This is most definitely NOT the kind of tail we like seeing here at the Lazy J Bar C!
This rattlesnake got himself tangled up in the bird netting covering the dwarf peach tree. Since there was NO WAY I was going to try and cut him free, Jerry sent him to snake heaven with the shotgun. Now, before you guys get to thinking we are snake haters, go here to see how we saved the gopher snake from the bird netting two years ago. This is actually only the second rattlesnake we have seen on our property in the eight years we have lived here.
shudder, shudder! I might be eating my words, but I have never seen a snake on our property, and I hope I don't!
ReplyDeleteNo way rattlesnake should have (or could have) safely been saved. Ewwww!
ReplyDeleteAhhhh. I don't know what I'd do if I came across one of these. Scream first, think clearly way way last.
ReplyDeleteNot a lot you can do in that situation. Trying to save him would be very dangerous.
ReplyDeleteOh now you scared me we do not have them but from everything I have heard they are not to be messed with. B
ReplyDeleteIt must have been a day for rattlesnakes, my brother was hiking by the Verde River and actually stepped on one! He stepped over a log (didn't look first!) He stepped on its neck, lucky him!
ReplyDeleteWe have had to do that before with venomous snakes. Sometimes there is no choice!
ReplyDeleteI am generally unafraid of snakes, but that one.... I would be... I'm glad it's no threat to you now.
ReplyDeleteThe way I look at it there are acres and acres of land around me where no one lives, but don't want them in my space. I have not seen the one I have here since last week, but believe me .... the gun is now loaded and close by.
ReplyDeleteWow what a catch. Now you can have rattlesnake soup. :)
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mess with helping a rattler either. Sherpa brought me a baby rattler once. Once was enough.
ReplyDeleteOk, I'm a snake-relocater myself, but if I saw that I would probably have given him a bit o' buckshot myself. Freaky!!!
ReplyDeletenope. don't blame you one bit for ridding that one from your property. yikes! so glad we don't have them here - just a few hours south of here, though...
ReplyDeletemoccasins and copperheads are enough to deal with.
I see absolutely no good in a rattlesnake...except for skin and rattles, I guess. I have a friend who makes longbows, and rattlesnake skin is used in one of his designs.
ReplyDeleteI would shot him too. My friend Heidi has seen three rattlers on her property in the last two weeks. I am going up there this June. I am hoping not to run into any.
ReplyDeleteYikes! I am really scared of snakes, even harmless ones, so I would have totally freaked out. Sounds like you did the best thing in the situation!
ReplyDeleteYou gotta do what you gotta do Candy. I hope you were using a zoom lens when you took these photos. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, my. No thank you, very much. No snakes for me. :)
ReplyDeleteYikes! Not the kind of tail you want to see anywhere if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteOh, that's very sad, but I'm with everyone else...that would be too hard to stay safe while you try to free it. :(
ReplyDeleteWow - he is a big rattler. I don't think anyone would judge you for getting rid of him. Scary!
ReplyDeleteOh my, I would be running the other way.. Fast!
ReplyDeleteNo, you didn't have any choice! I am pretty terrified of these Western Diamodnbacks...they are supposed to be more aggressive than Eastern Dinamondbacks. But I've never seen ANY kind of snake since we moved back (or at any visit prior to that) and I'd like to keep it that way! Glad you've only seen two! Our daughter, SIL and grandson saw a Diamondback rattler trying to get a rabbit at the Sonoran Desert Museum once. They were not part of any exhibit, but were wild, and a crowd gathered around quickly. The rabbit got away. (I knew people would wonder! :-) )
ReplyDeleteI don't blame you for shooting it! I like snakes but not this kind around my animals or granddaughter.
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