RATTLESNAKE TIME

AUGUST 17 IS A DAY TO REMEMBER. THIS LITTLE SNAKE WAS FOUND CLOSE TO OUR HOUSE AND WE HAD NEVER SEEN A SNAKE THIS SIZE. HE WAS FULL OF FIGHT AND WAS A MAD SNAKE. THE GRASS WAS ABOUT 12 TO 14 INCHES HIGH AND HE WAS WOUND UP AND HIGH ABOVE THE GRASS COILED AND READY FOR A FIGHT.

HE WAS CRAWLING WHEN WE SAW HIM FIRST AND WE ASSUMED HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO A DEN TO GET READY FOR AN EARLY WET WINTER. HE MEASURED A LITTLE OVER 5FT. HIS HEAD WAS ABOUT 3 INCHES WIDE. HE HAD DOUBLE FANGS ON ONE SIDE OF HIS MOUTH AND A SINGLE FANG ON THE OTHER.

NOT ONE OF YOU WOULD WANT TO WALK UPON HIM IN THE WEEDS WHILE LOOKING FOR A DOVE WHILE DOVE HUNTING. THERE WILL BE SNAKE BITES DURING DOVE SEASON IF HUNTERS ARE NOT CAREFUL.

WATCH OUT FOR THESE GUYS . THEY ARE EVERYWHERE NOW MORE THAN EVER LOOKING FOR A SOURCE OF WATER.

HAVE A GREAT SAFE SNAKE FREE DAY.