Author Topic: How we deal with rattlesnakes here in Texas. (Read 4687 times)

Bigun · « **on:** December 22, 2015, 06:28:05 pm »

Here in Texas, I have rattlesnakes on my place, living among us. I have killed a rattlesnake on the front porch. I have killed a rattlesnake on the back porch. I have killed rattlesnakes in the barn, in the shop and on the driveway. In fact, I kill every rattlesnake I encounter. I kill rattlesnakes because I know a rattlesnake will bite me and inject me with poison. I don't stop to wonder WHY a rattlesnake will bite me; I know it WILL bite me because it's a rattlesnake and that's what rattlesnakes do. I don't try to reason with a rattlesnake or have a "meaningful dialogue" with it. I just kill it. I don't try to get to know the rattlesnake better so I can find a way to live with the rattlesnakes and convince them not to bite me. I just kill them.
I don't quiz a rattlesnake to see if I can find out where the other snakes are, because (a) it won't tell me and (b) I already know they live on my place. So, I just kill the rattlesnake and move on to the next one. I don't look for ways I might be able to change the rattlesnake to a non-poisonous rat snake. I just kill it. Oh, and on occasion, I accidentally kill a rat snake because I thought it was a rattlesnake at the time.
Also, I know for every rattlesnake I kill, two more are lurking out there in the brush. In my lifetime I will never be able to rid my place of rattlesnakes.
Do I fear them? Not really. Do I respect what they can do to me and my family? Yes! And because of that respect, I give them the fair justice they deserve. I kill them. As a country, we should start giving more thought to the fact that these jihadists' are telling the world their goal is to kill Americans and destroy our way of life.

GAJohnnie · « **Reply #1 on:** December 22, 2015, 06:31:33 pm »

katzenjammer · « **Reply #2 on:** December 22, 2015, 06:40:27 pm »

is right!

The problem that we have, is that Western Civilization has bought into the lie that 'rattlesnakes' are to be protected as practicing a "religion."

Bigun · « **Reply #3 on:** December 22, 2015, 06:42:07 pm »

They do the same in New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Southern Colorado! I hope the rest will catch on soon!

Bigun · « **Reply #4 on:** December 22, 2015, 06:44:12 pm »

Quote from: katzenjammer on December 22, 2015, 06:40:27 pm

is right!

The problem that we have, is that Western Civilization has bought into the lie that 'rattlesnakes' are to be protected as practicing a "religion."

And it's not even a religion to begin with! It is a political movement masquerading as a religion and always has been!

Bigun · « **Reply #5 on:** December 22, 2015, 06:47:30 pm »

Voltaire on Islam:

“The Koran teaches fear, hatred, contempt for others, murder as a legitimate means for the dissemination and preservation of this satanic doctrine, it talks ill of women, classifies people into classes, calls for blood and ever more blood. Yet, that a camel trader sparks uproar in his tribe, that he wants to make his fellow citizens believe that he talked to the archangel Gabriel; that he boasted about being taken up into heaven and receiving a part of that indigestible book there, which can shake common sense on every page, that to gain respect for this work, he covers his country with fire and iron, that he strangles fathers, drags away daughters, that he leaves the beaten a free choice between death and his faith: now this is certainly something that no-one can excuse, unless he came as a Turk into the world, unless superstition has stifled any natural light of reason in him. ”

http://vladtepesblog.com/2015/01/15/voltaire-quote-on-islam-from-the-1700s/

katzenjammer · « **Reply #6 on:** December 22, 2015, 06:52:39 pm »

Quote from: Bigun on December 22, 2015, 06:44:12 pm

And it's not even a religion to begin with! It is a political movement masquerading as a religion and always has been!

Exactly, that is why I put the word within the double quote marks.

Bigun · « **Reply #7 on:** December 22, 2015, 07:02:57 pm »

Quote from: katzenjammer on December 22, 2015, 06:52:39 pm

Exactly, that is why I put the word within the double quote marks.

The truly SAD thing is that although the TRUE nature of Islam has been widely known for centuries we STILL treat it with kid gloves!

flowers · « **Reply #8 on:** December 22, 2015, 08:33:49 pm »

Quote from: Bigun on December 22, 2015, 06:28:05 pm

Here in Texas, I have rattlesnakes on my place, living among us. I have killed a rattlesnake on the front porch. I have killed a rattlesnake on the back porch. I have killed rattlesnakes in the barn, in the shop and on the driveway. In fact, I kill every rattlesnake I encounter. I kill rattlesnakes because I know a rattlesnake will bite me and inject me with poison. I don't stop to wonder WHY a rattlesnake will bite me; I know it WILL bite me because it's a rattlesnake and that's what rattlesnakes do. I don't try to reason with a rattlesnake or have a "meaningful dialogue" with it. I just kill it. I don't try to get to know the rattlesnake better so I can find a way to live with the rattlesnakes and convince them not to bite me. I just kill them.
I don't quiz a rattlesnake to see if I can find out where the other snakes are, because (a) it won't tell me and (b) I already know they live on my place. So, I just kill the rattlesnake and move on to the next one. I don't look for ways I might be able to change the rattlesnake to a non-poisonous rat snake. I just kill it. Oh, and on occasion, I accidentally kill a rat snake because I thought it was a rattlesnake at the time.
Also, I know for every rattlesnake I kill, two more are lurking out there in the brush. In my lifetime I will never be able to rid my place of rattlesnakes.
Do I fear them? Not really. Do I respect what they can do to me and my family? Yes! And because of that respect, I give them the fair justice they deserve. I kill them. As a country, we should start giving more thought to the fact that these jihadists' are telling the world their goal is to kill Americans and destroy our way of life.

flowers · « **Reply #9 on:** December 22, 2015, 08:35:22 pm »

Quote from: Bigun on December 22, 2015, 07:02:57 pm

The truly SAD thing is that although the TRUE nature of Islam has been widely known for centuries we STILL treat it with kid gloves!

No.....some people now a days are playing nice with them thinking it will all be OK. The rest of them know what they are and want them to invade us. Destroy western civilization.

Scottftlc · « **Reply #10 on:** December 23, 2015, 07:15:44 pm »

Quote from: Bigun on December 22, 2015, 06:28:05 pm

Here in Texas, I have rattlesnakes on my place, living among us. I have killed a rattlesnake on the front porch. I have killed a rattlesnake on the back porch. I have killed rattlesnakes in the barn, in the shop and on the driveway. In fact, I kill every rattlesnake I encounter. I kill rattlesnakes because I know a rattlesnake will bite me and inject me with poison. I don't stop to wonder WHY a rattlesnake will bite me; I know it WILL bite me because it's a rattlesnake and that's what rattlesnakes do. I don't try to reason with a rattlesnake or have a "meaningful dialogue" with it. I just kill it. I don't try to get to know the rattlesnake better so I can find a way to live with the rattlesnakes and convince them not to bite me. I just kill them.
I don't quiz a rattlesnake to see if I can find out where the other snakes are, because (a) it won't tell me and (b) I already know they live on my place. So, I just kill the rattlesnake and move on to the next one. I don't look for ways I might be able to change the rattlesnake to a non-poisonous rat snake. I just kill it. Oh, and on occasion, I accidentally kill a rat snake because I thought it was a rattlesnake at the time.
Also, I know for every rattlesnake I kill, two more are lurking out there in the brush. In my lifetime I will never be able to rid my place of rattlesnakes.
Do I fear them? Not really. Do I respect what they can do to me and my family? Yes! And because of that respect, I give them the fair justice they deserve. I kill them. As a country, we should start giving more thought to the fact that these jihadists' are telling the world their goal is to kill Americans and destroy our way of life.

Well! You aren't very liberal-minded are you?

Maybe you need some of the rattlesnakes to be your boots on the ground to kill the other rattlesnakes, you know you can't kill them all

Bigun · « **Reply #11 on:** December 23, 2015, 07:17:51 pm »

Quote from: Scottftlc on December 23, 2015, 07:15:44 pm

Well! You aren't very liberal-minded are you?

Nope! Not a bit!

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Maybe you need some of the rattlesnakes to be your boots on the ground to kill the other rattlesnakes, you know you can't kill them all

I can damn sure try!

Sanguine · « **Reply #12 on:** December 23, 2015, 07:54:08 pm »

Interesting, Bigun.

What part of Texas are you in? I'm NE central. Luckily, not too many rattlesnakes right here. But, copperheads - lots of them.

xfreeper · « **Reply #13 on:** December 23, 2015, 08:00:33 pm »

We have a lot of wildlife around the place, some of which can be dangerous. Came across a rattlesnake once and decided to leave it be (took a picture. that was about it). Friends and neighbors were aghast I didn't destroy it. It wasn't near the house or anywhere that I viewed it as threat. Have mountain lions and bob cats walking across the patios from time to time and I don't shoot them. Jihadist?....wouldn't hesitate a second...

Bigun · « **Reply #14 on:** December 23, 2015, 08:51:56 pm »

Quote from: Sanguine on December 23, 2015, 07:54:08 pm

Interesting, Bigun.

What part of Texas are you in? I'm NE central. Luckily, not too many rattlesnakes right here. But, copperheads - lots of them.

The only reason there aren't twice as many is that we ran out of shotgun shells!

I actually live near Huntsville but have worked all over. That picture was taken in South Texas just after a mud tank that we had been walking around for months was picked up.

Sanguine · « **Reply #15 on:** December 23, 2015, 10:01:11 pm »

Carling · « **Reply #16 on:** December 24, 2015, 02:11:35 am »

Quote from: Bigun on December 22, 2015, 06:28:05 pm

Here in Texas, I have rattlesnakes on my place, living among us. I have killed a rattlesnake on the front porch. I have killed a rattlesnake on the back porch. I have killed rattlesnakes in the barn, in the shop and on the driveway. In fact, I kill every rattlesnake I encounter. I kill rattlesnakes because I know a rattlesnake will bite me and inject me with poison. I don't stop to wonder WHY a rattlesnake will bite me; I know it WILL bite me because it's a rattlesnake and that's what rattlesnakes do. I don't try to reason with a rattlesnake or have a "meaningful dialogue" with it. I just kill it. I don't try to get to know the rattlesnake better so I can find a way to live with the rattlesnakes and convince them not to bite me. I just kill them.
I don't quiz a rattlesnake to see if I can find out where the other snakes are, because (a) it won't tell me and (b) I already know they live on my place. So, I just kill the rattlesnake and move on to the next one. I don't look for ways I might be able to change the rattlesnake to a non-poisonous rat snake. I just kill it. Oh, and on occasion, I accidentally kill a rat snake because I thought it was a rattlesnake at the time.
Also, I know for every rattlesnake I kill, two more are lurking out there in the brush. In my lifetime I will never be able to rid my place of rattlesnakes.
Do I fear them? Not really. Do I respect what they can do to me and my family? Yes! And because of that respect, I give them the fair justice they deserve. I kill them. As a country, we should start giving more thought to the fact that these jihadists' are telling the world their goal is to kill Americans and destroy our way of life.

I grew up in Montana and worked ranches through college, and even worked the oilfields of Wyoming one college summer as a derrick hand on a natural gas drilling rig. There is a reason everyone wears either cowboy boots or work boots in the high desert. Those fangs can't go through leather when you're out clearing brush, fixing fences, or shooting antelope and deer. America needs more cowboy boots in DC.

Bigun · « **Reply #17 on:** December 24, 2015, 02:19:19 am »

Quote from: Carling on December 24, 2015, 02:11:35 am

I grew up in Montana and worked ranches through college, and even worked the oilfields of Wyoming one college summer as a derrick hand on a natural gas drilling rig. There is a reason everyone wears either cowboy boots or work boots in the high desert. Those fangs can't go through leather when you're out clearing brush, fixing fences, or shooting antelope and deer. America needs more cowboy boots in DC.

Couldn't agree more!

Sanguine · « **Reply #18 on:** December 24, 2015, 02:20:01 am »

Quote from: Carling on December 24, 2015, 02:11:35 am

... America needs more cowboy boots in DC.

Amen to that!

famousdayandyear · « **Reply #19 on:** December 24, 2015, 03:56:08 am »

Quote from: Carling on December 24, 2015, 02:11:35 am

I grew up in Montana and worked ranches through college, and even worked the oilfields of Wyoming one college summer as a derrick hand on a natural gas drilling rig. There is a reason everyone wears either cowboy boots or work boots in the high desert. Those fangs can't go through leather when you're out clearing brush, fixing fences, or shooting antelope and deer. America needs more cowboy boots in DC.

Paladin · « **Reply #20 on:** December 24, 2015, 04:11:24 am »

"What part of Texas are you in? I'm NE central."

"I actually live near Huntsville but have worked all over."

Y'all mind if I join you on the porch in order to enjoy the breeze? Currently I live in WA state but consider Deep East Texas as my real home. All my children were born there and, in fact, I just returned from the Dallas area after attending the graduation of one of my daughters from college.

Bigun · « **Reply #21 on:** December 24, 2015, 04:15:57 am »

Quote from: Paladin on December 24, 2015, 04:11:24 am

"What part of Texas are you in? I'm NE central."

"I actually live near Huntsville but have worked all over."

Y'all mind if I join you on the porch in order to enjoy the breeze? Currently I live in WA state but consider Deep East Texas as my real home. All my children were born there and, in fact, I just returned from the Dallas area after attending the graduation of one of my daughters from college.

Pull up a chair and sit a spell! All are welcome septin snakes that is!

How in hell did a good East Texas boy wind up in Washington state?

Paladin · « **Reply #22 on:** December 24, 2015, 04:28:38 am »

Quote from: Bigun on December 24, 2015, 04:15:57 am

How in hell did a good East Texas boy wind up in Washington state?

Lol. As with many others, life takes such twists and turns as it and God wills. My abiding hope is that someday I will be able to return to my home among the piney woods.

A footnote to this discussion: I find it an interesting coincidence you are currently residing in or near Huntsville as I now reading a biography of one my great heroes, General Sam. Not a major coincidence to be sure, but to me still interesting.

Btw, isn't Massadvj also a Texan, lives over toward Bryan/College Station? Any others?

Bigun · « **Reply #23 on:** December 24, 2015, 04:34:31 am »

Quote from: Paladin on December 24, 2015, 04:28:38 am

Lol. As with many others, life takes such twists and turns as it and God wills. My abiding hope is that someday I will be able to return to my home among the piney woods.

A footnote to this discussion: I find it an interesting coincidence you are currently residing in or near Huntsville as I now reading a biography of one my great heroes, General Sam. Not a major coincidence to be sure, but to me still interesting.

Btw, isn't Massadvj also a Texan, lives over toward Bryan/College Station? Any others?

Yes! As it happens I know all about that. We'll keep the light on for ya!

The place I live on is a part of my grandfather's (mother's side) place that has been in the family since one of my ancestors went to San Jacinto General Sam.

Victor has a place in the hill country but spends most of his time in Pennsylvania. At least until he retires that is!

Sanguine · « **Reply #24 on:** December 24, 2015, 04:41:46 am »

Quote from: Paladin on December 24, 2015, 04:11:24 am

"What part of Texas are you in? I'm NE central."

"I actually live near Huntsville but have worked all over."

Y'all mind if I join you on the porch in order to enjoy the breeze? Currently I live in WA state but consider Deep East Texas as my real home. All my children were born there and, in fact, I just returned from the Dallas area after attending the graduation of one of my daughters from college.

Absolutely. Take the porch swing or the rocker. It was a glorious day, sunny, warm - low 70's. Now dropping into the low 50's.