O/T Tonights hunt
09-24-2008, 09:30 PM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Amelia Island, Florida
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O/T Tonights hunt
I hope it is ok for me to post this stuff
It's not about Black Powder,I just like sharing with my friends.
I let two does walk tonight because they had a NICE buck ghosting them
The does fed 20 yards from me for fifteen minutes looking back every now and then.
I was waiting for the buck.
He never came in and they moved off.
An old man once told me
"When you have a LEGAL deer in shooting range,SHOOT"
Here is my kill for tonight
4'6" Diamondback. 9 rattles and 1 button
I shot him with my 38 that I keep in my back pocket.
I shot him in the body so I can mount him.
I just got permission to buy snake boots,Imagine that
Lets be careful out there
It's not about Black Powder,I just like sharing with my friends.
I let two does walk tonight because they had a NICE buck ghosting them
The does fed 20 yards from me for fifteen minutes looking back every now and then.
I was waiting for the buck.
He never came in and they moved off.
An old man once told me
"When you have a LEGAL deer in shooting range,SHOOT"
Here is my kill for tonight
4'6" Diamondback. 9 rattles and 1 button
I shot him with my 38 that I keep in my back pocket.
I shot him in the body so I can mount him.
I just got permission to buy snake boots,Imagine that
Lets be careful out there
09-24-2008, 09:42 PM
#2
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
RE: O/T Tonight's hunt
WOW!!! I would have a pair of snake boots as well. And be real careful where I sat down.. Actually I like snakes. I know a lot of people find them less than desirable, I on the other hand find them fascinating. Although I don't have to deal with snakes that can kill me.
09-24-2008, 11:05 PM
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
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RE: O/T Tonight's hunt
Man, that's a big`un Scott.
I'm with Dave. I like `em and am fascinated by them.
When I was in my teens a buddy and I did a lot of snake hunting. We sold them to a snake farm a little North of New Orleans (now a $300,000 home housing development). The guy we sold them to resold them to schools and labs. That ol` boy who bought them had a slick system. He bought the skinny little ones like ribbon snakes, garters, greens, etc. by the pound, and the short heavy ones like moccasins and red bellied water snakes by the foot.
Still, we made a few bucks selling them to him.
I'm with Dave. I like `em and am fascinated by them.
When I was in my teens a buddy and I did a lot of snake hunting. We sold them to a snake farm a little North of New Orleans (now a $300,000 home housing development). The guy we sold them to resold them to schools and labs. That ol` boy who bought them had a slick system. He bought the skinny little ones like ribbon snakes, garters, greens, etc. by the pound, and the short heavy ones like moccasins and red bellied water snakes by the foot.
Still, we made a few bucks selling them to him.
09-25-2008, 05:24 AM
#5
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Comance county, OK
Posts: 11,410
RE: O/T Tonight's hunt
Sometimes ever moccasins kill folks:
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09-25-2008, 11:55 AM
#9
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
RE: O/T Tonights hunt
We do actually have rattlesnakes in Wisconsin. In fact the DNR planted Timber Rattlesnakes we were told in the northern forests. They want to bring the forest back to the way it was a couple hundred years ago. Many of the people up here are not real happy about the Timber Rattlesnake Plants, but like I told them.. your chance of seeing one unless you go where they were planted is next to nothing.
Now in the southern bluffs and in counties along the mississippi river there is supposed to be snakes up in the bluffs. When I was a kid, my folks claim I came across a Rattlesnake when we were hiking the bluffs, but I do not remember it.
Now in the southern bluffs and in counties along the mississippi river there is supposed to be snakes up in the bluffs. When I was a kid, my folks claim I came across a Rattlesnake when we were hiking the bluffs, but I do not remember it.
09-25-2008, 12:13 PM
#10
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Idaho
Posts: 11,703
RE: O/T Tonights hunt
cayugad
Ya! we have Diamond Backs here also, butin the warm canyons and especially in the basalt rock formations. Thank gosh! by the time I get around to hunting in those areas it is cold and they are doing their thing. Sure am glad they are a cold blooded creature.
One thing that reminds us a lot is that we have a plant called a "Golden Pea" that grows out there in the wild and in the fall when the pod drys and the wind blows - you get a pretty erie sensation when you hear them rattle.
Ya! we have Diamond Backs here also, butin the warm canyons and especially in the basalt rock formations. Thank gosh! by the time I get around to hunting in those areas it is cold and they are doing their thing. Sure am glad they are a cold blooded creature.
One thing that reminds us a lot is that we have a plant called a "Golden Pea" that grows out there in the wild and in the fall when the pod drys and the wind blows - you get a pretty erie sensation when you hear them rattle.