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Hello fellow field herping enthusiasts who love to hunt rattlesnakes.
Welcome to the official Summer of 2014 Rattlesnake Thread
In this thread; anything about on site - field herping for rattlesnakes goes.
Whatever you want to talk about... get in here and let's do this, and it's OKAY to talk about yourself and what you do as long as it's about rattlesnakes.
I want to see your video's and pictures... I want to talk about what you do, and how you do it... things you have learned and things you can teach me. And so, if you see me doing something wrong in one of my vids... please... please SAY IT...! -'I know how to take constructive criticism'
I am very new, I am a total greenhorn to field herping anything, let alone the infamous rattlesnake.
My girlfriend 'Denise' and I go in the field OFTEN as we can. She is my 360º eyes and ears when I'm in photography mode.
I am in Northern California, City of Ukiah - Mendocino County. I am a Native American, and I am strict believer in respectful catch and release snake hunter for video and pictures ONLY.
This has become a passion for me recently, and since I am very new to all of this... I am NOT here to teach, I am here to learn.
In this video I am TOO CLOSE, and did not notice until after watching the video. I have since ordered industry approved snake leggings, a nice American made snake tong, and boots for both Denise and myself.
This is our favorite rattler, we named him 'Sylvester' -- In the video I indicate that Sylvester may be approximately 6" around the middle. Not true. We have since measured him and he is 10.25" girth at the middle and 42" length w/o the rattle
Nice find, hoping I can ad to this thread this year. The timber rattlesnake always seems to avoid me. Me and my GF are out searching more and further into their range so fingers crossed.
Nice find, hoping I can ad to this thread this year. The timber rattlesnake always seems to avoid me. Me and my GF are out searching more and further into their range so fingers crossed.
Ahhh... you are on the east coast... east of the Mississippi
Do you and your GF wear proper gear... leggings and boots?
Have a catcher... or snake tong?
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Originally Posted by babyboa97
Super happy about my first eastern diamondback of 2014 in south florida
Nice catch...
Sounds like you go often; do you catch and release?
What kind of gear do you wear... and what do you use to grab ahold of these amazing critters?
Do you have video... what other species rattler do you catch?
Ahhh... you are on the east coast... east of the Mississippi
Do you and your GF wear proper gear... leggings and boots?
Have a catcher... or snake tong?
Nice catch...
Sounds like you go often; do you catch and release?
What kind of gear do you wear... and what do you use to grab ahold of these amazing critters?
Do you have video... what other species rattler do you catch?
We'll for venomous snakes I do t really even catch them. I photographs them and help them off the road and set them to go on their way. I usually have a pair of boots. Jeans and a snake hook and my camera. And as far as other rattlesnakes I catch would be the dusky Pygmy rattlesnake but I don't have pictures on my phone of. And soon I'll be heeling for cane break rattlesnakes
Big time Canebrakes here in Georgia... Not very hard to find where i go herping. Unlike others in this thread, i keep some of them. Plenty of Copperheads and Cottonmouths. Theres not so many Pygmies here as other places...
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Cool thread! We only have one native rattler here, the Massassauga, which I've only been lucky enough to spot once in the wild. I'll see if I can find the photo when I'm on my PC later, it's not very good though.
Great thread, I've been hunting for eastern diamondback's but havent had any luck so far
I'm going to repticon tomorrow in columbia, S.C to pick up 2 EDB's from south fla.
I just take pic's of the snakes I see and move on but I just had to have a couple of EDB's!
Hello fellow field herping enthusiasts who love to hunt rattlesnakes.
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