[cre8lite]

the only snake i've seen is a king snake. each spring/summer we do get a reminder/warning about rattlers, since we are more remote than vegas & we tend to spend time in the desert. never known anyone to see one....

[dynimagelv]

When I used to go 4 wheeling, i would see snakes frequently and they woud buzz....so i bought a gun so i could shoot the buzzing snakes.....and I NEVER saw another one.....Ive owned that damned gun for so long its now an antique and havent gone thru the original box of shells......

the snakes KNOW when you have a gun and they hide and watch you go by.

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by bayview6

Buzz, you are probably referring to roof rats.

Rodent Pests - Health Topics - Southern Nevada Health District

Them there's the ones. Now I got a name. I hope I got them all and they don't come back. But my neighbor said she saw what looked like a rat run across the intersection of our major cross streets, and down in the storm drain. The storm channel took care of the flooding problem but might have created a superhighway for rats. After what she said, I think I saw one too. Pretty sure it wasn't Alvin or his brothers, which we had a problem with for a couple of years after our house was built on their ancestral lands. I discovered they were here when I found acorns from the oak tree piled up in our BBQ grill. Guess they wanted to roast them. It worries me that I can't close the doggie door or you know who will go pee pee in the house. I've used traps, poison, and whacked some with a shovel. So maybe they'll get the message.

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by cre8lite

the only snake I've seen is a king snake. each spring/summer we do get a reminder/warning about rattlers, since we are more remote than Vegas & we tend to spend time in the desert. never known anyone to see one....

Up at Cold Creek one time I saw two B/W Cal Kings (not the bed-the snakes) doing a mating dance in the stream. Either that or if was two males wrestling. Anyway, it was very sensual to watch. They stand straight up and wrap around each other and sway back and forth.

[Buzz123]

Something I submitted to a publication I get; don't know if they'll use it, but they liked it:

I always loved the outdoors, but had an unreasonable fear of snakes. To me they were all killers lurking everywhere waiting to bite me. I had moved to the desert knowing rattlesnakes were everywhere. After all, I’d seen plenty of western movies, and the west must be infested with them because every cowboy comes across one while escaping the outlaws. So snake misinformation filled my head with all kinds of wrong ideas that were ruining my outdoor fun.

One such wrong-headed notion was that when hiking, the first person in a file (people never walk side by side when hiking ─ just isn’t done); first guy alerts the snake that is bound to be waiting along the trail hoping for the chance to bite someone; then the second person in line is always snake snack food.

So when my buddy and I decided to nose around some old abandoned gold mines, we of course went armed to the teeth, and I, being an expert in the ways of snakes (at this point I’d never even seen a rattlesnake even in a zoo) offered to go first. When I explained why with a nervous grin, not really being sure of the idea, my buddy, who had the opposite view, was happy to let me. So you can guess what happened.

At the entrance of the mine there was a sound at my feet that I’d never heard in my life, yet I not only knew exactly what it was, within a nanosecond I had “caused” my body to fly backwards about six feet, and land pistol already in hand. Now I am certainly not a fast draw with a gun, but Matt Dillon couldn’t have been any quicker.

Then time slowed as I squeezed the trigger and nothing happened (because as everyone knows it’s best to keep the ‘safety’ on at all times, right?). Meanwhile, by now I could see the snake as it crawled under a large sheet of tin to get away from this crazy human. So I fumbled with the safety switch, tried to shoot again, realized I hadn’t cocked the gun, cocked the gun, almost dropped it, and if I had of I wouldn’t have put my hands near the ground to pick it up “knowing” snakes always travel in pairs, scared out of my wits, I finally fired off a few shots at a rusty piece of tin, and tried to understand why my buddy was practically rolling on the ground howling with laughter. Looking back, it had to have looked hilarious, and he never let me forget, whenever we would go hiking, it was best if I went first

[aggrofish]

I've only seen snakes out riding trails out in the middle of nowhere on maybe 3-4 occasions, only one in Clark County. Honestly the giant brown tarantulas the size of a chihuahua freak me out way more than he snakes.

[aggrofish]

Originally Posted by Buzz123

Something I submitted to a publication I get; don't know if they'll use it, but they liked it:

I always loved the outdoors, but had an unreasonable fear of snakes. To me they were all killers lurking everywhere waiting to bite me. I had moved to the desert knowing rattlesnakes were everywhere. After all, I’d seen plenty of western movies, and the west must be infested with them because every cowboy comes across one while escaping the outlaws. So snake misinformation filled my head with all kinds of wrong ideas that were ruining my outdoor fun.

One such wrong-headed notion was that when hiking, the first person in a file (people never walk side by side when hiking ─ just isn’t done); first guy alerts the snake that is bound to be waiting along the trail hoping for the chance to bite someone; then the second person in line is always snake snack food.

So when my buddy and I decided to nose around some old abandoned gold mines, we of course went armed to the teeth, and I, being an expert in the ways of snakes (at this point I’d never even seen a rattlesnake even in a zoo) offered to go first. When I explained why with a nervous grin, not really being sure of the idea, my buddy, who had the opposite view, was happy to let me. So you can guess what happened.

At the entrance of the mine there was a sound at my feet that I’d never heard in my life, yet I not only knew exactly what it was, within a nanosecond I had “caused” my body to fly backwards about six feet, and land pistol already in hand. Now I am certainly not a fast draw with a gun, but Matt Dillon couldn’t have been any quicker.

Then time slowed as I squeezed the trigger and nothing happened (because as everyone knows it’s best to keep the ‘safety’ on at all times, right?). Meanwhile, by now I could see the snake as it crawled under a large sheet of tin to get away from this crazy human. So I fumbled with the safety switch, tried to shoot again, realized I hadn’t cocked the gun, cocked the gun, almost dropped it, and if I had of I wouldn’t have put my hands near the ground to pick it up “knowing” snakes always travel in pairs, scared out of my wits, I finally fired off a few shots at a rusty piece of tin, and tried to understand why my buddy was practically rolling on the ground howling with laughter. Looking back, it had to have looked hilarious, and he never let me forget, whenever we would go hiking, it was best if I went first

Funny story. Chances are though unless you're a good shot you'd have to be close enough to the snake for it to bite you before you hit it with a pistol.

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by aggrofish

Funny story. Chances are though unless you're a good shot you'd have to be close enough to the snake for it to bite you before you hit it with a pistol.

I didn't raise up the tin to look, but I imagine the snake was laughing his a** off at me too.

[NLVgal]

Originally Posted by Buzz123

I've used traps, poison, and whacked some with a shovel. So maybe they'll get the message.

Buzz, that's how we treat RATS in Vegas, not rodents.

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by NLVgal

Buzz, that's how we treat RATS in Vegas, not rodents.

One of my rats was called Tony. I found a little mouse in Tony's den with his head in a vice. (oscar)