I hate snakes.

Thomas · Dec 25, 2009

Dave.
"The rattle snake thing is not a joke. There are a couple known small populations in NY and VT. Nobody is telling where they are else folks like us would go get rid of them before they get to be a problem."

Watch program no to long ago..Outdoors..film in Vermont saying what you wrote,state even has the area off limits.

Heard many times over the decades,when they were putting I91 area Ascutney,Vermont stir timber rattlers.

kenstrac · Dec 25, 2009

Thomas said:
Dave.
"The rattle snake thing is not a joke. There are a couple known small populations in NY and VT. Nobody is telling where they are else folks like us would go get rid of them before they get to be a problem."

Watch program no to long ago..Outdoors..film in Vermont saying what you wrote,state even has the area off limits.

Heard many times over the decades,when they were putting I91 area Ascutney,Vermont stir timber rattlers.

There are and have been Rattlesnakes here for a long time,in 1956 the kid in my class mother got bit by a Rattler in Hooksett .NH mowing the lawn,In 1980's they had a police chief showing off a live Rattler in Pembroke that he caught and released.Fish and Game has acknowledged that there are Rattler.s here but will not say where they are located.

Thomas · Dec 25, 2009

Kenstrac.
"here but will not say where they are located."
Heard lawn cleaning company corner rattler in Auburn,NH. late summer of this year...getting to darn close.

kenstrac · Dec 25, 2009

Thomas said:
Kenstrac.
"here but will not say where they are located."
Heard lawn cleaning company corner rattler in Auburn,NH. late summer of this year...getting to darn close.

My grandfather told me that there were allot of rattlers at Heads quarry in Allenstown back in the 1920's there was Rattle snake hill in Hooksett that we were told to watch for rattlers back in the 60's when I was in the scout's.
The main concentration I believe is Auburn,Hooksett.Allenstown ,Pembroke,and into Bear Brook state park anything east of RT 3 But the woman that was bit in the 50's was by the Hooksett toll both on that outcrop of rocks they call the Pinnacle.

Plow Jockey · Dec 25, 2009

They've seen timberrattlers on Rt. 112 from Linclon to Conway.
Also,I've seen Black snakes there too;even caught one once while mowing roadsides. Maybe 3' as I remember.

MikeD74T · Dec 25, 2009

kenstrac said:
My grandfather told me that there were allot of rattlers at Heads quarry in Allenstown back in the 1920's there was Rattle snake hill in Hooksett that we were told to watch for rattlers back in the 60's when I was in the scout's.
The main concentration I believe is Auburn,Hooksett.Allenstown ,Pembroke,and into Bear Brook state park anything east of RT 3 But the woman that was bit in the 50's was by the Hooksett toll both on that outcrop of rocks they call the Pinnacle.

The area & snakes extend east to Pawtuckaway state park in Raymond. F&G had a live timber rattler on display at the Amoskeg fish ladder this summer. It was the most active snake I've ever seen in captivity. A real handsome snake, but glad it was behind glass.
Two summers ago a friends dog got bit in the front paw behind her home in Alton. Vet claimed it was a rattler. Swelled up to the point the vet cut the skin to keep circulation going. Dog was pretty much back to normal in about 3 weeks. MikeD74T

bellweather · Dec 25, 2009

Leave the snakes be. It's all part of the natural world...

weldingisfun · Dec 25, 2009

bellweather said:
Leave the snakes be. It's all part of the natural world...

And so is dying. If I know it is poisonous, it dies. Can't be any more natural than that.

two_bit_score · Dec 25, 2009

weldingisfun said:
And so is dying. If I know it is poisonous, it dies. Can't be any more natural than that.

yep. rattlers, copperheads, etc....gotta meet their 'natural' death .....asap

thatguy · Dec 25, 2009

timswi said:
Gas and a flare?

+1 and post pics..

brian

timswi · Dec 25, 2009

thatguy said:
+1 and post pics..

brian

Did that once in a fit of rage when I got hammered by a yellow jacket nest...The gas is entertaining...The Castrol GTX SAE50 racing oil burned nice and slow. Maybe 2 beers worth.

Never got hit again. I felt better about the whole situation after that

The Chevelle wasn't thrilled that I used it's oil though.

roamerr · Dec 26, 2009

I hate snakes more than anything. I tried to find the thread with the pics below. It was on RhinoForums and was taken in California. That's a nasty snake den!

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om21braz · Dec 26, 2009

roamerr,
I think I can safely say, if that batch was living near me "natural causes" would start off with some deaths due to lead poisoning.

Western · Dec 26, 2009

I would see $$$$...

jimmyj · Dec 26, 2009

You guys will think I'm nuts, but that a totally awesome pile of snakes. Fascinating.

wroughtn_harv · Dec 26, 2009

Darn. If I had seen these pictures earlier I would have PM'd Eddie and warned him not to look.

Oh well. It's too late now. ; > )

My grandfather who hated snakes had a flesh pink painted pickup (he was an artist and artists were crazy even back then). I guess I was four or five when I looked in the back of that pickup and the floor was covered in dead rattlesnakes. I can still see it in my mind's eye even now.

heehaw · Dec 26, 2009

with a den of rattlesnakes close by: did you consider moving?? or maybe go to the sale barn an buy some pigs an let them go in that area...but the moving idea is my first thought.
heehaw

roamerr · Dec 26, 2009

I'll post a couple of more pics from the thread on RhinoForums. Those people in AZ, UT, and CA have crazy snake pics. The one of the guy holding the snake is old and has been circulated so many times who knows where it really came from....

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Nice Coat!
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See pg 4 of the thread below for pics of dogs (that lived) and were bit by Rattlers. Not good. I will not post the pics cuz they are ugly. The good things is the dogs lived and are fine.

Careful !! it's snake season - Page 5 - Yamaha Rhino Forum - Rhino Forums.net

Again I hate snakes. If you have snakes get some cats. The normal barn cat is far faster than a snake.

warhammer · Dec 28, 2009

I do not have a house on the farm and the den is several hundred feet or so away from where I would put one so I am not considering moving. The den is 6-8 feet over on the next property over and the owner is absentee so I can't run pigs on it.

heehaw said:
with a den of rattlesnakes close by: did you consider moving?? or maybe go to the sale barn an buy some pigs an let them go in that area...but the moving idea is my first thought.
heehaw

impdaddy · Dec 29, 2009

jimmyj said:
Boy you fellas sure hate snakes. I say catch em and take em down to EddieWalkers place. He loves snakes!

Jimmy you are one sick individual

Eddie is the only one I know who hates snakes more than me. This is a very disturbing thread. I notice that Eddie did not even respond to this.

I agree with the nuclear option. Burn them to a crisp.