Happy Birthday ClassicTractorProfessor

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Happy Birthday @ClassicTractorProfessor, we are all glad you were born.

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HAPPPPY BIRTHDAY 

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Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. Had a pretty good day, though not sure I’m ok with the fact that with every day from here on out I’m closer to 40 than 30  Didn’t do much outside of the normal day to day, went to work then out to the farm to tend to the cattle while Courtney stayed home and made dinner. She made breakfast burritos with a choice of peach cobbler or pecan pie cobbler for dessert. Of course me I had to have a big scoop of both along with a big bowl of ice cream, so now I’m sitting here typing this feeling like I’ve got a basketball in my gut 

 

I did make one stop on the way to the farm to pick up a birthday present to myself. It’s been a while since I’ve spoiled myself by buying something I wanted. Stopped by the local gun shop and picked up a Heritage Rough Rider 22LR revolver. For quite some time I’ve wanted a cheap 22 revolver that I can load up with some CCI 22 shotshells and carry on my hip when out walking the pasture or fixing fence, any activity that might involve coming across a rattlesnake. This little gun should fit that ticket quite well, as well as be a fun little gun to just spend a day plinking at the range. 

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7 hours ago, ClassicTractorProfessor said:

coming across a rattlesnake.

Here in Pa, venomous snake harvesting is strictly regulated.    Requiring a hunting and fishing license and an application for a snake permit.

It can be exciting measuring the 42" required length and counting the 21scales of the live rattler.

 

 

BTW, here is one of my experiences with a rattler that I even find hard to believe.

I received a very large frozen rattler in a garbage bag for mounting.    It was a warm day and the rattler had started to thaw, so I stretched it out and took some pictures and measurements to order the form.     Then rolled it back up ,bagged it, and put it back in my chest freezer.

Several days later when I opened the freezer I found the snake had stretched the garbage bag and was vertical with its head against the lid of the freezer and it tail at the bottom.   When I got ready to skin the snake I cautiously nailed its head to a board before It thawed.

 

 

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5 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

Here in Pa, venomous snake harvesting is strictly regulated.    Requiring a hunting and fishing license and an application for a snake permit.

It can be exciting measuring the 42" required length and counting the 21scales of the live rattler.

 

 

BTW, here is one of my experiences with a rattler that I even find hard to believe.

I received a very large frozen rattler in a garbage bag for mounting.    It was a warm day and the rattler had started to thaw, so I stretched it out and took some pictures and measurements to order the form.     Then rolled it back up ,bagged it, and put it back in my chest freezer.

Several days later when I opened the freezer I found the snake had stretched the garbage bag and was vertical with its head against the lid of the freezer and it tail at the bottom.   When I got ready to skin the snake I cautiously nailed its head to a board before It thawed.

 

 

We have a designated snake season in Oklahoma, from March 1 to June 30 I believe, and you have to hold a valid hunting license to harvest them. In Texas where our farm is it is legal to kill one if it is posing an immediate threat to you your family, or your animals. With the exception of the timber rattler which is a protected species in Texas. Not sure where you’d find a timber rattler in Texas I’ve never seen anything besides prairie rattlers up here in the panhandle.