YIKES!!!!!!!!!

ClorideRUS · May 21, 2008

A friend e-mailed me these photos today. Supposedly they were taken on Mothers day. Crap now I'll have nightmares for weeks.

RUS

legacy · May 21, 2008

I got the same e-mail TWICE today! Gives me the heebie-geebies!

Shummy · May 21, 2008

Kill it with fire!!!!

slamdunk · May 21, 2008

Rus!!!!!
Now MY skin's crawling!!

Where is this place so i do NOT go there!!!

1911 · May 21, 2008

I HATE THOSE THINGS!!!!

ClorideRUS · May 21, 2008

All the e-mail said was "east of Riverton". I don't know what state but I ain't going anywhere near any place called Riverton.

RUS

one_dryboot · May 21, 2008

thats when a shotgun comes in very handy. we used to catch them and then dare each other to get close or jump over them so they would strike. yep back when i was young and dumb. im a little older now but i dont know if im over the dumb part yet.

1911 · May 21, 2008

That is a lot of hat bands right there.

Silentstalker · May 21, 2008

According to the e-mail it is located in Bluffdale/riverton Utah. Just the south end of the salt lake valley. Not sure if it is true though?? Anyone know for sure?

slamdunk · May 21, 2008

Riverton huh Rus, i'm safe then.....that's all of ten minutes from where i live here in Utah!!!

How far and fast can they crawl!!! Lol

YIKES!!!

ktc · May 21, 2008

Give them to WARBIRDUM. He likes these things.

I know it is against the law to kill them, but....

RandallT · May 21, 2008

I live in Riverton. And thankfully that doesn't look anything like it. Maybe the south hills west of Camp Williams, but no matter what that just SICK AND WRONG! I despise snakes, not to mention rattlers.

eelgrass · May 21, 2008

>Give them to WARBIRDUM. He likes
>these things.
>
>I know it is against the
>law to kill them, but....
>

Whaaaaat????? You can't kill Mocking birds. You can't kill bats. You can't kill wolves. You can't kill rattlesnakes.

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Eel

Hornhog2 · May 21, 2008

And now I know what hell looks like! And the shed hunting season is officially closed!

Shummy · May 21, 2008

I've got an English Pointer pup i'm working with that is at the stage where she needs to see birds every day. I live in constant fear of her getting snake bit.

LESGO54 · May 22, 2008

killum all

Slide · May 22, 2008

Shummy, check with your Vet they have a shot out that will vaccinate your dog against rattle snake bites. It's not a 100% guarantee, but they say if your dog gets bit and your a long way from a vet that it might make the difference. I have a Jack Russle Terrier and a Yagdt Terrier and both of them have the shot, so far I have not had to find out if it works or not.

Anyway, just thought I would pass that along to ya.

Slide

Shummy · May 22, 2008

I have some close relations in the vet world and you will get some diference of opinion on the snake shot. I'm not to keen on giving it to her, or any of my dogs. Snake breaking is the best option for me, but Utah makes it pretty hard for a guy that wants to have a caged rattlesnake for this or any other purpose. Every once in a while they have a clinic in Fredonia, I need to get to the next one for sure!

Gator · May 22, 2008

Finding those snake dens in the spring can be alot of funny with a .22 rifle and some time on your hands. I'm not in the snake lovers crowd, I'm on the other end of that stick.
heck of a picture.

nickman · May 22, 2008

We have a den like that close to where I live. People been trying to wipe it out for a hundred years.....still there. Bird shot comes in several handgun calibers.

Funny thing here....rattlesnakes are no longer protected in California. What is the matter with the rest of you people?

Actually, it was a matter of economics. We have so many of them, and as all the Yuppies moved into rural areas, animal control could not respond to all the calls from homeowners, so they forced the protection of rattlesnakes off the books.

In another 50 years the mountain lion will get the same treatment here.

WARBIRDUM · May 22, 2008

Fully auto machine gun would be fun just after they have been lit on fire.

manny15 · May 22, 2008

can anybody say Dinamite

ddy58 · May 22, 2008

Can anybody spell dynamite

CAelknuts · May 23, 2008

ddy58, LOL that was hilarious!

257Tony · May 23, 2008

I don't see what all the fuss is over a few snakes? You guys have been watching too much Indian Jones and not enough Crocodile Hunter.

DallanC · May 23, 2008

>You guys have been
>watching too much Indian Jones
>and not enough Crocodile Hunter.

Ummm... you do know how that one ended right?

-DallanC

Knockmdead · May 23, 2008

I got the same email and it said it was Riverton WY.
I dont care where it is just as long as it is a long way from me. I hate snakes!!!!

Jeff

Roy · May 23, 2008

I love snakes - as long as I never see or hear them. If they stay low and kill the rodents and don't get in my way they are some of the coolest creatures out there. Now, just let me tell you though how far I jumped once when I was fishing in the dark near Minersville (Southern Utah) once when I heard one rattling close to my feet! I cleared the whole freaking river! Longest standing long jump of my life! Granted it is only about 5 feet wide there but I cleared it completely! It is not the first one you have to worry about - it is usually the second.

UTROY
Proverbs 21:19 (why I hunt!)

BigWooley · May 23, 2008

To solve the whereabouts of the den, i notice alot of Mohave rattlesnakes in the photo along with a few diamond back. The mohave's are the green tinted snakes and the brown/Gray are the diamondback. Very similar in pattern and both have coontail but the bands are much narrower on a Mohave. Since we can conclude that it must be within the home range of the mojave it is somewhere in the diagram.

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