One shot , nineteen dead rattlers - Warning - Graphic

[DONT TREAD ON ME]

thats pretty awesome. I aggree with Humanphibian. just a part of the hunt. We have to field dress the deer after the hunt too.

[that1otherdude]

I heard that they are good bait for catfish.

...tried it but the darned things kept bitin' the catfish

[MCook806]

That is awesome.

[tfrazier]

That looks like a restaurant quality stainless steel kitchen prep area...makes me wonder what they're eating for breakfast in SweetWater
Sure it looks nasty...while it isn't actually any nastier than any other gutted critter, it's still a SNAKE! But I like having them around better than having rodents around. They just need to make sure I can't see them and I make sure I don't reach where I'm not looking, then we're all happy and nobody gets their scaly little head blow'd off.

[bkblaw84]

pretty foul

[tfrazier]

pretty foul

No, it's an ugly snake, not a pretty fowl...

[travclem]

That's when you start stomping!

[super8neon]

Make my 11 month old his first pair of Cowboy Boots.

[SlowDave]

Yeah, yeah, I gut other animals, but any animal that I gut and find unborn young in is a rather stomach-turning experience, I must admit. YMMV. Could be just me though. Of course, gutting animals also broke any tendency I might have ever developed towards eating organs (kidney, liver, etc.).

[tateb24]

This has to be the best looking rattler I have seen. That is one big brood of vipers. Makes me hungry

[Ageofease08]

sweet! iv always wondered what it would be like to shoot a prego rattler. we killed a 6.5 footer that had just eaten a jackrabbit once, that was intresting, but this is just cool.

[MedicMan218]

I would say its about time to start customizing some holsters.

thats what i was gonna say, someone just beat me to it

[C-dub]

I've seen these or other photos like them a few years ago flying around the internet in e-mails. Things like this tend to circulate every now and then. Kind of like when an old thread gets resurrected.

[MadMonkey]

Dead rattler = good rattler. That's all I got to say

[Lefty Writer]

X 1000

I know I'll catch some grief over this, but it is just my own opinion....I consider ALL snakes to be "armed and dangerous."

If I allow myself to get close enough to see that it's definitely not venomous, it may get a pass. Otherwise, I'll light it up.

Snakes are the one thing that'll make me scream like a girl and run the 100 meter dash in about 3 seconds flat. Being born and raised in South Texas, you would think I wouldn't have this phobia but I do. I'm not a complete coward, though. I've jumped out of airplanes (for sport), rappelled out of helicopters, fought "rip roaring" house fires, and handle deadly pathogens for a living. Just don't ask me to get too close to snakes.