Wrong...

[Kyle Barker]

Saw these three dead rattle snakes by Troy Oregon, along with 1 live one.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/464im000263-med.jpg
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/464im000264-med.jpg
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/464im000265-med.jpg

[BWSmith]

What a heartbreaker. I hate finding mutilated snakes. :(

[enso]

Man, wtf is wrong with some humans...

[RaVeNo888o]

are those missing the heads?
edit: oh and the rattles?

[Wuntu Menny]

Hopefully the live one tagged the poacher!!

[enso]

Yes, and the rattles... You see, someone went out, found them, cut their heads and rattles off and then left the rest to rot. All for a little money. Sick. Fuc&ing sick...

[Kyle Barker]

Yes the heads and rattles were both cut off. I was talking to someone and they said they used to get 25 cents per segment (in the rattle). Almost everybody we talked to about rattle snakes either did/does or wants to kill them. I have never seen such a sh*ty attitude towards something.

[RaVeNo888o]

hmm..im not familiar with this but who would want to buy the heads and rattles?

[Kyle Barker]

No idea. Interesting that people will take the life of another for a few dollars, makes you wonder.

[NewLineReptile]

That is to bad rattle snakes are awesome snakes

Brandon

[BWSmith]

The heads and rattles are used in making little trinkets. Snake heads in the glass bubble thing, belt buckles and so forth. Rattles are used in folk art, jewelery, etc.

[fatboy]

I am sure they would have gotten alot more for the snakes alive from the right person than dead from the trinket maker. They'll get bit sooner or later.

[BWSmith]

You are correct Fatboy.

[meow_mix450]

i usually dont go to snake forms but i saw it at a home page and checked it out but awwwww thats just really sick seeing these snakes getting cut poor thing i hate people who kill animals just for money thats just sick they got a life 2 well hope its in a better place

[Clownfishie]

That's just so wrong! And very sad :( It really sucks that people would do that to another living creature...

[Invictus]

That really makes me sick to myc stomach. I also hope the live one tagged the sonofab*tch.

[Mustangrde1]

Sad, to bad a DNR officer that liked herps wasn't around to cite them for wanten waiste. Yes some places have that law if its part of their wildlife code.Or at bare minumum wrecklace driving for swirving if they did across lanes of traffic.

[Kyle Barker]

Well this was about 2 miles in on the trial. It was the Wenaha trail. I would be willing to bet that there are no DNR officers there, especially when there are no police.

The one live one may very well have tagged someone. It was super aggresive, and we came close our selfs.

[Kyle Barker]

Cool, i found some pics of the live one.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/510/464im000330.jpg

Have more but none of them turned out too great.

[boa]

so sad i would like to meet the people who did that so i can cut there head and legs off.that s**t is sick.