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I hope you did something with that thing. I've only seen one and I regret being too cheap to have it mounted. It started snowing about 10:00 am and I shot this thing a little after 1 o'clock. I felt like a sheep killing dog when I saw I had ruined his lunch. ![[Linked Image]](http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx110/willowcreek1996/2007PecosCo016.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx110/willowcreek1996/2007PecosCo015.jpg)
long before Rodriguez stole that goat.
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evil [bleep].....tend to leave them alone unless someone wants them out of their cow pasture......or the mean SOB's tree me in the back of my truck..... Oh, there's SO a story there... couple actually.....i seem to have the rotten luck of getting between one and its hole on more than one occasion.....if tall weeds are involved, giving you no clear view of the whole process it sometimes takes yah a second to realize whats going on when your mid-piss 
A serious student of the "Armchair Safari" always looking for Africa/Asia hunting books
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First time Ive seen a rattler in the snow...
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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The snake had about 2 feet of dirt on top of it before the badger got to it.
long before Rodriguez stole that goat.
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I've shot several of them out of self defense. I saw one in the bottom of a big canyon 200 yards away from me on the deer hunt. He saw me, turned and started running straight up the side of the canyon towards me. He was snarling and not happy. I hadn't done a thing to him.
At 20 yards, I chambered a round in the .30-06. I knew he was serious about getting his teeth into me. I shot him at 5 yards. The bullet entered the eye and exited out the bung hole. I had his pretty yellow hide tanned. I have had to do this a couple of times. They just don't back down to anything. They have a really testy attitude for sure, but are extremely pretty. Flinch
Flinch Outdoor Gear broadhead extractor. The best device for pulling your head out.
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Hey Brad, I thought the US F&W Service put those honey colored badgers on the endangered species list last year! Let's see, the statute of limitations run out in............. 
My home is the "sanctuary residence" for my firearms.
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I'd be heading straight to the taxidermist with it. If your not, send it to me. 
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First time Ive seen a rattler in the snow... Likewise! I did a double take to see if that's really what it was. Very neat picture, I must say! B8
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