Snakes, Snakes and couple of more snakes

As some of you know I hunt on a ranch in West Texas and of course there is the running joke now that I bribe my way in to lower prices. Going with that joke, what would it be worth to the Owner, not the rancher, to crawl in a 2' crawlspace and pull these out from underneath it?

We have done it twice now

You saying you fit in a a 2' crawl space standing up?

NOPE.....

I barely fit laying down

No sir, nope, cant make me. HE77 NO!!!!!

If I was there you would have went in and I would have closed up the crawl space. I am sure it would have been a much larger crawl space shortly there after.

They would call the needing new flooring...

I am thinking the stench would be bad for years also....

If I were you, I'd get longer arms.

On edit, what is that, a 7 iron? At least Pops has the right tool.

Ummm...I'd be charging you an upcharge per foot for all snakes harvested on my property. Them is valuable assets!

Yikes!

Honestly, if you had seen the method we used to get them out, you would think we are crazy. Next time, I am strapping a gopro to my head. My father and I both went in, he was first. He would grab the snakes and throw them behind him to me. I would grab them and turn to throw them out the small opening so the other guys could put them in the snake box.

At one point, dad threw one back to me, I threw one out the opening. The guys outside didn't get the one I threw outside and it was heading back in. Dad thought I was clear and threw another one at me..two in front and one behind. They almost lost some flooring

It said "snake catcher" on the tag when we bought it...

I actually like it better than the one pops has. It doesn't make them near as mad

And yes, there are times I wish I had longer arms

The ranch sales them and gets the money. Think there was just over 65lbs in the last batch.

By the way, is this recent? I'm headed to my panhandle place this weekend and I'm thinking they might be starting to move. When I was there back in late November/early December, I killed 4 that were within 20 yards of the wife and kids.

I would watch this transpire ......


Standing on my Tool Box 1/2 mile away

Kewl!!

Think the last batch was about a week or so ago. I wasn't there for it, just the first batch. They should still be in or around their dens, but if you get a warm spell like we have this week, there will be more than one out of the dens. So if you see one, expect a few more to be close.

You couldn't stand the water snake I put in my golf bag...kept waiting for it to escape and bite you in the neck

Where's Killer at

I would say it's worth more than a steak dinner....better you than me.

I will just stand up here U got this

Dang y'all are braver than me.

Tracking, thanks!

Is that on top of golf and a steak dinner, dang! I'm not going to say what they call your type.

Lobbyists, they're called lobbyists

Your more of a man than me

youre a better man than me lol

damn !!! kill'um all !! hate those things ! steped on one in the dark one time , and god is the only reason I'm still here .

Geeez. I always knew there was more to it than a golf game and a steak. Where's therancher now?

[censored] that noise keep that garbage on your side of the road

No need in fearing a poor little snake. It's T-Rex that I fear now, especially since he has POOF powers. Fear the POOF

They are still alive Ramball, I can always drop em off

No.

NononononononononoNONONONONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is just plain crazy

Hell NO, if I had those under my house I'd just burn the house down on top of them. and then have lunch.

Yall have lost your damn minds going in a crawl space for those. And the guy playing patty cake with one in striking pose must be drinking some good sh#t. But I would enjoy watching yall catch em.

Yall have lost your damn minds going in a crawl space for those. And the guy playing patty cake with one in striking pose must be drinking some good sh#t. But I would enjoy watching yall catch em.

All you have to do is pat them on the head, they will calm right down.....no worries.

I am the one playing patty cake

Patting the head doesn't work...you have to rub their belly

You have issues.

One of the guys brought his nephew up to the lease and they wanted to catch a snake. We caught a rat snake and put it in the ice chest. We ended up driving around longer than we thought. The snake went to "sleep". When we got back to camp, we took the snake out and made it seem alive when we took it over to him. Grabbed the tail and rubbed the back of his neck until he went to sleep...slowly spin the tail in your fingers and the snake rolled over on its back.

Nephew went home and caught a snake to show his buddies what he learned. Grabbed it by its tail and tried to rub it behind its head...he got bit. Have to admit, I felt kind of bad

I bet his mama was

probably would not do a crawl space, but would try catching one in the open

I must admit you guys have balls
Whenever I see a rattlebug I look like one of those lizards that run across water just trying to get the hell away

I dread the day I hear a rattler under my floors...I'm assuming I'll have to do a patch job after I do hear one...

That's what I was thinking. He'd have been on sniper's shoulders.

He's standing in a Corner having his Daughter open this thread while he peeks between his fingers

You'se guys, only one end "hurts", geeez and that's the end ya need to grab hold of....Wimens SMH

Scooter, I bet you roll rattlesnakes for cigars, you aint skeered.

Ya'll can have the snakes.

Only problem I see there is that they all seem to have their heads still attached

I think we should get TXKiller out there to help! Sniper Rab can hold the box of Depends and GUTIT can man the 50 cal.

I think I would have just burned the thing down with all the snakes..

Y'all eat any? Haven't had any in over 10 years but remember it being good.

I used to catch them all the time as a kid in Dalhart.

I was stupid.

Couldn't pay me to go in there. No sir.

Rex theres something wrong with you sir....mighty wrong... yet you scream at the sight of an itty bitty spider.

Oh no, it helps to keep all 10 of your fingers

Yes. The floor was more in danger of damage if a itty bitty spider had dropped down in front me. Hate those creepy crawlers!!!!

Rex, whats the purpose of grabbing a live snake? I could never especially a rattle snake. Your got more b@$$'s than me

Used to be for the adrenaline rush. Watched my pops catch snakes all my life and followed his footsteps by catching my first venomous snake when I was 11 in ETX. I got good at it and enjoyed it. Same reason I did a lot of stupid things as a kid I suppose. As I get older, I catch them less and less but will still grab one on occasion.

I have only been struck twice. Luckily, one hit me in the finger but I had already milked and defanged it. The other was walking back to camp after I stuck a 4-wheeler in a "dried-up" pond. It hit me just above the ankle and didn't penetrate my boots.

The live snakes also sell for more.

I wouldn't. The whole house would be burned to the ground.
Insurance agent: "Do you know the cause of the fire?"
Me: "Yup. It was caused by a rattlesnake.

I used to catch them back in my teens in New Mexico and would sell them to BCMC who would milk them to make anti-venom. Made some good beer money when you would find a den. A lot of times when they are denned up, they are pretty lethargic and easy to catch.

Was hit once by a 5 footer when I pinned his head too far back with the catch stick. I reached down to thumb him and he reached back and caught me between my thumb and fingers. Hand started to swell so headed to BCMC (with snake that got me in the bag) for treatment. By the time I got there, the swelling was going down so all I had was a dry bite (no venom injected - just residual on fangs) which I was thankful for. A smaller snake would have gave me all it had.

Cool pictures David. Although I would never get my face that close to the business end because if you did get hit, the swelling could add a lot more serious complications to the bite.

I have read articles stating that most large snakes first strike in defense is dry...I never wanted to test that theory

I'd call in an air strike first!

This is why I was so worried when I killed those two 18 inchers back in November. Too close to the wife and kids. Not sure my 9 or 6 year-olds would have survived a full dose from a little one.

Ive caught them before with a snake catcher thing but not in a 2' space and never held one barehanded. Screw that

That's Funny

Shade is full of it, he really likes snakes. He especially likes to find them in his duck blinds.

EFFFFFFF THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rex wore these to our last meeting

No thanks, Jeff.

I'm out bud. I would like to watch tho.

You are nuts dude

Dummy says what??? You have had way too many Dos Equis if your doing this. WTH is wrong with you?

NAPALM THE HOUSE AND START OVER!!

Rat and mouse eaters...let 'em loose!

I am rethinking having you come over for that flooring quote....