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 Re: Changing Rattlesnake Habits
[Re: TxCase73]
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10/27/10 10:00 AM
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bassackwards dav
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Its not cold enough yet to slow down the rattling. I think there may be something to this . The only reason I say that is I pulled my 4 wheeeler up next to a 5ftr lastweek and it never buzzed and we are covered with hogs. I have also made the mistake of sitting down next to one a few yrs ago on a cold morning and it did buzz like hell. Gave me the scare of my life.
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Re: Changing Rattlesnake Habits
[Re: TxCase73]
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10/27/10 06:10 PM
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Jimbo
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It was kinda cool that evening and was near a road...perhaps trying to warm up. This reminded me of a few years back one extremely (rare) cold south Texas morning me and a buddy were driving down a narrow farm to market road headed toward Bateville, and I kept noticing on the shoulder of the road what looked like cow pies all along the edge of the pavement, with several different sizes and some really large one's, and then we slowed down to look closer and saw they were rattlesnakes coiled up on the warm roadside. Talk about getting the chills when I got out to open the gate when we got to the ranch.
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Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: Changing Rattlesnake Habits
[Re: TxCase73]
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10/28/10 02:00 AM
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Bobby B
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I dont but the hog s making them quit rattling thing at all and here is why.
If a hog finds one, it gets eaten. There would be very few near misses for the snake to possibly learn from. And it would be a learned behavior. Since baby rattlers dont follow momma around the first year or 2, but make it entirely on their own, they could'nt learn to be quiet from her because a hog is near.
And from what I understand, a snake cant tell a hog from a deer from a cow from a man. Their vision is supposed to be about like looking thru 2 window screens at one time.
Last edited by Bobby B; 10/28/10 02:00 AM.
" If you can't have no fun, it ain't no use a'goin' ! " - old man in a Sweetwater , TX cafe 
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Re: Changing Rattlesnake Habits
[Re: Bobby B]
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10/28/10 02:04 AM
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Jimbo
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I dont but the hog s making them quit rattling thing at all and here is why.
If a hog finds one, it gets eaten. There would be very few near misses for the snake to possibly learn from. And it would be a learned behavior. Since baby rattlers dont follow momma around the first year or 2, but make it entirely on their own, they could'nt learn to be quiet from her because a hog is near.
And from what I understand, a snake cant tell a hog from a deer from a cow from a man. Their vision is supposed to be about like looking thru 2 window screens at one time. Maybe it's what they talk about when they are in those dens! You know when one of them that had a near death experience gets up in front of the others and tells their story!
Thursday at 12:45 PM
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Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: Changing Rattlesnake Habits
[Re: Jimbo]
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10/28/10 07:01 PM
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LAstrutter
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I assume you guys are talking about Diamondbacks. Over here, it's Timber Rattlers. They very rarely rattle, hot or cool weather. I've killed many on my property, and the only time I have heard one rattle is when I messed with it. I wish they would rattle. They are mighty good eating. I have come across a couple Diamondbacks while turkey hunting in Texas, but neither of them rattled.
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