deathray Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 I had my gaters on TVanwho. Dont usually kill em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Walls Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I wear my boots and snake gators. I would rather be safe than sorry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Featherdfishead Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Love the Pics Rick - Gnarly for sure! Thanks for the pro advice Paul and survived a copperhead bite as a kid wew. If i remember correctly around 800 people a bitten per year with 2 dieing on average. 25% of bites are Dry Bites which means no venom was injected. If i hunted the deserts like you guys the chaps and boots would likely be good to have. Up were i am i'm not as concerned. I usually only kill rattlers that are by my house or in camp. I'll kill one or two a season just to eat but find them very useful alive and health controlling the rodent population. Shootn ums fun but i just try to chop the head off with a clean strike of the shovel or pick. One time i found developed eggs in a female and boiled them up. Trippy texture but yummy. AjR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 paying attention and careful where your hands and feet are is the best protection. A small rattler can coil and hide very easily... especially when your mind is on that next big find! live and let live fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 FFH..Im at a taco truck,trying to eat a burrito,and you talk about eating snake eggs...GROSS!...LOL! Thanks for taking away tbe apetite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Featherdfishead Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Just have them add extra jalapenos and you'll never now your burrito had snake eggs in it - Lol I'll eat just about anything on the Mexican side i've eaten Barbacoa afewtimes and found it delicious - also Vietnamese hot pots with tripe, and liver meat balls. Mmmm Have a good one man AjR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Watkins Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Were not out to kill all snakes just the ones that are coming out of the rocks literally where we are working. there is also a very long snake here that is very fast moving racer snake they called it. I watched one about 6 foot go up a steep bank right in front of my sister fast she didnt even see it. Anyone familiar with these in nevada? I was told they are really pissy but not venomous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 racers are grumpy, very fast and not venomous to humans... Rattlesnakes are the only snake that any miner/hiker need be worried about. Coral snakes are very not common and you have to be stupid to get bit...same with Gila Monsters Tarantulas and trapdoor spiders won't hurt you... Scorpians might... wasps and bees might none of this is true if you are allergic to them... fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Watkins Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Great information Fred, thats funny, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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