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BajaBlanca
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What now???? RATTLER!
We are sitting outside with friends 2 days ago, when a hissing sound started.......our amigo WAHOOLARRY says: sounds like a rattler.
Sure enough, our dog Rex was sussing this weird creature out.
Larry told us they r territorial and we should kill it.It was a young one with 4 rattlers.
what a year so far - scorpions in BED and now a rattler on the porch. Basta.
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woody with a view
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Dinner!
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grace59
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Seems like it has been a big year for Sidewinders, too! I saw lots of "tracks" in the sand on my early morning walks in San Felipe this summer. Many
more than past summers. So glad that I didn't run across the actual snake. Kept my walks to the road and not across the desert.
Whenever I hear that rainy, chill wind blow. I think it may be time to head for Mexico. Tengo que obedecer mi corazon!
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mulegemichael
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tastes like chicken!!
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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BajaDanD
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if you kill it Eat it.
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BajaBlanca
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got a good recipe? In all seriousness, anyone eat it before and does anyone have a recipe?
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bajabuddha
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We get at least 3 kinds of buzz-worms here in southern NM in the warm months. I love 'em when they're in their 'yard', but when they come into mine,
sorry Charlie. They get dispatched. Sidewinders are extremely aggressive too; I got out of my car once to 'shoo' one off a lonely highway to save
his life; the bugger chased me back to my car!! Didn't know this fat old man could run so fast. Needless to say, his fate was then in his... er....
skin....
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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chuckie
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Actually, Chicken tastes like Rattlesnake...Skin it, cut it into about 1 inch chunks, use an egg wash, roll in seasoned bread crumbs, shake & bake
or such...deep fry it...pretty good...sometimes chewy...My daughters would kill 20-30/yr....Sell the skins, feed the guests at Moms upscale c-cktail
do's..
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BajaBlanca
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the skin is really beautiful.
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bajabuddha
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Once 'dispatched', the skin peels off very easily like a glove. Stretch it over an old broomstick (or the like) and set in the sunshine for a week or
so, and protect from mice or critters that might eat it. Makes wonderful belts, hatbands, and comes with a story....
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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AKgringo
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If you flour it and fry it ,like chicken, it really does tastr like chicken! Honestly though, that one is a little small to mess with. When I was a
kid in northern CA, we would kill a half dozen or so around my grandfather's cabin every year.
That made sense at the time, because kids and dogs need protection, but they are rarely seen in that area anymore.
The property is mine now, and last year I found the first one I have seen in 20 years. I live trapped it and released him miles away from any
residences.
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bajalearner
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No. I don't like that pet. I would drive it to a new territory. Too far to slither or hitch hike back. No, no, no that thing is not my idea of a
good neighbor. And she might have kids in the area.
Do they have critters that eat them? Birds of prey? Cats do any good with harassing them?
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sd
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I had some home made pickled rattle snake, Los Barriles hospitality. Lots of cartilage to chew on along with the meat. It was tasty. Sorry, I don't
have the recipe.
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micah202
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....once went to a 'rattlesnake grill'...I suppose they raised the rattlers they cooked up,,but I couldn't see the point in building a business around
such -bony-critters-....neither did the marketplace
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Archie
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Please dont kill it.
Knowing where you found it, the size, scale pattern and coloration, it can only be either Crotalus exsul or Crotalus ruber
Both are protected species under the Federal Law, the first has a "Threatened" status for the reduction of natural habitat and low population, the
later is labeled as "Subjet to special Protection" in the 2010 version of the Mexican Official Norm for Protected and Endangered species of flora and
fauna at risk (NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010).
Just leave it alone away from people, dogs or cats.
Snakes are top pest control, and with this year abundance of food for insects and rodents, believe me, we gonna need them..
[Edited on 10-3-2014 by Archie]
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chuckie
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Noble thoughts unelss you are running cattle or horses where they are plentiful....Couple 4-500 dollar vet bills, and then you start killing
them...Out of curiousity, what pests do they control? And I didnt know Mexico had a federal law protecting them, the US does not...
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mojo_norte
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Archie
Please dont kill it.
Knowing where you found it, the size, scale pattern and coloration, it can only be either Crotalus exsul or Crotalus ruber
Both are protected species under the Federal Law, the first has a "Threatened" status for the reduction of natural habitat and low population, the
later is labeled as "Subjet to special Protection" in the 2010 version of the Mexican Official Norm for Protected and Endangered species of flora and
fauna at risk (NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010).
Just leave it alone away from people, dogs or cats.
Snakes are top pest control, and with this year abundance of food for insects and rodents, believe me, we gonna need them..
[Edited on 10-3-2014 by Archie] |
I'm with this guy. Beautiful animal. How hard is it to toss it in a bucket and drive it out in the desert far away from everything and let it go?
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micah202
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mojo_norte
How hard is it to toss it in a bucket and drive it out in the desert far away from everything and let it go? |
....I'd be hoping yer have a lid for that bucket--I can't imagine they'd be too 'chill' with car rides!   
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mojo_norte
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| Quote: | Originally posted by micah202
| Quote: | Originally posted by mojo_norte
How hard is it to toss it in a bucket and drive it out in the desert far away from everything and let it go? |
....I'd be hoping yer have a lid for that bucket--I can't imagine they'd be too 'chill' with car rides! |
used those standard 5 gallon plastic utility buckets w/ tight fitting lid before - w/ care
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Whale-ista
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Too bad this one got too close to Rex and family. Maybe looking for water? Rodents living near houses?
Snakes are valuable in maintaining a balance of rodents in the natural environment, but unfortunately dangerous near homes with people and pets.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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