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Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 03:45 AM
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HuntnFly67
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I'll give most snakes a pass on most days unless they are poisonous AND in high traffic areas. Even more so since I learned copperhead venom is used in breast cancer research. However, This guy was at the gate and in the wrong place at the wrong time. He deserved the 'Goodyear Stomp' that he got. He was 30" easy. Biggest and prettiest copperhead I've ever seen. Killed him in the same spot I killed a rattler on Sunday night.
Last edited by HuntnFly67; 10/05/16 03:46 AM.
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 03:48 AM
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That is a big one, pretty too.
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 03:56 AM
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 04:48 AM
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 05:58 AM
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Copperheads look best just like that one
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 11:10 AM
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...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 11:33 AM
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Copperheads look best just like that one Good snake!
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 12:06 PM
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I would call in a Air Strike
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 01:05 PM
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Copperheads look best just like that one Good snake! Now it is
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 03:04 PM
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Copperheads look best just like that one
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 03:08 PM
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BIG SNAKE
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 03:17 PM
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dkershen
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Really big for a copperhead Andy! Hope you skinned that sucker out. Would make some very cool leather items.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.www.NewHopeEquine.com - Health and Healing through Horses.
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 03:34 PM
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Really big for a copperhead Andy! Hope you skinned that sucker out. Would make some very cool leather items. I am looking for someone good enough to keep him from losing any pigment. His colors were really vibrant. Looking for suggestions from the masses. He is in the freezer right now...at my parents...coiled up...on a shelf...at eye level. I warned them, but I know they are going to forget/not think about it. Me so funny!
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 03:36 PM
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Make check with North Texas Tannery, I don't know if they do Snakes but he could probably steer you in the right direction
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 04:54 PM
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Make check with North Texas Tannery, I don't know if they do Snakes but he could probably steer you in the right direction Just called them. They said do it yourself as their salting process would not be good for it. He made it seem pretty simple. Might as well give it a shot.
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 05:39 PM
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I have preserved some for use on rifle sling and belts...tend to think the 50/50 mix of alcohol (I used denatured alcohol) and pure vegetable glycerin give some of the better results after fleshing the skin. I used salt one time and the guy that worked with it after said I shouldn't ever do that again. Maybe be a personal preference, but the first way seemed to be the best. I've heard good results from this method, too: http://www.thetanneryinc.com/snakeskin.html
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 05:48 PM
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dkershen
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If I can do it anybody can. I used the 50/50 denatured alcohol and glycerin. Can give you a bottle if needed. Then all you need is a small paint brush, box of pins and a stout piece of cardboard to stretch him on.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.www.NewHopeEquine.com - Health and Healing through Horses.
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Re: Copperhead grande
[Re: HuntnFly67]
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10/05/16 05:49 PM
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Big Beckett!!
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Re: Copperhead grande
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10/05/16 05:51 PM
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Fine. You guys have talked me in to it. Looks like I have a project this weekend; good thing I am not trying to kill another buck until rifle season starts.
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