Anyone with rattlesnakes on their land

I'm looking for places to go rattlesnake hunting. I go hunting with a buddy from church who is also married to my cousin and would like to find more places to go. We catch the snakes and put them in a box so there will be no guns used just catchers.

My friend has a few places to go now around Clifton, and Cransville Gap but we haven't had alot of success lately. We went today and caught 3.

If you have a place that has rattlesnakes on it and wouldn't mind letting us come try to catch them, it would be greatly appreciated.

Just curious what you do with them.

Check with some of guys who are involved with the sweetwater roundup. Ive got a barn eat up with them, they are denned up now under a 20x40 concrete slab, last year we counted over 50.

Take them to the roundup in Ogelsby

Do you catch them or are you going to leave them there?

Might have a place around Stephenville. I will check for you.

our place has lots of rattlers out between talpa and ballinger. you guys gas them out of possible dens or just look for them?

then what do you do with them?

put them in a cardboard box and FedEx them to Killer.

Yes but you need a dozer to find them.lol

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I'll ask the rancher on my Pecos County lease about it...last year he said he quit counting at over 200 that he killed. 70,000 acres to hunt for them. We have killed them 3 days after a 10" snow.

All my dens are dry now that we have hogs.

We spend the majority of the time looking and if we find a spot that looks good we will gas it. In the den we found today we could see one snake and when we gassed it we ended up getting 3 out

I appreciate it, that would be great if so



Wow that's alot of snakes. I'd appreciate it if you could ask him

Sell them to the buyers that are there. When you add up how much time and money get spent to find rattlesnakes it ends up being like deer hunting, they are some high dollar animals lol.

When you pull one out of the den and it's trying to get you and rattling, it makes it worth it

i haven't seen a snake in some time now, pretty much the only reason i have to tolerate hogs.

don't have to watch where i'm walking because a ferel hog might jump out and bite me

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I have the perfect place south of Coleman PM me you ####

u b crazy. When you gas em out to they come out pizzed or are they high?

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They aren't very happy to put it mildly.

Does the gas make them sick? Like respiratory problems? A guy told me that it causes them to get pneumonia. Which is ok with me if it does, I'm not fond of them.

I love to hunt them also, lost our place in Jayton so I have no where to go. Need some taken off just let me know.

You guys are not right in the head.... LOL

I could point you in the right direction for some GI-Normous timber rattlers, but pretty sure you can't mess with them. They are timid little fellas, but easy to find under the junk in the river bottom that builds up at the bases of cypress & oaks.

I'm not for sure on that. I would guess it doesn't harm them though, since they will still be alive and not happy when they go to the roundup weeks later

I hope they kill every last one of them ! I don't care if they gas them, shoot them, stomp them....as long as they end up dead!

PM me your phone number and if you are around Gatesville I think I can help you get some locations to hunt at.

I'd rather have the snakes than gas being poured out on my land. Wife might have a different answer though....

When is the best time (day/month) are you wanting to doing something?

The gas isn't poured out. You only use gas if it is a possible den which was only about 4 times this past weekend. And when you do use it, you use a fine mist and only in the den

The roundup is at the end of next month and that is about as late as you want to hunt since warm weather gets them out of the dens.

As for time of day, it doesn't matter. Saturday we hunting from about 9 AM to 5 PM

I have found more snakes when pushing junk piles that have sheetrock. TXhunter24 had a couple snake hunters that struck out but the D-6 found some honkers.

I would like to see some pictures of yall catching em or any you have caught if you have any z71

I haven't took any pictures but I'll try to next time we go

How much you get for them?

thanks, I just love seeing pictures and videos of other people doing things that I would never do!!! I hate snakes. No one has ever seen a rattler at our lease in Blanco County, does population vary a lot in different areas, just would have thought someone would have seen at least one by now, but I figure we just have a very low population for some reason.

Prior to them leaving the dens. I like mid to late February. Warm but not too warm. Too cold and they will not come out as well, too warm and they will be out waiting for you.

a buddy of mine who passed away in a rock climbing accident in 2006 was a huge snake guy. He wouldn't harm a snake ever. He loved catching them, studying them, and then turning them loose. I never ever saw him use any tools to catch them either. Always used his bare hands. I even witnessed him laying on his belly down in a hole under a boulder, with only his feet visible, only to come crawling back out with a massive western diamond back.

After having the pleasure of having him as a friend..I would never harm a snake again. They are such a cool animal.

These are the only pics i could find of him with snakes he caught. I know he has been bitten around 5 or six times by rattle snakes. Once near monterey mexico, and he then drove himself back to dallas to check into the hospital. He knew exactly where to go for anti venom.



this one isnt a rattle snake...but this is how he would catch all his snakes.

a true outdoorsman, sounds like a great friend to have had we are all truly blessed with some of the people that the woods have brought into our lives

yeah a couple of those were probably pushing 6 ft. I think leonardo has a nack for finding them! lol

yeah, he was a good guy, i miss having him around. Funniest story I ever heard was how he accidentally lost a king cobra in Cedar hill due to some punk kids breaking into his car.

Pour or mist, can't see that it makes any difference. In the end, it's still putting gas into the environment. I'm okay with harvesting rattlers - no different than shooting a deer - it's the gas thing that bothers me.

i agree with you on that one man. Fortunately it should only be a matter of time before gassing is illegal in texas.

http://beta-www.tpwd.state.tx.us/faq/hunting-wildlike/gassing-as-a-means-to-collect-nongame-wildlife

PM to ya Z71.....

Can not agree with this unless there is a real infestation of an area where they that might harm humans or live stock, like a working barn or camp house. Gassing is being reviewed to be banned. No offence to each his own.

When you consider how little gas is used when we go hunting I really don't see the problem. It's not like you put gas in every hole you see, and when you do there isn't much used at all. The last time we went we only gassed 3 spots.

If you haven't ever seen it done I can understand your concern but trust me, there isn't much gas used.

are u really worried about a tiny tiny bit of gas being put in a lil hole??

u know how people kill mesquite trees??? they mix diesel with remedy... omg... call the environment patrol....

Gas em and kill em all.
Infestation?? are you serious?
The real question should be why not gas them.

Would rather catch them out right, Thats the challenge get them before they get you. It is fun. Wish I had a place to go get them. We had a lot in Jayton but had to get off that lease.

To me the real question is why kill them at all? If they are in the yard, then I'll kill a rattler. If they are out in a field, I'll let it go. It's not going to hurt me or my dogs, there's no reason to kill it. I'm not going to eat it or skin it, so I just don't see the point.

The meat is good but you have to have several.

Yeah I had one, three foot long, I shoot it standing two feet away from my foot, talk about a serious adrenaline rush for me. Needless to say he got a one way ticket to rattler hec city, with three 12 gauge shotgun shells just to make sure he was sent there the fastest way possible:) oh if anyone was curious I moved my foot out of the way before I pulled the trigger, and if I find another, I'll be using the same gun, wearing snakeproof boots.

We don't kill them. I thought I had made that clear with the first post

Catch em alive, it's more fun

Gas then match

It had been more than a day since I read the first post. My attention span and memory both need work these days.

How are you so sure, it isn't going to hurt you or your dogs? Or kids? Now, I know that killing every snake you see isn't going to put a dent in their population, but they are a real threat to dogs and children, and even adults. I know that I try to be pretty careful when I'm out in the field, and still the snake usually sees me first. Who knows how many I've walked right by who never alerted me to their presence?

No kids, and no plans to ever have kids, so I'm safe on that one. The dogs don't get to leave the yard, which is why I kill them in the yard, but wouldn't if I saw one in the back part of the pasture. I assume I have walked past many while hunting or working in the pasture, but I never see them. Out of sight, out of mind. I just don't worry about them. Don't bother with snake boots or carrying a pistol to shoot them either. I just don't see them as a threat. The wife thinks I'm nuts.

I have hunted rattlers for years and yes gassing a den is harmful.Ever notice after doing so that there isn't snakes there next year or the year after? But I am with Dustin,if there is anyone around the Granbury or Stephenville area that needs to get rid of a few shoot me a pm..When it stays warm for a few days the snakes will start coming out of the den to sun..

She's not the only one.

Just a thought but maybe, just maybe, they aren't there anymore because you took them all out of the den

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thats what i was thinking.

If anyone is willing to drive about 2 hours north of Stephenville, I think I may have a pretty good place on Bridgeport Lake (Jack County. If not too far, PM me.

kinda like asking if there are illegal aliens in your hometown.

I will probably kill the first one i see, if it is big enough just so I can have the skin for the wall and try a little meat, after that, I don't really care. They have not messed with me yet and I am not gonna mess with them, unless I have no choice. If it was around my house it is a different story...had a six foot western diamondback in my parents neighbors yard a few years ago, the blue jays were going crazy and alerted my neighbor. animal control came out and got it

Sorry ... don't recall who sent this pic but I did NOT take them up on an invitation to hunt their property.



One of the ways I got to live to age 69 (so far) was to avoid intentional acts of stupidity. Doesn't mean I haven't slipped a few times, but on those occasions I was just lucky I'd guess.

A "good snake". Notice the rat shot hole in the head? ...





We do have snakes here on our property in the wetlands area. Not Cottonmouths, but Diamondback Water Snakes. I know they are harmless unless agitated. You'd never convince my wife, grand kids and three dawgs that the snakes are harmless. Me too. So I convert most every one I see to really "good" ones if I have a gun handy.

let me know when you can make it to coleman i havve a few snakes waitin on you

Sent PMs.

We went today out at my lease but came up empty handed. I did look in one hole and see a coon though so I did find something lol

No you sell them to be killed!

I kill every one of them I see.

I'm with Purvis.
I hate vermin even more than snakes.