sperman Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 This is a 5 and a half foot bull snake in my front yardHe seems to have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed...he is quite ticked off Disregard the audio...Nanci was not pleased at filming him His strike was about 5 feet..he was pretending to be a rattlesnake The vid doesnt show it well...but these guys can deform their head to mimic the shape of a rattlesnake. And yes it was me he was trying to bite ...PS no I did not hurt him...they eat mice...and thats good You sure have funny looking grass out there in New Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boz1911 Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 They got those things in Vegas???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted May 8, 2009 Author Share Posted May 8, 2009 Grass....GRASS you say We have grass sort of...but not like a lawn. You know this is sorta like... the desert Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircooled6racer Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Hello: I am moving out there soon but maybe not after seeing that thing. Looks like it would make a fine pair of boots I shot with Jim and Nancy at Double Tap this year and she was using the same type of language towards the cold weather I am not a fan of snakes but if they eat rattlesnakes I like that snake Cool video. Thanks, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armand Willis Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Hi Jim (Whack)- Cool video (Whack) Hows Nancy doing?(Whack) Surely that wasn't her voice in the video.(Whack Whack) Take care now... (Whack) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 She did as she was told and worked the video ..!Whack! Went out side barefoot with the fast snake .....cuzzzz Jim said to.....!Whack! Jim said "Hold my Beer, watch this".....!Whack,... Whack again! Once for hold my beer , and another whack for. watch this Its eyes are round , not vertical slits , So its not poisonous ..?Rite? .....Whack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyinBlue Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Hello: I am moving out there soon but maybe not after seeing that thing. Looks like it would make a fine pair of boots I shot with Jim and Nancy at Double Tap this year and she was using the same type of language towards the cold weather I am not a fan of snakes but if they eat rattlesnakes I like that snake Cool video. Thanks, Eric It certainly was cold enough at that match to cause a colorful metaphor to escape my lips... So, where are you moving to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 (edited) Once upon a time, a woman was picking up firewood. She came upon a poisonous snake frozen in the snow. She took the snake home and nursed it back to health. One day the snake bit her on the cheek. As she lay dying, she asked the snake, "Why have you done this to me?" And the snake answered, "Look, b****, you knew I was a snake." Edited May 8, 2009 by JThompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZip Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 GJ, That looks like the gent I found under a palm frond Monday. I was just getting done with a call of nature, (we do that at our shop out the cack door) and I thought I saw the tip of something sticking out from under a palm frond. I stepped on him as he coiled and tried to get a good couple of strikes on my boot. Reached down and grabbed him, (their stress reaction is to crap on you, ewwww!) and slipped him into the bed of my friends truck. Now that is what we do for fun out here in the desert! Tim isn't even scared of them, but he was suprised when he went to put his gear away! We let him go on a dune covered in creosote. I am sure he will live well there. It is in the middle of some agricultural land and there were so many rodent holes, he's sure to get a meal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Hayden Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 I've never seen a Gopher snake (what we cal them here - but maybe they're different species?) so riled up.. what pissed it off? Cool to see it lunge with that strike.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted May 8, 2009 Author Share Posted May 8, 2009 I dont know why...but the larger bull snakes seem to have a more agressive behavior. A few years ago I came across one that was over 7 feet long..biggest I have ever seen I tryed to catch him...and man o man what a mess He managed to whip around and bite me...and not just a little bite!...he gave me a NASTY bite on my arm. This was in the field hunting deer...and even after cleaning the wound..I got a pretty good infection from it. These puppys have a ton of tiny razor sharp teeth. If you catch one..and just hold him for a while, they calm down and play nice. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JQ- Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 ..and just hold him for a while, they calm down and play nice.Jim Honey, just hold him for a while, they calm down and play nice...WHACK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyinBlue Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 ya right! Just hold him awhile (insert smug whiny voice here) ...NOT! Remember the saying that the more often you handle a firearm the greater the possibility you will have an accidental discharge? Well, you keep handling those snakes and eventually you will get bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chp5 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 One word: shotgun. I don't kill animals for no reason, but aggressive snakes . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Santiago Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 One word: shotgun.I don't kill animals for no reason, but aggressive snakes . . . Bullsnakes are harmless.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 A 4 foot nasty rattler with a bad attitude met Natasha in the front yard the other day He is now 3 foot 9" Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspian_45 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 The best snakes are dead snakes. I got cats that eat mice. And they don't scare the crap out'a me when I roll over a hay bale and find one under it. Let me show him my "little friend" .410 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashvillebill Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 (edited) Here's some stuff I kinda knew, but Wiki Answers states it so elaquently. King Snakes and Milk Snakes both Old and New World are a primary predator of numerous venomous snakes, including Cobra's. A Black snake consuming a Rattler is more likely a Mexican Black King Snake or an Eastern King Snake (Although Eastern's moreoften have thin yellow bands). California King's are normally Black with thicker yellow or white bands, more often in the Pet Trade California Kingsnakes are all black but more often then not as they grow gain other colors browns, grays, whites, or yellows. However all three types of King's live in areas where Rattlers can be found, Mexican Blacks and California Kings inhabit the same areas of Prarie and Diamond Back Rattlers, as a result when confronted both species practices "Tail Ratting", doing this produces a sound like that of a rattle snake. Eastern Kingsnakes not only prey on Timber Rattlesnakes but Coral Snakes as well. Kingsnakes and Milksnakes are slender, unlike most snakes there is no distinction between the head and body where-as most snakes have a spear-like shape. The body build allows for more better manuvering during constriction of another snake, Florida King Snakes can consume a Rattlesnake inches short of their same size. Bull Snakes, though not normally Black also eat Rattlesnakes but usually do not share the same cannibalistic nature King's and Milk's do. The Bull Snake also has a spear-like shape, the smaller jaws of King's and Milk's makes it harder to consume larger rodents that another species of the same size could do with ease. California Kingsnakes inhabit as far South as Arizona and as far East as Nevada, Mexican Black Kingsnakes inhabit the same areas stretching farther South into Mexico. Eastern Kings inhabit the Eastern Coast as far North as Maine and as far South as Florida, The Mississippi River is usually a Western border. The much rarer and harder to identify Blotched King, varies more by color then other Kings and gets larger. Usually Black or Darker gray scales with a lighter outline around them, inhabits more of MidWest. Colorado and Wyoming are home to Bull Snakes which are much larger snake eaters than King's and Milk's naturally, so the siting are rarer. So whichever region you live in decides what snake it is, if its a captive bred snake as a pet then it is most commonly the black morph California Kingsnake. The point is, kill the good snakes = leave more room for the dangerous snakes. Edited May 20, 2009 by nashvillebill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Now where's the video of zhunter running away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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