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Snakes are always a popular thread, and it sounds like a rattlesanke encounter is almost a certainty. Anybody tried fried rattlesnake? In Texas, New Mexico and some other places, we have a "rattlesnake roundup" complimented by fried rattlesnake. Never been there, but I hear it tastes good. Google "fried rattlesnake" and you'll find lots of recipies.
How about catching some rabbits or squirrels-yummy good and the pack weight is zero.
Okay animal rights folks, the only right wild animals have is to be eaten by us. Well, maybe a grizzly bear has special rights!
AbeHikes
03-02-2006, 15:18
Had it and many other non-domesticated animals. Loved them all. Meat is meat. Some is better than others, but it's all meat.
I swallow them down just like spaghetti....sluuuuurp!
After a long day of hiking around Capital Reef National Park in Utah, I stopped at a local restaurant in Torrey called Cafe diablo. For an appetizer I ordered 2 patties of free range desert diamondback rattlesnake with ancho-rosemary aioli. They were delicious, but then cardboard with ancho-rosemary aioli would probaby taste pretty good.
Dances with Mice
03-09-2006, 15:40
A sweet snack. They're camouflaged and lie close to the ground under leaves. Summer is the best time to hunt for one.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/59925/index.html
You can tell when they're ready to bite by the sound they make.
They are kinda heavy for backpacking tho...
Snakes are always a popular thread, and it sounds like a rattlesanke encounter is almost a certainty. Anybody tried fried rattlesnake? In Texas, New Mexico and some other places, we have a "rattlesnake roundup" complimented by fried rattlesnake. Never been there, but I hear it tastes good. Google "fried rattlesnake" and you'll find lots of recipies.
How about catching some rabbits or squirrels-yummy good and the pack weight is zero.
Okay animal rights folks, the only right wild animals have is to be eaten by us. Well, maybe a grizzly bear has special rights!
Stag:
I'm no animal rights activist, but you need to know that Timber Rattlesnakes in NJ, NY, CT, MA & VT are a protected species. The existence of the rattlesnake in NY is one reason 14,000 houses and 8 million square feet of commercial office space wasn't developed between Greenwood Lake and Monroe, NY. That area is now known as Sterling Forest State Park. In other words, Rattlers are a GOOD THING for hiking trails. Leave 'em be.
I suggest you carry in your own food, and carry out the refuse. That'll ensure folks behind you including future generations have opportunities to view wildlife.
http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/Wildlife/factshts/rattle.htm
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/wildlife/endspec/tirafs.html
http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/tmbratlr.htm
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/wildlife/rattlesnakes.aspx
http://www.lastgreatplaces.org/berkshire/issues/art6596.html
After dinner you can make a belt out of the skin. They're very useful critters.
Stag:
I'm no animal rights activist, but you need to know that Timber Rattlesnakes in NJ, NY, CT, MA & VT are a protected species. The existence of the rattlesnake in NY is one reason 14,000 houses and 8 million square feet of commercial office space wasn't developed between Greenwood Lake and Monroe, NY. That area is now known as Sterling Forest State Park. In other words, Rattlers are a GOOD THING for hiking trails. Leave 'em be. ....
Not only that, but rattlers love to eat other wild creatures like mice.
snakes = no mice. hmm. makes me wonder when all alone in a shelter and there are NO mice. Which would I prefer finding at 2:30am? Rattler or mouse? I would hope it's a well fed chicken snake instead.