Dang buzztails

Phantom Hunter · Nov 1, 2020

Went up to ranch to get some camera cards and do some chores. Found these guys sunning by barn.

Bluehair · Nov 1, 2020

Together?

unclebuck · Nov 1, 2020

Dang, Some big dudes !

tailchasers · Nov 1, 2020

How many more did you not see? Hate snakes.

Phantom Hunter · Nov 1, 2020

Blue hair, yes two were together in almost the same spot I have killed two others and seen three more in the past 6 weeks! This time of year I carry a little .38 S&W with some shot shells loads I made.

Bluehair · Nov 1, 2020

Is that normal? Sounds like a den somewhere. Or worse, one of those horror stories about piles of them living under a floor somewhere.

A flashlight might be an important tool. And maybe a shotgun.

EVILNR · Nov 1, 2020

Yeah, they're denning in/under the barn.

Phantom Hunter · Nov 2, 2020

Yes,they are denning under barn. Kinfolks who had control of this property for decades left it a mess. Lots of junk sitting around and in barn with no one going there. All cleaned up now so rattlers are visible. Got to get them cleaned out to make it safe for family to enjoy. We always have the occasional rattler in this part of the world but den under barn means I am on a mission!

callsalot · Nov 2, 2020

I hate snakes, if I lived closer I'd volunteer to help you get rid of them. My buddies dog got bit the other day but I think it was a dry bite because it didn't seem to affect him to badly. Good luck!

Gator · Nov 3, 2020

Those are some big BAD boys.

jims · Nov 3, 2020

Yikes! I hit a record this year in Wyo and Colo...saw 17 buzzsnakes! I posted somewhere else a little earlier about waking up from a nap with my head on the ground at a waterhole. When I woke there was a rattler coiled up next to my head! Spooky way to wake up! After I lifted my head he started rattling but let me slowly move out of striking distance!

Cahunter805 · Nov 3, 2020

I hate rattlesnakes also! Way to get it done. Keep after them. Those are a few good sized snakes also.

SS! · Nov 3, 2020

Poor snakes. Let them live.

Bluehair · Nov 4, 2020

Says the guy from AK.....

BTW, I haven't killed one in 10 years or so. I figure if I let them live, they might bite a bicyclist someday.

Trix4me · Nov 4, 2020

Burn down the barn?

Phantom Hunter · Nov 4, 2020

SlightlySober my only response to you is buzztails and my little grandkids don’t mix. Buzztails lose every time. I won’t respond to you further!

Phantom Hunter · Nov 7, 2020

Wife found another one summing by the barn. Will not be as many by the time they go to den for good. Hers was about 3 1/2’.

Homer · Nov 8, 2020

well....you should have let the one doing math live.....that seems rare for a snake.....

Moe · Nov 8, 2020

Love those rattlers, make some hat bands!

okie archer · Jun 16, 2021

Yikes!

Snoopdogg · Jun 16, 2021

Gator said:
Those are some big BAD boys.

Those are some bad, TASTY, boys. While I hate snakes in general, they cook up quite well and those ones look juicy!

whiteantlertip · Jun 16, 2021

Don't mind them so much as long as they are not hanging on the side of my leg

photohunter · Jun 17, 2021

Makes me nervous seeing a dead rattler with the head still on. Summing is better than multiplying.

SlinginLead · Jun 17, 2021

They sure are pretty!

Homer · Jun 19, 2021

Snoopdogg said:
Those are some bad, TASTY, boys. While I hate snakes in general, they cook up quite well and those ones look juicy!

I've eaten alot of rattlesnakes....and never ever eaten a juicy one. They are hardly worth the effort....

SS! · Jun 19, 2021

such a waste to kill a rattlesnake. People are so thoughtless at times.

Dangbig · Jun 20, 2021

SS! said:
such a waste to kill a rattlesnake. People are so thoughtless at times.

Kill every dang one of them, they rough on dogs hunting chuckars and grouse. Beside they creep me out

grizzly · Jun 20, 2021

It's a bad year for rattlesnakes with the drought. I had to scoot two off the trail just this week that I found while trail running. I don't kill them, just use a stick and get them on their way.

These guys were my buddies last year. There were three of them there for about a month and I'd stop and have a water break at the rock they'd sun on. They were super relaxed, I never even got a rattle out of them.

Homer · Jun 20, 2021

....professional courtesy

SS! · Jun 20, 2021

Dangbig said:
Kill every dang one of them, they rough on dogs hunting chuckars and grouse. Beside they creep me out

So sad. At least you admit that you’re a sissy la la.

Dangbig · Jun 20, 2021

SS! said:
So sad. At least you admit that you’re a sissy la la.

I would rather fight 5 guys in the pool hall than step next to 1 of them so ya I guess I am a sissy

JB1975 · Jun 21, 2021

Every one I kill is one less that has a chance to bite me.

hawkbill · Jun 25, 2021

I don’t kill them, my daughter likes to catch them, play with them a bit, then let them go. If there a problem around the barn I definitely see getting rid of them.

Muleman1 · Jul 3, 2021

SS! said:
So sad. At least you admit that you’re a sissy la la.

Dude your a piece of work

Muleman1 · Jul 3, 2021

SS! said:
* you’re

Like I said

Muleman1 · Jul 3, 2021

SS! said:
Still upset no one agrees on your commie idea of taking tags for the youth?

Not at all

SS! · Jul 3, 2021

Muleman1 said:
Not at all

I hurt your feelings. Feel free to PM me and I’ll make it right…

Muleman1 · Jul 3, 2021

SS! said:
I hurt your feelings. Feel free to PM me and I’ll make it right…

Nope didn’t hurt my feelings at all just shows who u are !

Bigwiffy · Jul 7, 2021

I fell asleep hunting antelope in Nevada one day under a sage brush. I had a snake crawl up my pant leg. Luckily it was a big gopher snake. When I got home I told my girlfriend I had a 4 foot trouser snake. She knew I was lying since it is only two feet.

Bluehair · Jul 8, 2021

Bigwiffy said:
I fell asleep hunting antelope in Nevada one day under a sage brush. I had a snake crawl up my pant leg. Luckily it was a big gopher snake. When I got home I told my girlfriend I had a 4 foot trouser snake. She knew I was lying since it is only two feet.

Darn. I was hoping you would stick with the food theme. I guess dick jokes are ok though.

Bigwiffy · Jul 8, 2021

Bluehair said:
Darn. I was hoping you would stick with the food theme. I guess dick jokes are ok though.

Not a joke. The snake was only 2 feet long not 4.

NVPete · Jul 8, 2021

I would try to relocate them to a more remote place than your barn area if possible. They do some good keeping vermin (rats and mice) in check! Don't understand why people get creeped out- just part of nature.

Wes · Oct 12, 2022

Caught this little guy a few years ago. The late season had been bitter cold then we suddenly got a couple warm days in the 70's then it turned back to cold. I got my hunters set up on a point to glass then went back to get something out of my saddle bags. While standing next to my horse I heard a slow buzz. Looked down and he was right by my foot. I don't know if he was rattling or his teeth were chattering. He was so cold he could hardly move so I just reached down and picked him up by his noggin. I carried him back to show him to my hunters who immediately started screaming to kill it. He wasn't bottherin anybody so I coiled him up and took a few pictures then shoved him down a hole

EVILNR · Oct 13, 2022

Last weekend went up in the hills of N.Bama and had an encounter with a 4' Timber Rattler. Cool nights lately, and it
was stretched out in a sunny spot.
Impressive, beautiful snake.