libertarian5

Bubonic Plague has come back in the southwestern states due to eradication of rattlesnakes which traditionally spent winters denned up in prairie dog towns. Now cattle aren't dying as much of snake bites, but they are of broken legs. The prairie dogs are a much bigger problem than the snakes ever were. And the bonus is plague.

We have to be careful when we mess with mother nature. To do so because of some childish phobia about snakes is inexcusable. If you are removing, or killing rattlesnakes because they are a hazard, that is fine with me. (I hope you consume it in some way, though.) If you are doing it for any other reason then you need to think about what you are doing.

kentuckycarry

The Eastern Diamondback is the largest rattlesnake in the US and it "might" reach 8 feet though rare. The record is around 8 feet, but they're not even in Texas.
The Western Diamondback and the Timber rattlesnake are the largest rattlers in Texas and the record is under 8 foot for the Timber and about 7 foot for the Western. Both average about 4-5 feet. I've never seen evidence of a 10 foot rattlesnake. Another "myth" on snakes besides the popular "they'll come after you".

4my son

I'm disagreeing with some on here, Then no one can agree with everyone.

My G-21 will eat the CCI shot shells (45 ACP) and keep on going, it's recoil spring is broken in and it has yet to fail to cycle a round of it. The G-19 (9mm) that the wife carries won't cycle, but then she doesn't have near the rounds through hers that I have through mine. Also, the new (G21SF) won't cycle either, new spring too I guess. When I get home or weekends when I'll be out on the farm a lot, I switch out my spare mag of Gold Dots for a mag full of CCI. I've lost a ton of chicken eggs to snakes, and some baby chicks too. I don't like to kill black snakes, but if there up close to the house, they have to go. Any copperhead is gone also. My 4 year old is still learning to watch where he is playing, yes, snakes rarely attack, must be provoked, he also has a habit of not watching where he is walking too. we live way to far out to get any help any kind of quickly. That's one chance I'm not taking. Sorry of it offends anyone. One mans vice is another mans virtue.

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DMan

Yes and No... snakes "hear" by feeling vibrations through ground. Same concept is sound waves vibrating our eardrum - they can still very much "hear" in their own manner.

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kentuckycarry

You are correct, but I'm not sure firing a gun in the vicinity will scare it off.

PShooter

It's easier and much faster to just step away from the snake or to kill it with a stick or ASP. I jumped off of my mountain bike when almost running over a rattler years ago. He was coiled up and would not leave so I picked up a big stick and killed it. It was too easy. Although I pack a lot of firepower when out hiking, I just let snakes do their own thing when I encounter them.

Draco

Stepped on a Diamondback once in the high desert of so/cal he /she turned it's almost completely around and struck the sole of my boot . lt went to snake heaven, and l went to check my foot and my jockeys strange thing it never made a sound.
l know this is not politically correct however if l run into one now l figure the Almighty must not have liked that snake.

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