Any US southwestern anons/reptile efficianados browsing right now?

Any US southwestern anons/reptile efficianados browsing right now?

My yard has a bit of a rattlesnake problem, and in my county they have a bounty on rattlesnakes that are caught and turned in.
What are the best ways to handle the little fucks, and if I screw up about how much time do I have to get to a hospital before I pass out and die?
Also, any tips on how to tell when they're going to lunge (for those not familiar with rattlesnakes, the bastards can jump) so I can try my best to dodge/back off.

Also, I'm not hiring professionals to get rid of them. If there's money to be made catching the little shits, then that's what I'm going to do.

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A pic I took outside my house. They camouflage real good, so that makes it kinda hard but I think I became pretty good at spotting them.

Another one

Always have another person with you to handle them, you'll be less likely to get bit.

Pin their heads down with one of these, distance means no bite, then have someone grab its tail and then you get a burlap sack or something to put them in

I have something like this that's 3 feet long, would it work? How far do these things fucking jump anyways?

Another thing you could do is get one if those grabber things old people use to reach shit, when the snake is pinned with the rake, person two grabs the head with the grabber, and the tail and then person one opens the sack and in it goes

Beat me to it...

Great minds think alike

I'd like to think I have a great mind. But then I come up with ideas like catching the deadliest snake in the US for some quick cash.

They can strike pretty far, but as long as you pin their heads they aint gonna strike shit.

As a precaution, call your local hospitals and ask if they have anti-venom, just in case

People do dumber shit for cash.

True.

It also should be obvious, but wear long pants. And if you're gonna be fuckin around with rattlers, google search for snake bite proof gloves

Side question, about how many snake skins you guys think it would take to make a snake leather jacket? If I'm going to be the new snake hunter in town, I want to have a trophy.

Quite a few. Youre also gonna wanna get a pair of these motherfuckers to let those bastards know you mean fuckin big time business

I sure a fuck wouldnt fuck with some bad motherfucker wearing those

Call yourself "Cobra" and drive a bad ass el camino.

I have caught lots of rattlers in Florida. Here is my advice.

Have a friend help. Worse case to suck out the poison and get you to the hospital.

Rattle snakes can strike about 2/3rds of their body length. A 6 footer can strike out four feet.

The rattler will coil before it strikes, like a rope laid out in a circle. Likely shaking it's tail rattles as a warning. They can also bite from close-up without coiling.

Use that pick-up thing or something to secure it to the ground behind the head. Grip it firmly just behind the head and then about 2/3rds down toward its tail. Be ready, it will twist violently in an effort to escape.

Put the snake in a burlap type bag. Something so it can breathe, not plastic. Tie the top closed. Don't leave the snake in the bag exposed too long to the sun.

Good luck.

>there goes user with his snakeskin clothes
>they say he hunted down every snake on his outfit
>I bought mine at the shop in town

Use like 2-3 snakes to make a snakeskin banana hammock for the ladies.

I need a sidekick to compliment my badass endeavor now. I live in New Mexico, I'm thinking maybe I find a silent, mean mugging Native American sidekick I'm going to call Squanto even though his name is Bill or something.

He rides a paint horse and every time you ask him something he slowly turns and gazes upon the horizon and an eagle screech can be heard in the distance

Hawk*
I live in the Southwest. And also hawk screeches are way more badass than that push bald eagle cry.

you gotta watch the crodile hunter on youtube he'll teach ya

I'm hunting snakes user, not crocodiles. Get your head in the program m8

he hunts everything

...

Nah man. I ain't trusting the Crocodile Hunter for hunting rattlesnakes

found ops dream pic

Not all decked out like that, but Squanto would have long luscious hair, with the feather of the great and mighty condor that's been passed down for generations to the children of Chief Whispering Winds being the only decoration.
His outfit would be made out of snake leather too, cause we ain't fucking around.

Crikey thats rather harsh m8

Oi, same thing m8. I ain't trustin' no bloke named Crocodile Dundee with me rattler problems.
I ain't even sure ye can jam ye thumb up a snake's arse.

>long lushes hare
i think i found him

Wrong Indian. That's 7/11, not casino Indians.

I'd advise against this

My neighbor when I was a kid tried to catch one and put it in a box. It's not like snaring a mammal or something, the snake is 100% flexible and will find it's way out of a situation if it really wants to. They don't just go limp. My neighbor got bit on his midsection, received anti-venom within 30-40 minutes and still had a nice hole/dent left in his body

Not worth it.

Not any more

u no like Squanti
im sure he can charm your snake right out of the bush

>I want Furious Buffalo as my sidekick
>I don't want Pajeet Shitstreet as my sidekick

It's too late. I've talked myself into making a snake leather outfit now.

you gotta go to the reservation dressed like that and tell them about your quest

Dude I REALLY don't recommend you try catching them to make money. You need a team to do that.

I'll just tempt one of them with some meth or something. Them Native fellows sure love the white man's crystal.

Yeah, me and Squanto. Haven't you been keeping up with the thread?

Oh good well make sure you get some good snake gear.

Never understood why people don't just shoot them from afar. Does that spoil the meat or something?

I mean, you can shoot them but when the bullets hit them, wherever it hits the bullet kinda like makes it explode there either ripping the snake in half or blowing a huge hole into ruining the meat and leather.

Makes sense but I was thinking about using a BB gun with steel bullets or a .22 in the head.

fuck that you gotta stangle em

>best sidekick

Surprisingly, BB guns are useless against rattlesnakes. They're tough little critters. I mean you could take one of its eyes out but a BB gun would only succeed in pissing it off.
And same thing with the .22, you'll leave a hole in the snake. Unless you only want to kill it and eat it, instead of having it as a trophy.

I see. I figure thats why they pay for them.

I wouldn't mind building my own jacket out of rattlesnakes my group killed. Sounds badass as hell man.

Best of luck and don't get bit man. Fuck rattlesnake bitchass niggers. I hate them too.

Awful idea unless you have someone experienced with you
I own a ball python which is slow as shit 99% of the time, even when it doesn't want to be handled its a slow moving snake. The 1% of the time she's lighting fast is when she strikes, snake's are stupid fast and if you are in range and it decides to bite you you're going to get bit no questions asked. That's a fucking ball python too, a big slow girl, I can't imagine how fast a rattler would be.
Look up videos of snakes bitting shit, so that you can get an idea of how fast they are.
I can see you becoming over confident when you see it slither away and thinking "oh they're really slow" only to get bit when the snake decided to use some chakra and ninja your ass.

This guy is retarded, sucking out venom does nothing except endanger the idiot doing the sucking. Also, duck a burlap sack- use a pillowcase. Just tie the top in a knot after you drop the snake in, it's breathable and there's no chance of escape.

magic mushrooms are legal to grow in New Mexico, so why would you catch snakes when you could be shroomng it up in your house with the a/c on?

the crocodile hunter says they make great pets and there's absolutely no danger because the rarely bite, rattlers are actually docile for a venomous snake
the love a nice bath and chew toys are great for them to nibble on

then slam that fucker on the floor like a sack a mashed potatoes

Best way to hunt snake is with acid spray.

Spray from 10ft away, also you can combine it with pepper spray for bonus points.

Then finish with lemon juice spray.

were trying to kill it not marinate the damn thing

Given this list.... mr Irwin is the man I would trust.

No rattle snakes at all make this list

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dangerous_snakes

Youre supposed to eat them though

As a filthy half native I approve of this thread

Classic Sup Forums

I meaN
>smoke signals while wearing leather thong

>Also, I'm not hiring professionals to get rid of them.

That's you're first mistake.

You are not a herpetologist and don't know what you're doing, so don't try to handles them or capture them or even kill them.


Hypothetically speaking though, if it's sitting around your mailbox or something and you really need that mail, you're gonna wanna make sure you are wearing thick gloves and thick boots. Their fangs are really fucking long and will go right through jeans and even most garden gloves.

You will want a cloth sack and a loooooong and sturdy stick with some kind of hook or surface that you can manipulated it with or pin it down with. Pin it down from the back of the head so it can't strike you.

It's worth mentioning at this point that they can bite you from a LONG fucking way away. Like surprisingly long, don't let your guard down.

But yeah, pin their head down, scoop them up into the sack (I forgot to mention it's preferable to have a bag with a drawstring) and pull it shut. Do not handle the bag directly, they can bite you through it. hold it by the string or by something else and put it in a plastic tote to transport it.

Gl not dying

someone archive this

hahahahahjaja

ops gonna die

This guy gets it Australian snakes are way more venomous than then a rattlesnake. And old mate Steve gave zero fucks about grabbing the worst of the worst. But you are not Steve and I'd say if you have to ask your not cut out for this mission. You would have done it all ready. It takes a certain type of person to out crazy a crazy snake!!

>rattlesnakes aren't dangerous because of this list!
>rattlesnakes aren't dangerous because there are other snakes in australia that are more dangerous!


inb4 grow your own crystals at home

>tldr stopped reading at gloves and boots
all a man needs is a romper

My secret is that I double space sometimes. Makes everything I say and do look more long-winded.

Thank you for noticing

What part of NM? Not a silent native, but I've got experience with these little bastards.

im sure op can dress you up like an indian regardless

I live in Arizona, I never fuck with rattle snakes! Got me fucked up

I'm in arizona as well, actually dealt with 4 of the bastards. One was dealt with with a shovel but it was winter so it didn't want to move much, one with my .40, one with a 20 gauge, and the last with a sword as got it pinned on the driveway and didn't wanna go to the shed so just grabbed a sword and stabbed the head followed by cutting it off. Unless it is pinned very well and I have to deal with one of those bastards I'm using a firearm

I dont know what its called but a long stick with a loop on the end you put around the snake pull rope loop tightens, like what animal control uses you can make 1

Lawnmower can take care I'd them

Hey man, no offense, but you sound pretty dumb. I've never dealt with rattle snakes, but I've dealt with bothrops asper, which is one of the deadliest snakes of America(the whole Continent), and other costarrican snakes, and I can't tell behaviour trades with them. If you have no experience, please leave it to someone who at least knows about it a bit, rattle snakes are unpredictable as far as I know, but you might get comfortable with catching them until you start making dumb shit and showing off. That's when you'll die. Leave it to an experienced person, to offer your help and show your interest to learn. I'm speaking from the heart.

OP here. What people aren't understanding is that Squanto and I ain't playing games my dudes.
Squanto comes from a long lineage of proud Navajo Indians, so we'll traverse the desert with ease and any obstacle the desert has will be avoided as well.

Also, was out for a walk and look at what I stumbled across again. I fucking hate these things.