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Chris Farris II
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Posted: March/30/2011 at 08:56 |
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Y'all need to forget about those itty, bitty snake-proof boots and find yourself a full snake-proof SUIT.., AND HAT!!!
The ranch where this big rattler was killed is outside the city of been a boom in the snake population there. |
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pyro6999
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holy sh*t
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Errr... maybe i don't wanna go to Texas!
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Everything is bigger in Texas.
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I don't think that's legit. I know things are bigger in Texas - but that's TOO big to be real.
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take em!
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Wow
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I'm not gonna say its fake cause I've seen some 6-7ft rattler skins that were killed in the pines where my cousins logging crews work
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Negative ghost rider. That was killed right outside of savanna Ga.
The guy is a buddy of a buddy.
Edited by Bigdaddy0381 - March/30/2011 at 09:21 |
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regardless of where it lived, thats a lot of boots
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My prefered method of snake control
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m2?
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They call me "Boots"
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thatll work |
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The good ol internet.....we have to question everything nowadays.
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Looks like a rabbit or squirrel is hanging out of it.
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Looks like LUNCH to me - its been a while since I've eaten rattlesnake - pretty good.
I suppose the snake population has increased since I left Texas I used to spend a lot of time decreasing the snake population. If you can find a dried up creek bed with just a few water holes in it that is a wonderful place to take a 22 pistol.
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I think there are some little tricks with perspective being played in that pic. I recognize that trick because I've done it myself several times to mess with my friends. Notice the man's hands holding the pole or spear the snake is hanging on are directly behind the snake. This hides the length of the pole. If you use a really long pole and extend the snake directly in front of you when you take the pic, it hides the perception of depth because the viewer has nothing to reference how far the snake is from the man. Since the snake is MUCH closer to the camera than the man, it exaggerates its size. Then, you take a low angle shot with the camera to exaggerate the height of objects closer to the camera.
Variations of these techniques work to equally good effect with fish, deer, pigs, whatever. I'm sure it's a reasonably large rattler anyway, but probably not abnormally large as it appears in the pic.
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Ted
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You never cease to surprise me with the stuff rattling around in your noggin' Ted |
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Bigdaddy0381
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no this is a true monster of a snake. ill see if i can get more pic's of it. like i said it is a buddy of a buddys who killed it. I'll track the pic's down.
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Chris Farris II
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Teds trick can make a nice deer look like a MONSTER if done correctly.
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I believe they can get that big.... I have personally seen a couple of 7 footers, and heard from a DNR officer that their was a 9' one killed on my property a few years before I bought it. ( I hope he don't have some relatives still hangin around! )
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