Big Snake
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Wasalmonslayer
Well-Known Member
Dang that’s huge!
We have lots of rattlers here too but not that big.
A friend of mine has killed 54 of them already this year for fun.
His idea of fun is different than mine
We have lots of rattlers here too but not that big.
A friend of mine has killed 54 of them already this year for fun.
His idea of fun is different than mine
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I have seen a grand total of one (1) rattlesnake in my entire life. I was processing out of the USMC at Camp Pendelton Ca, hoping to be home in time for Thanksgiving supper. I had just picked up my ticket for the ride home and was taking a short cut through some brushy areas between roads. I was traveling at what would have been a "forced march" pace and not really paying any attention to anything, what with thoughts of deer season, cold beer, sleeping late and girls on my mind. I don't know what caught my eye, but I did one of those Coyote and Roadrunner "BOING!" stops, turned and looked back where my foot had been 2 paces ago and sure enough, there was a great big ol' ratttler sitting there in the shade of one of those shrub looking things that pass for brush out there in Cali-for-ni-a. He didn't rattle, he didn't move. He just sat there, wondering I suppose what I was looking at. I looked for a good sized rock or a big stick, but then I figured since he didn't bother me, live and let live. I could juice the story up with some creative lying and truth stretching, but I just don't have the energy.
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
With our perfectly-capable rat-getters like the king snake, garter snake, rosy boas, and rat snakes......it makes you wonder just what the Creator was thinking about when He came up with the rattlesnake/cobra/water moccasin concept. They must be one of those "spare-parts" animals, like the platypus.
Sidewinders and Mojave greens are my very best favorites......NOT.
Sidewinders and Mojave greens are my very best favorites......NOT.
True enough but I wasn't looking at how close to the camera it is. If that feller holding it up is only 4 foot six inches one end of that snake is nearly touching the ground & the other end is back down to his waist. That's one big damn snake.
Spent two years at San Mateo on Pendleton, hard to believe ya only found one, there's more rattlers out there than people.
Rally
NC Minnesota
Just Garter snakes here. I killed a bunch of rattlers at Ft. Hood ,Tx when stationed there and on patrol. Snakiest place I've lived was Knotts Island, NC. while in the Navy. Place was crawling with Cotton Mouth Maccosins. I spent a lot of time on the water there in Back Bay and Currituck Sound, so was always running into them. They really stunk when you killed them.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
In Michigan, we only had Massasauga rattlers. Pretty rare and one of the least venomous vipers. In Arkansas, we have half a dozen venomous snakes.....................copperheads being the most prevalent. I look for them, when out and about the property. Only seen one adult in nine years. Weed wacked a young timber rattler once, inadvertently. By far, the most common snake hereabouts is the black rat snake and they do get large............over 6 foot.
BTW, Cindy took these pictures, while walking Bella.
BTW, Cindy took these pictures, while walking Bella.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
We have those Black Snakes up here, or something that looks just like them. They live around the swampier areas. We've seen them cross the road and take up most of a lane and a half town road, I think thats 10 feet. I'd say the really big ones can exceed 8 feet. They don't move either. Had one curled up in a wagon road. He wouldn't move even when I prodded him, just hissed and showed his mouth. He was BIG. Well, I gave him every chance. Not my fault he became buzzard food.
We also have Milk Snakes up here. They rattle. Look a lot like some types of rattlers too, but the head is shaped differently. Sure do get your attention the first time you come across one.
We also have Milk Snakes up here. They rattle. Look a lot like some types of rattlers too, but the head is shaped differently. Sure do get your attention the first time you come across one.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Eastern hog nose, looks almost like a copperhead. Will flatten it's head if threatened. We have them here. First one I seen, I did a double take. The black rats we have here can move as fast as a blue racer. The can climb straight up trees and brick walls, almost as fast.
That's the weird thing about the black rat snakes, climbing right up a tree. Not by wrapping around the trunk or branches, just straight up the tree. They eat eggs and baby birds right out of the nest but they also strike fear in the hearts of rodents everywhere so good for them hope they eat well.
Pistolero
Well-Known Member
We had some hog nosed snakes as pets when I was a kid. Their whole repetoir of play acting when confronted is
fun and interesting. First, buzz the tail against a leaf as a fake rattler warning, then rise up and flatten like a cobra,
and if you persist, they will strike.....just a hair short, on purpose since they have no fangs or venom. If all that fails
after several minutes, they suddenly have some convulsions, and roll over and "die", upside down in a coil. They
will play possum for quite a while after this.
Quite the performance. I like hog nosed snakes. We fed ours toads.
Bill
fun and interesting. First, buzz the tail against a leaf as a fake rattler warning, then rise up and flatten like a cobra,
and if you persist, they will strike.....just a hair short, on purpose since they have no fangs or venom. If all that fails
after several minutes, they suddenly have some convulsions, and roll over and "die", upside down in a coil. They
will play possum for quite a while after this.
Quite the performance. I like hog nosed snakes. We fed ours toads.
Bill
Yes ! !