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Title: Close encounter....
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on October 13, 2018, 12:37:45 AM
 Was deer hunting with my best friend Donald last week and an hour before daylight we leave camp. On the walk he was walking in my steps behind me in the dark. I was taking a step when I heard a little rattle before my foot hit the ground so I did a ninja one leg high jump off to the side. Donald was now the target and in his words did the fat boy jump-run to avoid the little critter. Now I'm wearing snake boots he is not his are sitting 100yds behind up in the camper. We get a light on and I put a blunt in its head and we move on to our hunting. So after the afternoon hunt ( Donald is now wearing his snake boots ) on my way back in the dark on the same dirt two track mind you. I'm about halfway to camp and in the track I see something but surely it a cow pie so I reach out with my boot to give it a test. Well it ain't no cow pie about a foot away it struck the toe of my boot then started rattling , he was super aggressive.
So I put a blunt in his head also , we also had killed one right next to camp right before I left for my elk hunt this year also. So in 7 years of hunting this place we have never killed a rattler now they are everywhere. So now I have 3 snakes in the freezer at deer camp and one in the freezer at home that I killed in my front pasture. So what do you do with 4 rattlesnakes.....

,,,Sam,,,
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: jamesh76 on October 13, 2018, 12:41:06 AM
[quote author So what do you do with 4 rattlesnakes.....

,,,Sam,,,
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put skins on one of them embers?
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on October 13, 2018, 12:42:47 AM
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Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on October 13, 2018, 12:44:20 AM
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Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on October 13, 2018, 12:46:14 AM
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Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: sneakybow on October 13, 2018, 02:57:29 AM
I have a friend of mine who gets the willies just looking at a picture of a snake.  I'll have to show him these lol.  We went to Twin Oaks and he wouldn't even walk by the self bows hanging up with the skins on them.

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Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: arrow30 on October 13, 2018, 03:16:49 AM
perfect size, nice  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: TIM B on October 13, 2018, 05:12:02 AM
Thems beautiful Sammy - nice job there! 
I want to do the same thing to my new kodiak
Tim B
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: Roy from Pa on October 13, 2018, 07:20:41 AM
Very nice, Sam..

Had a friend get bit by a rattle snake a few months ago while 2.3 miles back in the woods alone hiking.

He made it to the road and was life flighted to a hospital.

Spent 2 weeks in the hospital on anti venom.

And 2 months in rehab to build his leg strength up.

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Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: Trenton G. on October 13, 2018, 09:45:08 AM
Man I hate snakes. I love snakeskins on bows though!
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: J. Cook on October 13, 2018, 09:57:13 AM
Good outcome - they look good.  I would have been so "shook" I would have missed him 5 times!
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on October 13, 2018, 10:18:35 AM
Will get some pics of them on the bows once I get home..

Actually got both on the first shot and got the video on my hat camera...

,,Sam,,,
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: starshooter on October 13, 2018, 10:26:19 AM
Didn't realize that the venom could be that potent. I was under the impression that the Canebrake had the worst venom .. Again, I still think that the Taipan and the Manba are worse as they stalk the victim... just a city slicker talking. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: Roy from Pa on October 13, 2018, 10:36:11 AM
You can die from a rattlesnake bite...
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: starshooter on October 13, 2018, 10:43:37 AM
I am well aware of that. Only snakes I have encountered are the cottonmouths and the copperheads. My understanding is that they can put you in the hospital and can really destroy your body tissue . Just depends.Thanks!
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on October 13, 2018, 10:57:05 AM
Sam the limbs looks awesome with the skins.
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: TooManyHobbies on October 13, 2018, 11:10:00 AM
Those limbs look awesome. Sam, besides fleshing and stretching, how else did you prepare those skins? Borax? I assume in such a short time, they weren't tanned.
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: stagetek on October 13, 2018, 11:12:14 AM
I must be a wuss. Snakes, rats and spiders. Just can't deal with them.
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: Trumpkin the Dwarf on October 13, 2018, 11:59:50 AM
Those look great! How do the limbs behave with the extra weight of the skins on there now?
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on October 13, 2018, 03:31:39 PM
I can't tell if any speed was lost , I shoot pretty heavy arrows and the bows are super quiet. The quiet is all I worry about anyway , I'm willing to bet a large sum of money it won't be long until critters hit the ground...

No tanning on the skins just flesh and dry out , went with the dry skins and contact cement. It is a lot of work to do it right but I think worth it...

,,Sam,,
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on October 13, 2018, 03:39:54 PM
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Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: Alexander Traditional on October 13, 2018, 03:52:03 PM
Those look really nice! I've always wanted to get a rattle snake with my bow.
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: Bchunter1 on October 13, 2018, 04:26:06 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181013/9b3706bd48aa635cfcdff9d2af42379a.jpg) lil moccasin out stump shooting after a morning turkey hunting a few years back . The rattlers eat good . Skins look nice Sam . 


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Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: goingoldskool on October 13, 2018, 06:41:12 PM
Those rattle backs look good on the bows! !!!
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: arrow30 on October 13, 2018, 07:45:12 PM
those look great Sam, matches the risers nicely. :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: awry on October 13, 2018, 09:41:38 PM
Wow
Those skins look superb!!
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: glass76 on October 13, 2018, 09:50:53 PM
Nice job!
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: Joe2Crow on October 14, 2018, 09:22:05 AM
Poisonous snakes aren't even safe around Sam.  You are one killing fool.   The skins look perfect on the bow. Nicely done.
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: kevsuperg on October 14, 2018, 09:36:34 AM
You clearly have a snake infestation.
You should start a deportation program by sending me some of those skins...
Nice job on the bows.
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: Chad Orde on October 14, 2018, 11:32:34 AM
Sam those skinned limbs are the ticket look AWESOME..
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: Possum Head on October 14, 2018, 10:25:08 PM
Cottonmouths make up 80 percent of what I encounter most too small for limbs and the Copperheads run smaller.  It's been a few years since I've encountered a Diamondback. Well done Sam


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Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on October 14, 2018, 10:27:37 PM
Thanks everyone , I like the looks of them...

Have both bows with me on a short hunting trip now will see if they add any luck.

After posting here and sending out some pics to friends I now have a long list of bows to put skins on. Guess I need to start snake hunting...

,,,Sam,,,
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: cacciatore on October 15, 2018, 05:14:01 AM
Great job Sam! I love skinned limbs, I am glueing a pair myself just now, Coppeheads today.
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: amicus on October 15, 2018, 10:41:06 AM
Nice job!
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: Basinboy on October 15, 2018, 11:51:30 AM
Those came out awesome Sam!  :archer2:
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: RAU on October 15, 2018, 08:42:14 PM
Very nice!!
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: Zbone on October 15, 2018, 10:20:09 PM
Sam are those risers the same on both bows except one set limbs recurve, the other set reflex/deflex... What kind of risers?... Thanks...
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: zwickey2bl on October 15, 2018, 11:16:03 PM
I once killed a snake with my bow that I never even saw. Had a big round roll of hay I was using for a target, and was shooting from fairly long distance. Dropped one low, that hit right at the bottom of the round bale. My daughter, then about 8 or 9 yrs old, was with me and went to pull arrows for me. When she pulled the low arrow from under the bottom edge of the bale, it had skewered a rat snake. She flung arrow, snake and all and took off for the house.
Title: Re: Close encounter....
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on October 16, 2018, 08:59:04 PM
Zbone yes sir same risers , they are Galaxy Ember bows one with recurve limbs one with longbow limbs. They are $200 shipped for the recurve or longbow , I have been having great luck with them....

,,,Sam,,,