earl. They were really easy to skin and tan, so I made a lot of skins for people and still have a whole drawer full of tanned skins. Here is a pic of some after I lopped the heads off. I was MUCH more comfortable with them after the head was gone. But they still move for nearly an hour after you chop their heads off... which proves the are the spawn of Satan. I had to let them sit for an hour or so before I skinned them, creeped me out too bad holding a wiggling rattlesnake in my bare hands. [b][Broken External Image][/b] [/QUOTE]
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