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So...I'm in the backyard today and I see a common Garter snake. As I watch it slither away, I think to my self, how would it taste?? Has anyone tried them? if so, how did you prepare it?
Have you ever eatin snake?
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Never even considered trying a common garter (gardener) snake. I'm not even sure they are edible ... the ones around here seem to stink something awful when they are alive - and I haven't been that hungry to want to try one.
Rattlesnake is edible enough ...
Rattlesnake is edible enough ...
Canadian_Zuk
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Yes, I've had massaga rattler and water snake. Taste like any other reptile.
unstableryan
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I ate some rattlesnake about 20 years ago when I was a kid. More ... just to try and glad I didn't have to do it.
Suspect187
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They emit that smell as a defence mechanism. They don't actually smell like that. I use to keep a couple as pets when I was a kid.
bladerogers
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garter snakes...from what I recall the dogs couldn't drink enough water to get the taste out of their mouth when they killed one on the farm. I've had rattle snake, and NO, it doesn't taste like chicken. Didn't like it but I am kind of a fussy eater, and that was about 20 years ago, I was even worse then.
Standard boy scout fare...where i grew up. Snakes was just one of the yummy stuff you were taught to kill and eat in a tropical jungle. Blood is good, meat is so-so. But gives you energy and you won't feel too tired even if you don't trap anything else. And there are the thumb-sized maggots that taste like yoghurt... 
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rattler is ok
Winchester-1897
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That could be an expensive meal if you get caught as the Massasauga Rattle snake is protected. I believe it is a $10,000 fine.
Behr Grilles (sp) does it all the time on his shows. Usually raw and bites the head off. As for gardner snakes i think if you are able to kill it before it has time to release its defensive stink you are ok. A quick head removal. no chance to signal the release reflex.
It's all in the prep.
It's how you choose the fare then how you prepare it that matters. Same as shooting-shot placement and bullet construction are more important. Some people skin a beaver and throw it in the freezer without gutting(wrong) but done right cooked/smoked slowly on the bbq comes out like deep fried turkey-the dark meat. Skunk was delicous marinated then thrown in the CROCK POT w/potatos and onions etc. like a beef ou jous(getting to the meat is very tricky). I tried frying a stinky old male Ground hog- should have used the CROCK POT! But, like I said "choose the fare". That Ground hog would have been like a White tail buck in the rut, pissing on himself, secreting ooze, running 'till his muscles are loaded with toxins to the point of dying from exhaustion. You can pretend to enjoy that while your family pushes their plate away. Oh yeah, Magpie taste like Goose. Joel.
It's how you choose the fare then how you prepare it that matters. Same as shooting-shot placement and bullet construction are more important. Some people skin a beaver and throw it in the freezer without gutting(wrong) but done right cooked/smoked slowly on the bbq comes out like deep fried turkey-the dark meat. Skunk was delicous marinated then thrown in the CROCK POT w/potatos and onions etc. like a beef ou jous(getting to the meat is very tricky). I tried frying a stinky old male Ground hog- should have used the CROCK POT! But, like I said "choose the fare". That Ground hog would have been like a White tail buck in the rut, pissing on himself, secreting ooze, running 'till his muscles are loaded with toxins to the point of dying from exhaustion. You can pretend to enjoy that while your family pushes their plate away. Oh yeah, Magpie taste like Goose. Joel.
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Behr Grilles has nothing on you!
my dads buddy used to eat snakes. He would go out of his way to find them and eat them. Milk snakes, gartner and even a 5ft rat snake my dad said!!!
he said he would pick them up from the tail and give them a crack like a whip breaking their necks, if he did it just right, the head would almost come off.
he said he would pick them up from the tail and give them a crack like a whip breaking their necks, if he did it just right, the head would almost come off.
