How long for a Rattle Snake to know it's dead?

[Doby45]

Snakes are the Debil..

[EOD3]

My father always said that "a rattler don't die till sundown". I never timed one to see if it's true.

Generally speaking, snake makes pretty good fish bait.

[JIMinPHX]

others like the rattler have live young ready to bite! (there the size of worms I'm told)

That's funny, my buddies & I call them buzz worms, even the big ones.

[hammerhead357]

Wow so much misinformation on this one. I am overwhelmed. They die when you cut off the head. The nerves keep them moving. They do have a brain. They don't have external ears but do sense certain sounds and do pick up vibarations from the ground thorugh their bodies. The head can deliever a bite after is is severed due to nerve reaction.
I eat rattlesnake once in a while to remind myself why I don't eat it more often. It is pretty good when fried and treated properly. But if it isn't it is nasty.
Why do otherwise intelligent people have such a fear of snakes???????Wes
Oh yes it is a learned fear. Humans are not born with a fear of snakes. Chimps are but humans learn it from other humans.

[EOD3]

OK, who said they were afraid of snakes? Own up! Your manhood has been besmirched by the snake psychiatrist. Y'all know the whatever-phobic remarks will only get worse.

[lwknight]

I don't exactly like snakes in general and a if I found a rattler out in the rocks I would let him go. If I found 1 around my house , he's dead chili. Copperheads and water moccasins are different. I would kill them on sight anywhere if I could.

[Three-Fifty-Seven]

Sometimes a good dose of fear is a good thing.

Since I'm a Christian and read and believe my Bible I know it says in Gen 3:14-15 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above cattle, and every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heal.

I talked with our science teacher yesterday on a break, and she did confirm that snakes have brains, just that there tiny, and don't do a whole lot of thought process like ours do . . .

I was too tired/lazy when I got home last night, the snakes still napping in the freezer!

[WildmanJack]

I don't particularly like to kill anything unless I'm gonna eat it. Therefore.... unless I find a rattler around a home I just leave it alone. If it's around a house or in a populated neighborhood, it's gonna become a belt or a hat band. If I get a call from a friend or neighbor that there's a rattler in the area, I try to get some dry ice from Publix put it in a cooler, get my snake stick, and put the varmint in the cooler. By the next day they're toast, then into the freezer for a few days. Take em out, let them thaw a little and start skinnin. Clean all the meat off the skin, and tack it down scales down to a board or piece of cardboard. Cover it with NON-Iodized salt for a couple of days. then soak it in heavily salted water for about 4 hours. Take it out, roll it up and squeeze the water out. Buy yourself a bottle of snake tanning solution from Tandy Leather. wipe it on the inside of the skin and let it dry. then spray the scales with clear shellac, that will keep the scales on a bit longer. Good luck and don't get bit...

Jack

[bhn22]

Anyway... it the damn thing dead yet?

I didn't watch the video, I hate zombie movies.

[Three-Fifty-Seven]

Well . . . it is still in the freezer, probable not moving . . . maybe on my lunch break, I'll take it out to skin . . .

[dualsport]

That's one famous snake. He deserves a name, something vicious, like 'Sid'. Scarin' folks all over the place, that's not right. I think you should reattach the head and let him go. Poor thing.

[Eagles6]

Cut it into silver dollar sized pieces. Cut across the spine between the ribs. Dust with corn meal or flour and fry in butter. That's as good as it gets. (Not saying it's good, just as good as rattlesnake gets).

[RP]

When I get a ratter I just cut head off pull skin back no spliting just remove like a sock dont baby it just pull Oh skin towards you meat away unless you like guts on you.

[Three-Fifty-Seven]

This afternoon I took the snake out of the freezer, let it thaw for awhile, then pulled the skin off! I was not able to keep the little coontail or the rattles hooked on like I wanted too . . . but that's the way it worked out!

Stretched it out on a board, with the skin against the board, it sure is long, even with out the first 4" or so of it's head, and the last 6-7" of it's tail it is still 47" long! I ran out of board!


So I cleaned it up a little better, then cut it into 4" chunks:


Took some course cornmeal, and some fresh ground spelt flour, added some salt and pepper, rolled it around . . .


Got about 2" of canola oil hot, and dropped them in for about 5 minutes . . .


Let them cool a tad, and ate 'em up!


I only cooked two chunks, as my wife is out, but I'm gonna offer her some! The really are tasty little appetizers! The day I brought it home and talked of eating it, she said she didn't want any, but . . . I think I can get her to try one! The backs on the outside have the most meat, I think the next ones I'll only cook for four minutes . . .

It ain't squirming anymore! It's DEAD!

ETA: Well my wife came home, and was all excite to hear I was making her a special appetizer! Then she saw the bowl, and said what's that? I ain't eating snake! So I said sure you are, it's good! At least you'll be able to say you ate it! She reluctantly agreed, and ate one bite! And let me eat the rest!

[grog18b]

Next time, use silver boolits.