Watch your step!

[Schmo]

What's the big deal? We bring them out at church all the time. As long as you are right with the Lord, they never bite.










You should check it out for yourself, it's a real eye-opener!!!

[womb raider 940]

When I was growing up they had a rattlesnake show outside Mineral Wells, TX. Huge pits filled with snakes. Also there used to be a big rattlesnake ranch off 20 somewhere out there. I dont know if it is still there. When I was home a couple months ago I forgot to see if it was there.

[RAT]

http://www.wintertexansonline.com/ra...akeroundup.htm

This is where I got my snake fascination from. Lot of controversy about this; but I know over the years it has transformed from a huge snake kill-off to a scientific study, educational tool, tourist attraction and more. The fact that they routinely pull 6 foot+ Western Diamond backs every year shows how resilient they are. When I was going back in the 70's and 80's is was mainly a kill off for the ranchers.

[RAT]

And then this article in this mornings paper:

http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/pho...akes_mail.html

The expert will know. Still would like to know where it's really at.

[Ol Man]

And then this article in this mornings paper:

http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/pho...akes_mail.html

[TJ Clay]

That looks like a photoshop job. Don't think you would see that many different types of rattlers together.

[Mitch]

I'm thinking a little Napalm might be in order! Yikes...

[FishPOET]

A recent article about rattlesnake toxicity increasing

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/1655...subid=10101561

[womb raider 940]

thats some good scatter gun playing right there. j/k I like snakes. Just have no need in picking one up.

[Geebo]

Dang I hope I only see pic,s of them one at a time is enough for me LOL..Go get em Kurt!

[RAT]

It's a little hard to tell in those pictures,but I could swear I see a Western, a Pacific AND a Mojave... Wierd. I didn't know that they winter together.

[Old Fart]

Rat, I'll try to miss you as I nuke from orbit.

[RAT]

Leave my freinds alone...

That, my fellow Jeepers is a wintering den. In Big Spring Texas every year they hold a rattle snake round up. That's where I learned my love of snakes, especially the rattler. I've stood among piles of rattlers just like and bigger. When they congregate for the winter, to stay warm and conserve energy, there can be litterally hundreds in a den like that. I wish I knew where that was at, I wanna go play! When they first come out of the winter hybernation they are a docile as pussy cats. Here, snakey snakey...

[FishPOET]

Did you take it?

I did not take the picture. I got them off our geocaching forum.

[Roger]

What I want to know is, who was the fool that took the picture??? I wouldn't have taken it with a telephoto lens.