Snakes

Found one this evening while walking a clear cut be careful out there.

Timber Rattler ? Black Momba ? Is he dead ?

Just a black runner but step close to him while he was crawling away to make me pay closer attention to where I was walking.

One of our field techs ran into a cottonmouth today. They are moving

The frogs man. They're everywhere. Can't get that noise out my head.

Highs in the low 80's for next 7 days in South AL. They will be good and active for the Turkey hunters, stay safe.

i hate and am so skurred of them, i look no matter what the temp is.lol

And don't think cottonmouths are always near water!!! Squeaky and I walked up on a bigg'un that was half a mile from a swamp. Smart people ALWAYS watch for mr no shoulders! ~~~~~@<

Were yall holding hands?

Snakes better watch out for me.
I bite em back.

First 10 minutes in the woods this morning checking out some hinge cutting I did last year and found a big chicken snake laying on a tree I had cut about head high.

I killed a cottonmouth today while setting up post season cameras

I haven't seen half as many snakes in the 20 years that I've lived in Alabama as I saw in the previous twenty that I lived in Florida. They are everywhere down there.

People in AL complain about snakes, but heck I've seen more snakes in just about every state I have visited in a week's time than I see an entire year here, and I work outside.

I went to Kansas for three days a few years ago and saw 211 snakes in that time frame.

Killed a cotton mouth setting a beaver trap at a culvert yesterday. Killed a banded water snake setting coon traps over a month ago.

Thats crazy k bush.

Mark (outdoors), there are a lot of reptiles in Fl, some moved to Alabama!
No 257, but Mike learned not to follow so close. He almost had boot prints on his chest! I moved out till I got my 45 unholstered.!

I'm always looking for cottonmouths since I killed one last December hanging out by my wood duck box near my pond. Always wear my snake boots. My friend usually runs over a couple of rattlesnakes in the spring and summer bush hogging my food plot. Last thing anyone needs is to get bit by one of those sneaky bastages. Always be looking for them especially with turkey season. I always double check before I sit down no matter how close that gobbler is.

I do clearing and excavating and am fishin or huntin a lot. I havent seen one since last fall. Im always lookin. But i know they are around. I hear if you smell clorox in the woods it means that its a cotton mouth smell. I smell it in the bottoms i hunt sometimes

Cottonmouths have never seen a beaver dam they didn't like

Truth

Was planting some trees yesterday with the 9 yo. I told her to not follow me so close in case I had to back up in a hurry... when I explained it she kept about 15 feet back!

I was taught growing up to kill any snake but I dont do that now.
On our property I've seen a lot of non poisinous snakes but no poisinous snakes.
Never kill a King snake, they kill and eat the poisinous snakes.

That's one hell of a talented cottonmouth!!!

I had a dream last night that I was working a bird and reached down next to me to get my box call only to hear leaves rustling next to my hand. I looked and a cotton mouth was about to strike. I rolled away and shot the SOB! I woke up sweating! True story.

Dr. B

Been there done that but with a rattler who rested his head on my snake boot

I went out to pull a camera at lunch a few minutes ago, and ran over a moccasin. It was in some soft dirt and didn't kill him so I shot him. They are on the move

I had a rattlesnake last fall who thought he was superman. Too bad my disk is made from kryptonite.

This. I've killed a whole lot more of them than vice versa.
I don't kill non-venomous (no such thing as a "poisonous" snake) snakes, and the only venomous snakes I kill are the ones near my house/barn, with the exception of cottonmouths...they get killed any time/any place.

Exactly. As long as it's not in the chicken coop, all non-venomous guys get a pass. Growing up, we were taught to catch chicken snakes and bring them to the barn and corn crib to catch rats. I've got a neat video from last summer of a Gray Rat snake hanging from the barn bar joists eating the babies out of a bird's nest.

I'd like to see that!

Dr. B

Louis Grizzard said that there is only one kind of snake - the Copperheaded Water Rattler!

Few years ago i came within about a half a foot of pissing on a 5 ft timber rattler in early january after we had alot of rain figured it must have flooded his den made me start looking no matter what time of year it is

Doc, here is a photo taken at the time. I will try to post a video from work tomorrow when I can use a computer instead of a tablet.


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This is the non-venomous guy that doesn’t catch a break

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About stepped on a great big ol cottonmouth today. Stuck my truck and was walking up to the barn to get a tractor. There was a mud hole at the gate surrounded by a bunch of briars, tried to get around the mud hole and jumped something, thought it was a rabbit, it wasn't. It was a moccasin about as big around as my wrist and I damn near stepped on it. Bout chit myself, backed out and took the long way around. Be careful

Back in my timber-buying days, I was flagging a property line and stepped on something going through some thick stuff that felt funny. It felt like I was standing on a water balloon that didn't bust. I stepped off it, turned and realized that I'd dead centered a healthy timber rattler, and I look again, as see another one lying beside it just a few inches away. I missed the second one by several inches in front of my toe, but I'm fairly certain I hit the first one in the shallow void between my slightly raised heel and ball of the foot on my boots, so I didn't put all my weight on him. He never reacted nor rattled, and both just moseyed on off into the brush.

I don't mind snakes, and have caught my fair share of them, but that was definitely one time that I had my hair stand on end, realizing that I'd actually stepped on one. I did have my knee-high snake gators on that day, so hopefully that would have discouraged a calf bite.. but that scenario was a prime chance to get struck. I still can't believe that they never 'acted up'.

Yeah they some beaver hatin sons a beeches!!!

I have a king snake that lives under the driveway slab right next to my house. I've seen him and talked to him the past few days and I don't dare tell the wife about him. She would never understand that he's the kind of snake you want around the house

You talk to snakes??? Ok then

If theyre useful I do just like youd talk to a dog and ive picked him up too. Now if its one of the bad boys I talk to them in a different way

There's only one snake, in this part of the world to be concerned about.
The cotton mouth is like an angry woman. Best to avoid him or kill him.
People have an irrational fear of snakes. Especially rattlers.
You gotta really piss off a rattler before he strikes. They don't want to bite anything they can't eat.

bull doodoo^^^^^^^^^

What Fred said ^^^^

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F**k a frog. I was outside pissing of the porch last night about 10 and a damn bull frog jumped on my foot. Could've been a komodo dragon and I wouldn't have jumped as high.

ROFLMAO!!!!

those gave me the heebeegeebees

I outta have enough sense to not watch sumpin’ like that before going to sleep.

Been there done that with a timber rattler. He died once he got far enough away that I would not shoot my foot off

Bullfrogs on front porch? That's what I call lucky! Make a fine meal. I spend all nite in a rice field to get em and u got em on the porch!

Ha. There's a small creek that runs just outside my back fence, and they constantly find their way in the back yard. Damn dog has a fit after them.