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Rattlesnakes Under Old House #6558192
06/18/19 04:21 PM
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A couple bought my Sister's land where an old house was and the woman wanted to restore the house. I gave them some pictures I had of the old place and told them to tell the workers to be careful because I had seen some rattlesnakes around there and was pretty sure there was some denned up under it.
When they busted out some concrete they found them. This was about the middle of January.

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19 came out of here the first day and 8 more came out in the next 3 days or so.

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Re: Rattlesnakes Under Old House [Re: Cedar Hacker] #6558217
06/18/19 05:10 PM
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Hathaway Montana
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Crikes - there is some good bait base there.

What would the temperature been there in January?

Last edited by Cathouse Jim; 06/18/19 05:12 PM. Reason: snake jitters

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Re: Rattlesnakes Under Old House [Re: Cedar Hacker] #6558277
06/18/19 07:13 PM
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Those old basements and root cellars are notorious for snake dens. Years ago we pulled out close to 100 from an old root cellar that had caved in. A lot of very young ones but it was hard to beleive there was that many.


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Re: Rattlesnakes Under Old House [Re: Cedar Hacker] #6558279
06/18/19 07:18 PM
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Re: Rattlesnakes Under Old House [Re: Cedar Hacker] #6558299
06/18/19 08:03 PM
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I took 86 out from under my Grandmother's house once... We cut a part of the floor out to make it easy...... Pier and beam...


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Even sheep are smart enough to shade up when it gets over 100....
Re: Rattlesnakes Under Old House [Re: Cedar Hacker] #6558300
06/18/19 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Cedar Hacker


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How did you get them all to hold still for the photograph ? laugh

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Re: Rattlesnakes Under Old House [Re: Cedar Hacker] #6558315
06/18/19 08:26 PM
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hope ya didn't waste all that bait and belts!


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Re: Rattlesnakes Under Old House [Re: Cedar Hacker] #6558347
06/18/19 09:09 PM
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I’ll bet there wasn’t a mouse or rat problem at that house.

Re: Rattlesnakes Under Old House [Re: Bigbrownie] #6558353
06/18/19 09:20 PM
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They would have been fairly easy to handle where I live in Wisconsin in January.


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Re: Rattlesnakes Under Old House [Re: Cedar Hacker] #6558363
06/18/19 09:30 PM
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My wife took one look at this thread and starting chanting "burn the house".


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Re: Rattlesnakes Under Old House [Re: Cedar Hacker] #6558436
06/18/19 11:48 PM
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Forget the bait, those are good eatin!


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