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Offline scrub-buster

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Black snake for backing?
« on: May 02, 2009, 06:22:00 AM »
Has anyone used black snake to back a bow?  If you have, I would love to see what it looks like.  I found one that was 4'9" long in the front yard thursday and it is now drying out on a 2x6 in the garage.  We don't have many cool looking snakes around me, but we do have plenty of black snakes.
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Re: Black snake for backing?
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2009, 08:41:00 AM »
Why would you want to kill a black snake?
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Re: Black snake for backing?
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2009, 01:44:00 PM »
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Originally posted by kodiakkid:
Why would you want to kill a black snake?
Sounds like he is wanting to back a bow with it.  

I think the title of the thread was black snake for backing.  

You ever tried it?
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Re: Black snake for backing?
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2009, 02:50:00 PM »
Cool! Glue the skin on your bow!
Maybe the snake already was dead?
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Re: Black snake for backing?
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2009, 03:01:00 PM »
is it legal to kill a Black snake in Indiana?? I know alot of places its not legal to kill non-venomous snakes...
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Re: Black snake for backing?
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2009, 07:15:00 PM »
Sometimes snakes just come up dead     :rolleyes:  it's a nice tribute to them to back a bow. Never done one myself, but it would be a heck of a waste of a good skin to not   ;)
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Re: Black snake for backing?
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2009, 08:50:00 PM »
This guy did. This is one of my all time  favorite build alongs.

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=40;t=000067
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Re: Black snake for backing?
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2009, 10:19:00 PM »
I've used them on 2 bows. Mine wre procured through my job at Critter Control.  If the snakes is less than 4' long when the scales come off you should get a nice pattern.  The one I did with a large snake had lost most of the pattern.  15 coats of Tung Oil should make the skin as smooth as glass if you wet dry sand between coats.
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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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Re: Black snake for backing?
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2009, 08:30:00 PM »
Sorry Dano. just trying to make sure the guy doesnt get in any trouble.
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Offline Mounter

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Re: Black snake for backing?
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2009, 11:57:00 PM »
It wouldn't hurt to check your laws. I know here in KS. it's illegal to posess or kill timber rattler snakes. $1000 fine if your caught with one. Bad thing is their all over around my farm. Saw one on the gravel road last week, 200 yards from the house. About 4 feet long and beautiful colors, must have just shed. Not worth the fine though!!!!
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Re: Black snake for backing?
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2009, 03:15:00 AM »
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Originally posted by Lewis Brookshire III:
is it legal to kill a Black snake in Indiana?? I know alot of places its not legal to kill non-venomous snakes...
It is legal to kill them.  Only the endangered snakes are illegal to kill. I would love to have some rattle snake skins, but we don't have them around here.  I have some uncles in Texas that might be able to get me some.
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Re: Black snake for backing?
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2009, 02:04:00 PM »
Black snakes are not harmful to humans but are very beneficial. I would not kill one but I would use the skin from a dead one(if legal) on a bow. I killed an 24" copperhead this morning that one of my dogs found(it has been skinned and stapled to a board). I do kill copperheads and rattlers if they are around our house or areas we use frequently. I have 3 big black snakes(biggest was over 7' last year) that live around us. They are welcomed because they eat rodents and poisonous snakes.
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Re: Black snake for backing?
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2009, 12:10:00 AM »
Yes RAU that one is a classic!
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