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Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: burchett.donald on September 29, 2017, 07:43:51 pm

Title: Be Careful
Post by: burchett.donald on September 29, 2017, 07:43:51 pm
      Be careful guy's...! My buddy killed this Timber Rattler, AKA Canebreak laying across a small dirt road on his way out from hunting...Check out his snake boots  ??? Said he would drop it off for me in the AM...I will measure and weigh it when he does...Early season can be dangerous here in South Carolina...
                                                                                                                                              Don
Title: Re: Be Careful
Post by: osage outlaw on September 29, 2017, 08:56:23 pm
Beautiful colors on that one.  It will make a great backing
Title: Re: Be Careful
Post by: Pat B on September 29, 2017, 10:11:03 pm
Timber rattlers are one of my favorite skins. If big enough you can split them down the middle so one skin works on both limbs.
Most of my hunting has been is either middle GA or coastal SC so I'm very familiar with timber rattlers.  :OK
Title: Re: Be Careful
Post by: Hawkdancer on September 29, 2017, 10:25:09 pm
Methinks I will go with the Apache snake boots!  That is one big snake!
Hawkdancer
Title: Re: Be Careful
Post by: half eye on September 30, 2017, 01:54:02 pm
Don,
    You fellas can have them and the other snakes, wasps, hornets gators etc. all to yer selves sir. Gives "setting in the blind" a whole new meaning. Them snakes grow big there for sure, so dont share your ground blind with any of 'em......be real careful my friend.
rich
Title: Re: Be Careful
Post by: burchett.donald on September 30, 2017, 06:23:42 pm
  Clint and Pat, they are beautiful skins and can be split so many ways, even the belly is marked well...
  Hawk, I wear my snake boots all season here, but since I hunt on the ground in natural veg. I have to be real careful reaching down...
  Rich, remember the copper head that was in my blind all day until it cooled down and started moving...I have had Timber, copperhead and moccasin glide through my blind...I am up on a stool wearing snake boots, need to watch my hands when reaching for a drink or grunt call... :o
                                                                                                               Don
Title: Re: Be Careful
Post by: Pat B on September 30, 2017, 08:07:26 pm
Where do you live Donald? I grew up in Savannah, lived in Bluffton SC before moving here to the mountains of NC in 1990.
Title: Re: Be Careful
Post by: burchett.donald on October 01, 2017, 04:03:26 am
  Pat,
          I live in Sumter, SC... 30 minutes from lake Marion and Sparkleberry Swamp...Lot's of great fishing and hunting in my area... )F(  :-D 
                                                      Don
Title: Re: Be Careful
Post by: Pat B on October 01, 2017, 08:07:15 am
...and snakes!  :OK
Title: Re: Be Careful
Post by: bradsmith2010 on October 01, 2017, 03:38:07 pm
wow thats a beaut,,, itl to two bows,,
Title: Re: Be Careful
Post by: burchett.donald on October 01, 2017, 07:29:48 pm
  Glenn froze the snake...I will be sure to post pics and measurements when I tack it up...May have to buy a board from Lowes to fit this one, they can be wide... I use a staple gun for tacking
                                                                                                                               Don
Title: Re: Be Careful
Post by: selfbow joe on October 01, 2017, 07:53:23 pm
Nice timber rattler. Like the color.
Title: Re: Be Careful
Post by: burchett.donald on October 06, 2017, 06:56:00 am
  Talked to Glen at work and he has snake skinned and rolled up in the freezer for me, says it was around 4 feet long...It's amazing how it looked 6 feet long in the picture...Camera made it look 6 ft. Still glad he saved for me...You may see it on a bendy this winter...
                                                                                       Thanks, Don
Title: Re: Be Careful
Post by: Pappy on October 10, 2017, 03:28:56 am
Nice snake, love his snake boots, yipessssss.  ;)
 Pappy
Title: Re: Be Careful
Post by: mullet on October 10, 2017, 07:18:35 am
Cute, little thing.