First Rattlesnake of the year!

How old is that machete?

TXSurveyor, post: 413765, member: 6719 wrote: How old is that machete?

He said its "retired now" lol but it was used many many years!
It started out as a 28" blade, but after years of filing it down, it looked more like a sword.
He preferred the old Collins brand but they don't make those anymore.

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That's about twice as big as the ones I encounter. I don't have to be much concerned until about May. Worst time is August, if you see one better be looking for the other one. They will warn which is good but if you step on them, get to close or reach into their close vicinity the warning turns deadly. If they are on my property. well...........................

Nothing like spunk in an Older Surveyor! My hat is off to him! Heck! He's only 6 years older than me! There's hope for me!

Jules J., post: 413781, member: 444 wrote: Nothing like spunk in an Older Surveyor! My hat is off to him! Heck! He's only 6 years older than me! There's hope for me!

Yes Sir! He will never stop as long as he can walk (we've begged lol). it's in his blood and he has a love for this profession like no one I've ever seen.

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I guess the warm weather has got them stirring.

I wanted to catch a good sized one this last fall so I'd have something to put in a fake UPS package on the porch for the Christmas package thieves. It didn't happen...maybe next year.

Tell your dad to 'go easy' on them....we don't want them to become an endangered species.

paden cash, post: 413793, member: 20 wrote: I guess the warm weather has got them stirring.

I wanted to catch a good sized one this last fall so I'd have something to put in a fake UPS package on the porch for the Christmas package thieves. It didn't happen...maybe next year.

Tell your dad to 'go easy' on them....we don't want them to become an endangered species.

Yes, we haven't had much of a winter down here, unusually warm temps so no break from the mosquitoes or snakes like we sometime get.

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paden cash, post: 413793, member: 20 wrote: I guess the warm weather has got them stirring.

I wanted to catch a good sized one this last fall so I'd have something to put in a fake UPS package on the porch for the Christmas package thieves. It didn't happen...maybe next year.

Tell your dad to 'go easy' on them....we don't want them to become an endangered species.

Paden, you would have to make sure you had a hidden camera. That would serve them right!

Rachel Collins Basco, post: 413762, member: 10399 wrote: Licensed since 1978

Me too, but by that time I was married for 9 years and had two boys. My rattlesnake day's have been history for years. 😎

paden cash, post: 413793, member: 20 wrote: I wanted to catch a good sized one this last fall so I'd have something to put in a fake UPS package on the porch for the Christmas package thieves.

Cripes, and HC thinks I'M BAD. Happy to see some of the Cash genes are alive and kicking. 😉

FL/GA PLS., post: 413874, member: 379 wrote: Me too, but by that time I was married for 9 years and had two boys. My rattlesnake day's have been history for years. 😎

I was born in 1979, started in the field with him when I was 12. Plenty of snake killin'
We even have some pretty darn big ones stuffed & mounted in a case at our office! Always a good conversation piece lol

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Dang..........my middle daughter was born in 1979. Now I'm feeling very old.

Holy Cow, post: 413884, member: 50 wrote: Dang..........my middle daughter was born in 1979. Now I'm feeling very old.

Naaaa

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Holy Cow, post: 413884, member: 50 wrote: Dang..........my middle daughter was born in 1979. Now I'm feeling very old.

Does anybody know the current conversion factor for "cow years"?

paden cash, post: 413891, member: 20 wrote: Does anybody know the current conversion factor for "cow years"?

It requires Cowculus.

Rachel Collins Basco, post: 413762, member: 10399 wrote: Best man in the world to me

:gammon:

paden cash, post: 413891, member: 20 wrote: Does anybody know the current conversion factor for "cow years"?

probably simple one to run through Starnet seeing only 4 legs are involved.

back on topic but I wouldn't tackle a snake with anything that short.
We have some straight poles (bits stout brush, scrub from the bush) placed strategically about the outside world here. All are about 5-6 feet long.
They work well.

That conversion rate changes daily. It is udderly unstable.

Rachel Collins Basco, post: 413772, member: 10399 wrote: He said its "retired now" lol but it was used many many years!
It started out as a 28" blade, but after years of filing it down, it looked more like a sword.
He preferred the old Collins brand but they don't make those anymore.

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looks like my machete,43 years in the making.my machete is a Collins, so I know what he means,