A Buzzer

justin10mm

So late this afternoon I'm out taking a walk down a two track ranch road plinking at cactus on either side of the road with my new .22 conversion for my Glock 20. Its about 20 minutes before dark and I've got ear plugs in, I'll take a couple shots and then walk to the next suitable cactus and take a couple more shots.
I stop and take a shot and then through the ear plugs I hear bzzzzzzz...bzzzzzzz...bzzzzzzz! I take a couple steps back and start looking for the sound. About 20 feet up the road I see this sucker rise up about 6 inches above the grass coiled in a striking pose bobbing back and forth . He was really ticked off! There were only a couple rounds left in the gun and I completely missed him at that range.
Now he starts crossing the road heading towards some tall weeds and brush while I'm fumbling to get some shells out of my pocket, I just managed to get two into the mag as he is crawling up into a small cactus patch, so I get up as close as I dare and put a shot into his head. Then I drug him out with a stick and finished him off.

CHIRO1989

Don't shoot it unless you are going to eat it or it is going to kill you, hope you had some snake hordourves yonight.

Teach

Hmmmm- - - -sounds like a "teachable moment"- - - -Get a spare magazine!
Jerry

Six-Gun

Rattler is actually pretty danged good table fare.

Buford

Why shoot it? He was going on his way.

gator

Buford wrote: »

Why shoot it? He was going on his way.

Cause he may not bite you today but tomorrow he might.(not an option now)

Six-Gun

knitepoet wrote: »

Fived it for you Luis. Too bony, not enough meat for the amount of bones, and the last I has was only slightly more tender than shoe leather :vomit:

I'm pretty sure the last part was due to being overcooked (fried) but it did NOT leave me craving more

I had mine at a couple of different restaurants, both times fried as an appetizer. Aside from being a bit rubbery, sort of like gator, I found the flavor light and tasty. I could see the bones being an issue if I had to prep it myself, but the dumplings I had came de-boned for me, so no problem there. :tooth:

gator

Six-Gun wrote: »

Aside from being a bit rubbery, sort of like gator,

Watch it bub:nono:

Linefinder

Am I the only one who's noticed that if you handle a rattlesnake it leaves a really bad stink on your hands that you can't wash off? Even worse than cottonmouth.

Mike

breamfisher

Nope. You're not the only one. They have musk glands. If you cut the glands when skinning it, you'll ruin the meat.