Originally Posted by Happy_Camper
Originally Posted by Leanwolf
Originally Posted by GRIZZ
Originally Posted by g5m
Originally Posted by GRIZZ
Mojave Green. Nasty little bastids...
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Very nasty. Wife of a man I knew was killed by one.


They seem to be aggressive or really curious they come toward you. I kilt two one morning whilst out busting jacks. Not only do you have to look one ground, you have look in the brush they will crawl up into the brush.


Very true. Rattlesnakes will crawl up in the sage brush here in s.w. Idaho and be at about thigh level when you pass by. The Mojave Green is a very dangerous and deadly snake. I've killed two of them in Calif. when I lived there. Nasty aggressive critters.

I have a long time friend who grew up in Arkansas. He was hit by a copperhead and almost lost his leg. Still has a limp from the wound of long ago.

I have a friend here in Boise who lost his Brittany spaniel while chukkar hunting to a rattlesnake. Hit the dog right in the throat. Before he could get back to a vet, the dog died.

L.W



I respect their ability to do serous harm.
That's why I used to catch them.
It's better that I put myself at risk, so that others may see them in a safe, controlled environment. Most people don't know what they look like. Around here, the common imature black rat snakes are killed by those who call them copper heads.
What they do is eliminate the prime predator of venomous snakes. They kill what keeps the numbers of rattlesnakes and Copperheads in check, guaranteeing them to flourish.


Around here people kill Arizona Kingsnakes, an extraordinarily useful and amiable snakes that kill rattlers for food. The snakes have rings so, of course, "they must be rattlesnakes". People could use some education about animals.

Retired cat herder.