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Link Posted: 5/8/2018 6:38:11 PM EDT
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Get a tarp or roll plastic & tarp over the area. Lay some posts or dirt to cover the edges of the tarp. Borrow a bottle of CO2 from a welder buddy, or beverage supply, home brew guy, or get a decent size CO2 extinguisher. Feed the C02 under the tarp. The next day go get your nice collection of snake skins. They take all of two minutes to skin out. Impress your family & friends with gifts of rattlesnake wallets, hatbands, belts etc.

ETA. Don't fuck with gasoline, really just don't unless you have a death wish.
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I came here to suggest CO2. Heavier than ordinary air, it will suffocate them all quickly.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 6:38:52 PM EDT
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Reading some of the ingenious responses here reminded me of the IQ map thread that was posted a few days ago. An "interesting" coincidence??
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 6:39:58 PM EDT
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I think you only have to kill the head rattlesnake and all the rest will revert back to normal.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 6:46:35 PM EDT
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Pump sprayer full of gasoline and kill them when they come out. Don't light it on fire, the gas is just to drive them out of the den.
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this has got my vote. as they come out kill them with a shovel. Skin and sell the skins. Profit.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 6:46:58 PM EDT
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Grenades.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 6:47:26 PM EDT
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I think you only have to kill the head rattlesnake and all the rest will revert back to normal.
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Head Snek in Charge will look similar to this:

Link Posted: 5/8/2018 6:48:52 PM EDT
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Car exhaust or CO2 on a coll/cold morning and cover the escape(s); no sense burning your place down.  I absolutely would not tell anyone or record it, especially in California.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 6:54:02 PM EDT
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Call someone who deals with snakes for a living.  That way if they get bit it's their problem not yours.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 6:54:17 PM EDT
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Whatever you decide to do, make sure you record it!
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THIS!
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 6:54:20 PM EDT
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Did I make it in before the snake tards?
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 6:56:25 PM EDT
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Would tannerite be legal?   Set off with a sufficiently energetic firework? (M80 with long cannon fuse)

If so, would the charge still be legal if you wrapped it in a layer of duct tape and BBs?  Improvised anti-snake claymore?

I think diesel exhaust and plenty of it is probably the overall safest and quietest way and arguably the one least likely to have legal implications.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 6:57:10 PM EDT
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First, get the smallest RC car you can find and do a survey.

Mainly for me. I'm curious how many you have and it'd be cool to watch.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 7:01:31 PM EDT
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Sounds like an awesome “what not to do” video in the making.
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Got Youtube written all over it.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 7:01:47 PM EDT
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Call someone who deals with snakes for a living.  That way if they get bit it's their problem not yours.
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I was that guy and I charged $300 a snake. I only to to keep a fraction of that and it was not worth it
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 7:03:49 PM EDT
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I'll take a belt, op.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 7:08:00 PM EDT
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Propane and remote ignition source.
Dry ice under a tarp if you refuse to live dangerously.

Expanding foam to make their tomb permanent.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 7:13:18 PM EDT
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Install bullsnakes.

Seriously though...

Neighbor got one by leaving a heat lamp out next to the hole during the night.  Snek cane out to warm up and got whacked.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 7:17:21 PM EDT
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Op

See if you can find a snake rustler in the area. They will catch them vs kill them.

I helped catch snakes for a roundup when in he.

Dump has in the hole. They will run out. Use a piece of off with wire to pick them up.

Snake roundups pay a lot for them

Else fire.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 7:22:07 PM EDT
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Birdshot?
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No. 8 target loads, as open choke as you have. Multiple shooters. Something warm at the opening of the den. Death at dawn.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 7:26:24 PM EDT
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You and a few friends dual wielding Taurus Judge's with medium shot

Gasoline is for pussies, give them a shootout
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 7:33:09 PM EDT
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Get a flashlight and a .45 and go all tunnel rat on their ass!

Link Posted: 5/8/2018 7:34:36 PM EDT
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Head Snek in Charge will look similar to this:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9wowrGxl31r0uk07o1_1280.jpg
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I think you only have to kill the head rattlesnake and all the rest will revert back to normal.
Head Snek in Charge will look similar to this:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9wowrGxl31r0uk07o1_1280.jpg
How can it wear a crown...if it has no head?

Link Posted: 5/8/2018 7:38:22 PM EDT
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Or leave them alone and train your dogs to avoid snakes.
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Screw that.
If it’s a decent size den those sobs will be everywhere.
Be an adventure walking anywhere outside at night.
Friend of mine had 1 in his foyer. Yes inside the house.
I know numerous people who have had them on their porches.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 7:43:56 PM EDT
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Enviro friendly and smells nice.

Easy to Make (and Safer to Breathe) Napalm
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 7:55:43 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 5/8/2018 7:57:55 PM EDT
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Invest in some snek eating sneks



Link Posted: 5/8/2018 8:13:50 PM EDT
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First, get the smallest RC car you can find and do a survey.

Mainly for me. I'm curious how many you have and it'd be cool to watch.
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Yes! Cheap RC buggy and cheap gopro knockoff. Recon and then fire for effect!
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 8:17:34 PM EDT
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Dibs on JoseCuervo's guns after he dies a painful death from a being bitten by an entire den of rattlesnakes.

F a bunch of rattlers. Another reason to move outta Cali.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 8:23:05 PM EDT
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I would throw in a few road flares and set up a team with some snake shot.  I don't know if I would recommend beers, but I would understand.

Invest in some rattlesnake training for your dog.  After the training, they won't need to hear them, they will stay away from the smell and alert you as well.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 8:29:54 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 5/8/2018 8:31:24 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 5/8/2018 8:32:58 PM EDT
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@JoseCuervo, there is a rattlesnake vaccine that is a LOT cheaper than the antivenin.  In my area, the initial treatment is two shots two weeks apart, and it's around $50.  The annual booster is $25.
Also, snake train your dogs.  Not only will they not get bit, they will alert you if one is near.

And yes, kill them with fire.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 8:40:17 PM EDT
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3 pages and no mention of getting a mongoose (or maybe a honey badger)?
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 8:43:43 PM EDT
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Enviro friendly and smells nice.

Easy to Make (and Safer to Breathe) Napalm
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That stuff is for candyasses.

The good shit is Napalm-B.  I know it’s 50% polystrene, 25% low-octane gasoline, and 25% benzene.  Anyone know if those proportions are by weight or volume?
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 8:44:26 PM EDT
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There are few problems that cannot be solved with proper use of high explosives.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 8:46:35 PM EDT
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Go St. Patrick on their asses!
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 9:52:16 PM EDT
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Pump sprayer full of gasoline and kill them when they come out. Don't light it on fire, the gas is just to drive them out of the den.
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This.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 9:52:31 PM EDT
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You could go witha different dog.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 10:13:29 PM EDT
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//www.rodenator.com/
This might work.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 10:19:44 PM EDT
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It used to take a fishing license to exterminate reptiles/snakes in California. I don't know if it still does.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 10:27:05 PM EDT
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We have had this problem before, see below for a method that works for us.

Put a small amount of gas in the bottom of a pump jug then pump to pressurize the fumes.

Put a piece of conduit down the hole so your fumes make it deeper.

Flip the pump jug upside down and put the nozzle down to conduit and squeeze the trigger.

The pump jug upside down will release the fumes in the hole but not the liquid gas.

This will make them sick and want to get up for air, if you actually put the gas down they might stay down.

It may take 5-10 minutes for them to start coming out but they will be lethargic.

We use snake grabbers the pull them out as the head appears and cap them with a shovel.

BE AWARE. The one exit point you know of is most likely not the only one, keep your head on a swivel.

We are usually surprised by how many come out so be patient and wait it out.

Best of luck.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 10:30:18 PM EDT
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I’d drink a bunch of cyanide, then jump in the hole. Every time they bite you they will get cyanide exposure. Kill them systemically, just like a weed.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 10:37:51 PM EDT
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You finally found a use for a Taurus Judge!
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 10:55:01 PM EDT
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These people saying gas... just NOPE

use diesel instead and light it... much less kaboom

Also use a weed sprayer to do it so you don't draw attention plus it lets you shoot it further...
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Was thinking the less boom method too
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 11:01:04 PM EDT
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When my Grandpa was a game Biologist for the State of Oregon, he used dynamite to remove rattle snake dens.

My Grandpa was a bad-ass.

Link Posted: 5/8/2018 11:02:11 PM EDT
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I'd go with the CO2 or N2 method, cheap enough and very discrete.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 11:02:20 PM EDT
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Go to the pool supply store and get some muriatic acid and dump that the hole.  Or throw a bag of powdered chlorine mixed with brake fluid into the hole.
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Any tips on mixing the chlorine and brake fluid?
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 11:02:38 PM EDT
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Lots of gasoline. Then some more. Then even more.

Trail of gas a hundred feet away.

Light the end of the trail and run.

Watch the show.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 11:03:46 PM EDT
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You and a few friends dual wielding Taurus Judge's with medium shot

Gasoline is for pussies, give them a shootout
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Just make sure you have a clean throw down gun to put on the snakes. No questions.
Link Posted: 5/8/2018 11:06:40 PM EDT
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Any tips on mixing the chlorine and brake fluid?
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Go to the pool supply store and get some muriatic acid and dump that the hole.  Or throw a bag of powdered chlorine mixed with brake fluid into the hole.
Any tips on mixing the chlorine and brake fluid?
Yeah. Don't.
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