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« Reply #20 on: March 16, 2016, 01:32:59 pm » |
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Yes, This is a Timber Rattler or also know as a Canebrake Rattlesnake.
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Bayou Cajun Plotts
Happiness is a empty dogbox
Relentless pursuit
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« Reply #21 on: March 16, 2016, 08:01:52 pm » |
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Cajun, I'd say something was weird with that snake anyhow, I don't know any rattlers that swim if they can help it. Also, *near* freezing really is different than below freezing when it comes to a snake. Dropping below freezing really shuts a snake down, but near freezing they can warm back up quicker when temps rise.
Good looking snake. Don't ever kill one and post pictures of it in Texas anyway, Timbers are protected here and they have prosecuted guys from posted pictures before !
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charles
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« Reply #22 on: March 16, 2016, 11:13:47 pm » |
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if they are protected, then the possum sheriff better put a tracking tag on each and every one of them. if i see one, I'm not gonna wait to see what kind it is, I'm gonna shoot first and walk the F away, most ricky tick.
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Why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away? An elected legislature can trample a man's rights as easily as a king can!
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« Reply #23 on: March 17, 2016, 12:09:34 am » |
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Just don't go bragging or posting pictures! There was a guy a few years back got his picture in the local paper holding the big old rattlesnake he killed. It was a Timber Rattler and tpwd DID track him down and slap some real nasty fines on him. I've heard the same about pictures online in forums, if somebody reports it. It's about like shooting a bald eagle according to the law.
But timber rattlers are funny, in Texas anyway, they are really tied to their den sites. You will only find them inside of maybe 3/4 mile from their den, outside of that you can live your whole life and never see one. That's why they are on endangered list, most of their dens had Walmart and strip malls built over them years ago.
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« Reply #24 on: March 17, 2016, 06:33:11 am » |
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I have seen very few rattlers in the woods in Brazoria and Jackson counties...they have been turning those Timber rattlers loose in the wildlife refuges...they say the don't breed very often as another reason why they are protected...as a kid my uncle killed three around mustang creek in Ganado, TX the whole time he lived there...all three were 6 footers...
the woods close to the bays are a different story, especially close to the marshes...
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Training dogs is not about quantity, it's more about timing, the right situations, and proper guidance...After that it's up to the dog...
A hunting dog is born not made...
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« Reply #25 on: March 17, 2016, 07:05:33 am » |
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I can't believe there protected in some areas. This is no joke when I say it aint nothing to see 20 or 30 in a summer without even looking for them. Thats just whats crossing the road or spotted in the woods. About 2 years ago my dad called me to come up from my granny's (next door) because there were to 5 to 6 footers mating in the yard. We got them and decided to go through some tin I had stacked up and sure enough the first piece we flipped over had another one under it.  |
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Take your kids hunting and you wont have to hunt your kids
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« Reply #26 on: March 17, 2016, 07:16:38 am » |
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Briar you are right, probably not a good idea to post it on here. They are not endangered here & any venomous snake that climbs in the boat with me is going to be short lived.
Rattlers are great swimmers & swim like a cottonmouth with there body on top of the water with their head held high. Down in the marsh where I hunt & all around La. they are plentiful. When I lived in Fla., it was not uncommon to see pics. of diamondbacks swimming at the beach.
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Happiness is a empty dogbox
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« Reply #27 on: March 17, 2016, 02:13:45 pm » |
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I never heard of pseudorabies until this thread. After reading up on it, dang that is scary stuff.
Now do you have to worry every time you hunt that area? From what I read, it is real easy to pass around.
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« Reply #28 on: March 17, 2016, 07:44:04 pm » |
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i've been told that 75 % of hogs carry it . thats why wild hogs don't have as big of litters as tame hogs . its contracted just like aids . but its not that common for a dog to get it . ,the conditions have to be right . there is no vaccine and no cure .
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