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Offline JoJoDapyro

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Snake hunting
« on: September 10, 2014, 09:19:23 am »
What methods do you snake hunters use to find them or catch them? Thanks.
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Snake hunting
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2014, 09:24:06 am »
Luck up on them. ;) :) :) Lucky for me ,not so lucky for them. :)
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Re: Snake hunting
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2014, 09:27:54 am »
I like that. I'm sure they are around. Has anyone tried traps, like crawdad traps?
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Snake hunting
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2014, 09:31:32 am »
A friend put out snake "traps" which consists of sheets of old roofing tin placed on the ground around old home places and snaky areas. Every few days he lifts the tin to see what has take up residence underneath.
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Re: Snake hunting
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2014, 09:33:05 am »
One of our local issues is location. We used to be able to access the entire west side of Utah lake, but it is all fenced and posted  >:( Now it takes quite a bit longer drive to shoot guns or hunt rabbits and snakes.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Snake hunting
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2014, 09:47:17 am »
Most of my snake hunting is done from the drivers seat of my truck.  I find a lot of roadkill snakes in early summer. 
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Re: Snake hunting
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2014, 10:18:13 am »
Just make sure its legal in your area... Here in Mo. all snakes are protected.. Its silly but i cant even use road kill..👎.... Brian
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Re: Snake hunting
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2014, 10:31:48 am »
Same here in Tennessee. ;) 8)
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Re: Snake hunting
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2014, 11:20:14 am »
That is the problem I run into in Utah. All Rattlenakes are protected, so that doesn't leave me with a whole lot of options.
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Offline Tower

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Re: Snake hunting
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2014, 12:01:41 pm »
I  hunted rattle snakes for a long time.  You need a strong light, a mirror,& pump sprayer with 1/4 " copper line brazed to the handle. Also 1/2" cpvc 8 ft long aka a telaphone Are you in rock or sand country?
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Re: Snake hunting
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2014, 12:12:40 pm »
Yeah, your best bet is to find ones the are dead on the road.  Personally, I would never kill one just for the skins as the skins are just a commodity but when I find roadkill snakes I don't have a problem skinning them out.  Just remember, these animals are protected for a reason.  Whether we like them or not, snakes are vital to the ecosystems and we need them living out in nature.
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Re: Snake hunting
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2014, 12:16:14 pm »
I agree Tim, I can also get them from people here as well.  :laugh:
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Re: Snake hunting
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2014, 01:12:30 pm »
Don't know what part of Utah you're in, but if you're looking for roadkill snakes, I can tell you I've seen a few up here in Monument Valley. No one here will touch them. Taboo for Navajo. I saw a huge one in the road on the Hopi rez. But you have to make sure it's not a Horned Rattlesnake or some of the other protected ones. Those are illegal to possess parts of.

The Hopi catch a certain kind of rattler for the snake dance. Yeah, they dance holding the live snakes. But that dance is closed to everyone but the Hopi. Hopi tribal police have the roads into the village blockaded when it's going on. So, anyway, you'll find a lot of rattlers in this region because they're taboo for the most part to fool about with. But the other issue is the rez has its own laws regarding animals. But find the rez line near Monument Valley and I bet you find a few in the road. That's where I've always seen them on the road near Mexican Hat.
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Re: Snake hunting
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2014, 02:53:10 pm »
You can't even have parts of rattlesnakes in utah without a permit (Native snakes). I think i may just stick to trading.
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Re: Snake hunting
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2014, 04:01:51 pm »
No shortage of them down here, take your pick. :)
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