Raw unedited footage of catching a timber rattler.
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Footage of my dad catching a timber rattler rattler snake in my yard. The snake was caught and relocated away from homes to a secluded location. The snake was not harmed in any way.
Leave it to the RUclips "experts" to be dumping on a man who did more than they ever would do to remove a threat from people and pets. The man saved it. I would have killed it. I commend the man for stepping up.
FYI They’re a protected species so please record it and post if you ever do kill 1
FYI, unless they're in VA, then timber rattlers are only protected in some North East states. I don't live in VA, or the NE. I'll take my chances on killing one, if I deem it necessary.
Ya but there is a right and a wrong way of doing thing's so he definitely wasn't not hurting the snake that was a metal rake!!!!
@@andyholt3057 It was a leaf rake. I've used them for various animals. You use what you have available.
@@j.chriswatson6847 had two sticks so use those not the rake. And no need to hurt the animal that's all.
He raked his whole yard trying to catch it!!!!🤣👍
Oh shit 😂😅😂
And took time to acknowledge each neighbor that drove by! “Hey Bill, see you at bingo this weekend”
Dang sure did. 🤣
Lay the can on its side and guide the snake into the can is what I would have done. However, you got the controls. I guess the snake wasn't into a rake massage.
Hahahaha..."rake massage" 🤣🤣🤣
What was that fanning with a lawn rake?!! Lol
Sorry man, probably a nice fellow, but not very athletic :/
I came to the comments just to see if anyone else was thinking the same thing I was. I watched this and it took me all of 1 second to figure that out. Lay the trash can on its side and the snake will crawl right in. Slapping him with a rake doesn't make him happy.
Bad idea by turning the can on its side it would leave open an opportunity for a very quick and sneaky attack strike while he is trying to set the can back up right again. Calling animal control to remove it would've been best.
The cameraman was so incredibly helpful.
He was, by staying out of the way.
Who in the cornbread hell taught this person to catch a snake???
He’s trying to figure it out on his own.
@@amadablam8229 but I see him looking away at traffic, twice he looked away. All he woulda had to do was lay the trash can on it’s side, and within 10-15 seconds just with the sticks the snake woulda gladly made it’s way in.
Patting & raking the snake ? reminds me of the elderly man in Florida who tried to mount a gator vid
@@joseywales3819 classic old guy, rattlesnake isnt gonna stop him from mean mugging every car, "what in sam hill is that car gittin up to, driving round like that?"
That’s the way moonshiners do,they have to see every car that goes by just in case it’s the revenuers ! We would watch and listen to every car to see where it went!All he had to do was lay the can on it’s side and watch the snake crawl in it like somebody else said!That one means there’s probably more not far away!😎
If you try catching a timber rattlesnake with a stick and a worn out lawn rake, you might be a REDNECK!!
Also stupid!
If you're not a redneck you're probably running cry to your mama
And still have time to mean mug any car that drives by!
Yer giving rednecks some bad credit. We don't do stupid things like that.🤪
As a certified redneck I can tell you that we catch them with.22 pistols.
"how to get bit by a ticked off rattler" 🤣🤣
Whew! I began to feel sorry for the poor rattlesnake. But I credit the man for his perseverance. This illustrates the point that one should always have the right tools for any job.
The fact that he didn’t get bit is a miracle!!!!
🤣🤣 We deal with them every year.
If you deal with them every year and this is how you do it I feel REALLY bad for these poor snakes.@@andrewmeadors
You think spanking him will calm him!!!!😂😂😂😂
Yeah can't figure out why in the world he did that. Maybe to let some aggression out? A quick time out and reassessment to formulate a better plan would have been better. Thank goodness for his friend who reminded him about the hoe.
This is an update to my previous comment. After I posted my previous comment I think I know why he was smacking the rattlesnake with the rake. I believe he was trying to give it a stressful experience without hurting it so once he relocated the snake it would think not to return in the future. Not sure if I am right but it's the only thing that makes sense to me.
@@5954ldydi I'm pretty sure he was making snake get exhausted so he wouldn't squirm out of stick grip. The cameraman says "he's tired now" at some point.
Spank the old guy 🤣
I gotta idea, leave it alone . We had rattlesnakes at my grandmother's place in Texas, ran across them every once in a while, and I just simply stayed clear of them. You magnify your chance of getting bit 100% by messing around with it like this man did.
🤣😂 Nah, I should have blown it into rattlesnake burger truthfully. I have kids and rattlesnakes don't need to be hanging around in my yard.
If you have kids then you show them how to man up and deal with these guys properly and humanely. You don't want them to grow up to become violent assholes who kill anything they can't be bothered to understand.@@andrewmeadors
3 years from now, the snake hook is about to be invented in this remote part of the world ;-)
This guy belongs in the dumbbell classroom, perfect way on how not to catch a snake, the snake is way pissed now and would deliver "All its venom"; He is on a fool's Aaron
What's a "fools Aaron " ??? Or did you mean errand ??? I learnt that in dumbbell class
Steve Irwin, that you?
12 ga. Works really well !
Just kill it
My ass was holding my breath! I kept jumping every time he dropped that snake! Omg that was intense af! Awesome Video! Thank You for sharing!
Absolutely amazed that this man did not get bitten. Also surprised the snake survived this rough handling.
i once shot a water moccasin / cotton mouth about 30 feet away in the water with a bb gun and that thing turned and swam right towards me on the shore and continued to chase me on land for a while
@@commiesnzombies dang. I hate em.
@@commiesnzombies I don’t believe it chased you. Snakes retreat from humans. People that get bit are either messing with the snake or don’t see it and almost step on it or reach down to get something with out seeing it. If you leave them alone, they will leave you alone.
@@chriswinslow1979 He's not lying, cottonmouths are extremely aggressive. I personally know people who have had cottonmouths chase them.
@@chriswinslow1979 I've had 2 copperheads chase me. Very curious and aggressive snakes. Both were in a park area where they couldn't be legally killed. I assume that's why they didn't fear man. The only reason dangerous animals fear man is because the ones that don't have very short lives.
I just learned that catching a timber rattler requires you make it good and angry first, then trapping is easy. LOL
Had a similar situation with a Timber Rattlesnake in my yard a few years ago. Timber Rattlesnakes are very timid and do everything they can to get away. They are not at all aggressive and will only bite if threatened. They are also an endangered species. Although, I commend this man for not harming the snake, what he did was very dangerous and he put himself and the others with him at risk. Catching and releasing an animal like that is best left to the professionals.
Endangered hell. They’re everywhere here in state of West Virginia
Snowflake
I don't think there endangered they're found all along the east coast and on the channel rattlesnake solutions they found one clear out in Arizona which is out of the way from them
@@redfoley9608 They're listed as endangered in 9 states, mine is one of them, WV is not. But, your neighbors, Virginia and Ohio have them listed as endangered. They are also "protected" in all of the Appalachian states due to a huge decline in their population. Yes, even in WV.... You can only take 1 per year and it has to be at least 42 inches... Also, They are considered to be 100% extirpated in Maine and Rhode Island. They are clearly a species that is in jeopardy.
@@bobsquatchwuzhere6347 Mac Moore in state of Kentucky killed 27 this year. Good for him.
Just an observation, wouldn't it have been easier to put the trash can on its side and directing the snake into it? Anyway kudos to the gentlemen for relocating it.
Yes, and with how terrified this snake was it would of probably went right in.
Yes , it would have.
This is how people get bit.
I agree
Lol. Not really. In rural Texas or new mexico, if you need a rattlesnake removed, you either kill it or catch it. There isn't anyone to come do it. Maybe for those of you who live in little box apartments in cities this seems dangerous, but more of us die from tractor rollovers or livestock accident. Some of out antibiotics we use on the cattle you eat are lethal to humans. You get some in you, you die, even if you go to the best hospital. Life has risks but a life well lived is worth those risks, rather than living in fear like a hamster in a cage
@@JohnGalt-vr3lx I actually live on a farm in the country and yes we learned how to take care of ourselves because by the time police or rescue got to you it was over. I was more commenting on his lack of experience and trying to use the tools the way he was then the danger he was in. We don't have diamond backs but we have copperheads and timber rattlesnakes. A few would get in my grandparents lawn every year.
If a snake is trying to get away from you, let the snake go
@@cedricjackson7521 he chased the thing almost out of his yard!
This man has business trying to catch this snake. He obviously does not know what he is doing.
Lmao, he's caught plenty. Did you see him get bit? Nope.
@@andrewmeadors what state they found her in?
@@Teoruelas75 we live in SE Kentucky
I wouldn't celebrate being a lucky hack.@@andrewmeadors
Pro tip: They're easier to move when dead.
@@xlZENlxonly good snake is a dead snake.
Ooo lol
@@Yeshua_is_AdonaiIndiana Jones hated them for good reason
@@xlZENlxalso true but at the same time don't want your dog or kid dead
@@xlZENlxHumans have God given domain of the earth not animals or reptiles.
Where’s your .410 snake charmer ?
I feel like it would have been a lot less stress on the snake if you weren't beating it with a garden rake
Rattlesnakes that come into my yard don't come back for a second visit.
That man is so, so lucky he didn't get tagged!! I did get one heck of a laugh though. This should be showed of what not to do.
Southern MN is infested with Timber Rattlesnakes. We have lots of them in the yard.
I had a rattle snake living in my work shop for 4 years. Somehow he got used to seeing me and my scent. Never ever took a defensive posture toward me. Got a lot of cool rattlesnake photos.
Often he'd just sit by the door and watch me work, I've been within a couple of inches of him and still he was just curious. I Never had mouse.
Rattlesnakes really don't want to be around people. They rarely bite unless teased or touched.
Then the day came when my wife decided to use my woodshed for one of her projects. Sneaky Pete (that was his name) all 4.5 feet of him, did NOT appreciate her presences at all.
Sadly, it was a tough choice between clean laundery and Pete.
I'm glad you relocated him. I'd suggest if you have a lot of those snakes get a better system than a stick. :).
waitaminit, so you killed Sneaky Pete?
Sounds to me like a movie in the making...sneaky pete the real story.
12 gauge would eliminate all that trouble and fuss.
Daymon I’m thinking exactly like you
@@servantsoldier5207 Nothing but boots and hat bands to me...
That snake had a rough day. Bright side, it survived.
That's right. Better than killing it for sure. It got relocated to a safer place for everyone.
@@andrewmeadors good job!
No snakes or humans were harmed in this video!
"Bright side"? 🙄 After all that, they should have killed the fukka. When in that tub, I could have just brought boiling water in. It would at least have been a clean death.😂
Being from the south , this is an embarrassment ! Can on side , and take him in! Wow ! Really gramps !
My idea the entire time.
@@winstonchurchill4651 😎
Snake: It was the worst day of my life Billy! That old man raked me over and over and over again!
1965, I was 13. Devil's Gate Dam park, La Canada, CA, Near J.P.L. I caught a baby snake, maybe a foot long, poor grip, tossed it, it turned midair, 1 fang caught a corner of my thumb. 5 days in L.A. County Gen. Hosp., forearm and hand swelled up bigger than Steve Garvey's. Had 4 antivenom shots within 30 min. 3 /wrist, 1 / shoulder, at Huntington Memorial / Pasadena, then sent on to L.A.Gen. Worst pain I've ever dealt with, after the swelling kicked in. Fast forward 40 years, living rural, Orange & Olive groves, Cattle, lots of B.L.M. remote foothills, feral pig, snakes, wildlife animals. I would hike around the hills and pasture with a .22. Good year was 20, any rattler within 100 yards of the house. I learned to skin and tan. Illegal to sell the skins, but legal to barter, worked well for craft folk making baskets and gourd stuff. And one of the better gifts you can give a high school foreign exchange student going home to Asia or Europe is a snake skin. Rolls up in a ziplock, fits easy in their luggage, and the rural California stories they'll tell for the rest of their lives while shaking a rattler will give them a different kind of reputation.
Damn I'm as tired as that damn snake.
Seems to be making the snake madder by the minute beating with the rake! Ahhhhhh
Old man has no idea what he's doing. He's lucky he didn't get bit.
Check my short videos fir another he caught if you think he doesn't know what he's doing.
That poor snake tormented.
That old man is lucky to be alive
He stressed that snake out it's a wonder if it survived. He shouldn't be handling snakes at all.
I could have blown it's head off like I had originally planned to do.
We are just having a few laughs. Now it’s a flattlesnake
@@andrewmeadors thats what I would have done
I don't think he planned to be playing with snakes that day
@@andrewmeadors you should have and eaten that bad boy they're good
Their is 4 kinds of snakes I'm afraid of . Big ones little ones live ones and dead ones
Ah! The ol’ TWO-STICK method! Brilliant!
He's obviously never used chopsticks.
That was a challenge! He's a beautiful snake. Great job!
This is exactly how people get bitten!
CCI round would have been safer.
This was like me trying to eat noodles with chopsticks.
Good grief. This wouldn't taken me about twenty seconds, and no rake.
WOW. That is one big snake. Glad no one, including the snake was hurt. Took me a bit to realize the rake was to get it to curl up and also to wear it out.
This snake probably would’ve crawled into the can on his or her own. But you’d have to carefully ‘right the can quickly’ and haVe a top ready. You see how desperate this snake was to try to escape. Yeah, hand it to these guys, they did their best and were fairly brave.. A sheet with an extremely tight bungee cord, rope or ratchet strap holding it down tight at the top just under the rim may have worked lol. If you live in a ‘venomous snakey area’
keep the lid handy also. and get a real snake stick.
Especially don’t kill non-venomous snakes! and the venomous ones also if you can SAFELY remove or get help.
Thumbs up guys 👍
Just curious what state do ya'll live in? The many times ive thought about moving back to Southeastern KY, up in the Mountains and in the country, (about 15-20 minutes north of the Tennessee/Ky state line) I'll just stay in the big city in Indiana 😂😂🤘
I fucking lost my shit when the cameraman said, "Sheeeeeiiiiiiiit"....😂😂😂
Main man on the camera said shiiid😂. I'm right there with you. No way I would've attempted that with 2 sticks.
Nope, lol
If my dad was still alive he would say "dumb ass"
Such an insightful comment.
Raw unedited footage of a fool
He’s definitely pissing it off!
The snake was so pissed it would inject whole venom bag into this dude if given a chance.
Damn, that was a big snake!
Yes, a very skilled snake handler - only 50 attempts to put a snake in a garbage can.
Grampian got some balls of steel
That was a big timber, he wasn't starving that's for sure.
Stress on the snake?! That guy did way more than i would have, i would have killed it and put it out of its stress 😂😂
Under no circumstances is that the right way to catch any snake......
Dude was well intentioned, even though he beat the shit out of it. Seriously though, good on him relocating it. I don’t know what state he’s in, but in the Northeast, they’re a protected species.
SE KY, that's why he relocated it due to being protected.
My dad back in the early 80's used a rack the same by holding in down then with the other holding a 6ft hose filled with about 10in of concrete in one end would swing it around over his head and wack it on head a couple of times till he kills it. The biggest one he ever killed measured just under 7ft and it had 14 scales on the tail.
You sound proud of your @sshole father.
Ever hear of snake tongs?
Good job grandpaw! Ignore rude comments and thanks for being an inspiration. Kids today are a weak weasely generation that think they know it all when they don't know squat.
Tongs! This is disturbing. He probably injured the little dude.
F**k that he should have shot his head off and eaten it .... they're good with some beans
ME. TEXAS BORN. 12 GUAGE. DINNER AND A NICE HIDE FOR BELT, WALLET, MY 1911 KYDEX HOLSTER WRAPPED IN TIMBER RATTLER HYDE... PEEPAW HAD TITANIUM BALLS !!!
If it was in my yard - it would have been a quick humane beheading - then a skinning for a hat band - then prepared for dinner 🍽️ -
Kudos for relocating the beautiful creature -
Ignore all the Utube professionals that know better - sub and respect - GOD bless
Wow! "Snake wrangling" with a couple of sticks! Brave and compassionate fellow. Good job considering what you had to work with!
Rumor has it, its March 2024 and Elmer is still trying to catch the timber rattlesnake!!!
There is no fool…. Like an old fool; this man had his guardian angel with him on that day!😊
"How not to catch a rattlesnake."
I have found that it's much easier to catch a venomous snake in my yard AFTER I have blown it's head off with a .410 shotgun. BTW, it's quite obvious that this elderly gentleman (who looks to be about my age) has no clue as to what he is doing and it's hard to believe that his son just stood there and watched him do it. However, by filming it, at least he had his phone handy to call 911.
Illegal to kill a timber rattler.
@@brucemclaughlin7845 In Georgia, as of a Sept. 2022 article I googled, it is illegal to kill non-venomous snakes in GA, but not illegal to kill venomous ones. But ya now what? I cannot afford to pay someone to remove every venomous snake I find on my property, and I am not going to jeopardize the well being of my family, or my numerous animals by letting a venomous snake roam wild around my place, whether it is legal to kill or not.. I may see it this time, but if it goes free, I may not see it next time. Non-venomous snakes get a pass and at 73 yrs. old, living in the country for the majority of my life, I can tell the difference.
I have a ranch I kill every rattlesnake I see
@@briansignorelli7090 Rattlesnakes, Cottonmouths, and Copperheads. If I find them on my property, the all end up taking a permanent dirt nap.
@@brucemclaughlin7845 Illegal to kill water moccasins and copperheads in Arkansas too and yet, several committed suicide by shotgun on my property last year. I have a pond and grandkids. Go ahead and cuff me.
That was hard to watch! 😢 I love rattlesnakes, they are amazing creatures! I have lost count of how many I have caught. That’s not how it is done! Beating and pulling a rake over the snake is absurd! It’s not a leaf! Wow! But I must give credit where credit is due! Most people would have just killed it. The snake was definitely hurt during the making of this film!😂 but thanks for doing your best to relocate it 🤘🏼
That was excruciating to watch, lol, had to finally fast forward to see if that old fart ever got that damn thing in the can!😂
As someone who can competently handle venomous I couldn't make it past the 15 second mark.
Nice size timber rattler. Thanks for being safe and the snake to
“Let me handle this” 🤣
Makes me wonder how he lived as long as he has
He did a darn sight better than I would have!!!!
Dead snake at that
I believe that "Grandpa" has wrangled a few before!
You need a snake stick. That is how we move Rattlesnakes. Good luck.
It wore me out just watching that, at least it maybe was released some where it could be safe.
Shud of put the trash can on it's side use rake to re snake into can ounce in turn ritte side up
Agreed!
Where was this film taken?
Was it lunch after catching it?
Put the can on side close to snake scoop it in with rake, simple. It's not rocket building.
Somebody get pops back in the damn house, for God's sake.
What's he doing with the rake other than pissin that thing off
With sticks?
Why does he keep stopping to look at the cars
So..that's how it's done old School".
I blame my fear of snakes from Sunday school when they show the serpent that gave Eve the apple it was always a snake
I would have just got the lawn mower out.
Should have cause my grass was needing cut.
I'm just really glad you didn't get bit.
Amateur or professional things can go wrong.Im sure your family still wants you around.so take it down a notch their cowboy.Im just wanting you to be careful young man.
They are easier to catch if they don't have a head.
Very original comment.
Personally, I would be chopping it up. Kudos to this guy. My worst fear is snakes!
Unless there's another snake in the trash can, how about laying it on the ground in front of the snake? Much shorter distance than picking it up and putting it in the can. 🤔
I think they should have gotten a professional to relocate the snake. And beat that old guy with a rake to see how he likes it
1000%
This is like Peter Griffin with the frog 😆
Y'all are outta your dang minds!
Snake was overtly tortured before being "captured"
I just get my little .22 and we have an appetizer haha.
Sounds like all you are packing is 2"
You have the wrong tool. Shovel tip right behind the head and then firmly step down on the shovel head.
Were there One there are others, watch your step. That Guy is Old School. He must og been around Rattlesnake for years
he had no idear what he was doing,making a right balls up of it.
Boy y'all had it good and pissed by the time he got in the can. I've always thought Timber rattler would make a fine pair of boots 👍👍👍.