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[Terry Soloman]

Photo by Rob Allison. Be careful out there!

 

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[Terry Soloman]

I don't like snakes.

 

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[63bkpkr]

Rattle Snake stuff in NorCal Mother load country - yup they control other small critters, eat a few fish every now and then and yes when teased/tormented they protect themselves, these are the ones that have at least some sort of rattles on the end of their tails. Baby RS's on the other hand should be avoided as no rattles so now warning just a wide open mouth with fangs ready to tag an ankle or bare foot!


Most I've seen in the NFAR drainage are about 3' long, most that is. I've seen one heading into a den that was likely 6' to 8' in length. If you have never smelled Reptile Stink then you really NEED to spend 5 to 10 minutes in a Reptile shop to acquaint yourself with that particular 'fragrance'. Twice now I've been around that heavy smell and it means a LOT of snakes could be close by or the smell is being blown towards you by the wind. If you smell it then you really need to pay special attention to where you are!!

I find a long hiking stick, 6', works great to pick them up with and move them out of my way. Enjoy yourself out there in Their backyard!.............63bkpkr

 

[arizau]

Rattle

I find a long hiking stick, 6', works great to pick them up with and move them out of my way. Enjoy yourself out there in Their backyard!.............63bkpkr

A friend I used to hike and backpack with carried one too. He would bang it on the rocks before he stepped up, down, over or onto them. I find that just kicking dirt and stones at them encourages most of them to move off the trail. Every black one that I have tried that with just encourages them to move towards me (I call them attack snakes) so I usually go around them or drop bigger and bigger rocks on them until they get out of my way.

 

[Clay Diggins]

A friend I used to hike and backpack with carried one too. He would bang it on the rocks before he stepped up, down, over or onto them. I find that just kicking dirt and stones at them encourages most of them to move off the trail. Every black one that I have tried that with just encourages them to move towards me (I call them attack snakes) so I usually go around them or drop bigger and bigger rocks on them until they get out of my way.

Rattle snakes are pretty much blind. When you throw stuff at them they want to move on but they have no way of knowing from which direction the stuff that's hitting them is coming from. They aren't attacking you they are just confused about which way to move to safety. Dirt is something to hide under in snake land so you may be encouraging them to dig in rather than move on. Try the stick or your coil so you can get them started in the right direction.

 

[Nano]

Photo by Rob Allison. Be careful out there!

I like all snakes. Much prefer people that do not kill just because they can. Nice and gentle is the way forward. Respect