Tanning a Rattlesnake Skin

Pinning and first oiling. First attempt with snakeskin.
Meat has been scraped and oil applied.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• tanning
• rattlesnake
• snakeskin

[Reptidude100]

That's not even a rattlesnake. That skin is so shot to hell I can't really make a positive I.D, but it's definately a colubrid of some sort and not a rattlesnake. It really looks like a black rat snake. Yay! Mutilating harmless reptiles with shovels is fun!

[tdkulta]

@Reptidude100

Yes, do watch the vid and you'll see the rattle. They are quite common in this area and they are not killed for fun. This one was killed by someone who had never seen one before and grabbed the nearest item available, in this case a shovel. If someone with more experience had been there it may well have been captured and released in a remote spot in the hills. What will not happen is having it loose in the yard, they are quite dangerous you know. Cheers

[tdkulta]

Hey! I don't get in this channel much, but I've noticed a bit of conversation going on, I like it! Especially Wild Bill... Thanks man, learning from ya... ;-)

[geezkings]

r u in ur pool?!?! lol

[tdkulta]

Yup! ;-)

[enriquecarloslopezsi]

what did u cut the skin with a fucking saw ???

[c4t2f0]

thats a pretty messed up skin

[5thAvenueEA]

COLORFULL!!! xD



[bransc17]

why would you even waste your time? Its shred to shit.

[justtwentyoeight]

@thewildbull Just North of San Francisco. We are pretty much surround by National Forest. Beautiful, but should watch your step... ;-)

[The1sillygirly]

so THAT'S how they make a dementor's cloak.

[wildshotsintheair]

wtf, happened too the snake..did someone go crazy with the shovel and machete..must of put up a real good fight..lol..whack a snake...maybe ten times should do the trick....

[sheepsfoot2]

@tdkulta back on the farm ( Australia)at times we get ( poisonous) eastern brown"s & tiger snakes around the house yard..we've always killed them..average 2 or 3 per summer.. when i go back home, visit my fathers grave ...there is a grave opposite ..of a one year old girl...she was staying over with her grandparents,. when they put her to bed in the bassinet,that was on the veranda....minutes later heard her cry..she was bitten by a deadly brown snake ...it must of been amongst the bedding...

[facestomp88]

@tdkulta

Exactly. Idiots will be idiots, it's people like Reptidude that will end up meeting his maker from the bite of a "harmless reptile" one day.

[RENOGUY777]

@tdkulta I kill them for fun. I eat them, but it is for fun. Don't tell me you don't enjoy killing things, it is natural animal instinct.

[thewildbull]

@deathpolice believe it or not freebreeze works to remove odor or you can dust it with baking soda

[thewildbull]

@tdkulta They are Dangerous, What state are you from? Im guessing northern to north eastern.

I have a few of these hides myself and many diamond backs. Glad to help anyway I can.