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   Hey Gents:
I lived in Cedar Hill Texas for a couple of years (that's 25 miles SW of Dallas).  Guy in a truck in front of me ran over a rattlesnake just 1/4 mile from my house.  That devil was almost 6 feet long and his body at the widest part was as big around as my arm right below the elbow.  He was a big damn snake.  I didn't get to count how many sections it had on its rattle since the guy who squished him already cut it off and had it in his pocket before I pulled over.
I grew up in Missouri where we have our share of big snakes (cotton mouths get big in these parts) but that fellow was the biggest I ever saw.
Cedar Hill had lots of wildlife.  We had javelina, deer, bobcats, coyotes, tarantulas, rattlers, scorpions, etc. running around the subdivision all the time.  I hated the idea of those damn javelina running around on my one-acre lot with my wife and kids around.  That was pretty much the only animal I thought might have actually hurt somebody.  I kept the .45-70 handy for those damn pigs but never shot one.  A guy I know in San Angelo (West Texas) shoots them on his ranch from his helicopter.

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sluggo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .30/06 SpringField Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 300	Posted: 25 June 2003 at 09:26
	Hey Gents: I lived in Cedar Hill Texas for a couple of years (that's 25 miles SW of Dallas). Guy in a truck in front of me ran over a rattlesnake just 1/4 mile from my house. That devil was almost 6 feet long and his body at the widest part was as big around as my arm right below the elbow. He was a big damn snake. I didn't get to count how many sections it had on its rattle since the guy who squished him already cut it off and had it in his pocket before I pulled over. I grew up in Missouri where we have our share of big snakes (cotton mouths get big in these parts) but that fellow was the biggest I ever saw. Cedar Hill had lots of wildlife. We had javelina, deer, bobcats, coyotes, tarantulas, rattlers, scorpions, etc. running around the subdivision all the time. I hated the idea of those damn javelina running around on my one-acre lot with my wife and kids around. That was pretty much the only animal I thought might have actually hurt somebody. I kept the .45-70 handy for those damn pigs but never shot one. A guy I know in San Angelo (West Texas) shoots them on his ranch from his helicopter.
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Triggerguard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby aka The San Antonio Terminator Joined: 13 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2212	Posted: 25 June 2003 at 12:14
	Everybody picks on the poor javalina! You hear tales of aggressive charges and other BS. Actually, those are tales to impress the folks that haven't dealt with them! Javalia are nearsighted little herd animals...when you disturb them, think of them as a covey of four legged quail that stink and can't fly. They just explode, and many a "hunter" has tales of a charge he "just managed to escape from" when all that happened was the poor critter paniced and ran by the person. Odds are the javalina never even saw 'em. Not like wild hogs at all... Rancher where I hunt hires a service to fly his ranch and kill hogs and coyotes with an AC-556. Does it monthly. We still see hogs when we hunt there.
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CB900F Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator Honor, Integrity Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: Eritrea Status: Offline Points: 8857	Posted: 26 June 2003 at 02:19
	Fella's; When Y'all come up here for one of these reunions - - - - - - - - but I'll let that go. Stop into the Sinclair truckstop in Harlowtown. Go into the cafe & sit & then look up on the back wall. Best not to have a mouth full of coffee. If you have a female companion, be prepared for some public heebie-jeebies, if she's 'sensitive' about snakes. It's called "Montana's First Citizen". I always figured that it was the inspiration for the guy that thought up those 6-shooters that'd load either the .45-70 gov't or 410 shotshells. Personally, I wouldn't want to take the sucker on in anything much less than a Bradley. 900F
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Tikkabuck Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator Robert E. Lee IV Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8740	Posted: 26 June 2003 at 02:36
	Hey Guys Here in Tenn. this is snake time of year,they are all over the road dead and the only good snake here is a dead one. OK Bring it on tree huggers. After living in the western states belive me I'm alot more afraid of cotton mouths and copperheads than rattlers.They give no warning and are very agressive. When we are in the woods taking care of the deer lease you got to be so careful it's a pain. Last year we were hauling hay(square bales)and after we had picked them all up and were unloading them to the barn I grabbed one by the twain and handed it to the next guy and right when he grabbed it a baby copperhead stuck it's nasty little head out. I to remember having read that they are releasing the so called super rattler in east Tenn. in the Smokies and in the Carolina's,that was last year boy you talk about an outcry from John Q Public. I know we need some of them things but dang don't make it so illeagal to kill them,heck why don't they just making little Sadam's and X-Wife's and let them run free eveywhere their all snakes. Mike Edited by Tikkabuck
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