Little speckled rattler in san diego today scouting for deer.
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Rattle snakes
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Snake Charmer
Happiness is a warm gut pile
Yep lump in the intestine, Cool paint job on that species.
Cool snake! @Snake Charmer why is it that the red rattlers seem to be much more docile than the southern Pacifics. I have had 3 very close calls with some big reds in the last year and still Have not had one rattle at me.
None of my snake encounters have rattle this year, this makes 3 babies and the last one big girl.
My worry is about Mojave Greens because 90% of my hunting is from the Sierras east to the state border. Truth is I have only come across a Green once but there isn't any anti venom vaccination for them.
I run into a couple here yet they are not suppose to be here, same as side winders, but they had horns , This was a few years ago, the Palomar ranger said they are starting to spread,
it's hard to tell them apart at first,
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it's hard to tell them apart at first,
Can you tell the difference between a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake and a Mojave Rattlesnake by the tail bands? - Rattlesnake Solutions
Sometimes, but it’s not an absolute, and should not be used as a single method for identification of either species. The general rule is that Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes have a banding on the tail in a roughly 1:1 ratio of white to black, while Mojave Rattlesnakes tend to have tail banding...
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Snake Charmer
Happiness is a warm gut pile
The reds are very docile by nature and are not easily aggitated. I have had a few rattle at me but it was only after I picked them up with tongs. Btw they have been a protected species since 2013 and you cannot legally posess or kill them.
There is anti-venom for Mohave's for both humans and dogs. If you get bit you will be guaranteed a helicopter ride to Loma Linda hospital near San Bernardino. If your dog gets bit you probably won't be able to get him to a vet fast enough to save him.
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I am one of the few that doesn’t kill snakes Fred. If they are in my yard they get a shovel but in the backcountry I just let them do their thing and I do mine. Cool critters.
Snake Charmer
Happiness is a warm gut pile
We're the aliens Drew, they have been here far longer than us and deserve a place in the biodiversity. We would be over run with rodents without them. I don't tolerate them around my dwellings or kennel and pick the up when I see them close but in the wild I go my way and they go their's. They are the most primal of creatures and we will just have to tolerate their presence as they will never adapt and avoid us.
Drew,
Not a cool critter and God must have been having a bad day when he created them...
This red or speckled was just a little guy and he got a pass...What camo!
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Not a cool critter and God must have been having a bad day when he created them...
This red or speckled was just a little guy and he got a pass...What camo!
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Watch your backdoor fellas....2020 is the year...if can happen..it will...that being said...we behead them onsight on the 2acres....bad for buisness.
Snake Charmer
Happiness is a warm gut pile
Steve,that's a speckledDrew,
Not a cool critter and God must have been having a bad day when he created them...
This red or speckled was just a little guy and he got a pass...What camo!
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So much bad info combined with some good I don't care to even start as to how poor this video is. These folks like to make videosI run into a couple here yet they are not suppose to be here, same as side winders, but they had horns , This was a few years ago, the Palomar ranger said they are starting to spread,
it's hard to tell them apart at first,
Can you tell the difference between a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake and a Mojave Rattlesnake by the tail bands? - Rattlesnake Solutions
Sometimes, but it’s not an absolute, and should not be used as a single method for identification of either species. The general rule is that Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes have a banding on the tail in a roughly 1:1 ratio of white to black, while Mojave Rattlesnakes tend to have tail banding...
I know, I know...this is a no no. But when I was tween we had a few as pets. (Ill delete this in a bit so not to encourage stupidity.) I think this was a Great Basin Rattler/NV. We were a different kind of red neck. Lol
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