The Diamondback
Aug 18, 2020 15:48:48 #
Papacon357
Loc: West Texas (Permian Basin)
For any FSers still interested in a previous conversation, the attached(I hope) pic is of a true Western Diamondback rattlesnake. This one is only approx. 3’ long and 2 1/2” across at the widest point. They do taste good rolled in your favorite fish covering and deep fried to a golden brown. Some folks say it tastes like chicken but I tend to disagree. The texture is what I think they mistake for taste. The texture reminds me of a chicken thigh or shrimp. Anyway, they do taste good, are easy to clean, and the hide is easily preserved and useful for belts, hatbands, billfolds, etc. Y’all have a good day.
Aug 18, 2020 16:02:11 #
I'm just glad I don't need to concern myself with them. Only one I have around home are copperheads and they are considered an endangered species.
Aug 18, 2020 16:05:15 #
We are so fortunate in California to have been blessed with three different types. The western diamondback, the red diamondback and the western rattlesnake. You're more likely to see the western (not diamond back) up high where I like to fish. Diamondbacks like the hot desert, not the snowy mountains so much. Doesn't matter much where you are, if you're out in the country you better watch your step.
Aug 18, 2020 16:16:20 #
charlykilo
Loc: Garden Valley Ca
Rattlesnakes in California
California rattlesnake species include the northern Pacific rattlesnake (in northern California), and the Western Diamondback, Sidewinder, Speckled rattlesnake, Red Diamond rattlesnake, Southern Pacific, Great Basin rattlesnake and the Mojave rattlesnake .
A few more , some I
never knew of.
California rattlesnake species include the northern Pacific rattlesnake (in northern California), and the Western Diamondback, Sidewinder, Speckled rattlesnake, Red Diamond rattlesnake, Southern Pacific, Great Basin rattlesnake and the Mojave rattlesnake .
A few more , some I
never knew of.
Aug 18, 2020 16:16:39 #
BullG8r
Loc: Navarre, FL. (Panhandle of FL)
Do you know what all is required to preserve a rattlesnake skin? I would like to tan the next big one I collect or someone gives me. My dad did one about 6' 6" long when I was a kid and when I graduated from high school I donated it to the school.
Thank you for any info you can provide.
Thank you for any info you can provide.
Aug 18, 2020 16:20:27 #
Aug 18, 2020 16:20:49 #
We have eastern diamond backs that gets huge, I’ve never seen one but have seen lots of copperheads they are kinda nasty with a short fuse, mess with them and they won’t hesitate to strike.
Aug 18, 2020 16:29:52 #
Yeah, growing up in Indiana i's familiar with copperheads. Not friendly snakes. The "nice" thing about our rattlesnakes out here is that they're not particularly aggressive. You leave them alone, they'll pretty much leave you alone. Still, you don't want to step on one.
Aug 18, 2020 16:56:43 #
And in Fl we have a sneekie snake ,corral snake.
Aug 18, 2020 17:11:23 #
bottomcoon
Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma
Flytier wrote:
I'm just glad I don't need to concern myself with them. Only one I have around home are copperheads and they are considered an endangered species.
I'm not doubting your word that the government has declared the copperhead endangered, I just haven't seen it in print. I can say that when we moved here in 1987 there were copperheads all over this place. I introduced the CCI 38/357 shot shell to little buggers & now we sometimes go a year & not see one. I processed lots of snakeskin as a kid, rattlers & cottonmouth's too. After skinning I tacked the hide to a board & rubbed borax into it. After 6 or 8 days i scraped all the dried stuff off the hide then rubbed lanolin on the hide till it was soft & flexible. They last forever, almost.
Aug 18, 2020 19:36:57 #
Flytier wrote:
I'm just glad I don't need to concern myself with them. Only one I have around home are copperheads and they are considered an endangered species.
Yes. Shotguns have a way of doing that.
Aug 18, 2020 19:45:17 #
bottomcoon wrote:
I'm not doubting your word that the government has... (show quote)
I wonder after borax if neets foot oil would work? That's what I use on leather boots and holsters.
Aug 18, 2020 20:20:37 #
Works well on baseball gloves. Can you still buy that? I think the neets are about extinct. And the ones that are left have some sore little feets.
Aug 18, 2020 20:46:12 #
Papacon357
Loc: West Texas (Permian Basin)
BullG8r wrote:
Do you know what all is required to preserve a rattlesnake skin? I would like to tan the next big one I collect or someone gives me. My dad did one about 6' 6" long when I was a kid and when I graduated from high school I donated it to the school.
Thank you for any info you can provide.
Thank you for any info you can provide.
We’ve just always soaked them for a few days in auto antifreeze. It keeps them soft and pliable with all their scales intact.
Aug 18, 2020 20:50:26 #
Papacon357
Loc: West Texas (Permian Basin)
bottomcoon wrote:
I'm not doubting your word that the government has... (show quote)
Yep, I’m with you, Coon. Endangered or not, being near me will make their head a lot heavier with all the shot it’ll have to carry around in it. .22 shot works good too and it ain’t so loud.
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