HuntingNut
HuntingNut
   Login or Register
HomeCommunity ForumsPhoto AlbumsRegister
     
 

User Info

Welcome Anonymous


Membership:
Latest: RichardZ
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 1
Overall: 13126

People Online:
Members: 1
Visitors: 369
BOT: 1
Total: 371
Who Is Where:
 Members:
01: Aloysius > Forums
 Visitors:
01: Forums
02: Your Account
03: Forums
04: Forums
05: Forums
06: Forums
07: Your Account
08: Forums
09: Forums
10: Home
11: Forums
12: Forums
13: Forums
14: Forums
15: Forums
16: Home
17: Forums
18: Forums
19: Your Account
20: Your Account
21: Your Account
22: Forums
23: Forums
24: Forums
25: Forums
26: Forums
27: Forums
28: Forums
29: Your Account
30: Forums
31: Home
32: Your Account
33: Forums
34: Forums
35: Your Account
36: Forums
37: Your Account
38: Forums
39: Forums
40: News
41: Forums
42: Forums
43: Forums
44: Forums
45: Forums
46: Forums
47: Home
48: Forums
49: Home
50: Forums
51: Forums
52: Forums
53: Forums
54: Photo Albums
55: Home
56: Home
57: Forums
58: Photo Albums
59: Your Account
60: Your Account
61: Forums
62: Forums
63: Your Account
64: Forums
65: Forums
66: Forums
67: Your Account
68: Forums
69: Forums
70: Forums
71: Home
72: Your Account
73: Forums
74: Home
75: Forums
76: Your Account
77: Forums
78: Forums
79: Forums
80: Forums
81: Forums
82: Forums
83: Forums
84: Photo Albums
85: Forums
86: Photo Albums
87: Forums
88: Forums
89: Forums
90: Forums
91: Forums
92: Your Account
93: Forums
94: Forums
95: Your Account
96: Forums
97: Home
98: Photo Albums
99: Forums
100: Your Account
101: Forums
102: Home
103: Photo Albums
104: Forums
105: Forums
106: Forums
107: Forums
108: Forums
109: Home
110: Forums
111: Photo Albums
112: Home
113: Forums
114: Home
115: Forums
116: Forums
117: Forums
118: Forums
119: Forums
120: Forums
121: Forums
122: Forums
123: Photo Albums
124: Forums
125: Forums
126: Forums
127: Forums
128: Forums
129: Forums
130: Home
131: Forums
132: Home
133: Forums
134: Forums
135: Home
136: Forums
137: Your Account
138: Forums
139: Forums
140: Forums
141: Home
142: Forums
143: Forums
144: Photo Albums
145: Forums
146: Forums
147: Forums
148: Forums
149: Forums
150: Forums
151: Your Account
152: Forums
153: Your Account
154: Forums
155: Forums
156: Photo Albums
157: Home
158: Photo Albums
159: Forums
160: Forums
161: Forums
162: Photo Albums
163: Forums
164: Your Account
165: Home
166: Forums
167: Your Account
168: Forums
169: Forums
170: Home
171: Forums
172: Forums
173: Forums
174: Forums
175: Photo Albums
176: Forums
177: Forums
178: Forums
179: Forums
180: Forums
181: Forums
182: Forums
183: Your Account
184: Photo Albums
185: Forums
186: Forums
187: Photo Albums
188: Forums
189: Home
190: Your Account
191: Your Account
192: Home
193: Forums
194: Forums
195: Your Account
196: Photo Albums
197: Home
198: Photo Albums
199: Forums
200: Photo Albums
201: Forums
202: Forums
203: Forums
204: Home
205: Forums
206: Forums
207: Forums
208: Forums
209: Forums
210: Photo Albums
211: Home
212: Forums
213: Your Account
214: Photo Albums
215: Forums
216: Photo Albums
217: Forums
218: Your Account
219: Your Account
220: Your Account
221: Forums
222: Forums
223: Photo Albums
224: Forums
225: Forums
226: Home
227: Forums
228: Forums
229: Forums
230: Forums
231: Home
232: Your Account
233: Forums
234: Forums
235: Forums
236: Home
237: Forums
238: Home
239: Forums
240: Forums
241: Home
242: Forums
243: Forums
244: Forums
245: Home
246: Photo Albums
247: Forums
248: Forums
249: Your Account
250: Home
251: Home
252: Forums
253: Forums
254: Forums
255: Your Account
256: Forums
257: Your Account
258: Forums
259: Home
260: Forums
261: Forums
262: Forums
263: Home
264: Forums
265: Photo Albums
266: Forums
267: Forums
268: Photo Albums
269: Forums
270: Photo Albums
271: Forums
272: Forums
273: Forums
274: Forums
275: Forums
276: Photo Albums
277: Statistics
278: Forums
279: Your Account
280: Forums
281: Forums
282: Forums
283: Your Account
284: Your Account
285: Forums
286: Forums
287: Your Account
288: Forums
289: Home
290: Forums
291: Forums
292: Home
293: Forums
294: Forums
295: Forums
296: Forums
297: Forums
298: Forums
299: Forums
300: Forums
301: Forums
302: Home
303: Forums
304: Forums
305: Forums
306: Forums
307: Forums
308: Forums
309: Forums
310: Forums
311: Forums
312: Forums
313: Forums
314: Your Account
315: Forums
316: Forums
317: Forums
318: Forums
319: Forums
320: Home
321: Your Account
322: Forums
323: Forums
324: Forums
325: Forums
326: Your Account
327: Forums
328: Forums
329: Home
330: Forums
331: Forums
332: Home
333: Forums
334: Forums
335: Forums
336: Forums
337: Home
338: Forums
339: Photo Albums
340: Home
341: Forums
342: Home
343: Forums
344: Forums
345: Your Account
346: Forums
347: Photo Albums
348: Photo Albums
349: Forums
350: Forums
351: Forums
352: Home
353: Your Account
354: Your Account
355: Forums
356: Forums
357: Forums
358: Your Account
359: Forums
360: Home
361: Photo Albums
362: Forums
363: Forums
364: Home
365: Forums
366: Forums
367: Forums
368: Home
369: Photo Albums
  BOT:
01: Home

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
 

Coppermine Stats
Photo Albums
 Albums: 308
 Pictures: 2451
  · Views: 820723
  · Votes: 1316
  · Comments: 86
 

Michigan Rattler found at coal plant
Discussion that doesnt fit other Topics
Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4  Next
Post new topic   Reply to topic   Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index » General

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
SwampFox
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jul 15, 2005
Posts: 1040
Location: Destin, Florida

PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant Reply with quote

Ho, ho, ho... you want to be wiped or whipped, I have a 6 ft bull whip and two dry red corn cobs? Corn cobs come with a bottle of purple vitral? I get extra for wiping, catching the critter after, just wears me out. Very Happy Very Happy
Ed

PS: The only big rattler I killed 7' 2" smelled real bad so I kinda figured he tasted like he smelled and did not try eating him.

_________________
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
-Winston Churchill
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Bushmaster
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jun 12, 2005
Posts: 11389
Location: Ava, Missouri

PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant Reply with quote

Yup...I miss her...I miss having the laundry done, I miss having the cooking done, I miss having the house cleaning done, I miss having the food shopping done and I miss having the check book kept up to date. Yup...I miss her.

Hey...Swampfox...I missed you too. Yup....Mine was a little over 6 foot. The one that I tried to eat was only 2 feet. I was 3 feet away when he struck. I was too far away and he was too short...Lost traction at 2 foot 1 inch...Dead snake...

_________________
I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...

DEMOCRACY Two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch...
LIBERTY A well armed sheep contesting the outcome of the vote...
Back to top
View user's profile
1895ss
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jul 21, 2005
Posts: 2612
Location: Not Here...!!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:51 pm    Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant Reply with quote

Yep Bushy that's about the same reasons I was thinking but I'd like to add that she also puts money into the account, keeps the car gassed up....... so I'd miss that as well. Smile

_________________
A cruel truth is much more desirable than a really nice lie.
'Tis far better to walk alone than to follow a crowd or an a**hole going the wrong way.
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Bushmaster
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jun 12, 2005
Posts: 11389
Location: Ava, Missouri

PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant Reply with quote

You never fall in love with your boat, car, truck, girlfriend (if you have one) or your wife...You just tell her that you love her...

_________________
I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...

DEMOCRACY Two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch...
LIBERTY A well armed sheep contesting the outcome of the vote...
Back to top
View user's profile
1895ss
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jul 21, 2005
Posts: 2612
Location: Not Here...!!

PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant Reply with quote

Yep.......you can always get another one of those............ they can all be replaced Embarassed Laughing

_________________
A cruel truth is much more desirable than a really nice lie.
'Tis far better to walk alone than to follow a crowd or an a**hole going the wrong way.
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Morax
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Dec 18, 2006
Posts: 618
Location: Pittsburgh Pa

PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant Reply with quote

alright guys, i have had smoked rattlesnake when i was in arizona, it was dried and smoked, consistancy of day old turkey, and i "tried" it, and man it was good cold.. toss a couple hunks into the microwave and warm it up, and boy that was some gooooood eating! as far as the smell, thats its last ditch effort to discourage the eater, it is called musking, where they release everything from thier bowl/urinary/scent tracts all at once! I used to raise snakes for a hobby, and i will tell you this, a 90 pound snake would have to be at least 8 foot or would be fatter than your thigh is around. at 17 foot long and almost 125 pounds the albino burmese i had was about 8 inches around at its biggest point. this is a good writeup for the poisonous ones in the us..
trailquest.net/SNpoi.html
Back to top
View user's profile
Bushmaster
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Jun 12, 2005
Posts: 11389
Location: Ava, Missouri

PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant Reply with quote

Hummm ...Judging from the pictures you (Morax) provided it is a Western Diamondback after all. Eastern diamondbacks tend to be a bit darker then the Western variaty which are a "tawny brown".

_________________
I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...

DEMOCRACY Two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch...
LIBERTY A well armed sheep contesting the outcome of the vote...
Back to top
View user's profile
Morax
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Dec 18, 2006
Posts: 618
Location: Pittsburgh Pa

PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant Reply with quote

yes it could possably have made it to the 8 footer mark but thats for a BIG BOY, well accually a BIG GIRL, as the fems are bigger..
Back to top
View user's profile
4rum
Member
Member


Joined: Jan 06, 2007
Posts: 211

PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:36 am    Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant Reply with quote

Positive identification of any particular snake from a photo can be difficult. Coloration is not a good method of identifying rattlers. Many things effect the shading of the snakes skin, habitat, enviormnment, diet, soil content, living quarters, gender and age to name a few. The pattern is better, but often irregular and hard to make out. Someone who studies snakes will look at the overall. Color, shape, size, configuration of the head, the placement of the pit in relation to the eye... several factors which help determine a species.

If you would like... pull up your favorite search engine. Type in ONE particular species, click 'view' and look at some side by side pics of one single species of snake. You'd be amazed at the color range.
Back to top
View user's profile
Dimitri
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 5944

PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:34 am    Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant Reply with quote

Morax,

Your making me want to go try snake now. Laughing

Dimitri

_________________
A thousand hills, but no birds in flight, ten thousand paths, with no people's tracks. A lonely boat, a straw-hatted old man, fishing alone in the cold river snow.
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Morax
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Dec 18, 2006
Posts: 618
Location: Pittsburgh Pa

PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:06 am    Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant Reply with quote

4rum wrote:
Positive identification of any particular snake from a photo can be difficult. Coloration is not a good method of identifying rattlers. Many things effect the shading of the snakes skin, habitat, enviormnment, diet, soil content, living quarters, gender and age to name a few. The pattern is better, but often irregular and hard to make out. Someone who studies snakes will look at the overall. Color, shape, size, configuration of the head, the placement of the pit in relation to the eye... several factors which help determine a species.

If you would like... pull up your favorite search engine. Type in ONE particular species, click 'view' and look at some side by side pics of one single species of snake. You'd be amazed at the color range.

Crotalus adamanteus eastern Dback
Crotalus atrox western Dback

i spent some time researching these things, accuallyafte a little bit of time you can look at and determine what snake is what without too much trouble..quick glances no but given a few seconds, and knowing what to look for helps.. i have a friend of mine who runs a exotic pet shop, holds permits for poisonous handling, so he gets all kinds of stuff in.. I remember i was there one day and he says "hey just got this in", i walk over to the table and he dumps out this box, a 4 foot king cobra hits the table and springs a goot foot and a half off the table hood open and hissing like a cat with a furball in its throat, real raspy, "go ahead come closer" yu ever see a grown man fall over his own feet trying to back pedal??!?

prepared correctlyrattlesnake is a verygood tasty white meat, and yougotta figure it is good for y since it is all muscle, no fat
Back to top
View user's profile
4rum
Member
Member


Joined: Jan 06, 2007
Posts: 211

PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant Reply with quote

Hey Morax... well put. I get a little windy sometimes. But you've stated exatly what I had in mind. Folks that put in a little actual 'handeling' time, do a little proper research and have some basic knowledge to begin with, can make accurate identification easily, where someone like me can only make an "educated?" guess.
Back to top
View user's profile
Morax
Super Member
Super Member


Joined: Dec 18, 2006
Posts: 618
Location: Pittsburgh Pa

PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant Reply with quote

i hope ya didnt take it as i was trying to get into a peeing contest, as i was not trying to.. but ever since i was a youngun i was facinated by them legless things.. now spiders are a different story i cant even look at the dang things! but yes yer most definatly correct, on the colors,shapes,size etc. there are two things to accually think when coming apon a snake in the wild.. one is if it looks nasty it probably is (angular head or arrow shaped) and they can strike up to 2/3 its body length when coiled.. pythons though not poisonous, still have teeth and at 6 foot can and have killed humans. larger ones will kill and will eat a small kid no trouble.
Back to top
View user's profile
4rum
Member
Member


Joined: Jan 06, 2007
Posts: 211

PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:56 pm    Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant Reply with quote

Morax;

Not at all. You made my point very well, that folks who are familiar with a species of critter will know and recognize distinguishing characteristics at a glance, whereas those less familiar may mistake the identity entirely.

Best philosophy... treat all snakes as if they are loaded!
Back to top
View user's profile
Vince
Site Admin
Site Admin


Joined: May 25, 2005
Posts: 15701
Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA

PostPosted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Michigan Rattler found at coal plant Reply with quote

Morax wrote:
now spiders are a different story i cant even look at the dang things!
there are two things to actually think when coming apon a snake in the wild.. one is if it looks nasty it probably is (angular head or arrow shaped) and they can strike up to 2/3 its body length when coiled..
pythons though not poisonous, still have teeth and at 6 foot can and have killed humans. larger ones will kill and will eat a small kid no trouble.

Gidday Morax. spiders are funny little critters aren't they. They frighten the hell outa us big strong guys.

You are right about nasty looking snakes.....same as nasty lookin' people...treat them with respect and give them a wide berth.

Odd thing about the head shape though.....the nastiest of the aussie snakes have a pretty much rounded head and the "friendlier" pythons have a more shaped head.

More Aussie Snakes

Cheers, Vince

_________________
Cheers, Vince Cheers

Illegitimi non carborundum
(Never let the bastards grind you down)

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

"Nulla Si Fa Senza Volonta."
(Without Commitment, Nothing Gets Done)
Back to top
View user's profile AIM Address MSN Messenger Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic   Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index » General
Page 3 of 4
All times are GMT - 7 Hours
Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4  Next



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum


Valid CSS! Valid HTML 4.01!
Click to check if this page is realy HTML 4.01 compliant for speed :)

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of HuntingNut.com.
The comments are property of their posters, all the rest © 2011 by HuntingNut.com
Interactive software released under GNU GPL, Code Credits, Privacy Policy

.: Upgraded to DragonFly 9.2 by *Dizfunkshunal* :.