GodIsGood Report post Posted April 15, 2008 No, that aint him... the one I saw was a Liberal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted April 15, 2008 I am shocked at how many people say they have lived in az all there life and never seen a rattler. I have seen more rattlers than i will ever be able to recount and struck at by a dozen or more while hunting. This last weekl we had the hounds out in 24 and ran right over a baby rattler in the trail. It will not get any older that is all i can say. I know many say they have there place and i agree but when i see them i decide what place that is and it is usualy in heck. with all the other snakes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle Eye Report post Posted April 15, 2008 I am shocked at how many people say they have lived in az all there life and never seen a rattler. I have seen more rattlers than i will ever be able to recount and struck at by a dozen or more while hunting. This last weekl we had the hounds out in 24 and ran right over a baby rattler in the trail. It will not get any older that is all i can say. I know many say they have there place and i agree but when i see them i decide what place that is and it is usualy in heck. with all the other snakes. HAHA! I feel the same way. I hate those things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron G. Report post Posted April 15, 2008 Here is a squirrel that didn't get so lucky... My dad found this and took the pictures last summer. It was just down the steps from his front porch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattys281 Report post Posted April 15, 2008 I am shocked at how many people say they have lived in az all there life and never seen a rattler. I have seen more rattlers than i will ever be able to recount and struck at by a dozen or more while hunting. This last weekl we had the hounds out in 24 and ran right over a baby rattler in the trail. It will not get any older that is all i can say. I know many say they have there place and i agree but when i see them i decide what place that is and it is usualy in heck. with all the other snakes. +1 on that. I was out checking a trail cam w/ my boy last July & we ran into three of them on the way out! That's too many for one trip in my book. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted April 15, 2008 I am extremely paranoid of snake encounters. I have had many close calls over the years, including a rattler that struck and missed my hand by two inches. Always look under that last board in the wood pile before you pick it up. I have knee high snake boots for the warm weather. If you want to see me jump three feet in the air and do a back flip to get out of the way, lay a stick on the trail that looks like a snake. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John O Report post Posted April 18, 2008 My son and I almost walked right into this little dude at the end of a day dove hunting. I HATE RATTLE SNAKES!! We were looking ahead of it as we walked, and when it started rattling I went numb from the top of my head to my feet. Seeing that it was an area that is frequented by kids with dirt bikes and quads, I let my son shoot it with his 20 gauge. It did the job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
liv4coues Report post Posted April 18, 2008 I can't stand rattlers either. My wife and I were at Roosevelt Lake a couple weeks ago and I jumped over one about the size of the snake in Ron G.'s post. The thing never rattled. Unfortunately, it's still slithering around - the wife didn't think we should bother it since it wasn't bothering us. The fact that their crawling around on the desert floor is enough of a bother for me to justify killing the things, but that wasn't a battle I was willing to engage in . . . especially considering she was good enough to go the lake with me in the first place! During our October 36B hunt last year, my brother and I came across one in waist high grass. It rattled when my brother was about 4 feet from walking right over it. It didn't rattle again after that . . . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KGAINES Report post Posted April 19, 2008 This afternoon one jumped under my tire, I was about half a mile from my house. It was crawling out of a front yard when I seen it, about a 2 1/2 to 3 ft diamondback, about 50 yards from my kids bus stop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
galiuro mountain man Report post Posted April 19, 2008 I see a lot out here in SE AZ every year, 2 of them in my property next to my house, and a couple more at a friends house this last year. A few years ago I got hit by one just above the top of my boot while building a corral, it just scratched me with a tooth, and the little poison that got in burned my led like fire. It also made my fingers and toes numb for a few days. Everyone always wonders why I wear leather boots all year long, even when in the water at the river, and I tell them about being bit and how many times I have had close calls. They CAN bite through leather, but it is better protection than a regular shoe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
