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What's the best way to kill a snake for taxidermy purposes?

Discussion in 'Reptile Taxidermy' started by RedWolf7, May 1, 2012.

  1. May 1, 2012 #1
    RedWolf7

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    I killed yet another big fat copperhead snake in my yard yesterday, and I'll admit I did not have mounting in mind. It's not only merely dead but really most sincerely dead. I chopped it in 3 pieces with a shovel. If I were to save the next one for taxidermy, what is the best way kill so that the hide can be mounted or used as a fashion accessory?
     
  3. May 1, 2012 #2
    gade04

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    Hit it on top of the head with a boat paddle. LOL. A well placed .22LR.
     

  5. May 1, 2012 #3
    aspenangler@hotmail.com

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    freeze it
     
  6. May 1, 2012 #4
    Bob Scott

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    As things are nowadays, I must suggest that you run away screaming like a little girl, quarantine the area, and call various representatives of local, state, and federal agencies.

    But I would drown it at the end of a long stick. Then freeze it, they don't mind being handled once drowned.
     
  7. May 1, 2012 #5
    joeym

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    I scoop them up with a pool net. Then detach the net from the handle into a deep freezer. Shut the lid and don't open for a day.
     
  8. May 1, 2012 #6
    buckmaster14

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    x3 or 4 on the freezing
     
  9. May 1, 2012 #7
    mdupertuis

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    I always have to open it up and look. Had a huge Cottonmouth that I thought was dead. Scared the hell out of me when he moved as I touched him.

    The only way is to freeze them.
     
  10. May 1, 2012 #8
    pyeager1

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    If you can't bring yourself around to freezing them live, a shot to the back of the head with a .22 rat shot isn't too bad as long as it isn't point blank! :D You shoulda chopped it up one more time so it would fit in the garbage bag easier. ;D
     
  11. May 26, 2012 #9
    BIGLAWE

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    freeze em
     
  12. Jun 4, 2012 #10
    crowskinner

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    Insult them until they lose the will to live.... or just drown them, but be careful, they can take some serious time under water
     
  13. Jun 6, 2012 #11
    Thefishen1

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    Believe it or not you take a stick and tap it on the head....I use a long stick, and I tap it pretty good. BECAREFUL freezing them, when they thaw it seems like they come back to life, and they can still bit when there dead.....