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Posted: 8/7/2009 4:29:03 PM EDT

This bad boy was hanging out on my neighbors patio about 10 feet from her back door. Her cats were having a hissy fit and she was freaking out. It's a pretty big deal considering she has small children.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:29:59 PM EDT

[#1]

Impressive. Skin it, tan hide,

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:30:32 PM EDT

[#2]

GOOD SHOOT

reward pie from neighbor?

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:30:33 PM EDT

[#3]

nice specimen

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:30:45 PM EDT

[#4]

In before the why the fuck did you kill it crowd.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:30:56 PM EDT

[#5]

Good shoot, sleep well!

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:31:09 PM EDT

[#6]

Good shoot. Eastern Diamondbacks can be bad ass mofos.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:31:47 PM EDT

[#7]

I'll give you a cookie if you cook/eat it with pics!

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:32:26 PM EDT

[#8]

That snake is having a nosebleed.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:32:58 PM EDT

[#9]

You hit it in the head, right? Didn't mess up the meat or skin?

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:33:26 PM EDT

[#10]

That is a very nice hat-band you've got yourself there

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:33:29 PM EDT

[#11]

nice kill - you better save the skin and mount it.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:33:30 PM EDT

[#12]

Nice shot, you barely fucked up his head!

Thats gonna make a nice hide.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:33:38 PM EDT

[#13]

Now it's a good snake.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:34:04 PM EDT

[#14]

How did you train that rattler to pose like that?

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:34:16 PM EDT

[#15]

did you really shoot it while on the patio? seems like that has a big ricochet potential. just sayin'.

otherwise decent shoot.

edit: i see you used a shotshell. much better.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:34:27 PM EDT

[#16]

Did you actually shoot that beast, or did you do a shovel chop and add the gun for pic goodness...

and look at the fangs on that beast

holy shit

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:34:43 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

You hit it in the head, right? Didn't mess up the meat or skin?

One shot of CCI .22 shotshell to the head!

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:34:45 PM EDT

[#18]

Glad you got that thing before someone got hurt.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:35:07 PM EDT

[#19]

In before joke on wife

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:35:32 PM EDT

[#20]

Where's the pic of the neighbor?

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:35:54 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
nice kill - you better save the skin and mount it.

Thats beastiality

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:36:20 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
In before the why the fuck did you kill it crowd.

[

So are you of those buffoons who cant ID a Garter from a Copperhead and are secretly admitting it?

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:39:12 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:

Quoted:
You hit it in the head, right? Didn't mess up the meat or skin?

One shot of CCI .22 shotshell to the head!

Good kill.......you can't beat CCI .22 shotshells for those bastards......

!!!!

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:40:11 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

Quoted:
You hit it in the head, right? Didn't mess up the meat or skin?

One shot of CCI .22 shotshell to the head!

Good job! And even better job for having some CCI shot-shell on hand.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:40:18 PM EDT

[#25]

Did you get some oral for doing the dastardly deed?

I would say you're due a nice, slow pole-smokin'

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:40:42 PM EDT

[#26]

Snakes, why did it have to be snakes

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:42:51 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:

In before the why the fuck did you kill it crowd.

FYI for those that think this snake deserved a free pass. At what looks like 4 feet long, the snakes fang's are probably 1/2" long. 50% of most rattle snake bites are dry, no venom. Of the ones with venom there is a 1 out of 3 chance of death if you do get treated in a few hours.

However, anaphylaxis can happen (like being allergic to a bee sting) and a person could die within minutes.

Rattlesnakes can get their venom pumped into you pretty darn quick too.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:43:41 PM EDT

[#28]

There's a restaurant near my house that serves rattlesnake. It's really good. Try cooking that boy up.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:44:54 PM EDT

[#29]

Nice! Good looking snake .

Not to steal your thunder, or ride your coattails, but here's a Western D back from two weeks ago for the curious to compare:

I think Easterns are much better looking.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:46:40 PM EDT

[#30]

Rattler Chili time!

(Just don't ruin it with beans)

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:47:40 PM EDT

[#31]

Gerber "EZ Out" FTW. Great knife!

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:48:24 PM EDT

[#32]

Skin - tan hide.

Clean guts.

Cut snake into 12" sections, soak in bowl of milk in fridge overnight.

Wrap snake in bacon

Place bacon wrapped snake in tin foil, pat of butter, salt, pepper, dash of granulated garlic.

Put on BBQ, rotate foil packs every 5 minutes over medium heat.

Meat should be opaque and flaky, take off BBQ.

Serve with side of salsa and salad.

Post obligatory dinner pic FTMFW!

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:48:30 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
This bad boy was hanging out on my neighbors patio about 10 feet from her back door. Her cats were having a hissy fit and she was freaking out. It's a pretty big deal considering she has small children.

That snake had ITS OWN GUN!!!!

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:49:29 PM EDT

[#34]

I hate snakes

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:49:43 PM EDT

[#35]

Nice shoot. From what I've always been told about diamondbacks, you should tell the neighbor to keep her eyes peeled. I have always been taught that if you see one, there is usually another close by. That snake looks like it will make a right nice rifle sling.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:49:43 PM EDT

[#36]

good kill

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:50:33 PM EDT

[#37]

Did you kill it with the Gerber? Nice fangs!

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:50:40 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:

I hate snakes

I'm more afraid of dentists!

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:51:55 PM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:

Quoted:

In before the why the fuck did you kill it crowd.

FYI for those that think this snake deserved a free pass. At what looks like 4 feet long, the snakes fang's are probably 1/2" long. 50% of most rattle snake bites are dry, no venom. Of the ones with venom there is a 1 out of 3 chance of death if you do get treated in a few hours.

However, anaphylaxis can happen (like being allergic to a bee sting) and a person could die within minutes.

Rattlesnakes can get their venom pumped into you pretty darn quick too.

For the record, this snake measured 5'5" long.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:52:36 PM EDT

[#40]

Skin it and tan it. Then eat the meat

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:53:02 PM EDT

[#41]

hatband helll, that's yer next belt!!!

I shot one about that size & my buddy made me a belt- thing was awesome.

that dog in your avatar could'a probablyl taken it.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:53:11 PM EDT

[#42]

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:53:21 PM EDT

[#43]

Bet it tastes like chicken!

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:55:07 PM EDT

[#44]

Good fucking riddance!

I hope I never see a live rattlesnake.

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:56:15 PM EDT

[#45]

I WANT IT.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Posted: 8/7/2009 4:57:26 PM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
Skin - tan hide.

Clean guts.

Cut snake into 12" sections, soak in bowl of milk in fridge overnight.

Wrap snake in bacon

Place bacon wrapped snake in tin foil, pat of butter, salt, pepper, dash of granulated garlic.

Put on BBQ, rotate foil packs every 5 minutes over medium heat.

Meat should be opaque and flaky, take off BBQ.

Serve with side of salsa and salad.

Post obligatory dinner pic FTMFW!

If I were starving in the wilderness then I might eat a snake, but here in civilization, there is absolutely no fucking way on Earth that I would eat any part of one of those nasty sons of bitches! I don't care how much bacon you wrap that thing in, it is still a fucking snake!

Posted: 8/7/2009 5:00:00 PM EDT

[#47]

A buddy shot an Eastern Diamondback up here in Northern Virginia last month... That's starting to get to the fringes of its range.

Probably about the same size...

Two people in DC have been bitten by copperheads this last week.

One has just bought it thinking is was a python.

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/080509_coppperhead_snakes_bite_two_in_dc

Posted: 8/7/2009 5:00:35 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:
Skin - tan hide.

Clean guts.

Cut snake into 12" sections, soak in bowl of milk in fridge overnight.

Wrap snake in bacon

Place bacon wrapped snake in tin foil, pat of butter, salt, pepper, dash of granulated garlic.

Put on BBQ, rotate foil packs every 5 minutes over medium heat.

Meat should be opaque and flaky, take off BBQ.

Serve with side of salsa and salad.

Post obligatory dinner pic FTMFW!

Thiis !

Posted: 8/7/2009 5:01:18 PM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:

This bad boy was hanging out on my neighbors patio about 10 feet from her back door. Her cats were having a hissy fit and she was freaking out. It's a pretty big deal considering she has small children.

http://members.cox.net/~m4real/Diamondback01.jpg

http://members.cox.net/~m4real/Diamondback02small.jpg

http://members.cox.net/~m4real/Diamondback03small.jpg

http://members.cox.net/~m4real/Diamondback04small.jpg

http://members.cox.net/~m4real/Diamondback05small.jpg

http://members.cox.net/~m4real/Diamondback06small.jpg

http://members.cox.net/~m4real/Diamondback07small.jpg

beautiful rattler

Posted: 8/7/2009 5:01:34 PM EDT

[#50]

Here's an incredibly easy tanning formula I've used several times...

One cup Ivory Snow detergent
One tablespoon mineral oil
One tablespoon Borax

Mix and add water until it's the consistency of shaving cream.
Tack the skin down on a board flesh side up, and scrape off all muscle and fat.
Don't stretch it! I did on my first one and it spread the scales out and ruined the color!
Apply 3 coats of the formula in layers at 24 hour intervals.
After the last layer dries for 24 hours, scrape it all off and it's done!

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