[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Eating snakes (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 7/27/2013 7:35:18 PM EDT
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I will be the first to chime in that I don't think this is a good idea.
The meat is edible, yes, but... Unless you really know what you're doing you should probably not try and play with them. If you are really hungry you're probably better off trying to eat what the snakes are trying to eat. Less dangerous. |
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I will be the first to chime in that I don't think this is a good idea. The meat is edible, yes, but... Unless you really know what you're doing you should probably not try and play with them. If you are really hungry you're probably better off trying to eat what the snakes are trying to eat. Less dangerous. This From the words of Cody Lundin: "if it can go after me, I don't go after it" Yet if you want to do it, make sure you get extensive training with a handler |
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I will be the first to chime in that I don't think this is a good idea. The meat is edible, yes, but... Unless you really know what you're doing you should probably not try and play with them. If you are really hungry you're probably better off trying to eat what the snakes are trying to eat. Less dangerous. What's the main concern? |
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I will be the first to chime in that I don't think this is a good idea. The meat is edible, yes, but... Unless you really know what you're doing you should probably not try and play with them. If you are really hungry you're probably better off trying to eat what the snakes are trying to eat. Less dangerous. What's the main concern? I'm going to assume the pointy end |
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I will be the first to chime in that I don't think this is a good idea. The meat is edible, yes, but... Unless you really know what you're doing you should probably not try and play with them. If you are really hungry you're probably better off trying to eat what the snakes are trying to eat. Less dangerous. What's the main concern? I'm going to assume the pointy end I have the gear to catch them. And I have picked up a fair share of them. Catching them is not the problem. I'm more curious how you prepare them be eaten. |
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This From the words of Cody Lundin: "if it can go after me, I don't go after it" Yet if you want to do it, make sure you get extensive training with a handler Quoted:
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I will be the first to chime in that I don't think this is a good idea. The meat is edible, yes, but... Unless you really know what you're doing you should probably not try and play with them. If you are really hungry you're probably better off trying to eat what the snakes are trying to eat. Less dangerous. This From the words of Cody Lundin: "if it can go after me, I don't go after it" Yet if you want to do it, make sure you get extensive training with a handler Snakes aren't superman, they die pretty easily. I seriously doubt the OP is going to be hunting them bare handed. |
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Cut off the head and tail, split it open, gut it, skin it, cook it over an open fire spread out and suspended on sticks. Most snakes that spend a lot of time in swamps like the water moccasin mentioned above taste like shit. Stick with other species if you have the choice.
Edit: don't get bit. Even non venomous snakes carry disease and can transmit it through a bite. A hoe, machete or suppressed .22 pistol come in real handy if you are trying to keep quiet while hunting snakes. |
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Cut off the head and tail, split it open, gut it, skin it, cook it over an open fire spread out and suspended on sticks. Most snakes that spend a lot of time in swamps like the water moccasin mentioned above taste like shit. Stick with other species if you have the choice. Edit: don't get bit. Even non venomous snakes carry disease and can transmit it through a bite. A hoe, machete or suppressed .22 pistol come in real handy if you are trying to keep quiet while hunting snakes. Thanks a lot. So I'm guessing I can eat about every snake out there? |
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I have eaten several rattlers. I always cut off the head at least 4 to 5 inches behind the nose.
They are easy to gut, I just cut up the "belly" with game scissors, and gently strip out the guts. Then I gently roll down the skin. I wash off the meat, and cut the snake into pieces about 4 to 5 inches long. Then I toss the meat in fish fry cornmeal, and fry it in olive oil. REALLY GOOD. |
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From the words of Cody Lundin: "if it can go after me, I don't go after it" Yet if you want to do it, make sure you get extensive training with a handler Kinda reduces you to worms, insects and small fish...I'm sure it's pure coincidence that this is what we see him eating the majority of the time. Hell, even a pissed off ground hog can go after you. I've seen it! While it's funnier than hell to watch it also happens to people who are not armed. I agree with the .22lr idea. Plus if you educate yourself in skinning you could make a nice belt after your meal. 
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Let's not forget the utility one can derive from a whole snakeskin such as carrying your urine for later.
Sorry, I just had to do it! 
I've never had snake. Not too many snakes up here big enough to be concerned with, but I would certainly eat one if I were starving. FWIW, in this AO, its easier to catch a fish or turtle than it would be to catch a snake. |
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I will be the first to chime in that I don't think this is a good idea. The meat is edible, yes, but... Unless you really know what you're doing you should probably not try and play with them. If you are really hungry you're probably better off trying to eat what the snakes are trying to eat. Less dangerous. This From the words of Cody Lundin: "if it can go after me, I don't go after it" Yet if you want to do it, make sure you get extensive training with a handler Snakes aren't superman, they die pretty easily. I seriously doubt the OP is going to be hunting them bare handed. This is why I also said get training from a snake wrangler first. Just simply blasting the snake is easy, without a doubt, but in a survival situation any round not used is going to help you down the road. That's my whole point |
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Kinda reduces you to worms, insects and small fish...I'm sure it's pure coincidence that this is what we see him eating the majority of the time. Hell, even a pissed off ground hog can go after you. I've seen it! While it's funnier than hell to watch it also happens to people who are not armed. I agree with the .22lr idea. Plus if you educate yourself in skinning you could make a nice belt after your meal.
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From the words of Cody Lundin: "if it can go after me, I don't go after it" Yet if you want to do it, make sure you get extensive training with a handler Kinda reduces you to worms, insects and small fish...I'm sure it's pure coincidence that this is what we see him eating the majority of the time. Hell, even a pissed off ground hog can go after you. I've seen it! While it's funnier than hell to watch it also happens to people who are not armed. I agree with the .22lr idea. Plus if you educate yourself in skinning you could make a nice belt after your meal.
-Emt1581 This is true as well. But as I stated training. Remember a dead snake is still a dangerous one. It can still bite and inject venom. Even cutting off its head can still do this. Even if I have broken limbs or laceration from a pissed of hog I can treat, cant really treat a venom bite. Also you can stumble on a snake and get into a bad day, you can always stalk a hog. |
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I have had snake a couple times prepared by chefs in China where it is considered a delicacy. To me it was no delicacy. It was about as fresh as it gets, as we got to pick the ones we were going to eat from a glass terrarium they were kept in. They were both stringy and tough, and just did not taste all that good.
As I understand it, snakes are all edible. I would be somewhat concerned about disease from them and making sure I did not get bit, especially if it was venomous, but if I was hungry enough and had a safe way to dispatch them, I might be inclined to give cooking one up for supper a try. |
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This is true as well. But as I stated training. Remember a dead snake is still a dangerous one. It can still bite and inject venom. Even cutting off its head can still do this. Even if I have broken limbs or laceration from a pissed of hog I can treat, cant really treat a venom bite. Also you can stumble on a snake and get into a bad day, you can always stalk a hog. Training...meaning one should get some before messing with a snake? I agree to a point but then that last part about stumbling on a snake...well that can happen to anyone by complete accident. Then what do you do? Hopefully step back, take aim, and shoot! Definitely right about treating a venom bite! However, if you treat a snake's fangs the same as a bee's stinger....that is keep it the hell away from your skin...you should be good to go. This is where a good stick with a "Y" in it will come in real handy during the cutting. -Emt1581 |
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Training...meaning one should get some before messing with a snake? I agree to a point but then that last part about stumbling on a snake...well that can happen to anyone by complete accident. Then what do you do? Hopefully step back, take aim, and shoot! Definitely right about treating a venom bite! However, if you treat a snake's fangs the same as a bee's stinger....that is keep it the hell away from your skin...you should be good to go. This is where a good stick with a "Y" in it will come in real handy during the cutting. -Emt1581 Quoted:
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This is true as well. But as I stated training. Remember a dead snake is still a dangerous one. It can still bite and inject venom. Even cutting off its head can still do this. Even if I have broken limbs or laceration from a pissed of hog I can treat, cant really treat a venom bite. Also you can stumble on a snake and get into a bad day, you can always stalk a hog. Training...meaning one should get some before messing with a snake? I agree to a point but then that last part about stumbling on a snake...well that can happen to anyone by complete accident. Then what do you do? Hopefully step back, take aim, and shoot! Definitely right about treating a venom bite! However, if you treat a snake's fangs the same as a bee's stinger....that is keep it the hell away from your skin...you should be good to go. This is where a good stick with a "Y" in it will come in real handy during the cutting. -Emt1581 The issue with snakes is many of the times you don't know where it is. you can try all you want to avoid a snakes bite and theres ways to do it. But if you have a wrong angle they will attack and will bite. Look at my area where I use to live in southern NM and western TX. There not exactly many trees near by (if any) to get a branch and use it. Yes you can argue you can use a rock but you can easily miss. You could get a bigger rock than exert more energy then what you potentially will get from that one snake. My whole point is getting a snake should be a last resort food system. Now as my self living in the desert snakes and jack rabbits are about the only thing you can normally get. Yet many mammals that live in the desert typically carry diseases . So yes im kinda "f'd" either way. In that case I rather go after snakes.,. But depending on your eco-system there is typically better choices |
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The issue with snakes is many of the times you don't know where it is. you can try all you want to avoid a snakes bite and theres ways to do it. But if you have a wrong angle they will attack and will bite. Look at my area where I use to live in southern NM and western TX. There not exactly many trees near by (if any) to get a branch and use it. Yes you can argue you can use a rock but you can easily miss. You could get a bigger rock than exert more energy then what you potentially will get from that one snake. My whole point is getting a snake should be a last resort food system. Now as my self living in the desert snakes and jack rabbits are about the only thing you can normally get. Yet many mammals that live in the desert typically carry diseases . So yes im kinda "f'd" either way. In that case I rather go after snakes.,. But depending on your eco-system there is typically better choices Oh ok so you meant the actual process of killing them. As I said in my first post you can try to use sticks and rocks if you want as that last resort but you should have a .22lr pistol or rifle with you which pretty much takes 99% of the danger out. THEN you can use whatever is around to safely protect yourself from the fangs. As for areas, I was only thinking of my own which you can't go 10 feet without a tree of some sort being around. -Emt1581 |
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The issue with snakes is many of the times you don't know where it is. you can try all you want to avoid a snakes bite and theres ways to do it. But if you have a wrong angle they will attack and will bite. Look at my area where I use to live in southern NM and western TX. There not exactly many trees near by (if any) to get a branch and use it. Yes you can argue you can use a rock but you can easily miss. You could get a bigger rock than exert more energy then what you potentially will get from that one snake. My whole point is getting a snake should be a last resort food system. Now as my self living in the desert snakes and jack rabbits are about the only thing you can normally get. Yet many mammals that live in the desert typically carry diseases . So yes im kinda "f'd" either way. In that case I rather go after snakes.,. But depending on your eco-system there is typically better choices Quoted:
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This is true as well. But as I stated training. Remember a dead snake is still a dangerous one. It can still bite and inject venom. Even cutting off its head can still do this. Even if I have broken limbs or laceration from a pissed of hog I can treat, cant really treat a venom bite. Also you can stumble on a snake and get into a bad day, you can always stalk a hog. Training...meaning one should get some before messing with a snake? I agree to a point but then that last part about stumbling on a snake...well that can happen to anyone by complete accident. Then what do you do? Hopefully step back, take aim, and shoot! Definitely right about treating a venom bite! However, if you treat a snake's fangs the same as a bee's stinger....that is keep it the hell away from your skin...you should be good to go. This is where a good stick with a "Y" in it will come in real handy during the cutting. -Emt1581 The issue with snakes is many of the times you don't know where it is. you can try all you want to avoid a snakes bite and theres ways to do it. But if you have a wrong angle they will attack and will bite. Look at my area where I use to live in southern NM and western TX. There not exactly many trees near by (if any) to get a branch and use it. Yes you can argue you can use a rock but you can easily miss. You could get a bigger rock than exert more energy then what you potentially will get from that one snake. My whole point is getting a snake should be a last resort food system. Now as my self living in the desert snakes and jack rabbits are about the only thing you can normally get. Yet many mammals that live in the desert typically carry diseases . So yes im kinda "f'd" either way. In that case I rather go after snakes.,. But depending on your eco-system there is typically better choices Wait...wut? TRG |
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This is true as well. But as I stated training. Remember a dead snake is still a dangerous one. It can still bite and inject venom. Even cutting off its head can still do this. Even if I have broken limbs or laceration from a pissed of hog I can treat, cant really treat a venom bite. Also you can stumble on a snake and get into a bad day, you can always stalk a hog. Training...meaning one should get some before messing with a snake? I agree to a point but then that last part about stumbling on a snake...well that can happen to anyone by complete accident. Then what do you do? Hopefully step back, take aim, and shoot! Definitely right about treating a venom bite! However, if you treat a snake's fangs the same as a bee's stinger....that is keep it the hell away from your skin...you should be good to go. This is where a good stick with a "Y" in it will come in real handy during the cutting. -Emt1581 The issue with snakes is many of the times you don't know where it is. you can try all you want to avoid a snakes bite and theres ways to do it. But if you have a wrong angle they will attack and will bite. Look at my area where I use to live in southern NM and western TX. There not exactly many trees near by (if any) to get a branch and use it. Yes you can argue you can use a rock but you can easily miss. You could get a bigger rock than exert more energy then what you potentially will get from that one snake. My whole point is getting a snake should be a last resort food system. Now as my self living in the desert snakes and jack rabbits are about the only thing you can normally get. Yet many mammals that live in the desert typically carry diseases . So yes im kinda "f'd" either way. In that case I rather go after snakes.,. But depending on your eco-system there is typically better choices Wait...wut? TRG Exerting energy without having it replenished is foolish by any means is the point I was trying to make. You don't always get the big 12-14' snakes when surviving most snakes ive encountered have been 12-14" and really not worth killing |
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Quoted: Cut off the head and tail, split it open, gut it, skin it, cook it over an open fire spread out and suspended on sticks. Most snakes that spend a lot of time in swamps like the water moccasin mentioned above taste like shit. Stick with other species if you have the choice. Edit: don't get bit. Even non venomous snakes carry disease and can transmit it through a bite. A hoe, machete or suppressed .22 pistol come in real handy if you are trying to keep quiet while hunting snakes. Bury the head, don't mess around with it, dig a little hole and kick it in. Cover it, stamp on it. The head can snap at you a long time after death (like, hours) and a venomous snake can pump venom into you at that point too. Every show that shows someone eating a snake leaves me drooling wanting some myself. Though I hear they have lots of little bones and you are picking the flesh off to eat. I'd probably put it in the same category as alligator as far as "what to cook it as" goes. Fried, stews with tomatoes, or roasted over open fire.
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Quoted: Kinda reduces you to worms, insects and small fish...I'm sure it's pure coincidence that this is what we see him eating the majority of the time. Hell, even a pissed off ground hog can go after you. I've seen it! While it's funnier than hell to watch it also happens to people who are not armed. I agree with the .22lr idea. Plus if you educate yourself in skinning you could make a nice belt after your meal. -Emt1581 Quoted: Quoted: From the words of Cody Lundin: "if it can go after me, I don't go after it" Yet if you want to do it, make sure you get extensive training with a handler Kinda reduces you to worms, insects and small fish...I'm sure it's pure coincidence that this is what we see him eating the majority of the time. Hell, even a pissed off ground hog can go after you. I've seen it! While it's funnier than hell to watch it also happens to people who are not armed. I agree with the .22lr idea. Plus if you educate yourself in skinning you could make a nice belt after your meal. -Emt1581 |
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There was a dude killed by a rabid beaver (not rabies, just the bites killed him) last year. The idiot was filming it, not trying to eat it though. Quoted:
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From the words of Cody Lundin: "if it can go after me, I don't go after it" Yet if you want to do it, make sure you get extensive training with a handler Kinda reduces you to worms, insects and small fish...I'm sure it's pure coincidence that this is what we see him eating the majority of the time. Hell, even a pissed off ground hog can go after you. I've seen it! While it's funnier than hell to watch it also happens to people who are not armed. I agree with the .22lr idea. Plus if you educate yourself in skinning you could make a nice belt after your meal.
-Emt1581 Oh I believe it! They can be downright vicious! Yeah they are chubby little fucks but that doesn't mean they can't mess you up BAD! -Emt1581 |
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This is true as well. But as I stated training. Remember a dead snake is still a dangerous one. It can still bite and inject venom. Even cutting off its head can still do this. Even if I have broken limbs or laceration from a pissed of hog I can treat, cant really treat a venom bite. Also you can stumble on a snake and get into a bad day, you can always stalk a hog. Training...meaning one should get some before messing with a snake? I agree to a point but then that last part about stumbling on a snake...well that can happen to anyone by complete accident. Then what do you do? Hopefully step back, take aim, and shoot! Definitely right about treating a venom bite! However, if you treat a snake's fangs the same as a bee's stinger....that is keep it the hell away from your skin...you should be good to go. This is where a good stick with a "Y" in it will come in real handy during the cutting. -Emt1581 The issue with snakes is many of the times you don't know where it is. you can try all you want to avoid a snakes bite and theres ways to do it. But if you have a wrong angle they will attack and will bite. Look at my area where I use to live in southern NM and western TX. There not exactly many trees near by (if any) to get a branch and use it. Yes you can argue you can use a rock but you can easily miss. You could get a bigger rock than exert more energy then what you potentially will get from that one snake. My whole point is getting a snake should be a last resort food system. Now as my self living in the desert snakes and jack rabbits are about the only thing you can normally get. Yet many mammals that live in the desert typically carry diseases . So yes im kinda "f'd" either way. In that case I rather go after snakes.,. But depending on your eco-system there is typically better choices Wait...wut? TRG Exerting energy without having it replenished is foolish by any means is the point I was trying to make. You don't always get the big 12-14' snakes when surviving most snakes ive encountered have been 12-14" and really not worth killing I'm gonna hand you more paint as you get closer to the corner on this argument... TRG |
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Some snakes (like rattlesnakes) are pretty decent. Others (like every water snake I've ever tried, or a copperhead) taste like shit. You don't have to be Tarzan to take out a poisonous snake (the kinds we have here, anyway), just whack them with a stick until they go belly up.
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A good friend of mine, a forester and fossil hunter that spent years in the woods, creeks, and swamps of the southeast was adamant that there was no in North America that couldn't be dispatched with a 4 foot stick. He actually said a 3 foot stick, and he was no hero, but that extra 12" made me feel better.
I was watching naked and afraid and they were in Panama and there was a big boa in a tree, and all I could think was "meat" |
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TRG Like I have said depending on eco-system there is typically better choices than snakes and a lot of it can be done by trapping. Less energy wasted can be used on moving from surviving to thriving It's all about opportunity. If snake is there you kill and eat it... It's that simple. When you hunt food for survival you take what's there. A couple of whacks with a stick to get some protein/calories is a no brainer. |
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I will be the first to chime in that I don't think this is a good idea. The meat is edible, yes, but... Unless you really know what you're doing you should probably not try and play with them. If you are really hungry you're probably better off trying to eat what the snakes are trying to eat. Less dangerous. This From the words of Cody Lundin: "if it can go after me, I don't go after it" Yet if you want to do it, make sure you get extensive training with a handler I'd hope that Lundin is knowledgable enough to know that (with very few exceptions) there isn't a snake in North America that will "go after you." Theyll haul ass and will even avoid a strike against "not food" as long as it doesn't perceive itself as trapped. |
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I'd hope that Lundin is knowledgable enough to know that (with very few exceptions) there isn't a snake in North America that will "go after you." Theyll haul ass and will even avoid a strike against "not food" as long as it doesn't perceive itself as trapped. Quoted:
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I will be the first to chime in that I don't think this is a good idea. The meat is edible, yes, but... Unless you really know what you're doing you should probably not try and play with them. If you are really hungry you're probably better off trying to eat what the snakes are trying to eat. Less dangerous. This From the words of Cody Lundin: "if it can go after me, I don't go after it" Yet if you want to do it, make sure you get extensive training with a handler I'd hope that Lundin is knowledgable enough to know that (with very few exceptions) there isn't a snake in North America that will "go after you." Theyll haul ass and will even avoid a strike against "not food" as long as it doesn't perceive itself as trapped. Im not trying to argue against you. Yet it seems that in most peoples mindset that dealing with snakes is easy. Dealing with water moccasins in the Wisconsin river valley has taught me a totally different mindset on it. |
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Im not trying to argue against you. Yet it seems that in most peoples mindset that dealing with snakes is easy. Dealing with water moccasins in the Wisconsin river valley has taught me a totally different mindset on it. Quoted:
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I will be the first to chime in that I don't think this is a good idea. The meat is edible, yes, but... Unless you really know what you're doing you should probably not try and play with them. If you are really hungry you're probably better off trying to eat what the snakes are trying to eat. Less dangerous. This From the words of Cody Lundin: "if it can go after me, I don't go after it" Yet if you want to do it, make sure you get extensive training with a handler I'd hope that Lundin is knowledgable enough to know that (with very few exceptions) there isn't a snake in North America that will "go after you." Theyll haul ass and will even avoid a strike against "not food" as long as it doesn't perceive itself as trapped. Im not trying to argue against you. Yet it seems that in most peoples mindset that dealing with snakes is easy. Dealing with water moccasins in the Wisconsin river valley has taught me a totally different mindset on it. You cite one species (water moccasins) in Wisconsin as validation against eating snakes in the desert, New Mexico and Texas, and think that you can expend more energy throwing a big rock at one than you will intake in calories from the carcass, unless it is 12 to 14 feet, instead of just 12 to 14 inches...? Here's your paint bucket, keep posting. TRG |
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You cite one species (water moccasins) in Wisconsin as validation against eating snakes in the desert, New Mexico and Texas, and think that you can expend more energy throwing a big rock at one than you will intake in calories from the carcass, unless it is 12 to 14 feet, instead of just 12 to 14 inches...? Here's your paint bucket, keep posting. TRG Quoted:
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I will be the first to chime in that I don't think this is a good idea. The meat is edible, yes, but... Unless you really know what you're doing you should probably not try and play with them. If you are really hungry you're probably better off trying to eat what the snakes are trying to eat. Less dangerous. This From the words of Cody Lundin: "if it can go after me, I don't go after it" Yet if you want to do it, make sure you get extensive training with a handler I'd hope that Lundin is knowledgable enough to know that (with very few exceptions) there isn't a snake in North America that will "go after you." Theyll haul ass and will even avoid a strike against "not food" as long as it doesn't perceive itself as trapped. Im not trying to argue against you. Yet it seems that in most peoples mindset that dealing with snakes is easy. Dealing with water moccasins in the Wisconsin river valley has taught me a totally different mindset on it. You cite one species (water moccasins) in Wisconsin as validation against eating snakes in the desert, New Mexico and Texas, and think that you can expend more energy throwing a big rock at one than you will intake in calories from the carcass, unless it is 12 to 14 feet, instead of just 12 to 14 inches...? Here's your paint bucket, keep posting. TRG Let me ask you this would you actively hunt snakes? or have you besides in your part of the state? Also I have never said im against eating snakes im against actively hunting them unless you absolutely have to |
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I will be the first to chime in that I don't think this is a good idea. The meat is edible, yes, but... Unless you really know what you're doing you should probably not try and play with them. If you are really hungry you're probably better off trying to eat what the snakes are trying to eat. Less dangerous. This From the words of Cody Lundin: "if it can go after me, I don't go after it" Yet if you want to do it, make sure you get extensive training with a handler I'd hope that Lundin is knowledgable enough to know that (with very few exceptions) there isn't a snake in North America that will "go after you." Theyll haul ass and will even avoid a strike against "not food" as long as it doesn't perceive itself as trapped. Im not trying to argue against you. Yet it seems that in most peoples mindset that dealing with snakes is easy. Dealing with water moccasins in the Wisconsin river valley has taught me a totally different mindset on it. I've lived my whole life in rattlesnake country, I've been around copperheads an coral snakes. Ive caught and sold live rattlesnakes. They're nothing to fear. Worthy of respect, definitely. They're easy to find, easy to catch/kill, and I have no qualms about eating one in a pinch. I don't handle live snakes anymore, but killing one isn't a scary proposition at all. And TRG, why throw rocks when you can kill one with a stick? Having tried both, a stick is much much easier. I wouldn't crawl face first into a den (that's just plain stupid), but if a snake is just laying there its (potentially) an easy meal. |
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[b]Originally Posted By Clownbear69
Let me ask you this would you actively hunt snakes? or have you besides in your part of the state? Also I have never said im against eating snakes im against actively hunting them unless you absolutely have to I snipped that for brevity. You are claiming that snakes will not give you the necessary caloric intake required to thrive. I posit that you have lived in a small area and know nothing of snake behavior. In multiple places that I've lived you can easily collect enough snakes in a half hour of walking to give you thousands of calories. With very little effort and danger. You literally need a 2 foot stick and a pocket knife. I have done it many times in many areas. You are simply wrong about this. |
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This From the words of Cody Lundin: "if it can go after me, I don't go after it" Yet if you want to do it, make sure you get extensive training with a handler Quoted:
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I will be the first to chime in that I don't think this is a good idea. The meat is edible, yes, but... Unless you really know what you're doing you should probably not try and play with them. If you are really hungry you're probably better off trying to eat what the snakes are trying to eat. Less dangerous. This From the words of Cody Lundin: "if it can go after me, I don't go after it" Yet if you want to do it, make sure you get extensive training with a handler that is good advice for a city boy. Maybe. I have been successfully dispatching rattlers and moccasins for 60+ years. I think I have the process down pat. 
Oh, and they taste fine, but can have a lot of small bones. They make a great soup. |
