Watch Out for Snakes!!

BGbasbhat · Oct 21, 2019

Was shooting at the same field I shot at all summer (though now it's not 115 when I go), and never had an issue.

Was about 2 shots into my set and felt the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Something was wrong...wasn't sure what at the exact moment, but started looking around and boom..

This fat bastard was about 2 yards behind me. I unleashed a few expletives, to which he coiled up and started to act pissed. Come on man, you came up on me!

Anyway, he wasn't interested in moving or sharing my makeshift shooting range, so I let him have it.

FYI, my 30 yard pin is also my 3 yard pin. Haha.

Be careful down here! They're out this time of year!

"...I'd rather be tried by twelve than carried by six..."

CactusPepper · Oct 21, 2019

Nice shot. Thank God for your 6th sense!

Joe2Kool · Oct 21, 2019

Whoa!!! That's a big one!

Largebull · Oct 21, 2019

You be surprised ,I have found em out year roundin my 42 years of living here . Anywhere ,anytime. When in winter and cod they don't move much but Iv'e climbed up on Boulders to Glass and got the ##### scared out of me face to face more than once. They just don't move much in the cold. ,,,,BULL

Comules · Oct 21, 2019

Not to change the subject but they are good eating.

BGbasbhat · Oct 22, 2019

Yeah, knock on wood, i'm surprised I haven't seen more out hunting where I do.

I should've skinned him and taken the meat too, but those damn things keep squirming for hours after you kill them. That just weirds me out. Bleh.

I went back to shoot last night, and a coyote got to him a bit over the weekend. He was about 4 feet long, and was a western diamondback, not a mojave. Big boy, that's for sure.

"...I'd rather be tried by twelve than carried by six..."

Boskee · Oct 22, 2019

LAST EDITED ON Oct-22-19 AT 09:54AM (MST)[p]We refer to those as coon tailed rattlers. Good shot BG! I've seem them coiled up in bushes and buzzing like hell when you approach. Had a friend get bit by one and had trouble with his leg for years after so avoidance or the death ray approach seems prudent. Glad it was him not you......It's really unbelievable how they open their jaws enough to swallow us whole after they strike.....:^)