Some of you who are badmouthing this guy don't understand he is giving you his knowledge that some people charge a lot of money for, and he is doing it out of sheer kindness. In a situation where fit hits the shan, things like this might be the only things that can keep you, your wife or husband or both ( I don't judge) and your children from starving to death. Put some fuckin gratitude in that attitude and be thankful he gives a shit enough to freely share his wisdom.
Amen Thomas Boyce. I came here looking for desert survival information. I found this to be extremely useful and simple to execute. All you ungrateful people who want to bad mouth I challenge you to do better.
Jerome Truitt Some people just get downright mean to this man, meanwhile he is just giving us his knowledge out of the kindness of his heart. He knows he could just be like "Fuck you, I know something that could and would save lives one day, but I'll just take care of myself and my wife and children.". I bet they'd regret it if something happened and they have no idea what to do if they need to eat and all they have are snakes, but they decided to be dicks.
+Justin Brown They were mostly older comments, but a good percentage of them were just taking this guy to task saying that they hope he gets bit and stuff.
+SpookyTJ The Bible clearly states that a snake is an unclean animal and not to be eaten. That is a sin so why would you be thanking God for doing something that grieves him and he forbids?
Dude you are the single most pleasent person in the world. Your respect of nature is inspiring, your foraging skills unequal, and you always seem to keep calm. thanks for the videos man, appreciate them a lot
This was reminded me of how I survived during Pol Pot - Khmer Rouge period back in the 70s by eating a lot of snakes. I just threw the whole thing in the fire pits and peeled off the skin and ate it. It was like chicken but a little chewy. Snakes saved my life and that what I told my children. Now, there are abundant of water snakes in Cambodia around the great lake of Tonle Sap (the largest fresh water lakes in Asia - in the middle of Cambodia. They grill, smoke, stir-fry, soup, and even keep them fermented in the rice wine!
+Theary Khmer can you give me more about how the snake was positioned or other prep details? I've cooked them a few ways over the years using them to supplement my protein from day to day, but you might just be the man to have me beat in this. I'd be more than interested to hear more about this, attempting in the spring to attempt it.
+Bob Hansler After snake was skinned, you can make a good soup like chicken soup by cutting small pieces about a few inches long. In boiling water, we have lemon grass or ginger root, garlic cloves, salt. You can boil it down until it is tender or it is easily remove the meat off the bone. You can add lime juice, green onion, or basil leave in the soup before serving. The meat can be used for any other meals like chicken. You can stir-fry it with ginger roots. It is very popular in Cambodia. The locals do not remove the bones. From the raw meat, chop it to a thin slice. You can marinate the meat for a 5 to 10 minutes with soy sauce or hoisen sauce, salt, add a little bit honey or sugar. Slice ginger roots to a thin slice also. In a hot oil pan. throw in chopped garlic, chopped ginger, and the meat. Cook it until it tender. After mariated the meat, you can also grill it or smoke it. I have not tried the fermented snake in rice wine. This was kinda long. I visit Cambodia every year since I am retired now. Water snakes are smaller size comparing to rattlesnake. They live in the lakes and eat a little fish or frog and they are non-poisoneous. It is illegal to kill cobra now but there are farm raised for commercial!
These water snakes do not grow larger but python and cobra are rather large there. I had python meat also. It was the best. You can youtube it: Eating snake in cambodia!
Anyway, like I was sayin', snake is the fruit of the wild. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, snake-kabobs, snake creole, snake gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple snake, lemon snake, coconut snake, pepper snake, snake soup, snake stew, snake salad, snake and potatoes, snake burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it.
+isayehoh :in a survival situation you don`t always carry a surplus of water around. The water you have you drink. if you don`t have enough water you can either eat a snake with a little dirt around or stay hungry.
B'cuz there's meat from animals that you kill and then.....meat from......Mc'Donalds? I guess? (what, you didn't know that ground beef grows in freezers) ;) LOL
Fox Mulder I've the followup with that beautiful skin in the works. Putting it in chemical today and will show step by step tanning process... and quite literally I could follow through with the boot accents as I've a leather shop as a man cave : )
Hey, I enjoyed it without the sound, but I wanted to know what you had to add beyond the visuals. That and I wanted to let you know about the issue so you would be aware. Again, wonderful video.
Absolutely loved this video. I caught my first rattler and did it the way in the video. I put it a foot above the fire put a little butter on top and man, it was great! Thanks for the video
As I'm writing this there are 617 'dislikes'. Why?!!! If you are coming to learn how to survive why give a dislike?!! You should see how pigs are treated where they can't even move, just tied between two metal bars, hens that never see the light of day, male chicks thrown into a meat grinder cause owners want laying hens, you should see how they kill cows, lambs, horses. You think MacDees & other fast foods are just 'beef'? (Ha, ha,ha,) This video here took time and effort, a snake lost it's life and all to show us ...HOW TO SURVIVE!!!! If you're stuck in the middle of no where this is great information to know. You couch viewers ....what happens if you suddenly find yourself in the middle of no where, then what are you going to do? I luv it when they say ;"That can never happen to me." Could be famous last words. You have $, nice clothes, going on an expensive vacation and your plane crashes & you're left alive & alone.... in the middle of nowhere. What are you going to do homey? Ok hopefully 'THAT' never happens but learning is power that can one day save a life, maybe even your own. I would take this gentleman's videos seriously & give him the respect you would want to be shown. One day you might want to shake his hand and thank him for saving your life.
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"come on bud" you're definitely from Texas.... I'm from Texas but living in Arizona now, nice to see and hear a real Texan, and can tell you have done this a lot, calm and cool. thanks for the video
I was wondering how many humans he skinned and cooked on a stick after that statement too! But even creepier is that Rob Calhoun knows all these places that you can find dead humans twitching or being cooked! :)
Guys we were warned of violence and shit but remember you were the one who clicked on this video and you most likely eat chicken cow etc. So remember that it's your own fault for watching this and it's nature! Don't cry about it you put yourself though it
one minute i'm watching a makeup tutorial & now survival skills. yes, i'm going to be one fabulous survivor if there comes a day where I get thrown into the wild :')
Thank you for posting this video. Growing up in South Texas, I remember an identical experience as a child when my father had to kill a rattler near camp. We buried the head and the rest of snake swarmed for hours as it cooked, then ate it. My father taught me that if you kill it, you eat it. I am now an old man and have a far deeper understanding of the natural world. Your channel furthers Texans understanding of their environment. I firmly believe rattlers have a place in the wild and snakes in general are necessary part of Texas eco-systems. It is to easy these days for people to kill wild life without a second thought and make themselves out be some back woods bad ass. This video give us a respect for the WD rattler and a point blank view of what it takes to make one a meal.
my name has been with me over a dozen years and sometimes I kind of hit on a guy and he says I am married...which I am not. lol. But i had the name so long. My ex cheated a lot and his handle was hammerhankus, so I signed on as MRShammerhankus to let his circle know he had a Mrs. but he left with a co-worker in the end, oh well
During winter it really is a huge difference. When I was like 5 I'd go around the yard and woods lifting up rocks, logs, etc. and just check out all the cool big rat snakes, sometimes there were timber rattlesnakes, stuff like that... completely safe, I never was even remotely close to getting a bit or anything like that even at age 5 or 6. The snakes are in a near coma state, I swear. The spring, summer, etc. is a different story. Wasn't supposed to go near anything venomous during the warmer months.
Bob, thanks for sharing brother it's been over 20 years since I've had rattlesnake and I couldn't remember all of the processes but after you doing this it brought back a lot of memories and different things that I was taught in Camp. Thank you again if I run across me one I'll go ahead and go through and use the procedures that you demonstrated here in this nice detailed video. Thank you brother God bless
This guy makes some of the best outdoors videos on RUclips. I learn something new every time I watch, unlike other channels that are all click bait. Thanks for doing a good job man....even though I'm not sure how you know dead humans do that too.
Hi Bob, Thank you so much for this instruction. I hunt so have skinned many deer, gobblers, rabbits etc. but am having a game dinner/party and asked my buddy if I could have his rattlers he killed to eat. Your video enabled me to skin these snakes without messing it up. I did assume that a rattler was easy to skin but didn't realize that the skin was that tough. Thank you so much for this video. Keep em coming.-Paul
Age Restricted?Wow..It is very different world than the one I grew up in where our folks taughts how to hunt and clean food then cook it .Butchering a hog was a family affair as we all had to help to process the meat before it turned bad!I grew up in a very rural area where rattle snake,squirrel,turtle ,rabbit ,groundhog and even frog legs were on the menu at my house and we were glad to have it!I am seriously surprised that this is age restricted !Great tutorial and channel!
This was the first video from Bob that I watched over a year and half ago, i immediately subscribed and have rewatched this video many times since. Like a good movie that doesn't lose it's suspense even after multiple viewings. Praying for Bob to recover fully, and make many more videos. He is a natural educator and we all enjoy following him and Huck (and the awesome camera lady) on adventures as we learn survival tips.
I'm very impressed by how informative this is, how well-articulated...really, truly wish I had watched JUST THIS clip even, before my last excursion into the wild. I'm not, in any way, a hunter. But I am a backcountry-type person. Just got back from a 7 day, solo-exploration of (and climb up the mountaineer's route of) the Whitney zone and some things went wrong. Long story...blah, blah, blah, jump to a few thousand feet below the summit on my way back down, a perfect storm of one logistical error, 2 pieces of extremely bad luck, some crippling chronic pain in my back...and one stupid mistake...found me bedding myself down for the night on an awkwardly slanted little 3ft by 4.5ft dirt patch in between boulders and sharp scrub, about four feet from the edge of the cliff I was trying to descend. I had less than half a liter of water left and had not eaten in over 48 hours, save for one cliff bar that I had puked most of back up from exhaustion/altitude. I'm just a wanderer, in my perception...not even a survivalist, really. A total softie, compared to most I encounter in the deserts and mountains...and so this situation was very unnerving and not fun at all. But I'm smart enough to go in and get back out, been doing it 15 years now. As fate would have it on this night however, a very long (4ft+ maybe) western diamondback (heard it before I saw it) just comes casually slithering up towards me and my only space I can find where I'm stuck and needing to drop my pack. It was a true WTF? kind of moment. I've dealt with a lot of these buggers over the years, on trail, and never once have they done anything but either lie there (during cold months) forcing me to push them away with a stick OR (during hot months) they seem to want NOTHING to do with me and usually disappear pretty quickly into the bush or down in between boulder cracks. Only problem I ever had was when one of my dogs took a strike to the face after sticking her nose into a bush, one morning. Back luck. We always watch our steps, you know. So now... here's this one looking right at me, coming my way, defying everything I've ever read...and it's rattling loudly. With way too much adrenaline slamming through me, along with starvation and exhaustion continuing to make my stomach queasy and dry-heaving...I grabbed my machete and hoped up on some boulders, trying my best to get behind it (was a tight space). Was teetering over it, either foot on to big points of rocks, so NOT properly positioned...but got lucky. Whacked it about halfway down the middle and the sucker just stopped and lay there, barely moving, squirming a little...weirdest damn thing ever. Hopped down behind it and approached it's head cautiously, then whacked it off. THEN it started doing what yours did here. Can you tell me how/why it behaved in these bizarre manners, both before and after death? You clearly know your shit, so...sorry for being so long-winded, but wanted to ask. Wish wish wish I had seen this...did some things right I guess in prepping to eat it, but would have been helpful, to have seen this first.
it might be because the head is no longer receiving the nerve signals and therefore the rest of what is left is receiving the last of the action potentials being propagated throughout the body it would of had a lot of stored energy left over (humans use ATP but i don't know much about snake physiology) which would of needed to dissipate somehow as well as the fact that the cells that are in the rest of the body are not yet dead, much like why the snake would of still been biting because even though the head is severed, the cells in the brain and other tissues are still alive and fighting for oxygen, time is necessary to allow full death of the cells this is my assumption at least in terms of its behaviour beforehand, i'm not super familiar with snakes and their habits but it may have been some sort of territorial response because you were close to it's nest? it seems much more likely for it to confront you when it feels that it's home is threatened as opposed to simply hunting for food or exploring and you walk past it
Thanks for the insight. Living in the country myself a lot of this comes as just common sense to me and people around here. I guess just the way I was raised. But I have learned a lot at the same time from you. Bob thanks for all your time and effort you put into your videos. I hope and pray that you and yours have a blessed life and just know that you are appreciated.
I'm vegetarian and love snakes as pets and as sad as this made me... I genuinely have so much respect for how humane and considerate you are towards animals and nature. Never change! If more people lived like this the planet would be a much better place.
no David Carvajal its just flipping obvious, well it should be at his age. Thats half the trouble in the world not enough 'basic' education!!. (notice how I dont come back with insults like you with your unintelligence?..like I say, coplete lack of education)
You are a living legend! I really want to learn these things. You never know when you have to use it. Big thanks for sharing this good content with us!
+Mara Ireland I remember reading that book many many years ago. I believe Hatchet's setting was in the north though. This is the deep south. The issue is not the cold here, it is the heat.
Just recently subscribed & have watched several videos! Super kool that U show processing start to finish...Then eating. Seen a survival vid where the guy took a drinking straw to make single use salt,pepper,& spices. Take pliers & heat-seal an end..add small amount of salt,etc. to straw & seal off. I've made quite a few...b surprised at how many U can make out of one straw. B like prepping & make a bunch of different ones up. When doing a video...U can use them to make many animals more palatable. Was told by one guy that after getting way from salt,etc that U wouldn't need anything on good. Anyway..a little seasonings would help & r easy to carry n the small, waterproof packs U make Urself. Keep up the great videos! It's is one of the best channels I've watched...have already learned a lot.
+Charles Loveday Its true. There is quite a bit of salt in my area, most mammals and reptiles taste great without. I find that it helps with eating mussels and clams though, cactus pads too. Good tip.
Keep up the videos man! You have a unique skill set and you're an VERY good narrator. Killing, skinning and eating a rattlesnake is on my bucket list. Thanks for the video!
Great video. One thing I liked was that you showed how to use the Leatherman to clean both this and the gar. I get really tired of the folks that say you have to have a huge (& usually expensive) knife for survival. I grew up on the Verigras River in Kansas & one of my uncles used an Old Timer small stockman to clean about everything. Not saying a large blade isn't good, but sometimes a smaller one is all you have. Thank you for showing how to actually catch, clean, & cook wild food. Very informative. Keep up the good work.
The bushcraft knife fetish thing is pretty interesting to watch. Leatherman has saved me numerous times and has been a dependable staple of my every day carry for over two decades now. The right tool for the job goes a long way. We'll keep on making the videos. Thanks for watching.
Hey man, I've never been much of a hunter and in fact I even raised a pet python, but in a survival situation it's important to know these things. I'm an Eagle Scout raised in Ohio and Arizona so I've got a little experience in two very different terrains, but I've learned something new in every single one of your videos. I have a lot of respect for people like you, you're very to-the-point and you don't disrespect nature. Keep it up, you've got no idea who's life you might be saving with these videos.
Simply awesome. I am about to go out for 24 hours, and i am figuring that snake might be the easiest thing for me to eat while out. We have a lot of copper head, water snakes, and water moccasin here in ky. So I'll be walking right down the stream looking for them!
This was fascinating! My three-and-five-year-old girls watched this with me, after asking me specifically how to cook and eat a snake! We appreciated your thorough explanation of all the steps - very educational! :)
Glad you found the video. Might check out the rest of the channel. Nice knowing that folks are answering their children's inquisitiveness in such a manner. Cheers.
Great instructional video. Having been raised in Florida and having spent most of my adult life in Arizona, I have eaten a heck of a lot of snake. I don't feel that it tastes like chicken. It doesn't seem to have any real taste of it's own. No fat to speak of. Takes a sauce though. Even a simple chili and honey sauce makes it great. Pray daily for your eyes and love all of your vids. Keep it up and keep the faith, brother.
+G.I. Bro I'll be on the lookout for additional venemoids this spring and will have to perform some showmanship as well as additional cooking techniques.
+miguelidcomm Most folks out there have a hard time being reminded of where and how their food comes to be. That'd be my guess. Plausible deniability goes out the window and this cannot be unseen : )
Have you ever considered advertising online for tours? You seem really knowledgeable and very caring/respectful of the environment. A mixed walking/boat tour would be something I'd definitely go for if I was ever in your neck of the woods. Would be a great way of getting people who have become detached from nature to see what they're missing. All the best mate, take it easy!
I absolutely enjoy learning from him. My dad is from Georgia and everything so far that I have watched, has been what my father taught me. His skills unfortunately is a dying breed and need to teach our children in every day living so that food is not taboo but normal. It take the yuck out of food and meaning along with normal. Thx for your time country boy!
Just to let you know, decapitating a snake might not kill them immediately. This is because unlike mammals and birds, reptiles have a slow metabolism. While decapitation generally kills us and birds quickly, it may not be the case for reptiles. Snake heads may live up to an hour after decapitation.
They are dead. Just like this snake a person can get shot in brainstem and still wiggle around on the ground, twitch, swing arms and legs. This does not mean you are alive.
I don't know what it is, maybe it's just my Texan blood, but I really connect and enjoy your content. Keep up the great work man! Btw what part of Texas are you in?
Very Educational Rattlesnake information. I TRULY ADMIRE YOU, for your knowledge & courage of handling Snakes! I watched this for the knowledge, as I have only eaten Rattlesnake 3 times, 2 times at Family Gatherings & once with my Brother at Rattlesnake Hunt in Watonga, Okla. I recently had a Black Gander 10’ Snake visit me inside my HOME! I first watched your video on catching Snakes, I propose to use your tactics to catch & release elsewhere, to remove them from my Property around my home. Thank You for Knowledge! I can now remove them & they will do their Good Deeds on this Earth else where🤓!
I must have watched this video like at least 4 times now because its intresting to see how easy it seems to do all that to make a good snake eating meal, and its intresting to see how careful you are with the snake and the detail of precautions that you stress we people take when handling theese snakes. Long ago I heard that reptiles still feel without a head unlike us people who would feel only with our head attached, but thats just what I heard but I dont think thats true and how you dispatched that snake was the best humane way I believe, again great job again Bob very good job.
Just watching Bob stand around talking while that snake was alive and moving freely, gave me the willies. That thing could be dead for a week and I'll still be keeping my distance. (Yeah.. I admit it, .I'm a wuss! ha ha) Thanks for the video. I'll try not to find myself in a situation where I need survival skills, but at least I'll have a clue on what to do.
+QuartetmanIA I'll be looking for additional venomous snakes and demonstrate a few more techniques that I've used in order to cook snake over the coming months.
Great video Bob. Between snakes, inner pine bark and stream life, I can't understand how anyone could starve in the woods. But it happens all the time. Pine lining alone will keep you alive forever. I wish more people knew that.
Troy Boyle I"ll have to look into this. I do not live near pine in my specific situation, but the amount of food that I have and can have in hand within minutes would stagger most with its variety and abundance. The more you know about your area, the more at home and welcome that wilderness feels.
I just started watching your videos sure enjoy them , reminds me of the old days when I was a kid lol keep up the good work , maybe some of the young kids will get off video games and get out in nature lol
Travis Phillips I spent weeks recuperating in the Temple of Kynareth in Whiterun. The priestess Danica Purespring spent nearly the entire time grumbling about some blasted tree in the Wind District. Now my cousin's out fighting dragons while I'm stuck with guard duty.
Great videos, good man. I moved to West Texas last year, and have really tried to immerse myself in its unique nature. Cooked, prepared for tanning, and ate my first rattlesnake last week. Wish I would have found your videos first. Fantastic info and well presented.
keglamm Much appreciated. The desert can afford a few unique opportunities. I'll be showcasing more and more here in the coming months. Hope to keep them coming.
Even though that snake is incapacitated by the cold, it gives me chills seeing it coil up like that, readying itself into defense/attack mode. Meanwhile, you're just so confident, by taking your eyes off' it😭😭😭. Anyway, great video
+Judson E Crump, PC Appreciate it. Going to keep making them, and hopefully someday have a TV show or venue for larger audiences. Enjoy doing this either way.
+Jaden Just Glad you enjoyed it. I don't think I can keep people from killing snakes indiscriminately... But perhaps they can do something constructive with them so that their death isn't a complete tragic waste.
Hi Bob, I really like the way you explain. Great info. Hope I will never have to use it tho. Here we don´t have rattlesnakes, only one poisonous snake ( Adder) and that one as all snakes is protected so I can not really go out and practice this but its great to have seen it in case I need it some day. Great video and thanks for sharing! BTW, that snake did look tasty. ATB, Ulrica
Out on the trails here in Texas, large venomous snakes are a common sight. Over the years taking guided groups through the mountains on horse I would take a few here and there for the meat as well as their skins. After 5 days out on the trail in the desert sun SPAM gets a bit old. Trail meat was something I used to supplement my diet and add diversity to my menu.
Bob Hansler That explain why you have so much knowledge. I am greatful that you want to share it. I can understand that you want to add something to the diet after some days with SPAM. :) Are you planning to show what you do with the skin in a video or have you a video about that already?
I've put the skin in the chemicals this past weekend. Will be pulling it out and processing in a few more days. I'll have the videos strung together and posted in a week or so showing the whole process start to finish : )
Thank you for the video. My girlfriend was bitten by a rattlesnake last summer and she feels the need to hunt one and eat it to make her feel better about the whole situation. Great information.
My cousin is a cop and responded to a suicide call guy shot himself in the head. When he got there he called out to him and the guy with only half a head stood up and walked. Thats a fact.
I doubt it but i guess it could happen The part of the brain which controls walking is on the bottom end I dont recall the exact name of it Was it cerebellum?
this is why i go "camping" in winter, I live in Texas so if i bring some poultry rub, i get some of the best meals of the year. During Christmas i would prefer well cooked rattler over some pork. a little tip if you can't stand the 30min wait, just cut off the end of the tail and cook it separately, it will take about 4-5 (maybe 6 or 7 if fire is low) and you can get a little bite.
Looks like I need to pick up a few and do some demos with them. Have more than a few send me messages with much the same. Thank for the compliment, keep posted and I'll see about aditional rattlesnake videos by the end of the summer.
I've cleaned snakes before and was wanting to show my wife and friends a good video on how to Bc they said it wasn't as easy as I make it sound . This video was the one I used its perfect. Good work and great commentary.
Quick question You said they can be moving up to an hour even after you cut the head off So if u cooked it n you ate it would you still feel it moving ??😁 just curious Thanks
Good hunting. Enjoyed I believe it to be helpful. I am new to survival and Bushcraft but I've enjoyed your videos. I'm retired and looking forward to trying some of this stuff myself. Keep up the videos and I'll keep watching and passing them on. Thanks Gingdah 🚶💀
You didn't show the capture of the snake. It's one thing to know how to cook it, however the capture process is equally important isn't it? It doesn't help if you die trying to capture the only immediate food source.
Some of you who are badmouthing this guy don't understand he is giving you his knowledge that some people charge a lot of money for, and he is doing it out of sheer kindness. In a situation where fit hits the shan, things like this might be the only things that can keep you, your wife or husband or both ( I don't judge) and your children from starving to death. Put some fuckin gratitude in that attitude and be thankful he gives a shit enough to freely share his wisdom.
Amen Thomas Boyce. I came here looking for desert survival information. I found this to be extremely useful and simple to execute. All you ungrateful people who want to bad mouth I challenge you to do better.
Jerome Truitt Some people just get downright mean to this man, meanwhile he is just giving us his knowledge out of the kindness of his heart. He knows he could just be like "Fuck you, I know something that could and would save lives one day, but I'll just take care of myself and my wife and children.". I bet they'd regret it if something happened and they have no idea what to do if they need to eat and all they have are snakes, but they decided to be dicks.
+Thomas Boyce i cant find anyone badmouthing him.. but maybe im just liberal blind.
+Justin Brown They were mostly older comments, but a good percentage of them were just taking this guy to task saying that they hope he gets bit and stuff.
Amen!
Some people make fun of this guy, but he's the guy you're going to want in your group in the event of needing to survive.
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Snakes don't taste like chicken. Chickens taste like snakes.
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+SpookyTJ The Bible clearly states that a snake is an unclean animal and not to be eaten. That is a sin so why would you be thanking God for doing something that grieves him and he forbids?
Vivian Brown do you eat pork?
+TannerTravis No I do not eat pork of any form
Dude you are the single most pleasent person in the world. Your respect of nature is inspiring, your foraging skills unequal, and you always seem to keep calm. thanks for the videos man, appreciate them a lot
This was reminded me of how I survived during Pol Pot - Khmer Rouge period back in the 70s by eating a lot of snakes. I just threw the whole thing in the fire pits and peeled off the skin and ate it. It was like chicken but a little chewy. Snakes saved my life and that what I told my children. Now, there are abundant of water snakes in Cambodia around the great lake of Tonle Sap (the largest fresh water lakes in Asia - in the middle of Cambodia. They grill, smoke, stir-fry, soup, and even keep them fermented in the rice wine!
+Theary Khmer can you give me more about how the snake was positioned or other prep details? I've cooked them a few ways over the years using them to supplement my protein from day to day, but you might just be the man to have me beat in this. I'd be more than interested to hear more about this, attempting in the spring to attempt it.
+Bob Hansler After snake was skinned, you can make a good soup like chicken soup by cutting small pieces about a few inches long. In boiling water, we have lemon grass or ginger root, garlic cloves, salt. You can boil it down until it is tender or it is easily remove the meat off the bone. You can add lime juice, green onion, or basil leave in the soup before serving. The meat can be used for any other meals like chicken. You can stir-fry it with ginger roots. It is very popular in Cambodia. The locals do not remove the bones. From the raw meat, chop it to a thin slice. You can marinate the meat for a 5 to 10 minutes with soy sauce or hoisen sauce, salt, add a little bit honey or sugar. Slice ginger roots to a thin slice also. In a hot oil pan. throw in chopped garlic, chopped ginger, and the meat. Cook it until it tender. After mariated the meat, you can also grill it or smoke it. I have not tried the fermented snake in rice wine. This was kinda long. I visit Cambodia every year since I am retired now. Water snakes are smaller size comparing to rattlesnake. They live in the lakes and eat a little fish or frog and they are non-poisoneous. It is illegal to kill cobra now but there are farm raised for commercial!
I've a rather inexhaustible supply of overly large water snakes on my ranch. They eat well here and grow rather large.
These water snakes do not grow larger but python and cobra are rather large there. I had python meat also. It was the best. You can youtube it: Eating snake in cambodia!
+Bob Hansler you've got some biiig balls
Also, when gutting, be careful for unborn baby snakes. These unborn are just as venomous as their mom.
+Jack Braine OMG, thats terrifying!
rattle snakes lay eggs so if pregnant it will only be eggs you will encounter.
+Don Merimon rattle snakes actually don't lay eggs! they are a mammal
+Don Merimon Most give birth to live young.
+Tyler Stoker I desperately hope that you are a troll...
Anyway, like I was sayin', snake is the fruit of the wild. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, snake-kabobs, snake creole, snake gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple snake, lemon snake, coconut snake, pepper snake, snake soup, snake stew, snake salad, snake and potatoes, snake burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it.
shrimp sandwich!?
+Ryu Jin he copy and pasted a line for Forrest Gump and replaced shrimp with snake and forgot to do it to the last one.
Wilber Villaplana Snake an patatahs! Lol!
Damn didn't know that snakes could go on shrimp sandwiches.
Damn I was really in the mood for a snake sandwich
"Don't let the meat touch the floor"
Proceeds to drop the meat on the floor
He had said in a survival situation but he washed it
+isayehoh :in a survival situation you don`t always carry a surplus of water around. The water you have you drink. if you don`t have enough water you can either eat a snake with a little dirt around or stay hungry.
+isayehoh Pretty sure you'd still have cooked and eaten the snake had you been in a survival situation and had allowed the snake to touch the ground.
CarlosChip Morales Yup. It's called "the forest floor." Look it up. :P
Think he said don't let it touch the floor with the stuff you took out.
Kinda creepy that he says "dead humans do that too," its like hes seen some crazy shit
Perhaps.
+Bob Hansler hahaha
It's almost as if he's lived a life!
ruuseell didn’t you hear him say the snake has the same anatomy as us? He’s teaching survival. “primitive style” Put it together.
@@BobHansler spooky
you get food and shoes all in one
Don't forget a nice wallet
got a nice belt out of it. my prefer gator shoes.
***** You know back in the day all our ancestors wore animal clothing
Joe Wright not your ancestors, yours climbed trees
Michael L. If you're gonna eat an animal you might as well use all of it.
362 dislikes wow poorrattlesnake? you don't say poor cow at the mcdonalds drive through
No, No they don't and that cow's brain is mammalian, has a lot in common with a dog's.
nyte lyte we're all a bunch of fuckin hypocrites
B'cuz there's meat from animals that you kill and then.....meat from......Mc'Donalds? I guess?
(what, you didn't know that ground beef grows in freezers) ;) LOL
nyte lyte I’m vegan so hun i am allowed to dislike this video
cry papi not really if you were in a survival situation you wouldn't surivie without meat
Fox Mulder SpiritofWildWings Sorry guys, the first upload had faulty audio for the last half. Uploaded again and made right.
Fox Mulder
I've the followup with that beautiful skin in the works. Putting it in chemical today and will show step by step tanning process... and quite literally I could follow through with the boot accents as I've a leather shop as a man cave : )
Hey, I enjoyed it without the sound, but I wanted to know what you had to add beyond the visuals.
That and I wanted to let you know about the issue so you would be aware.
Again, wonderful video.
Absolutely loved this video. I caught my first rattler and did it the way in the video. I put it a foot above the fire put a little butter on top and man, it was great! Thanks for the video
+Bob Hansler Nice video Bob, I feel adept at trying this now... only snake I have eaten is eel... Sashimi style... really, really good!
+Lanchoooo Eel isn't classified as a snake. It's a fish.
When he cut the head off, his other hand was very close to the fangs. And then the head flipped over, I nearly jumped.
When he was cutting the snake along the belly with the knife and I saw the blood I thought he cut himself.
+Juan Potgieter This guy had guts, ha ha.
He did say he was being over confident
Octobermory but it did not bite home tho
Octobermory i noticed that too. and was going, move your hand..
I love how calm this guy is. He seems very knowledgeable and professional. Very respectable. Take care hun xx
As I'm writing this there are 617 'dislikes'. Why?!!! If you are coming to learn how to survive why give a dislike?!!
You should see how pigs are treated where they can't even move, just tied between two metal bars, hens that never see the light of day, male chicks thrown into a meat grinder cause owners want laying hens, you should see how they kill cows, lambs, horses. You think MacDees & other fast foods are just 'beef'? (Ha, ha,ha,)
This video here took time and effort, a snake lost it's life and all to show us ...HOW TO SURVIVE!!!! If you're stuck in the middle of no where this is great information to know.
You couch viewers ....what happens if you suddenly find yourself in the middle of no where, then what are you going to do?
I luv it when they say ;"That can never happen to me." Could be famous last words.
You have $, nice clothes, going on an expensive vacation and your plane crashes & you're left alive & alone.... in the middle of nowhere. What are you going to do homey?
Ok hopefully 'THAT' never happens but learning is power that can one day save a life, maybe even your own. I would take this gentleman's videos seriously & give him the respect you would want to be shown.
One day you might want to shake his hand and thank him for saving your life.
People prefer close they re eyes but All u wrote is so true....people need To réalise those things
Every video gets dislikes. I like Towsends as well and they're very knowledgeable and nice. Still get dislikes.
April 2018. RUclips has now De-monetized this video and age-restricted it. If you have the time or ability please watch all of my videos, like them and join our Pstreon if possible so that this channel and the kinds of videos we make may continue to exhist.
Bob Hansler you sir are so badass that I need to have a beer with you
Will do.
Fire sounds, woods cracking, wild noise as wind, all good to watch at night, so doing videos at twilight or a little bit before or after is great.
"come on bud" you're definitely from Texas.... I'm from Texas but living in Arizona now, nice to see and hear a real Texan, and can tell you have done this a lot, calm and cool. thanks for the video
You can still eat rattlesnake in Arizona too :-)
Damn I'm hungry now for some snake and it's 2 am...
SAME!
"Dead humans do the same thing"
That was extremely creepy.
There's more places you can see a human twitch after death or being "cooked" than being a psycho killer.
Rob Calhoun the way he talks sounds like he's been in the military at some stage.
au tomski when he said that I was like "do they really?" WTF LOL
I was wondering how many humans he skinned and cooked on a stick after that statement too! But even creepier is that Rob Calhoun knows all these places that you can find dead humans twitching or being cooked! :)
:-0
Guys we were warned of violence and shit but remember you were the one who clicked on this video and you most likely eat chicken cow etc. So remember that it's your own fault for watching this and it's nature! Don't cry about it you put yourself though it
How can I not cry when I'm a crybaby *wink wink wink*
The comments surprised me. There aren't as many whiners on here as I expected.
Great video, by the way. I learned something new from this :)
Art of Revolution because everyone should hate snakes!
Frank Grimes no way, snakes are awesome
Nope rope
one minute i'm watching a makeup tutorial & now survival skills. yes, i'm going to be one fabulous survivor if there comes a day where I get thrown into the wild :')
Make up videos + survival videos = the prettiest survivalist.
iqahjasmine beautiful AND not hungry. Win-win!
Lol
And you'll look good doing it too :-) LOL
Thank you for posting this video. Growing up in South Texas, I remember an identical experience as a child when my father had to kill a rattler near camp. We buried the head and the rest of snake swarmed for hours as it cooked, then ate it. My father taught me that if you kill it, you eat it. I am now an old man and have a far deeper understanding of the natural world. Your channel furthers Texans understanding of their environment.
I firmly believe rattlers have a place in the wild and snakes in general are necessary part of Texas eco-systems. It is to easy these days for people to kill wild life without a second thought and make themselves out be some back woods bad ass. This video give us a respect for the WD rattler and a point blank view of what it takes to make one a meal.
Australia, the only place in the world that has 19 of the worlds most deadly snakes & they are all protected :/
5th Columnist Are they endangered though?
KKKn50cal what do the Ks in your name come from?
I apologise for the confusion.
I'm not really a huge fan of those blm guys either but that is one unfortunate username.
my name has been with me over a dozen years and sometimes I kind of hit on a guy and he says I am married...which I am not. lol. But i had the name so long. My ex cheated a lot and his handle was hammerhankus, so I signed on as MRShammerhankus to let his circle know he had a Mrs. but he left with a co-worker in the end, oh well
Americans are freaking bold. It is fascinating to see how comfortable he is next to a highly venomous snake.
Just crazy!
We're not all like that! I won't go anywhere near a snake. They're my #1 fear.
All the snakes in South Boston walk on 2 feet.
During winter it really is a huge difference. When I was like 5 I'd go around the yard and woods lifting up rocks, logs, etc. and just check out all the cool big rat snakes, sometimes there were timber rattlesnakes, stuff like that... completely safe, I never was even remotely close to getting a bit or anything like that even at age 5 or 6. The snakes are in a near coma state, I swear. The spring, summer, etc. is a different story. Wasn't supposed to go near anything venomous during the warmer months.
We have a ton of them here in Turkey, too.
Ezza Bryce in New Mexico everyone knows how to do this. mainly cause they are everywhere
Dude I’ve been watching you for almost three days and I’m already hooked on your content!!
Bob, thanks for sharing brother it's been over 20 years since I've had rattlesnake and I couldn't remember all of the processes but after you doing this it brought back a lot of memories and different things that I was taught in Camp. Thank you again if I run across me one I'll go ahead and go through and use the procedures that you demonstrated here in this nice detailed video. Thank you brother God bless
wow...its amazing how the snake still moves. definitely nerve racking.
This guy makes some of the best outdoors videos on RUclips. I learn something new every time I watch, unlike other channels that are all click bait. Thanks for doing a good job man....even though I'm not sure how you know dead humans do that too.
1: You gained valuable survival knowledge from this video.
2: He ate it. He didn't just kill it for fun.
3: Its a fuckin' snake.
Hi Bob,
Thank you so much for this instruction. I hunt so have skinned many deer, gobblers, rabbits etc. but am having a game dinner/party and asked my buddy if I could have his rattlers he killed to eat. Your video enabled me to skin these snakes without messing it up. I did assume that a rattler was easy to skin but didn't realize that the skin was that tough. Thank you so much for this video. Keep em coming.-Paul
You Sir, are the real deal....! Thank you for your honest and straight forward video.
No smoke. No mirrors. Done deal. Can Do.
Age Restricted?Wow..It is very different world than the one I grew up in where our folks taughts how to hunt and clean food then cook it .Butchering a hog was a family affair as we all had to help to process the meat before it turned bad!I grew up in a very rural area where rattle snake,squirrel,turtle ,rabbit ,groundhog and even frog legs were on the menu at my house and we were glad to have it!I am seriously surprised that this is age restricted !Great tutorial and channel!
I'M STIIIIILLLLLL
IN A DREEEEEAAAAAAM
SNAAKE EATERRRRR
I was looking for another mgs reference! Lmfao
This was the first video from Bob that I watched over a year and half ago, i immediately subscribed and have rewatched this video many times since. Like a good movie that doesn't lose it's suspense even after multiple viewings.
Praying for Bob to recover fully, and make many more videos. He is a natural educator and we all enjoy following him and Huck (and the awesome camera lady) on adventures as we learn survival tips.
Its creepy when it has no head and IS STILL MOVING
Because nerves
:lingering nerve activity can keep a corpse moving a while after death, but rest assured little ghost it was indeed killed.
DUUUUUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FACE SLAP, SLAP FACE!!!
It's known as a deathcrawl
I'm very impressed by how informative this is, how well-articulated...really, truly wish I had watched JUST THIS clip even, before my last excursion into the wild. I'm not, in any way, a hunter. But I am a backcountry-type person. Just got back from a 7 day, solo-exploration of (and climb up the mountaineer's route of) the Whitney zone and some things went wrong. Long story...blah, blah, blah, jump to a few thousand feet below the summit on my way back down, a perfect storm of one logistical error, 2 pieces of extremely bad luck, some crippling chronic pain in my back...and one stupid mistake...found me bedding myself down for the night on an awkwardly slanted little 3ft by 4.5ft dirt patch in between boulders and sharp scrub, about four feet from the edge of the cliff I was trying to descend. I had less than half a liter of water left and had not eaten in over 48 hours, save for one cliff bar that I had puked most of back up from exhaustion/altitude. I'm just a wanderer, in my perception...not even a survivalist, really. A total softie, compared to most I encounter in the deserts and mountains...and so this situation was very unnerving and not fun at all. But I'm smart enough to go in and get back out, been doing it 15 years now. As fate would have it on this night however, a very long (4ft+ maybe) western diamondback (heard it before I saw it) just comes casually slithering up towards me and my only space I can find where I'm stuck and needing to drop my pack. It was a true WTF? kind of moment. I've dealt with a lot of these buggers over the years, on trail, and never once have they done anything but either lie there (during cold months) forcing me to push them away with a stick OR (during hot months) they seem to want NOTHING to do with me and usually disappear pretty quickly into the bush or down in between boulder cracks. Only problem I ever had was when one of my dogs took a strike to the face after sticking her nose into a bush, one morning. Back luck. We always watch our steps, you know. So now... here's this one looking right at me, coming my way, defying everything I've ever read...and it's rattling loudly. With way too much adrenaline slamming through me, along with starvation and exhaustion continuing to make my stomach queasy and dry-heaving...I grabbed my machete and hoped up on some boulders, trying my best to get behind it (was a tight space). Was teetering over it, either foot on to big points of rocks, so NOT properly positioned...but got lucky. Whacked it about halfway down the middle and the sucker just stopped and lay there, barely moving, squirming a little...weirdest damn thing ever. Hopped down behind it and approached it's head cautiously, then whacked it off. THEN it started doing what yours did here. Can you tell me how/why it behaved in these bizarre manners, both before and after death? You clearly know your shit, so...sorry for being so long-winded, but wanted to ask.
Wish wish wish I had seen this...did some things right I guess in prepping to eat it, but would have been helpful, to have seen this first.
it might be because the head is no longer receiving the nerve signals and therefore the rest of what is left is receiving the last of the action potentials being propagated throughout the body
it would of had a lot of stored energy left over (humans use ATP but i don't know much about snake physiology) which would of needed to dissipate somehow as well as the fact that the cells that are in the rest of the body are not yet dead, much like why the snake would of still been biting because even though the head is severed, the cells in the brain and other tissues are still alive and fighting for oxygen, time is necessary to allow full death of the cells
this is my assumption at least
in terms of its behaviour beforehand, i'm not super familiar with snakes and their habits but it may have been some sort of territorial response because you were close to it's nest?
it seems much more likely for it to confront you when it feels that it's home is threatened as opposed to simply hunting for food or exploring and you walk past it
Bro! I’ve seen you do some insane stuff but dancin with a rattler is a new level. I’d love to meet you one day and share information
Thanks for the insight. Living in the country myself a lot of this comes as just common sense to me and people around here. I guess just the way I was raised. But I have learned a lot at the same time from you. Bob thanks for all your time and effort you put into your videos. I hope and pray that you and yours have a blessed life and just know that you are appreciated.
I'm vegetarian and love snakes as pets and as sad as this made me... I genuinely have so much respect for how humane and considerate you are towards animals and nature. Never change! If more people lived like this the planet would be a much better place.
rattlesnake stir fry with lemon grass garlic oyster sauce basil and mint leaves. sounds really good.
Add lemon grass...lemon pepper.
Interesting video. I didn't know hibernation impacted snake functioning.
how could it not? its in hibernation lol, everything that hibernates changes its metabolism its what hibernation means
Dubz Co Is it ok to not know something? Or do you know everything?
no David Carvajal its just flipping obvious, well it should be at his age. Thats half the trouble in the world not enough 'basic' education!!. (notice how I dont come back with insults like you with your unintelligence?..like I say, coplete lack of education)
DCTV DubzCo Remember that next time someone teaches you something. It should be obvious!!
Anthony armijo This comment is old. It seems kind of coward like to kill a defenseless reptile when it is half asleep.
You are a living legend! I really want to learn these things. You never know when you have to use it. Big thanks for sharing this good content with us!
the environment you are in reminds me of a boy named Brian from a book called Hatchet
That book is amazing
+Mara Ireland I remember reading that book many many years ago. I believe Hatchet's setting was in the north though. This is the deep south. The issue is not the cold here, it is the heat.
Amazing book
We read that book when u was in 3rd grade it was so interesting every day we read it then watched the movie I'm in 12th grade now
@David Sauerberg hatchet man
Just recently subscribed & have watched several videos! Super kool that U show processing start to finish...Then eating. Seen a survival vid where the guy took a drinking straw to make single use salt,pepper,& spices. Take pliers & heat-seal an end..add small amount of salt,etc. to straw & seal off. I've made quite a few...b surprised at how many U can make out of one straw. B like prepping & make a bunch of different ones up. When doing a video...U can use them to make many animals more palatable. Was told by one guy that after getting way from salt,etc that U wouldn't need anything on good. Anyway..a little seasonings would help & r easy to carry n the small, waterproof packs U make Urself. Keep up the great videos! It's is one of the best channels I've watched...have already learned a lot.
+Charles Loveday Its true. There is quite a bit of salt in my area, most mammals and reptiles taste great without. I find that it helps with eating mussels and clams though, cactus pads too. Good tip.
"Hes got a small head, Ive got a big knife" hahahaha thanks for the video Bob.
Keep up the videos man! You have a unique skill set and you're an VERY good narrator. Killing, skinning and eating a rattlesnake is on my bucket list. Thanks for the video!
I’m glad I got recommended your videos, enjoying this content!
Great video. One thing I liked was that you showed how to use the Leatherman to clean both this and the gar. I get really tired of the folks that say you have to have a huge (& usually expensive) knife for survival. I grew up on the Verigras River in Kansas & one of my uncles used an Old Timer small stockman to clean about everything. Not saying a large blade isn't good, but sometimes a smaller one is all you have.
Thank you for showing how to actually catch, clean, & cook wild food. Very informative. Keep up the good work.
The bushcraft knife fetish thing is pretty interesting to watch. Leatherman has saved me numerous times and has been a dependable staple of my every day carry for over two decades now. The right tool for the job goes a long way. We'll keep on making the videos. Thanks for watching.
That thing might even move in your stomach.
nah cus all the tissue is all burned up and the nerves will stop working at that point
underrated comment
Hey man, I've never been much of a hunter and in fact I even raised a pet python, but in a survival situation it's important to know these things. I'm an Eagle Scout raised in Ohio and Arizona so I've got a little experience in two very different terrains, but I've learned something new in every single one of your videos. I have a lot of respect for people like you, you're very to-the-point and you don't disrespect nature. Keep it up, you've got no idea who's life you might be saving with these videos.
Simply awesome. I am about to go out for 24 hours, and i am figuring that snake might be the easiest thing for me to eat while out. We have a lot of copper head, water snakes, and water moccasin here in ky.
So I'll be walking right down the stream looking for them!
ThePreppersBunkerOutdoors I'll be demonstrating a few ore methods for cooking snake here in the coming months. Good luck on your experience.
Send me some
Angel Palacios Thats what she said
This was fascinating! My three-and-five-year-old girls watched this with me, after asking me specifically how to cook and eat a snake! We appreciated your thorough explanation of all the steps - very educational! :)
Glad you found the video. Might check out the rest of the channel. Nice knowing that folks are answering their children's inquisitiveness in such a manner. Cheers.
Great video! Is it necessary to skin the snake before barbequing it? If I leave the skin there, could it help prevent the meat from being over-cooked?
Have to get the guts out. Cooking is possible skin-on, but the skin is not usable if you do so.
@@BobHansler Just Googled "rattlesnake skin price" and got the idea!
Great instructional video. Having been raised in Florida and having spent most of my adult life in Arizona, I have eaten a heck of a lot of snake. I don't feel that it tastes like chicken. It doesn't seem to have any real taste of it's own. No fat to speak of. Takes a sauce though. Even a simple chili and honey sauce makes it great. Pray daily for your eyes and love all of your vids. Keep it up and keep the faith, brother.
I'm really glad RUclips recommended that snake cooking video. Subbed! Great quality, knowledgeable content.
I’m new to this channel and all I can say is this channel is awesome!!! I truly appreciate Bob and his work.
Jesus, I am sweating watching this video. I have no problems eating snake, but you were too close for comfort.
+G.I. Bro I'll be on the lookout for additional venemoids this spring and will have to perform some showmanship as well as additional cooking techniques.
Why all the dislikes??? This video is interesting and educational. I loved it.
+miguelidcomm Most folks out there have a hard time being reminded of where and how their food comes to be. That'd be my guess. Plausible deniability goes out the window and this cannot be unseen : )
I really enjoy your videos Bob ! Real life down to earth basic survival stuff. Thank You !
Have you ever considered advertising online for tours? You seem really knowledgeable and very caring/respectful of the environment. A mixed walking/boat tour would be something I'd definitely go for if I was ever in your neck of the woods. Would be a great way of getting people who have become detached from nature to see what they're missing. All the best mate, take it easy!
here's a helpful tip. when your trying to sharpen a stick use a hand held pencil sharpener
that... is genius
wow I've never thought of that
Angel Ramos yup most haven't
WEEE WOOO WEEE WOOO *You're
PurpleHayley I know I noticed it when I posted it
I absolutely enjoy learning from him. My dad is from Georgia and everything so far that I have watched, has been what my father taught me. His skills unfortunately is a dying breed and need to teach our children in every day living so that food is not taboo but normal. It take the yuck out of food and meaning along with normal.
Thx for your time country boy!
I would just cut the last 6 inches to avoid the feces.
not if your near death
Just wash it.
Thanks, once again highly instructive, highlighting the dangers and you make your video presentations look so easy.
Just to let you know, decapitating a snake might not kill them immediately. This is because unlike mammals and birds, reptiles have a slow metabolism. While decapitation generally kills us and birds quickly, it may not be the case for reptiles. Snake heads may live up to an hour after decapitation.
sega310982 Yep, that's why he threw it in the fire!
Bye, buy, bi
He explained already
They are dead. Just like this snake a person can get shot in brainstem and still wiggle around on the ground, twitch, swing arms and legs. This does not mean you are alive.
right on, nigga
why is this age restricted wtf, this is good information and its the way of life, youtube is falling way short.
I don't know what it is, maybe it's just my Texan blood, but I really connect and enjoy your content. Keep up the great work man! Btw what part of Texas are you in?
South Texas
Zach Taylor Yeah same, must be my Texan blo.. oh wait who am I kidding I'm French Canadian 😅
+Homme Des Cavernes come on down well give you sweet tea and whataburger and you'll be just fine
Zach Taylor There is that famous southern hospitality. Sounds great to me Zach! I'll bring the poutine. Let me just shovel my way down there.
Could I ride my moose there? ( and I love poutine, best thing ever #CANADAISGREAT )
Very Educational Rattlesnake information. I TRULY ADMIRE YOU, for your knowledge & courage of handling Snakes!
I watched this for the knowledge, as I have only eaten Rattlesnake 3 times, 2 times at Family Gatherings & once with my Brother at Rattlesnake Hunt in Watonga, Okla.
I recently had a Black Gander 10’ Snake visit me inside my HOME!
I first watched your video on catching Snakes, I propose to use your tactics to catch & release elsewhere, to remove them from my Property around my home. Thank You for Knowledge! I can now remove them & they will do their Good Deeds on this Earth else where🤓!
If this guy isnt hard idk what is lol
Wanna know what else is hard?
My dick
dj flame Awsome
Just hungry...☺
I'm from Texas and when I was 10 years old my friends and I would catch and cook rattlesnakes.
Good eatin'.
Great video Bob.
Thanks for sharin' Pard.
I must have watched this video like at least 4 times now because its intresting to see how easy it seems to do all that to make a good snake eating meal, and its intresting to see how careful you are with the snake and the detail of precautions that you stress we people take when handling theese snakes. Long ago I heard that reptiles still feel without a head unlike us people who would feel only with our head attached, but thats just what I heard but I dont think thats true and how you dispatched that snake was the best humane way I believe, again great job again Bob very good job.
Just watching Bob stand around talking while that snake was alive and moving freely, gave me the willies. That thing could be dead for a week and I'll still be keeping my distance. (Yeah.. I admit it, .I'm a wuss! ha ha) Thanks for the video. I'll try not to find myself in a situation where I need survival skills, but at least I'll have a clue on what to do.
+QuartetmanIA I'll be looking for additional venomous snakes and demonstrate a few more techniques that I've used in order to cook snake over the coming months.
Great video Bob. Between snakes, inner pine bark and stream life, I can't understand how anyone could starve in the woods. But it happens all the time. Pine lining alone will keep you alive forever. I wish more people knew that.
Troy Boyle I"ll have to look into this. I do not live near pine in my specific situation, but the amount of food that I have and can have in hand within minutes would stagger most with its variety and abundance. The more you know about your area, the more at home and welcome that wilderness feels.
Because not everyone has scissors, a knife or the required skills to survive in the woods.
I just started watching your videos sure enjoy them , reminds me of the old days when I was a kid lol keep up the good work , maybe some of the young kids will get off video games and get out in nature lol
+Travis Phillips
I'm a combination of both. Part time gamer. Part time adventurer.
I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee.
MMMM that had to hurt
Travis Phillips I spent weeks recuperating in the Temple of Kynareth in Whiterun. The priestess Danica Purespring spent nearly the entire time grumbling about some blasted tree in the Wind District. Now my cousin's out fighting dragons while I'm stuck with guard duty.
Char Aznable
Owee. Worst I got was tripping on a rock and twisting my ankle.
Great videos, good man. I moved to West Texas last year, and have really tried to immerse myself in its unique nature. Cooked, prepared for tanning, and ate my first rattlesnake last week. Wish I would have found your videos first. Fantastic info and well presented.
keglamm Much appreciated. The desert can afford a few unique opportunities. I'll be showcasing more and more here in the coming months. Hope to keep them coming.
One of my favorite videos I still come back too
Even though that snake is incapacitated by the cold, it gives me chills seeing it coil up like that, readying itself into defense/attack mode. Meanwhile, you're just so confident, by taking your eyes off' it😭😭😭. Anyway, great video
Here in west Texas, we do a whole bunch of this. Nice video!
Ive eaten a few hundred in the Davis Mountains. Not a bad protein source out there.
Dude, this is awesome. You have a great demeanor for this sort of video. Calm and knowledgeable. Love these videos.
+Judson E Crump, PC Appreciate it. Going to keep making them, and hopefully someday have a TV show or venue for larger audiences. Enjoy doing this either way.
Judson E Crump, PC
I'm going for the career. Will do. See where this takes me.
Subbed after watching. Educational and informative. Thanks for sharing!
"Dead humans do the same thing"
This guy is fucking chill.
Honestly, even though I love snakes, I felt like this was a great video.
+Jaden Just Glad you enjoyed it. I don't think I can keep people from killing snakes indiscriminately... But perhaps they can do something constructive with them so that their death isn't a complete tragic waste.
I love your catch and cook videos Bob. Keep kickin it, bro!
Hi Bob, I really like the way you explain. Great info. Hope I will never have to use it tho. Here we don´t have rattlesnakes, only one poisonous snake ( Adder) and that one as all snakes is protected so I can not really go out and practice this but its great to have seen it in case I need it some day. Great video and thanks for sharing! BTW, that snake did look tasty. ATB, Ulrica
Out on the trails here in Texas, large venomous snakes are a common sight. Over the years taking guided groups through the mountains on horse I would take a few here and there for the meat as well as their skins. After 5 days out on the trail in the desert sun SPAM gets a bit old. Trail meat was something I used to supplement my diet and add diversity to my menu.
Bob Hansler That explain why you have so much knowledge. I am greatful that you want to share it. I can understand that you want to add something to the diet after some days with SPAM. :)
Are you planning to show what you do with the skin in a video or have you a video about that already?
I've put the skin in the chemicals this past weekend. Will be pulling it out and processing in a few more days. I'll have the videos strung together and posted in a week or so showing the whole process start to finish : )
Bob Hansler Ahh. That´s great news! I am looking forward to see the result!
Thank you, think I'm getting better at it little by little. Taking cues from channels such as yours in order to make it better.
This is satisfying and very factual but it is also entertaining
Gosh... can you truly imagine taking snakes and opening a fast food restaurant? Call it Venom... or something.
Thanks for the video. I came here looking for a way to clean and eat a rattler in a survival situation and you broke it down very well. Thanks again.
18:40 Talk about creepy, though :) Wow! I've never imagined anything like that...
Thank you for the video. My girlfriend was bitten by a rattlesnake last summer and she feels the need to hunt one and eat it to make her feel better about the whole situation. Great information.
My cousin is a cop and responded to a suicide call guy shot himself in the head. When he got there he called out to him and the guy with only half a head stood up and walked. Thats a fact.
I doubt it but i guess it could happen
The part of the brain which controls walking is on the bottom end
I dont recall the exact name of it
Was it cerebellum?
Hey Bob, appreciate all your videos. Learned a lot from you. Thank you very much 👍😃
Can you show us how we can save the skin and keep it without decaying
He has a video on this!
this is why i go "camping" in winter, I live in Texas so if i bring some poultry rub, i get some of the best meals of the year. During Christmas i would prefer well cooked rattler over some pork. a little tip if you can't stand the 30min wait, just cut off the end of the tail and cook it separately, it will take about 4-5 (maybe 6 or 7 if fire is low) and you can get a little bite.
wow ive never seen anyone handle a rattlesnake like that before. Fucking balls.
Looks like I need to pick up a few and do some demos with them. Have more than a few send me messages with much the same. Thank for the compliment, keep posted and I'll see about aditional rattlesnake videos by the end of the summer.
I've cleaned snakes before and was wanting to show my wife and friends a good video on how to Bc they said it wasn't as easy as I make it sound . This video was the one I used its perfect. Good work and great commentary.
+Jason Dixon Appreciate it. Should have a few more cooking variations out by this spring. Cheers.
Quick question
You said they can be moving up to an hour even after you cut the head off
So if u cooked it n you ate it would you still feel it moving ??😁 just curious
Thanks
+martin martinez Unless I'm able to swallow it whole, the act of chewing and piecing it out pretty much eliminates the ability for movement.
+Bob Hansler oh alright thanks
Good hunting. Enjoyed I believe it to be helpful. I am new to survival and Bushcraft but I've enjoyed your videos. I'm retired and looking forward to trying some of this stuff myself. Keep up the videos and I'll keep watching and passing them on. Thanks Gingdah 🚶💀
You didn't show the capture of the snake. It's one thing to know how to cook it, however the capture process is equally important isn't it? It doesn't help if you die trying to capture the only immediate food source.
Anonevol guess its a dice toss about what happens
Late, but he has a bunch of videos on it
He even said that he was flipping logs and just found it. It was so cold that it was largely unresponsive to being picked up with a stick.
I love the sound the scales make when you are cutting them with the scissors. It's like that ASMR stuff