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Recently I was lucky enough to get my hands on a thick folder filled with information about the annual rattlesnake roundup.
The folder was originally put together by Jerry Brickman and contains a wealth of information about the history of the hunt including newspaper and magazine articles, photographs and promotional material.
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This news article was published on April 24, 1941. The original source unknown but most likely the Okeene record.
Canyons on the Cargill ranch southwest of Okeene had more population last Sunday than ever in the history of this country when several hundred rattlesnake hunters and camera fans attended the annual Rattlesnake Round-up of the Okeene Junior Chamber of Commerce; And when the hunters left, the snake population suffered a loss of over one hundred. There were 105 rattlers caught by actual count and probably many more that were not reported.
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The original Okeene Rattlesnake Hunters were the pioneers who came in when the territory and strip was opened for settlement. At this time the country surrounding Okeene was abounding with Rattlesnakes. As more settlers arrived the Prairie Rattler began to disappear. However, in the nearby Gypsum hills west of Okeene the human population was never large. Certainly local ranchers killed them with guns while running fences and herding the cattle but the diamond back rattlesnake went largely unmolested for years.
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The 2008 annual Rattlesnake Hunt is underway.
If you haven’t visited it yet you’ve already missed out on the this mornings parade.
But don’t worry, there’s still plenty to do and to see. Visit the Old Smokey show (see the video below), the Butcher Shop (as long as ya’ll don’t get queasy), the Den of Death, the Carnival, vendors and the BIG dance tonight.
If you want to know more about whats going on at this years hunt you can download the flyer here.
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