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Was with Rick Menefee last week in NM and almost stepped on a green colored prairie rattler, don’t know how I didn’t. Living life right I guess. I’ll go to my grave wondering how I didn’t get popped. It was coiled up at my feet and I had been standing there and moving around for 5 min
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Timber rattlers are gorgeous and very docile. Common in East Texas.
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Beautiful snakes... I never kill them or any other snake unless they are in my yard or bothering my dogs.
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OP pics is not a timber rattler Then what is it? What fes we have around here that I've seen are more banded nutso much "dimond" like markings
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Beautiful snakes... I never kill them or any other snake unless they are in my yard or bothering my dogs. A. They were in the yard/orchard B.and within five feet of my dogs..and coiled/rattling C.Yes they both were Timber rattlers.
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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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? I live right next to Rothrock and Bald Eagle on 322 side, so that is where I walk the dogs and hunt. Yep it is a heavy year for them. The females pop out young ones right now, and others are breeding, so there is lot of snake movement in September. Lot of chipmunks this year so I guess good feeding. I generally dont kill them but my best friend kills every one, every time. Another friend got bit by one in Bellefonte quarry, and naturally he got the anti venom at Mt. Nittany. His arm still swelled like a balloon, I thought it was going to blow up, but it eventually healed up. Lots of bob cats the last few years in Rothrock, got many on the trail cams. Great place to live. If you know where Camp Blue Diamond is, we are just up the road from them, east of the big lake..
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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the one you replied to is not an eastern DB
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Timber rattlers are gorgeous and very docile. Common in East Texas. Yes.
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Well...I've got an 8yo that is almost always with me, he wasn't with me this day. He'd have been out in the foodplot looking for stuff and would have gotten popped on the hand. No telling how many times we have walked past this snake in the past. I'm not taking any chances if its somewhere we frequent. My experience with timbers is they won't mess with ya unless you pretty much step on them. I picked up a shed once, took one step and got popped in the snake boots by one. He was hid well, never rattled. I knew what it was as soon as he hit me. half mile from the truck, 45 minutes from the nearest hospital and by myself. Puts things in perspective.
We have a ton of hogs now and don't see near as many as we used to. And from what I hear....this is one reason they aren't rattling as much.
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I'll kill EVERY rattler I can.
Particularly after losing a baby calf, a young yearling, and having a horse bit - needing treatment.
The horse was permanently injured - seemed to lose stamina, strength, and I think it damaged his eyesight. He died pretty young, also.
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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) Is Texas afraid they're going to run out of rattlesnakes? 
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Was at the zoo last weekend was really surprised to learn how many species of rattlesnakes are in Mexico. Some really colorful too.
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the one you replied to is not an eastern DB timber rattler??
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Never seen one here where I live, but a man got bit by a timber rattler earlier this summer about 18 miles or so from me. They seem to prefer the heavily wooded and rocky areas in the north part of the county I'm in. Never heard of one being killed here in farm country, but I would think that they could be around.
I don't like snakes, and if I catch one in and around the yard or the buildings, I don't usually give them a pass unless they're a little garter snake.
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Timber rattlers are gorgeous and very docile. Common in East Texas. We have three different types of rattlesnakes in SE Georgia. Diamond Backs, Canebrake (timber rattlers) and Pigmy rattlesnakes. I don't think I have ever heard the word docile used in the same sentence with any of the three. Some might be more aggressive than others, but it seems to be on an individual snake to snake basis. If they are shedding their skin they don't put up with much either. But docile isn't a word I'd use with a rattlesnake. Always possible in other areas I guess...
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Timber rattlers are gorgeous and very docile. Common in East Texas. We have three different types of rattlesnakes in SE Georgia. Diamond Backs, Canebrake (timber rattlers) and Pigmy rattlesnakes. I don't think I have ever heard the word docile used in the same sentence with any of the three. Some might be more aggressive than others, but it seems to be on an individual snake to snake basis. If they are shedding their skin they don't put up with much either. But docile isn't a word I'd use with a rattlesnake. Always possible in other areas I guess... Docile my a s s..... Must be cold early morning for them to be “docile” Again, f u c k e rs die in my hood....
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Timber rattlers are gorgeous and very docile. Common in East Texas. We have three different types of rattlesnakes in SE Georgia. Diamond Backs, Canebrake (timber rattlers) and Pigmy rattlesnakes. I don't think I have ever heard the word docile used in the same sentence with any of the three. Some might be more aggressive than others, but it seems to be on an individual snake to snake basis. If they are shedding their skin they don't put up with much either. But docile isn't a word I'd use with a rattlesnake. Always possible in other areas I guess... they are quite docile after four or five rounds of 12guage in them
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Beautiful snakes... I never kill them or any other snake unless they are in my yard or bothering my dogs. A. They were in the yard/orchard B.and within five feet of my dogs..and coiled/rattling C.Yes they both were Timber rattlers. Those are right to be dead. IMHO
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I'll kill EVERY rattler I can.
Particularly after losing a baby calf, a young yearling, and having a horse bit - needing treatment.
The horse was permanently injured - seemed to lose stamina, strength, and I think it damaged his eyesight. He died pretty young, also. Sorry for that. I’m in the same camp.... Kill em all I would hate to have my kids or anyone’s kids get tagged by them..
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My cousin stepped on one Turkey hunting a few years back.
Said he knew what it was the instant he felt that solid but soft
round thing under his foot.
"Jumped like a cat, screamed lik e a girl" his words.
Lucky it was chilly, it wasn't fast enough to bite him.
Surprises me way more people don't get bitten spring Turkey hunting.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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