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Offline Gus

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Re: fresh copperhead skins
« Reply #15 on: April 12, 2013, 03:05:44 am »
Are my eyes deceiving me?
Is that skin tacked Meat-Side down?

I do love me some Copperheads...   :)

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Offline littlehunters19862011

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« Reply #16 on: April 13, 2013, 02:19:47 pm »
yes . i skinned it and tacked it up on the bored i was in a hurry to get it done.  after i took the pics i  fixted it turned it back scale side down . their well be more to come we live on a river and in the summer we are over run with them as long as they stay way we wont kill them but they all ways come to try and get are fish .killed two last night trying to get to the boat did not get my hands on them . tho  . and yes i do have 3 sets of  wheels on my way lol .
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Offline littlehunters19862011

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Re: fresh copperhead skins
« Reply #17 on: April 13, 2013, 06:47:53 pm »
OK guys the skin is dry now . glad i checked it while i was home.whats the best way to store it . after you dry it out . i thought about rolling it up and placing it in a small box  but kinda worried if i try to roll it it might tear .(this is what i ended up with ....
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Offline osage outlaw

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« Reply #18 on: April 13, 2013, 07:29:36 pm »
I trim the edges, roll them up, and store them in a small plastic organizer box.  I keep that in my "animal parts" tub that has a layer of borax on the bottom. 
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Offline littlehunters19862011

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« Reply #19 on: April 13, 2013, 08:19:02 pm »
OK thanks Osage outlaw.  and to all you other guys . for all the help you have given me. you all have Ben a big help.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: fresh copperhead skins
« Reply #20 on: April 13, 2013, 11:38:18 pm »
Some people keep them in the freezer.
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Offline Gus

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Re: fresh copperhead skins
« Reply #21 on: April 14, 2013, 12:06:23 am »
And aim for the head...  >:D
It will save time patching holes when you lay it down on a bow...
Don't ask me how I know this...   8)

Heck if you plan to catch a bunch pick up a set of tongs.
You can then drop the live snake in a cooler full of ice over night to slow them down a bit.
Makes whacking them much easier and cleaner.

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« Reply #22 on: April 14, 2013, 02:51:48 am »
Brilliant!
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Offline littlehunters19862011

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« Reply #23 on: April 14, 2013, 07:03:44 pm »
thanks for the tip gus most of the time we whack them with the 410  . just happens that time i did not have it with me.
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Offline Marks

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« Reply #24 on: April 16, 2013, 04:44:22 pm »
Man I wish I knew where to catch them buggers. Someone put on Facebook last night that their parents ran over and killed one in the road. I drove 40 minutes to get it and it aparently had crawled off. I just never come across them around here.
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« Reply #25 on: April 23, 2013, 12:04:21 pm »
Just find a county road that is paved, and has trees on either side, drive up and down that road just as its getting dark,bout 8:30 ish, do about 20 mph, and looj , copperheads are very easy to spot with headlights, and be very careful. Lol, they bite.
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Offline Marks

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Re: fresh copperhead skins
« Reply #26 on: April 24, 2013, 01:46:00 pm »
Quote from: 4dog on April 23, 2013, 12:04:21 pm
Just find a county road that is paved, and has trees on either side, drive up and down that road just as its getting dark,bout 8:30 ish, do about 20 mph, and looj , copperheads are very easy to spot with headlights, and be very careful. Lol, they bite.

I just don't think we have very many. I keep a look out all the time and in my 27 years of being an avid outdoorsman I have come across 1 and it was a baby. I know they are here but they seem to elude me.
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Offline 4dog

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« Reply #27 on: May 07, 2013, 12:59:47 am »
You cant throw a rock without hitten em here , friend and i caught 13 in two nights out, course thats far from norm,, lol
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