If you had your photo taken in the Den of Death during the 2008 snake hunt your pictures should be up by the end of the week. I’ve got a ton of photos to get through as well as a lot of video.

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If you’re looking for accommodation information don’t forget to check out the accommodation page. it contains information about the Okeene Motel and other options.

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A vendor application form form for the 2008 Snakehunt is now available for download in .pdf format.

To reserve your space simply download the form, fill it in and return it to the Okeene Diamondback Club along with your payment.

It contains all the information you’ll need to reserve your space at Okeene Annual Rattlesnake Roundup including:

1. Further contact information
2. Costs
3. Booth size
4. Set up times

Remember, booths are available on a first come-first pay-first serve basis.

DON’T miss out reserve your space now!!

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Note: You’ll need Adobe acrobat reader to view and print this form which is available from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

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Over the years a number of posters and flyers have been produced to promote the annual Okeene Diamondback Rattlesnake hunt. Likewise, a number of different certificates were awarded to people for various reasons, some more dubious than others.

However, they all provide information about how the rattlesnake hunt was promoted over the years and are all the more interesting for this fact alone.

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This article was originally published in Vol. X, No. 2 Spring 1960 of Oklahoma Today. The article was written by John Rochelle and the photos were by C. Faye Bennett. It includes a “slightly” different version of the Joe Durham snakes in a plane story.

SPORTSMEN THROUGH THE AGES have hunted lions, leopards, tigers, and other vicious wild beasts. Now they have added rattlesnakes. Okeene puts on an annual rattlesnake hunt that is fast climbing into high favor with sportsmen throughout the nation. Since weather determines the activity of the snakes, and since they must be active-but not too active-the exact date has to be set each spring. Most years it falls on the Sunday before or the Sunday after Easter.

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