Snakes in Montana

[inyati13]

First time I have figured out how to scan some of my photos. Here is a gift for the Holidays. We collected these from an old mine adit near where Oldtimer Lives up in Montana. These are a few of the bigger ones (prairie rattlesnakes), I pulled them out with a set of Pillstrom tongs and set them up for taking this picture.

 

[Shantilly]

cool pic i heard they taste like chicken

 

[skyhightree1]

Setting up poisonous snakes for a photoshoot ...no thanks :yuck: cool photo though

 

[lavacarancher]

Dang, I almost shot my computer. Don't like snakes i any form.

 

[inyati13]

cool pic i heard they taste like chicken

We killed 3 of these and barbecued them. More like frog legs or fish.

 

[Ouachita]

I cooked a big rattlesnake once. There was probably a better way than grilling. I remember the meat being somewhat flaky like fish, tasty but chewy. Is there a better way to cook it?

 

[Bigfoot]

Is it cold, or do the tend not to scatter?

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I cooked a big rattlesnake once. There was probably a better way than grilling. I remember the meat being somewhat flaky like fish, tasty but chewy. Is there a better way to cook it?

Fried. I've had it fried before and it was very good.

 

[TexasBred]

I cooked a big rattlesnake once. There was probably a better way than grilling. I remember the meat being somewhat flaky like fish, tasty but chewy. Is there a better way to cook it?

Remove the bones. :lol: :lol:

 

[ousoonerfan22]

I used to hunt mulies in the early archery season in NW Colorado and crawling around that sage country I kept my eyes open for those things....I'm glad I never bumped in to one!

 

[inyati13]

Is it cold, or do the tend not to scatter?

This was early spring. There is an open coal mine adit nearby that the snakes were removed from. I placed them here and kept them from crawling off until I got this picture. It was actually warm that day.

 

[inyati13]

I used to hunt mulies in the early archery season in NW Colorado and crawling around that sage country I kept my eyes open for those things....I'm glad I never bumped in to one!

I hunted pronghorn antelope on the Wyoming side of NW Colorado and I can tell you I ran into them in the sage bush often. It was nerve raking because they would lay up in the foliage of the sage bush so they were positioned to make an easy bite into your leg or even higher.

 

[Bigfoot]

Thanks. My only experience with poisionous snakes is copperheads. They usually flee given the chance. I usually don't give them the chance.

 

[inyati13]

Thanks. My only experience with poisionous snakes is copperheads. They usually flee given the chance. I usually don't give them the chance.

Rattlesnakes seem to make a stand more than a copperhead. I have collected both and a copperhead will sneak off while a rattlesnake once they are mad, will hang around a little longer.

 

[goddy]

snakes on a plain !

Sort of pic that give nightmares but fascinating in a train wreck kind of way