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In all our years at my wife's place in the S Central PA mountains 9Rothrock state forest), I've never seen any. Wife is up there with her dad and our two mini Aussies and almost got bagged by it. Heard the rattle (she said it sounded like a faucet running) and the dogs alerted. She dispatched the FIRST one on Wednesday and AGAIN another yesterday. Both were pretty big (14 rattles on this one). She bagged them both with the duty 22 Ruger pistol  ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/mYkAFrN.jpg) You PA residents get many of these?
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Looks to be a good sized specimen Jorge.. You know they are going to start a protest against peestols, right?
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Popped this one last weekend while prepping foodplots, 16 and a button ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/Xasbrne.jpg)
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I have only encountered one in the woods he didn't make it.
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It's illegal to kill rattlers in Pa. You may want to delete your post if it isn't already to late.
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It's illegal to kill rattlers in Pa. You may want to delete your post if it isn't already to late. He's off his meds......He meant VA.
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You are supposed to kill them in Texas either. There is a lot of them on my old lease by Woodville Texas. I’ve only seen one in 40 plus years at my house. I live in the piney woods. ![[Linked Image]](http://a64.tinypic.com/25u7ddw.jpg)
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Saw many eastern diamondbacks but only one TR when hunting them around Cross Fork & Sinnemahoning, Pa.
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Congrats to her on her shooting. They are not unheard of around here and get more common points east, as you get into the real Ozarks. I would rather have a Governor for that duty, but that's just me.
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It's illegal to kill rattlers in Pa. You may want to delete your post if it isn't already to late. He's off his meds......He meant VA. ahhhh be sure it is not a "canebrake" rattler, lol
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Popped this one last weekend while prepping foodplots, 16 and a button Wow! That is a long set of rattles. I've seen snakes that long and bigger but never seen a set of rattles anywhere near as long as the ones in the pic of the snake on the tailgate. I've killed many rattlers in S. California, E. WA, up in B.C. and seen some big timber rattlers in Oklahoma. They seem to wear off the rattles in the places I've been, so that seven or eight would be a fairly long set, even on snakes as big and long or bigger as the one on the tailgate. I can't recall for sure but think that 11 is the most I've seen on any snake we killed.
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Good shoot for sure.
Around here we see sand rattlers,they are kind of smaller but when they get pissed off they will chase you down.
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Congrats to the lady with nerves of steel! Every time I run up on those mofo's ( twice here in NC ) there ain't enough left to photograph. A5 with high brass 8's makes a mess of them.
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The longest set of rattles I've seen was 10 on a BIG rattler. We saw them everyday when irrigating with gated pipe. Lots of little ones too, those are the ones who don't rattle and dump their whole load of venom. I was always real careful around the pipe.
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You are supposed to kill them in Texas either. There is a lot of them on my old lease by Woodville Texas. I’ve only seen one in 40 plus years at my house. I live in the piney woods. you mean not suppose too. protected.
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It's illegal to kill rattlers in Pa. You may want to delete your post if it isn't already to late. He's off his meds......He meant VA. Shooting snakes at the VA??
I am MAGA.
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You are supposed to kill them in Texas either. There is a lot of them on my old lease by Woodville Texas. I’ve only seen one in 40 plus years at my house. I live in the piney woods. you mean not suppose too. protected. What the heck are you guys talking about? You cant shoot a rattler??
I am MAGA.
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I never kill snakes unless they have decided to live in our cabin. The only Timber Rattlers I've seen were trying to get away from me.
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You are supposed to kill them in Texas either. There is a lot of them on my old lease by Woodville Texas. I’ve only seen one in 40 plus years at my house. I live in the piney woods. Yes, Not supposed to kill them
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