Snake Hunters
2025 Snake Prices
TBD
TBD
2024 Snake Prices
First 3,000 pounds $15.00 per pound
Next 5,000 pounds $10.00 per pound
8,000 lb limit
AWARDS
Most pounds:
1st - $1000
2nd - $800
3rd - $700
4th - $600
Longest snake - $500
Breaking longest snake record - $500
*If the longest snake record is broken, the total prize is $1000 instead of $500. Current record is 81.5"
BONUS
$300 for most pounds brought in by 5pm on Friday, March 8, 2024
Most pounds of snakes will be announced on Sunday after the longest snake contest, with prizes going to the first four places.
Gates open at 7:00 am Friday for snake hunters
First 3,000 pounds $15.00 per pound
Next 5,000 pounds $10.00 per pound
8,000 lb limit
AWARDS
Most pounds:
1st - $1000
2nd - $800
3rd - $700
4th - $600
Longest snake - $500
Breaking longest snake record - $500
*If the longest snake record is broken, the total prize is $1000 instead of $500. Current record is 81.5"
BONUS
$300 for most pounds brought in by 5pm on Friday, March 8, 2024
Most pounds of snakes will be announced on Sunday after the longest snake contest, with prizes going to the first four places.
Gates open at 7:00 am Friday for snake hunters
In order to sell snakes at the roundup to the Sweetwater Jaycees, you must register with hunter registration in the back of the coliseum. You must possess a current Texas hunting license, with a non-game permit. You will also be required to sign a W-9 form before a check will be issued to you.
Snake buying will begin at 8:00 a.m. Friday morning, and will end at 12:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
Final weigh-in for snakes will be Sunday at 12:00 p.m. After that, no more snakes will be purchased by the Sweetwater Jaycees
The longest snake contest will be held in the safety demonstration pit on Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
To enter the longest snake contest:
1. Teams or persons must enter your snake/snakes before 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.
2. Teams or persons must have at total of at least 100 pounds of snakes sold to the Sweetwater Jaycees.
3. Teams or persons are allowed to enter only 2 western diamondback rattlesnakes.
4. Only western diamond back rattlesnakes are allowed to be entered.
5. Once the snakes are weighed in by the Sweetwater Jaycees, they become the property of the Sweetwater Jaycees and can not be
bought back from the Sweetwater Jaycees.
6. Neither the Sweetwater Jaycees nor the Sweetwater Jaycee Roosters are allowed to enter the contest.
To enter the longest snake contest:
1. Teams or persons must enter your snake/snakes before 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.
2. Teams or persons must have at total of at least 100 pounds of snakes sold to the Sweetwater Jaycees.
3. Teams or persons are allowed to enter only 2 western diamondback rattlesnakes.
4. Only western diamond back rattlesnakes are allowed to be entered.
5. Once the snakes are weighed in by the Sweetwater Jaycees, they become the property of the Sweetwater Jaycees and can not be
bought back from the Sweetwater Jaycees.
6. Neither the Sweetwater Jaycees nor the Sweetwater Jaycee Roosters are allowed to enter the contest.