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Posted: 7/21/2007 1:21:39 PM EDT

Red diamond rattlesnake

Rverside Co., CA

Ground snakes, Westguard Pass, CA.

Rosy boa, Riverside Co., CA.

California kingsnake, Carlsbad, CA.

Coachwhip, Cabazon, CA.

California mountain kingsnake, Laguna Mountain, CA.

Southern pacific rattlesnake, Carlsbad, CA.

Southwestern speckled rattlesnake, Pioneertown, CA.

Northern pacific rattlesnake, Grant Co., WA.

California mountain kingsnakes, Klickitat Co., WA.

Cloudy snail-eating snake, Arenal, Costa Rica.

Shovel-nosed snake, CA.

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:23:17 PM EDT

[#1]

What - no pictures HOLDING the rattlesnakes?

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:24:28 PM EDT

[#2]

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What - no pictures HOLDING the rattlesnakes?

Yes I have pictures of that too. All the rattlesnakes pictured were captured and released.

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:25:11 PM EDT

[#3]

Cool

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:27:11 PM EDT

[#4]

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Yes I have pictures of that too. All the rattlesnakes pictured were captured and released.

Here's a pic of my rattlesnake "capturer".

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:27:25 PM EDT

[#5]

...Thank god they aint on a "Motherfuckin Plane"

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:27:35 PM EDT

[#6]

...but where's the PLANE, man?

j/k, awesome pics

ETA: arrrrgh, third time in 24 hours!! IT'S A CONSPIRACY!!!11!!

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:27:52 PM EDT

[#7]

I'm glad they are all far far away from me.

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:28:40 PM EDT

[#8]

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California mountain kingsnakes, Klickitat Co., WA.

Damn kalifornians screwing everything up.

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:28:52 PM EDT

[#9]

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Yes I have pictures of that too. All the rattlesnakes pictured were captured and released.

Here's a pic of my rattlesnake "capturer".

photos.ar15.com/ImageGallery/Attachments/DownloadAttach.asp?iImageUnq=42182

I love the 500! What size shot do you use for snakes? I assume 7 or 8?

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:28:54 PM EDT

[#10]

GREAT PICS!
Glad to see some other herpers here!

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:29:32 PM EDT

[#11]

the shovel nosed and Kings are really pretty

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:29:34 PM EDT

[#12]

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Yes I have pictures of that too. All the rattlesnakes pictured were captured and released.

Here's a pic of my rattlesnake "capturer".

photos.ar15.com/ImageGallery/Attachments/DownloadAttach.asp?iImageUnq=42182

I have similar rattle snake "capturer"

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:30:10 PM EDT

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Posted: 7/21/2007 1:37:59 PM EDT

[#14]

This is me moving the red diamond rattlesnake shown earlier to open ground for photography. It is over 5 feet long. The photo was taken by my friend.

Me catching a northern pacific rattlesnake in Yakima Co., WA.

A couple of 'winders rescued from a dry canal near the Salton Sea, CA. They crawl in and can't get back out.

Closer on one of the 'winders.

A southwestern speckled rattlesnake from box canyon CA.

Panamint speckled rattlesnake, near Bishop, CA.

Northern cat-eyed snake, Quepos, Costa Rica.

Shovel-nosed snake, Box Canyon, CA.

Rosy boa, Mountain Spring, CA.

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:39:44 PM EDT

[#15]

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Yes I have pictures of that too. All the rattlesnakes pictured were captured and released.

Here's a pic of my rattlesnake "capturer".

photos.ar15.com/ImageGallery/Attachments/DownloadAttach.asp?iImageUnq=42182

I have similar rattle snake "capturer"

You know what they say about full grown men that are affraid of snakes?

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:40:24 PM EDT

[#16]

Preciate the pics. But I think your Nucking Futs

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:43:50 PM EDT

[#17]

Very cool. Be careful with those rattlers. I've seen the damage they can do first hand. They are also very fragile creatures that can easily be hurt with rough handling. I must say though that you look like you know what your doing.

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:45:53 PM EDT

[#18]

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Very cool. Be careful with those rattlers. I've seen the damage they can do first hand. They are also very fragile creatures that can easily be hurt with rough handling. I must say though that you look like you know what your doing.

I kept them for 20 years and have been catching them for even more. I know what the venom does by subspecies and even local. Never been bit. The big red diamond rattlesnake above is packing about 6 lethal doses at that size.

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:46:36 PM EDT

[#19]

Originally Posted By M4TX
You know what they say about full grown men that are affraid of snakes?

They live longer?

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:47:30 PM EDT

[#20]

nice what part of Yakima co. was that one in?

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:48:42 PM EDT

[#21]

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nice what part of Yakima co. was that one in? No bites yet?

That is Hardy Canyon along Wenas Creek. No bites yet.

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:50:44 PM EDT

[#22]

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nice what part of Yakima co. was that one in? No bites yet?

That is Hardy Canyon along Wenas Creek. No bites yet.

Well good luck on that one.

Do you do this for a living or is this a hobby?

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:50:45 PM EDT

[#23]

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Yes I have pictures of that too. All the rattlesnakes pictured were captured and released.

Here's a pic of my rattlesnake "capturer".

photos.ar15.com/ImageGallery/Attachments/DownloadAttach.asp?iImageUnq=42182

I love the 500! What size shot do you use for snakes? I assume 7 or 8?

I believe that's a maverick 88. Almost the same thing, but I love being nitpicky about this stuff

ETA: a couple of my rattle snake capturers.

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:51:59 PM EDT

[#24]

Im in the lower valley area, just below the Roza canal. I know we have rattles up in the hills past there but have yet to see one below the canal.

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:52:36 PM EDT

[#25]

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Shovel-nosed snake, CA.

That's a beautiful animal.

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:52:49 PM EDT

[#26]

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nice what part of Yakima co. was that one in? No bites yet?

That is Hardy Canyon along Wenas Creek. No bites yet.

Well good luck on that one.

Do you do this for a living or is this a hobby?

Well 30 years and counting, seems I am pretty good at it. Its just a hobby because herpetology doesn't pay jack, LOL.

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:57:56 PM EDT

[#27]

A SNAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A SNAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: 7/21/2007 1:59:35 PM EDT

[#28]

That red diamond rattler is beautiful. Are all the rattlers protected, as in no shooting them?

Posted: 7/21/2007 2:09:57 PM EDT

[#29]

Cool pics.

Posted: 7/21/2007 2:10:48 PM EDT

[#30]

More snakes and misc. critters found while looking for snakes.

Desert horned lizard, Mountain Spring, CA.

Sonoran gopher snake, Box Canyon, CA.

Road cruising in CA. Great Basin gopher snake.

Photography of same snake, that is my friend.

Desert night snake, Grant Co., WA.

Burrowing owl, CA.

Pair of desert horned lizards, Mojave Desert, CA.

My wife holding a pygmy short-horned lizard, Yakima Co., WA.

Pygmy short-horned lizard, Yakima Co., WA.

Western banded gecko, CA.

Great Basin gopher snake, Spokane Co., WA.

Spiney iguana, Quepos, Costa Rica.

American crocodiles, Tarcolas, Costa Rica.

Coatis, Arenal, Costa Rica.

Tiger ratsnake, San Ramone, Costa Rica.

Desert night snake, Grant Co., WA.

Desert tortoise, Randesburg, CA.

Desert spiney lizard, Avenue J, CA.

Coast horned lizard, Riverside Co., CA.

Posted: 7/21/2007 2:15:12 PM EDT

[#31]

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That red diamond rattler is beautiful. Are all the rattlers protected, as in no shooting them?

In most places they are not protected, some places like CA have bag limits. Only a few types of rattlesnakes are protected in some states.

Posted: 7/21/2007 2:33:05 PM EDT

[#32]

Again, GREAT PICS!
I especially like the first shot of teh desert horned lizard.
Thanks for sharing!

Posted: 7/21/2007 2:48:22 PM EDT

[#33]

Thanks! Glad you like them.

Posted: 7/21/2007 8:05:04 PM EDT

[#34]

Awesome pics!

Posted: 7/22/2007 9:22:36 PM EDT

[#35]

Mountain Spring? that in or close to Joshua Tree?

What no Mojave Greens?

I found a Gopher that long on a road at a Cub Scout family camp. Unfortunately, a car had found it first, and secondly, Ma Danby wouldn't let me coil it up behind the door of the restroom. Some people have no sense of humor. She didn't mind the snakes at that camp though, we must have seen about half a dozen non-venomous varieties in and around the campsite. Several rattlers in the near vicinity, so we had to be fairly watchful.

Posted: 7/23/2007 8:59:34 AM EDT

[#36]

When you handle the rattlers, do you get sprayed often?

My son and I went to the Opp, AL snake roundup several years ago. As each rattler was picked up by the handlers, they more often than not, sprayed. The handlers said that was a normal defense mechanism and the reason the handlers picked the snakes up a good way from the spectators.

Merlin

Posted: 7/23/2007 9:11:04 AM EDT

[#37]

The horned lizards are my favorite reptiles.

We used to catch them in the back yard. They had different temperaments, as I recall, depending on the color of their belly. The red ones were mean as piss.

Posted: 7/23/2007 9:14:58 AM EDT

[#38]

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When you handle the rattlers, do you get sprayed often?

My son and I went to the Opp, AL snake roundup several years ago. As each rattler was picked up by the handlers, they more often than not, sprayed. The handlers said that was a normal defense mechanism and the reason the handlers picked the snakes up a good way from the spectators.

Merlin

No, never had one do that. But I have never handled the timber rattlesnakes/canebrakes that they have in AL.- at least not wild caught ones. I have handled nearly every subspecies of rattlesnake that inhabits the western US and none of them does that in general.

I do remember showing a big northern pacific rattlesnake to folks back in HS biology. The darn thing took a crap right then- it was hard to be serious after that.

Posted: 7/23/2007 9:18:05 AM EDT

[#39]

may as well show some of my critters.

Posted: 7/23/2007 9:21:29 AM EDT

[#40]

Ha! You must be busy. Great pics of the critters.

Posted: 7/23/2007 9:24:55 AM EDT

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Ha! You must be busy. Great pics of the critters.

not really. The wife and I got rid of all of them except the birds about 15 years ago.
Damn, I miss them. At least they went to good homes.

Posted: 7/23/2007 9:29:09 AM EDT

[#42]

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Ha! You must be busy. Great pics of the critters.

not really. The wife and I got rid of all of them except the birds about 15 years ago.
Damn, I miss them. At least they went to good homes.

I used to keep a lot of critters, but these days I have it pretty narrowed down. I have a Mandaren ratsnake, a CA kingsnake, a pair of rosy boas, and 3 small turtles (and some fish).

Posted: 7/23/2007 9:29:48 AM EDT

[#43]

Re: the middle pic: Holy CRAP! Imagine if you were in the shower with your FAL trying to eat a chocolate chip cookie and saw that fucking thing!

Posted: 7/23/2007 9:40:58 AM EDT

[#44]

coral snake

baby rattler

sorry for the pic quality, they're camera phone pics and i didn't want to get any closer

Posted: 7/23/2007 10:13:01 AM EDT

[#45]

Awesome pics!

Posted: 7/23/2007 1:39:34 PM EDT

[#46]

Free bump for the cool herptile pics

Posted: 7/23/2007 1:59:07 PM EDT

[#47]

Snakes, Rats, hampsters, these things are not pets. You may allow them into your house but they are not pets. If it can save your life it is a good pet. If it helps out somehow it is a good pet. These are not pets.

All your Snakes on this M*****F****** PAGE Belong to Me!

Posted: 7/23/2007 2:03:42 PM EDT

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Yes I have pictures of that too. All the rattlesnakes pictured were captured and released.

Here's a pic of my rattlesnake "capturer".

photos.ar15.com/ImageGallery/Attachments/DownloadAttach.asp?iImageUnq=42182

You and me both my friend!

Posted: 7/23/2007 2:57:29 PM EDT

[#49]

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When you handle the rattlers, do you get sprayed often?

My son and I went to the Opp, AL snake roundup several years ago. As each rattler was picked up by the handlers, they more often than not, sprayed. The handlers said that was a normal defense mechanism and the reason the handlers picked the snakes up a good way from the spectators.

Merlin

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