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Claxtons Roundup set for weekend
Annual festival with snake hunt to mark its 44th year
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In this Herald file photo from a previous Rattlesnake Roundup Festival, tractors participate in the annual parade to get the festival started. The 2011 Rattlesnake Roundup begins Saturday with a parade in Claxton at 10 a.m. - photo by Herald File
Some high flyers from Georgia Southern University, birds of prey from the Center for Wildlife Education, will play a role in this weekend's 44th annual Claxton Rattlesnake Roundup. Freedom the Eagle is slated to appear in a stationary exhibit, while other birds of prey from GSU perform in flight shows at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday at the Evans County Wildlife Club facility. As it has since 1968, the roundup still serves as a snake hunt with rattlesnakes brought in live for prizes and to be sold by the pound.
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