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...and a real badass. I ran across this little guy this morning when I was on a training hike with my llamas. He was about 3' long at the most. He sure tried to play big and mean, though. He didn't rattle but 2 out of 3 of these that I've seen don't rattle. It's a Western rattler, a subspecies of the Prairie or Great Plaines rattler. My phone doesn't take very clear photos so it's a tad blurry.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Where’s “the after” pic?
lol
Should look like a ball of hamburger meat.
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Yeah- blame it on the phone.... I do.
The only true cost of having a dog is its death.
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Coyotes shot no waiting.
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Make a good hatband - a bit too small for a belt.
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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I am all for conservation and knowing that snakes have a purpose in nature and all that. But I don't think i could keep myself from killing every single one of those fuggers I came close to.
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Do they not rattle? Or are you like me and just can't hear it?
Was crawling under a fence near Hardy Arkansas a few years back when my son urgently said "STOP"! The fence had grown up in trees and there was a timber rattler buzzing for all he was worth about 2 feet from my head in the roots of a tree. I could see his tail blurring. My son could hear it from 12-15 feet away. I didn't hear it at all...
"Chances Will Be Taken"
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I am all for conservation and knowing that snakes have a purpose in nature and all that. But I don't think i could keep myself from killing every single one of those fuggers I came close to. What he said! On a side note, to Rock Chuck's comment about 2 of 3 not rattling...they're seeing that more often. The logic being the ones that rattle get killed so the ones that don't are passing that trait to the next generation. Scary, as I had one a Prarie Rattler swim by me at one if my fishing holes this weekend.
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I heard a theory that hogs had been acting as predators on snakes so the snakes have stopped rattling in response. Learned response in a snake seems a bit of a long shot maybe but.....
When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of . Confucius
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I HATE those basterds. Kill everyone I see or hear. If not for me, for the gun dogs that might find them.
"The Ballpark burgers were free, why not eat them?" - Wabi-
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I watched his tail carefully and didn't see it shake at all. He didn't even try. I usually don't bother them. Shortly before seeing him, I had a young buck antelope jog across the trail in front of me. Then he turned around and 'jogged' back in a blur, way too fast to get my camera out.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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I HATE those basterds. Kill everyone I see or hear. If not for me, for the gun dogs that might find them. Or someones kid.
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I HATE those basterds. Kill everyone I see or hear. If not for me, for the gun dogs that might find them. Or someones kid. This
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Do they not rattle? Or are you like me and just can't hear it?
Was crawling under a fence near Hardy Arkansas a few years back when my son urgently said "STOP"! The fence had grown up in trees and there was a timber rattler buzzing for all he was worth about 2 feet from my head in the roots of a tree. I could see his tail blurring. My son could hear it from 12-15 feet away. I didn't hear it at all... How did you get out if that?
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I use to give rattlers a break if they weren’t near the house, until I lost a good dog. Now I kill them all on sight.
Will Munny: It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. Take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.
The Schofield Kid: Yeah, well, I guess they had it coming.
Will Munny: We all got it coming, kid.
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Where there's one..., I hope you killed it. Fuggers can strike further than you think.
Make Gitmo Great Again!! Who gave the order to stop counting votes in the swing states on the night of November 3/4, 2020?
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Did the llamas alert you to it?
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Did the llamas alert you to it? No. I was leading and it was in the trail ahead of me. I used my trekking pole to shoosh it out of the way. The llamas just ignored it as I led them around it. I don't know what they would have done if it had rattled. I've seen rattlers a few times before when hiking with them and I don't remember any of them rattling.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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I kill every one I can possibly kill, with no remorse.
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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6 or 8 years ago, my wife and I were boat camping on the shore of a reservoir near here. We just threw out a tarp and slept in the open. The next morning after daybreak, we took a walk along the shore and found a rattler about 100 yds from camp. Since then, you will NOT get that woman to camp out without a tent. Can't be done.
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