The American Beagler Forum

My stick is undefeated vs 4 of them this year. This one was in my running pen....Jaron

I'm glad we don't have any of those rattle snakes where I run dogs here in southern Indiana.I still wear snake boots.







Steve Lockridge
Boonville,In.
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Huh, I can still see his head just fine, what happened?!

I hate snakes . One of my lil rabbit hounds appeared to get hit by a copperhead a few days ago . We still had some good running after that . I never noticed it until the next day or I would have freaked out in the field and got her home . She's tough and the swelling
has almost gone away now . I hope she learned a lesson



Buddy

I heard that your pen in pink hill is full of rattlers

BEAGLE JOCK wrote:I'm glad we don't have any of those rattle snakes where I run dogs here in southern Indiana.I still wear snake boots.

Steve Lockridge
Boonville,In.
Beaglejock1@sbcglobal.net

Steve, I take it you didn't hear about the introduction of timber rattlers on the strip mines of Southern Indiana a few years back. I heard they dropped them in burlap bags via helicopter - supposedly to help rodent control. SR Patch could probably yay or nay the rumor.

heard the same thing here in southern wv but to control the turkey population maybe just a bad rumor but wouldnt put nothing past the DNR here jb

Oh yes, that old rumor is rampant in Ohio too-the DNR released rattlers to control the turkey population!! LOL, I've been assured many times it's nothing but a rumor-a rural legend you might say.

Is that a Canebrake or a Timber rattler ? There are some of the Canebrake rattlers here. I have never seen one living though. One of my buddies had a dog bitten last summer. We figured it was a copperhead.
Anthony

Bev,Thank you for the info.My son is a State Trooper here in Indiana,and I will see if he can get some info out of his C.O. buddies.We have enough black snakes,owls,hawks,and coyotes around here to keep rodents down.I have always worried about somebody turning loose a exotic poisonous snake or a whole hog swallowing snake.


Steve Lockridge
Boonville,In.

the "RUMOR" in Iowa is they released cougars to control the deer population

we now have cougars in the southern part of KENTUCKY, to help with the deer pop....and for some reason the past year or so black bears just keep showin up ever where, there was a cougar killed 2 weeks ago bout 4 miels from my house it was runin cattle, farmer shot and killed it =, sure hope they kill all of them they would play hell on a beagle hound

A CANEBRAKE IS THE SAME AS A TIMBER RATTLER.I WOULD DELETE THAT PICTURE AS THE RATTLER IS NOW ON THE PROTECTED SPECIES LIST.I LIVE 1 1/2 HOURS SOUTH OF PINKHILL.I HAVE KILLED AS MANY AS 14 IN A SUMMER.I RUN SOME OVER AT GLEN SUMMNERS HE HASN'T SEEN ANY IN HIS PEN HE'S CLOSE TO YOU SUMMNER RD.

I KEPT LOSING RABBITS IN MY PEN.GOT ATRAPPER COME OVER HE SAID THAT'S THE BIGGEST BOBCAT TRACK I EVER SEEN.2 DAYS LATER A 90 POUND COUGAR/PANTHER HE CAUGHT.THERE IN NC NOW.

FAST FACTS

DESCRIPTION: The canebrake rattlesnake is a heavy-bodied snake. Color is pale grayish-brown to pink, with a pattern of dark-brown to black V-shaped cross bands and a russet stripe down the centerline of the back. (The rusty stripe distinguishes a canebrake from a common timber rattler.) A broad, dark stripe angles back from the eye, and the tail is velvety black.

Not trying to start an argument but I think they are two different species.