DeborahLakeHelen's Blog

Some people do, in fact eat Rattlesnakes. I've HEARD that IT really does taste like chicken! I'm sorry, but I am personally unable to verify that for you, Cro, my dear, because I just can't bring myself to eat snakes, possums, raccoons, or armadillos!

I wasnt implying anything DeborahLakeHelen and I hope you didnt take it that way. I wouldnt eat those other animals either. :-P
If a poisonous snake came around my house, I would be scared but I would call my neighbor and he would capture it. He keeps snakes for pets. eeewwwww

I remember a guy that ran the snake show at Silver Springs. Ross Allen I think was his name. He loved all kinds of snakes. He milked rattlesnakes during his shows. Sorry, now I am showing my age.

Deb you are such a cowgirl. I love reading about your life experiences. Gitty Up Girl!

I would kill a poisonous snake in a heart beat. But I could never eat one. I am getting nausea just thinking about it. : O)

Debbie, I too have Livestock which could be bitten by snakes and Die. I too shot them when they are around my property. I have a lady next door who calls the cops all the time for shot'g them, But after 10 yrs I still do it and will keep protecting my animals & myself. I have eaten Rattle snake several time and fine it to be very good to eat, the first time was in Texas about 35 yrs ago and if made right does taste like chicken.. I learned at a young age that food is all around us and you never know when you might have to eat some of these things just to live. When I was younger we spent many summers in the glades living off the land...

W, Right? Like you're going to let one of those bad boys into one of your dog pens? I've lost a few dogs "mysteriously" that way. Meaning they were fine when I checked on them at bedtime, in the morning they were all swollen around the mouth, neck or legs, nothing around, oh, puncture marks, all you can do is IV's with MACL, no antivenin for animals, too expensive, too scarce. Some make it, MOST don't, if it was a Diamondback or a Coral Snake!
P Nanny! THANK YOU! A friend of mine said, "Was he out of his freakin' mind? You're standin' there with a gun, and he's yelling at you, and calling you names?"
I didn't print ALL that the guy said, but before I drove off he called me a "bioch!" He was ALSO talking with a PANSY VOICE, so he kinda talked like this:
"Don't you shuyuut that sthnake! That sthnake hath justh asth musth wite to live asth you do!" If I'd had time, I'd have liked to worn his BLEEP out with my hairbrush!
Those ones in your pool are most likely harmless blacksnakes. They will usually be long and skinny, have round heads, and stripes that go lengthwise, from head to tail.
It's the black, short, fat ones, with a vague pattern, and a POINTED head that are the Water Moccasins.

You're braver than I am. When it comes to trying to BEAT a snake, I get nervous. I've killed them that way before, but I don't like it! I have actually seen a Water Moccasin JUMP into a small boat before. They're very curious, have no fear, and are downright aggressive. When I came home from work today, I learned that our "Fence Man" had killed a 36" Coral Snake, a pretty good sized one, as they go. He was putting in posts along some of our back property, and he said it came right up to his boot. My daughter was down in the same exact area just yesterday, with some of our new puppies, just messin' around. I'm glad he got it, before it had a chance to get her!

No, Assfault, IT WAS RED NEXT TO YELLOW!
He knew the difference, ASSSWHIPE! I wouldn't LOWER myself by coming into YOUR yard, lookng for trouble; but should you EVER, EVER come into mine, you WILL get much, much more than your mud-filled brain EVER freamed of, ASSFAULT!

Those rights are taken away by those who do not care or understand! The higher population totally believes the saying "The only good snake is a DEAD snake"! What they fail to understand is that snakes do have a purpose rather they are poisonous or not! The sad thing also about this is most don't care if it is poisonous or not and kill it anyway just because it is a slithering snake and some look at them as a symbol of Satan...give me a friggin' break!

But, if a poisonous snake threatens your or your loved ones life then by all means kill it before it gets you, any kids or anyone alse around! But before you do, you had better know what you are doing because the snake will defend itself and some even will chase after you!

I have been around snakes all my life, even caught poisonous ones for Ross Allen for making anti-venom! Pigmy rattlers, diamondback rattlers, coral, cottonmouth...from the small to the large. No one can do this safely without having respect for them and full knowledge about the species! One of the listed deadlyest is the Coral Snake, but Coral snakes have soft mouths with tiny vangs and have to chew on their victoms before the vangs can penitrate the venom...jerking off a good size one will cause damage even while the teeth and vangs is scraped across the skin!

We have a over 6' male rattle snake around here! They mate for life and it's mate was killed by one of our neighbors...just for spite! It never threatened anyone all these years, never attempted to attack anyone, but yet just the size and scary look of it was enough of a threat to k

Born, I would LOVE for you to come over to my place, ANYTIME, and round up some of the poisonous snakes we have in our pond, pastures and bay. It's actually quite shocking how many we have around here. With my horses, dogs, and all the kids that run around here, I'm sure you can understand how it is. Especially since I've lost animals to snakebites, and witnessed people being bitten, and the aftermath of what happened to them. I can't have them around our property. Now, we're getting ready to get 6 or 7 god-awful-ugly Florida Long-horned Cows! I was PRAYING we were going to be getting some PRETTY Black or Red Angus, but no...! Anyway! More critters to worry about getting snake bitten!
david, Honey, I don't think it would matter what you fed or did to the possum, in it's preparation! It's the fact that it looks like a giant rat, to me. And I just can't get that outta my lil ole head!
Cro, I remember him! He was cool to watch! I'll bet if you looked close enough at that pic of you with him when you were little, you'd see little, tiny beads of sweat across your litle nose! Out of sheer terror! LOL!

W, Rottweiler, I MEANT NACL! And Testosterone
helps too, doesn't always work, though!