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Old May 1, 2012 | 09:47 AM
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All I got to see yesterday was a Bald Eagle land in a tree behind my house.
 
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Old May 2, 2012 | 02:43 AM
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All I got to see yesterday was a Bald Eagle land in a tree behind my house.
All I got to see this morning was a bald old man looking at me in the mirror!
 
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Old May 2, 2012 | 04:19 AM
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All I got to see this morning was a bald old man looking at me in the mirror!
I have on of those in the mirror. He's always trying figure out ingenuous ways to comb his hair to cover that shiny spot.. Tell him all the time that nothings going to work but oil base paint.

Gives it up and defaults to a hat instead. Calls it a day.
 
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Old May 2, 2012 | 04:24 AM
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It would kill you or absolutely anything before you knew what it was.
You would have an idea, just before the lights went out. It would have by the neck, - maybe shaking you up a bit before it snapped.
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 11:33 AM
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So for the last week we have been seeing alot of rattle snake. I was out mowing yesterday and towards the back side of our 10 acres i have found a rattle snake den i cant really tell how many there are but i bet its more than a dozen... How the heck do i get rid of these suckers?... I dont have a problem shooting one but when it comes to more then one and all of them togather im just a little nervous...
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 01:25 PM
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So for the last week we have been seeing alot of rattle snake. I was out mowing yesterday and towards the back side of our 10 acres i have found a rattle snake den i cant really tell how many there are but i bet its more than a dozen... How the heck do i get rid of these suckers?... I dont have a problem shooting one but when it comes to more then one and all of them togather im just a little nervous...
Ten gallons of diesel and a road flare.
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 02:17 PM
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Ten gallons of diesel and a road flare.

i was thinking gasoline, but diesel makes more since.. should be a eventful evening...
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 02:18 PM
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Call a professional.
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by glc
Call a professional.
But thats not as much fun... . ive called all the places i can think of in town and they all basically hung up on me.

Im reading on the internet and they are saying diesel fumes kill rattlers... So im thinking maybe riding up there with my atv with a 5 gallon can of diesel and pouring it all over the den..
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 03:12 PM
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If you are gonna do that, you might as well torch it off too, unless that's likely to start a brush fire.
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by KingRanchCoy
So for the last week we have been seeing alot of rattle snake. I was out mowing yesterday and towards the back side of our 10 acres i have found a rattle snake den i cant really tell how many there are but i bet its more than a dozen... How the heck do i get rid of these suckers?... I dont have a problem shooting one but when it comes to more then one and all of them togather im just a little nervous...
One of these......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GVpL...endscreen&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDEir...eature=related

 

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Old May 15, 2012 | 04:59 PM
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Take a tow sack and a forked stick. Bag them up and deliver to the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup.
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by glc
If you are gonna do that, you might as well torch it off too, unless that's likely to start a brush fire.
Ture... Where the den is and probaly 75 yards around it is all rocks... so should be fine with starting a fire.

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Take a tow sack and a forked stick. Bag them up and deliver to the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup.
im not traveling 90 miles with a bag full of snakes ..
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by KingRanchCoy

im not traveling 90 miles with a bag full of snakes ..
I don't blame you!
seriously tho...they might be willing to drive the 90 miles to your place to get the snakes. Just a thought.
 
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