Did a scout up at Choccolocco last week and ran into two of the good guys within an hour. I'm sure their evil cousins are out there as well.

You boys seeing allot of snakes where you at?

Two? of the good guys. I think one good guy.

Looks like a rattlesnake in the first picture.

God Bless,
David B.

Son and I went to the country yesterday afternoon moving a load of firewood and getting game cam and another task or two. I was surprised we didn't see a legless lizard. We even went to a spot where you can usually see a gator in warm weather and were skunked on that. Not complaining about going snakeless though.

Agreed
One em' Yankee rattlesnakes

Had a rattle snake with the same markings in a pile of leaves rattle at me - blew his head off with a 12 ga. and then discovered that it was a rat snake; felt bad. Discovered they will shake their tales like a rattler to scare you off but unfortunately for him he did it in a pile of leaves.

Yep, top pic is a timber/canebrake rattler.

There’s a fair number of those not-good snakes out in Choccolocco. Better watch your step when it gets warm out there. Had one almost whack my leg about 5 years ago turkey hunting there. Definitely sold me on wearing snake boots when the temps get warm and I’m out in the woods.

Should have killed that top one, or caught it and took it to church sunday.

They shall take up serpents..... Maybe them Baptist wimmens can promise they will follow that submissive thing if all the men agree to handle snakes. Some of those scriptures make it a challenge to be a true believer.

Nope, I recon I'm going to keep lacking faith then.

Top one definitely a Timber rattler

Lol I can't believe u didn't kill that...

First pic is definitely a rattlesnake.

No reason to kill either of them.
But, who's Jake?

jake the snake

Jake from state farm?

Last weekend. 13 and a button. He got Judged! 3" #6's.

Walked up on one sunday. He didn't bother me so I didn't bother him.

Thank you for your service

I just got done bashing the guy in the coral snake thread but I guess this is how it happens, atleast you weren’t dumb enough to touch it.

GCART are you new to Hunting and the outdoors?

LOL - Nope to latter, but I aint touching no snake - poisonous or not. Would have shot-em if I had recognized him properly; I keep a special CCI round for such encounters.

My son was in a boat yesterday at Bibb Co lake and caught what he said was a Moccasin.

I asked my wife this morning how old she was when she learned the "red touching yellow kill a fellow" saying. She said maybe 6 years old. Same for me.

I spent summers from age 8 er so on the Cahaba River, unsupervised by adults, learned early to ID snakes. I caught a couple of cottonmouths when young , inc a 42+ inch one...damn near got bit. Got bit by a cottonmouth when I was 16, dry bite with little swelling. Saw a buddy bit by a copperhead when I was 16, he lost a LOT of meat on his right thumb, nasty, nasty, nasty. I quit catching them right then. got hit by a 5 foot Timber Rattler in 1985 in west Greene Co, another dry bite with some swelling. I had a growing cyst removed from the bite spot 9 years later.

I figure three times is a charm...I'm not getting bit again if I can help it. My policy now is to kill any dangerous snake as quickly and safely as possible....gun, truck, tank, flamethrower, whatever is handy. If in doubt I ask Ben for advise on what to do.

The first timber rattler I ever saw was when I was cruising a tract up at Abel Mall. 40 ac surrounded by national forest land. I was close to a creek when I stopped to take a point. Jabbed my stick in the ground, looked down, and my foot was about 2" from that SOBMFer. If you were within 10 miles you should have heard me hollering and screaming when I jumped. After I I took my underwear off, I picked up a rock about the size of my fist and hit it. It just rolled around for a min and coiled back up. I hit it again, same result. Third time I was mad/scared whatever you want to call it and drew back hit it with all I had. The snake just rolled again but this time it went off toward some canes on the creek. This was the FIRST time it rattled during the whole altercation. This was middle August and I have always heard "dog days" make them mean. Not this one. Yes I was wearing chaps.

For the rest of the time until I finished the tract, every time I would step on a stick no bigger than 3/8" in diameter I jumped.

Not sure why you needed to remove your underwear before assaulting an innocent snake.
Rattlesnakes aren't mean or aggressive. You probably scared the hell out of him with the underwear episode.

Too funny, but I've been there. When my daughters were young they came and got me because they found a rattlesnake in back yard. When I saw him he was already coiled up and pissed-off; sucker actually came at me for a few feet before I punched his ticket. Usually, they will move on or let you pass by, but just like copperheads--if you get one mad, he will come at ya.

Another good guy from this afternoon behind the house....



If your ever looking to get a Mossberg 702 Plinkster...do yourself a favor and buy the Rossi branded version of the same gun. .Better stock, better sights and sling swivels. Same cost.

Nice 22 - Looks like ya gave him something to think about.

I had a timber rattler come at me last year when I was on the tractor. I saw it crossing a fire lane and when I got within 15-20 feet it stopped. I stopped the tractor to see if I had anything to kill it with, assuming it was about to go into my young pines. I ended up having nothing but a claw hammer so I started to drive forward hoping I could run it over before it got in the pines. When I got within 6 or 7 feet it turned around and came at the tractor, struck the front tire then kept going under the tractor. I backed up and ended up getting a front tire on it eventually. I know it struck the front tire twice and I had 2 separate places with venom (or slobber or something) dripping down.

Did you suck the poison out?

Out of a tire - OMG

Invested in a set of Gaiters this year. In reading some of these post - sounds more and more like a smart move.

...whatever it takes, man.

I've ALWAYS wanted to come across one of these. I want one mounted. They look so cool.

Dang!!! That's a big one. Probably would have had a underwear problem like OutBack. I ate a few in my day, but never wanted to mount one - but admit they do look cool all coiled up mounted.

ignore everything above except the laat sentence!

Yep!

Figure of speech referring to soiled undergarments!

I killed my second timber rattler of the year last night as it was heading up my neighbors driveway. BE careful

The current start page for the Outdoor Alabamawebsite starts with "Snake Identification...".

That’s cause they monitor this site and saw your post

Doubtful, Its likely because of the poor man that tried to take the coral snake to his brother or the poor soul that died trying to move a rattlesnake off the road.

I ran into a hog nosed snake in TN a week ago. First experience for me interacting with that species... he coiled up, flared out his head, and put it up like some kind of cobra... honestly didn't know what we were dealing with for a min but let him slither off. The only other snake I encountered this season was a black racer.

Those are some of my favorite snakes. Neat little critters.

Years ago I ran into one while camping with my family and had the same reaction. First he tried to act like a rattler - but didn't have the hardware to pull it off. Then he tried to go eye-of-the-cobra on me by flattening his head, and when all of that failed he rolled over on his back and played dead. I was impressed. Finally, a fireman from the next site over came over and identified him. Afterwards, we all got bored and he went off to entertain the next group.

Saw 6 riding the roads Saturday morning. There was one timber rattler. The others were King snakes and Gray Rat snakes.

Dang Turkey - what area were you riding in?

I never ran across a single snake while turkey hunting in AL/TN this year. Just another indicator of how it was essentially winter right up until the end of the season.

I messed with that racer when I crossed it on a 40 deg morning in late March. I stooped over to pick him up and he struck at me (my fault for not pinning him but figured he'd be super docile)... dang thing was way too quick for that temp and took me by surprise!

All you guys killing the rattlesnakes keep in mind that the guys that make longbows themselves would love to have the skin or even a frozen carcass. They make beautiful backings on the bow limbs.

How much??$$

I could make a lot of extra at the right price! I don’t kill them anymore, but I haven’t forgot how.

If anyone does need a diamondback skin just PM me. The next one I see, I'll put in the freezer.

Racers have TERRIBLE attitudes. I got bit by one year before last while turkey hunting. I was trying to get crawled up in a hedgerow on the edge of a field to try and call up a turkey out in that field. He bit me on the hand while I was crawling. I discovered he was hung up in some kind of netting material that had grass growing up through it. Though the arsehole bit me, I was able to get my pocket knife out, cut him free, and release him.

This is why I hate snakes. They are all always pissed off and unpredictable. Chicken, rat and water snakes I hate with a passion they seem to try and bite all the time. I hate all snakes except the little green ones even though they are often pissed and think they are 12 ft long

They should place Bill Engvall's "here's your sign" reruns on the home page.

Yep, I love Bill Engvall's skits - saw him once with Jeff, Ron, and Larry in Atlanta. "If you had been wearing your sign I would have stopped you from picking up that triangular-headed rat snake that was rattling and hissing at ya!"

Don't think I've ever seen a longbow that was rattle snake skinned - got any pics?

I don't have pictures but Google does. I've seen some though and they are beautiful. I imagine you can get a bowyer that would make you one in exchange for some good skins. I traded Bamboo for mine.

I've skinned two osage self bows. One with a Texas Diamondback, and a second with an Alabama Timber Rattler. Also have Timber Rattler skins on my Bear Takedown limbs.

I googled some images (Jawbone) of bows with rattlesnake skins - they look sharp; makes me want one.

The always pissed off ones don't hurt when/if they bite you pal. The one exception I have found is the cottonmouth. I HATE them with a passion (and will kill most all of them) because of their attitudes in tandem with the damage they can cause, but I have found the opposite demeanor to be true with rattlesnakes and copperheads. Have run across a bunch (exceptions exist of course) and still have never been around an aggressive rattler or copperhead. Have never seen a coral snake so I can't comment on how they typically behave.

We had a king snake around our previous house - he did a good job of taking care of the barn mice and keeping other snakes away. That said, he could be aggressive if not ignored and let be; would come at you rather than run off. My Jack Russell finally got fed up--or maybe they were both having a bad day, and put it down.

I killed a 5' 10" chicken snake in my chicken pen a couple of days ago. Egg eating bastard.

The one with the copperhead skin is really something if you could find two of them big enough to do both limbs.

don't put copperhead skins over black/dark limbs. They will look like cottonmouth skins. Put em over light colored limbs only. Trust me on this.

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This one fell out of the van on the tow truck. We pulled him over and he proceeded to freak out!

That’s 2 rattlers and a moccasin in a week. Seen several more rat snakes and water snakes. I’ve never seen this many this quickly into the spring and summer

I seen two more killed on the road to my house. After this thread I've been hyper-vigilant in the woods and around the house. I took another all day trek in the woods over the weekend and amazingly I didn't see one. Sure was sweating though, but couldn't tell if it was the heat or the stress of running up on these critters. I was wearing gaiters and boots but would rather not test them out.

You can get $3.50 a foot for a rattlesnake down here, dead or alive.

No one is gonna believe me but i dont really care. So i will state the facts. About 3 years ago me and the wife saw a timber rattler in september. Layin on a country rd in a holler. This was in a private area with not much around. This snake had over 18 rattlers. I would lose count around 18 but think it had around 20 to be fair. Im 6ft 2 inches. This snake was longer than me without a doubt. I thought 7ft but just to be fair im gonna say 6ft 4 inches. Im in flip flops and shorts, have a baby in the car and a wife. It was gettin dark. I couldnt find anything to kill it with. I decided to run it over. So i back up over and over tryin to kill it in a little toyota corolla. The dang thing finally got off the road into a grown up ditch beside the mountain and my wife had enough. I gave up on it. I posted about it on here before just to have a few call me a liar. I was a carpenter for a long time. I know what length is. After aldeer called me a liar i checked on their info. Yes the world record timber rattlesnake is 62 or 64.5 inches. I bet evetything this snake was atleast a few inches if not 6 inches longer than the record. I think about that dang snake a whole lot. I even thought about goin back 3 years later to hunt for him! I think he survived my car whipping. It kills me that i had no idea what the record was and let it get away. This snake was huge. Long, he was fat but not fat like the world record. Just thick and long. His head was the size of my fist. I know he was over 6ft easy. Im at a loss. Im not mistaken. I had pictures in my phone but killed my phone. I had no idea the record was only over 6ft. Im devestated. I figured the record woulda been crazy like 8ft. I know next time if i ever see one 6ft or more, that joker and gettin away.

5’ = 60”
6’ = 72”
7’ = 84”

I’ve seen plenty in the 5’ and extra range. Even got pic proof and no dead phone and everything. As many as I’ve seen, I’ve never measured a 72”. And....... you likely didn’t see anywhere close to an 84” timber.

I've seen a few hit with a cars/trucks and just move on - they may have died later, but they certainly were not dead after the auto ran them over. Had a buddy peel out on one - tore the snakes body up a bit, but it just crawled off (probably died or became easy pickings for some other critter). I think the rule is to put the Toyo tire center-mass on that head.

I killed one years ago that was measured at 74", I don't know what the record is.

Hey Timbercruiser - got any pics of that one?

I know of 2 that was over 6ft. The one i saw alive and the one hanging in my grandpaws neighbors garage. Its over 6ft. I cant prove it. But i got no reason to lie. It would be in my best interest to shut up but i dont care. I know what i saw. There are about 50 people in new market al that has seen mr floyds snake. He was a logger. Killed it at work. Brought it by my grandpaws house on his way home from work. It stretched out across upper hurricane creek road from one edge to past the middle of the road. He gave it away to my pops neighbor who skinned it and nailed it to a 2x12 in his garage. Snake had a lump in it. Cut it open and had a full grown rabbit inside it. This has been about 20 years ago. They get bigger than 6ft. Not everyone cares about a world record. Especially country folks. But if i woulda known they rarely got over 6ft i woulda fought harder on keepin that one i saw. This was on hegia rd off hobbs island rd. Edge of city too

No, that was around 1975. I was cruising timber NW of Marianna Florida and I came up on an old house place in the woods. My line was right at an old big scupernong vine trellis and instead of going around it I started crawling to the other side. I crawled right on top of the snake, stretched out. I managed to get up and killed it with a stick.

After all this and seeing and killing more snakes this year than the past 10 years (at least) combined I got some snake boots today! Never thought about getting some but now glad to have them as my now normal work boots. Needed some new work boots anyway

What kind did ya get and how much were they (if you don't mind sharing)? I looked at a pair of LaCrosse Snake boots, but there pricy so I opted for some gaiters instead.

I think these warm winters are helping snakes reproduce more

I got some at Academy. Magellan store brand. Nothin fancy but they feel good they are waterproof and regular price is $99. I got $10 off for Memorial Day military discount. I want some Chippewa but I’m not spending that much right now.

Academy price matches anything anywhere....plus gives 5 percent off. Guns or anything

This was a very cold winter

thats what I was thinking...

Nice, I may take a trip over to Gadsden to check some out. Didn't know about the military discount - thanks for that info. That Magellan snake defender looks like a good boot.

My daughter sent me this pic that someone posted on a snake some fellas killed up at Cartersville (of course everything on the net is true). If its legit - then wow!

He would have never even had to bite me for to hurt myself.

Yes that's a real snake but they're pushing it out right into the camera. It's called forced perspective. Same as long arming a bass or crouching down 6 feet behind a deer or hog to make it look like it's the size of a dang rhinoceros.

That thing is still a hammer of a rattler. I tried the boots out yesterday and they feel pretty good. I got a size up. They seemed to run small. The upper around my calf is a little big but I have skinny legs so other than that they were comfy

WTH - hats off to her, I'd have to turn in my man-card before I did that.

Last winter was normal i guess...but the few before that was hot

I killed one a few years ago was 62" with his head cut off, would have been prolly 5' 6" (66") head and all. Longest me and several others ever saw. He was skinny as a black racer. BTW, we have plenty timber rattlers up here, some real grown uns. I've yet to hear of one or see one that was confirmed 6 foot.

I killed that long one when we were cutting timber. The loggers were killing a monster every few days, they had them stirred up I guess . Good lawd there were some that would make a grown man have snake nightmares.

Really? IF it’s legit? Wrong species for that area, so........

I think I would've ran back to truck and got the 308 and shot that thing from oh say about 200 yds.

Its funny how a lot of folks just refuse to believe anything. Me and 3 fellers was developing about 80 acres on rail road bed road in 2007. It was small timber surrounded by houses. Maybe 100 acres of woods that connected then our other 88 acres almost touching it that is now open and named Legendwood which runs of Capshaw rd in Madison. We been workin that 80 acres for a year. We done laid most utilites and cut all roads. We cleared about half of the lots. I was running a tri-axle up and down those dirt roads moving dirt to our stock pile in the back. About 10am im drivin back empty to the trackhoe. I grabbed another gear, looked up and saw something with its head down crosdin the road about 100ft in front of me. Maybe closer. I thought it was a huge german sheppard for a split second. It looked at me then looked back down and kept on trotting across and slipped into the woods. It was an anteater! It was huge. Long neck, long snout. Long tail. It was black with long hair. I told my co-workers. We all laughed. I worked there for another year almost daily and never saw it again.

We got to remembering there use to be a petting zoo at the old flea market on hwy 72. That property was real close to us. A man told me a rich guy lived across the road that had tigers and all kinds of animals years ago. Who knows where this thing came from but it was definitely an ant eater i saw. Seen many on tv! We said...that explains all the huge scat we were finding. We kept finding small trees with the lower limbs broken off hanging like something was trying to climb up them. It was weird.

I honestly don't doubt what someone might actually see, hell I wasn't there. An old couple I use to know told me they saw a dang kangaroo beside Hwy 20 near Freeport, Florida in the early 70's, I wasn't there so there must have been a kangaroo out there. There are two landowners near Ponce de Leon, Fl that have Bengal tigers, one has wolves also. Maybe they might get out.

Nope - 200 is too close!!!

I saw a water mocisan this evening crossin the road in the g ville dam parkin lot. He was about 2.6ft long. Kinda skinny for a mocasin. He was in a hurry too. He made it out alive.

We saw a 3.6ft rat snake. Someone had just ran him over and killed him. About 100yds from the mocasin. I wish it was the other way around.

Killed this one yesterday in one of our pastures, all of this rain down here has them moving.

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Nice! - If you still got the skin it may be worth something for those hoping to skin their longbows.

I figured someone might want it so I put it in the freezer.

^^^^^^ Naw thats a big snake

Saw this one on the HustWise app of a double-fanged canebrake rattler :



You boys familiar with these critters - is that crap normal for these kind of rattlers?

Yes it's normal. They shed and replace fangs like sharks do teeth, so it's not unusual to see pairs of fangs in vipers, or even sometimes 3 sets - a developing one, a primary in use one, and an outgoing one.

Was out this afternoon cutting my grass and scraping my driveway.
Afterwards, I was trashing some old wood that the previous owner had left on the ground and found this little fella (King Snake):



I was happy to see him (and not one of his evil cousins) and hope he finds a new home around my shop.

That's what I was thinking.

Yep, that's a Eastern Diamondback. You will find them in the Southern part of Alabama and not in the Northern part as stated. It would have to be a timber that far north. That snake is probably > 4 ft in length overall. It's a healthy specimen but they are holding it out on a stick making it seem much larger than it really is.

I used to have some pictures I did with a copperhead in my yard where I took a pic of me holding the snake in my hand and then one where I was holding it out on a stick. I had some folks convinced it was the Godzilla of copperheads. In actuality it was 13 inches long and big around as a #2 pencil.

That’s a big boy there. Those Easterns get large! The one Farm boy got. Pretty skin on it