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Predator Hunting => Gear Bag => Topic started by: Buckwheat on April 03, 2015, 09:08:32 PM

Title: Snake hunting
Post by: Buckwheat on April 03, 2015, 09:08:32 PM

How many of you guys snake hunt. I am going to try again this year for a yellow Rattlesnake. It gets harder every year for me to walk far so I figure I better get it done. Any body else interested in hunting let me know. I have a camp in Clinton county we can hunt out of if need be.

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: M59JY on April 03, 2015, 09:43:24 PM

You can come up my way and thin them out I come across more than I care to every year

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: Buckwheat on April 03, 2015, 09:46:35 PM

We're is up your way?

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: M59JY on April 03, 2015, 10:31:17 PM

Cambria county Iv spent my whole life running around in the laurel mountains but the last ten years it seems like there everywhere I spend a lot of time mountain biking see most of them laying around on the old logging roads and power lines

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: Buckwheat on April 03, 2015, 10:46:00 PM

m59jy
You are hitting all the correct places to see snakes. You are biking were they like to sun them self. Both those type places is were snake hunters look. You may be seeing most of the snakes in the area.

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: M59JY on April 03, 2015, 10:58:30 PM

My son and I came across 20 plus last spring and early summer had a few close calls you come up on them pretty fast on a bike when there stretched out across the road I had some great pics on my old phone one was of a yellow rattlesnake stretched out the whole length of the logging road and as big a round as a softball biggest one I ever saw it usually gets to the point where I have to stop riding and hiking up there cause there just everywhere

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: Buckwheat on April 03, 2015, 11:55:07 PM

I might have to check that out. If you can send me some map locations so I can check them out. I would really like to find a big yellow one. Any help you can give me would be realy nice and would be appreciated.
Send information to ewcalls@gmail.com so I can see were to search for snakes.

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: M59JY on April 04, 2015, 06:50:01 PM

No problem I could spend a few days on the mountain showing you around I'll send you some info next week when I'm back to work if you want throw ur rifle in hunt some yotes along the way

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: Buckwheat on April 04, 2015, 07:53:49 PM

Great, that sounds like a good start for snakes. I will bring a gun for coyotes.

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: M59JY on April 04, 2015, 08:35:53 PM

Sent you a email with a location that's where Iv seen a good concentration of yellow phase snakes but that whole area is loaded most of the snow is gone up there now so I'll start biking any day now I'll keep you posted on when I start seeing them out and about

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: jaspr1 on April 05, 2015, 05:44:12 AM

Buckwheat if you want to do a closer hunt,you might try the top of the Tuscarora Mtn. off rt 74 north of Ickesburg. Some of this is SGL,there is parking,go East toward the Pwr. line..should be buzzing shortly...I saw a yellow phase there. Also, West of Miffintown in the State Forest where the road runs along Licking Creek, I have seen them there while trout fishing and my father in law took a large one there some years back. Some of the places I fish for trout my wife won't get out of the car..hahaha..I will watch and if I see one I will contact you asap...When's the season? I don't hunt them,I just leave them be and observe....... 8)

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: Buckwheat on April 05, 2015, 08:19:51 AM

Jasper
Thanks,  I might get to go a couple of places and look around. Kind of small adventures for me. The season is June 13 to July 31

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: uncle buck on April 05, 2015, 03:26:40 PM

Buchwheat.. You always send me things in boxes... I will put one in the box and send it to you via U. S. Mail... is it ok if it's just a Copperhead? 

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: Buckwheat on April 05, 2015, 08:57:49 PM

Unclebuck
The postal service might question you some. In a straight jacket. LOL

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: Buckwheat on June 14, 2015, 10:04:09 PM

Jasper & m59jy
Snake season started Saturday if you see any or want to get together I like to find a nice yellow phase. I went Saturday and only found one rattler and a black racer.

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: Brushwolf on June 14, 2015, 10:17:49 PM

Good luck to everyone that's going hunting for one!!! Hope to see some pics.

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: jaspr1 on June 15, 2015, 03:53:11 PM

 ;D BW go to the Tuscarora FB page  ;D Is that a beauty or what???? ;D ;D I am currently attempting to overcome a sciatic nerve flair up  >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(  as soon as I have my wheels maybe we can go look for one  ;D ................  I don't know if you heard from Dale or not,he said the other day his phone wasn't allowing him access to PPHA site so you might have to call him........... 8)

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: Pa Goosehntr on June 16, 2015, 07:36:25 PM

 ;D ;D ;D Ya know, you two would make out better iffin you just drank some snake juice  :o :o :o :o :o that's what L4F does ....and just dreams  ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: uncle buck on June 16, 2015, 10:28:48 PM

If your going to snake hunt you got to do it right!  You need to go down South and hunt Cottonmouths... The snake that comes after you!!!!!

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: Lookn4Fur on June 17, 2015, 11:25:51 AM

Not falling for it Goose. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Snake hunting
Post by: Pa Goosehntr on June 17, 2015, 11:44:31 AM

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Got your attention tho... 8) 8) 8) 8)