recipe for snake

ilegal to kill creepy crawlies in tn ? hmmm.......guess ill be really careful. :cool: seriously though , ill probably just find a rattler on my own property , im sure there are plenty out back somewhere. probably just use a stick with some flex and a machete . sounds like fun [in a redneck sort of way] . ive caught them before with my bare hands but i dont think ill be trying that any more . when you do that you just dangle something like a shirt or a hat at them and as soon as they strt looking at it and not you , you grab them up behind the head real tight and get ready to get sqeezed real tight and get crapped on . its really hard to get rid of the snake after youve caught it that way too. :D . worst experience doing that was with a 6 ft long spotted king snake .
 
When I was 16 I my family moved from south Louisianna (I'm cajun) to central Florida. I was dating a girl whos father didn't like me much. (Imagine that.) I went over for dinner and what were they having? Fried rattlesnake. "Poo yie!" I said as I sat down enthusiastically. After that he and I got along just fine. He was very impressed with how many small animals I'd eaten and insisted on getting my method for cleaning blackbirds.
 
On catching snakes, be advised. A big rattler can strike from pretty good distance (up to about two yards) when coiled. I've heard they don't always rattle before they strike, but I doubt that's really true unless they feel they're already being attacked. If they're warmed up, they'll try to run away. If they're cold and sunning themselves, then they'll alert you with the rattle. Years ago, my father woke up with one inside his sleeping bag, coiled up on his chest for warmth.

As mentioned previously in this thread, if you want to eat them don't use a shotgun. But I still suggest a .22 or .38 revolver over a stick. Why take chances?
 
Don't know how many of you have been to the Two Dot, Montana area but my cousin and I shot a 6'5" timber rattler that was laying across a beaver dam on the American Fork Ranch. This was back in the 60's. Anyway the skin is still on display in Wades Cafe on the East end of Harlowtown, Montana. It had fourteen rattles on the tail. Yep, we skinned it and ate it. Honestly it tasted like chicken. We just fried it in a pan with flour, salt and pepper after we cut it in chunks and then steamed it for a while. Budweiser and rattle snake, um um good !!!
 
heres a little food for thought . if cliff stamp had to comment or give advice on snake catching , cooking , what do you think he would say?:D its funny as hell if you think about it .
 
Here is a universal recipe where you can substitute almost any meat for chicken and it comes out great.

Where I live I use chunks of King Mackeral.

I have had it with bear, deer, rattler, rabbit, venision, and some others I forgot. It is good because not matter how dry the meat may be it comes out very juicy and flavorful. It is also easy.

http://ww5.bhg.com/recipe/recipedetail.jhtml?recipeId=R019486

Did I mention it was also very easy to do in hunting camp?

I was raised by folks who if they saw a snake said, "Get the hoe." And a couple of minutes later, "Get the rake." I saw my grandfather zig-zagging across a field in his lawn tractor. I thought he had a stroke or something and went running out to see what was going on. I was about half way there when I realized he was chasing down a black racer in the field with his tractor. His bush-hog sliced and diced that day I can tell you.
 
HK2001 said:
Actually, in New York killing a Timber Rattler for ANY reason carries a hefty fine. I remember 8 years ago or so, a man in my neighbor hood killed a timber that had bitten his 4 year old son. and the snake was still in a position to bite again. The guy got stuck with a $5,000 fine...
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I would have knocked out that officer writing the summons right where he stood. :mad: ... even if I was just a bystander to the scenario..
AZZHOLE...
I dont understand people putting up with that crap.
 
Gringogunsmith said:
I would have knocked out that officer writing the summons right where he stood. :mad: ... even if I was just a bystander to the scenario..
AZZHOLE...
I dont understand people putting up with that crap.
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Well it was kinda his own doing.. he got his son to the hospital with the dead snake in hand..

had he said "it got away..."
 
Hey I know this isn't very survivalist of me, but people around here make chilli out of them. So if you find some Nalley's in a can out in the woods... :)
 
leatherbird said:
Stepdad shot a rattler in a cave in Wimberly,Texas.Skinned it,gutted it,brought it back to camp.Mom fried it in butter,salt and pepper.It was delicious.Fork flakes off of ribs.Tastes like chicken,a little oily and dries out fast.:eek: :D
I was 11 it was 1967.Mule deer season.

Doug :)
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But really, what can be bad when fried in butter, salt and pepper?;)
 
rifon2 said:
But really, what can be bad when fried in butter, salt and pepper?;)
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I'll send you $20 if you can eat a water moccasin, smile while you're doing it, and keep it down for an hour. You can use all the butter, salt, and pepper you want.
 
I know this is an old post but I just stumbled on it after eating one of those water moccasin. Soaked in cold salt water with random spice for about 4 hours then grilled it up. Smells terrible skinning it but tasted great. It's true you can put Tony Chachere's on about anything and make it delicious. Won't hold Buckg to the $20 being that I'm sure that offer has expired.
 
buckg said:
I'll send you $20 if you can eat a water moccasin, smile while you're doing it, and keep it down for an hour. You can use all the butter, salt, and pepper you want.
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I cooked water moccasin before and it was just like rattlesnake-Someone must of had a bad one
 
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