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Mello2u · December 1, 2012, 02:08 AM

It is hard to tell when a rattlesnake is dead.

I shot one near 5' in length with the best head shot I can imagine. It kept moving.

So I cut its head off. It kept moving for about two hours. I used to have a video of it moving without the head. All I could find was a pic:

Note that it is still able to contract its muscles.

December 1, 2012, 02:08 AM	#16
Mello2u Senior Member Join Date: February 21, 2009 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,424	It is hard to tell when a rattlesnake is dead. I shot one near 5' in length with the best head shot I can imagine. It kept moving. So I cut its head off. It kept moving for about two hours. I used to have a video of it moving without the head. All I could find was a pic: Note that it is still able to contract its muscles. __________________ NRA Life Member - Orange Gunsite Member - NRA Certified Pistol Instructor "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." Frederic Bastiat Last edited by Mello2u; December 1, 2012 at 11:13 AM.