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Re: Nice one
[Re: longbow]
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06/13/18 06:43 AM
06/13/18 06:43 AM
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centralala
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I don't care how close to the camera he is , he has his arm up at about a 45 degree angle which puts if over his head and still not touching the ground. Even if he was real short 5' would make it about 65" Yea, that's the way I see it. Guys shoulders are angled up and arm is up. Really would like to know a measured length. That would answer all questions.
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Re: Nice one
[Re: Jakethesnake]
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06/13/18 06:49 AM
06/13/18 06:49 AM
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Posts: 25,721 Locust Fork, Alabama
BC
Freak of Nature
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I have come to realize that you could lay a rattle snake flat out straight with a visible tape measure beside it reading whatever length. If its over 5 or 6ft some would still call it bull crap. Im 6ft 2inches and the rattler i saw was longer than me. He had 18-22 rattlers on him. There was one recorded in louisianna that was 74.5 inches long recorded but some on here still wouldnt believe it. That was me just googling one quick time. In that same google...wikepedia states they commonly average 36 to 58 inches long. So common sense should tell you that it clearly states.....common average length up to 58 inches. Thats common. Nothing special about 58 inches. So one growing another foot or more wouldnt be a miracle. I rest my case. Carry on lol I doubt anyone here doesn't believe there are rattlesnakes over 6 feet long. I killed one in my back yard a few years ago that was 66 inches long. What people were doubting was that snake pic you posted claiming that a Western Diamondback that two guys were holding four feet out in front of them with snake poles was 7-8 feet long and killed in North Alabama.
"Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters."
-- Archibald Rutledge
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Re: Nice one
[Re: BC]
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06/13/18 06:54 AM
06/13/18 06:54 AM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 30,910 Clanton, AL
Out back
Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
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I have come to realize that you could lay a rattle snake flat out straight with a visible tape measure beside it reading whatever length. If its over 5 or 6ft some would still call it bull crap. Im 6ft 2inches and the rattler i saw was longer than me. He had 18-22 rattlers on him. There was one recorded in louisianna that was 74.5 inches long recorded but some on here still wouldnt believe it. That was me just googling one quick time. In that same google...wikepedia states they commonly average 36 to 58 inches long. So common sense should tell you that it clearly states.....common average length up to 58 inches. Thats common. Nothing special about 58 inches. So one growing another foot or more wouldnt be a miracle. I rest my case. Carry on lol I doubt anyone here doesn't believe there are rattlesnakes over 6 feet long. I killed one in my back yard a few years ago that was 66 inches long. What people were doubting was that snake pic you posted claiming that a Western Diamondback that two guys were holding four feet out in front of them with snake poles was 7-8 feet long and killed in North Alabama. At one time, the NY zoological society was offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who could deliver a live Eastern Diamond Back over 8' long. I heard that several years ago, have no idea if it's still true, or ever was. But I've never seen, or heard of, one anywhere near 8 feet.
My opinions and comments are my own. They do not reflect the position or political opinions of Aldeer or any of the Aldeer administration.
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Re: Nice one
[Re: centralala]
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06/13/18 06:59 AM
06/13/18 06:59 AM
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I don't care how close to the camera he is , he has his arm up at about a 45 degree angle which puts if over his head and still not touching the ground. Even if he was real short 5' would make it about 65" Yea, that's the way I see it. Guys shoulders are angled up and arm is up. Really would like to know a measured length. That would answer all questions. Because of the angle you can't tell how far the snake is off the ground. It's clearly not as tall as the man holding it.
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Re: Nice one
[Re: Out back]
#2505856
06/13/18 07:07 AM
06/13/18 07:07 AM
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Posts: 3,829 Chilton CO. Alabama
bama1157
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I have come to realize that you could lay a rattle snake flat out straight with a visible tape measure beside it reading whatever length. If its over 5 or 6ft some would still call it bull crap. Im 6ft 2inches and the rattler i saw was longer than me. He had 18-22 rattlers on him. There was one recorded in louisianna that was 74.5 inches long recorded but some on here still wouldnt believe it. That was me just googling one quick time. In that same google...wikepedia states they commonly average 36 to 58 inches long. So common sense should tell you that it clearly states.....common average length up to 58 inches. Thats common. Nothing special about 58 inches. So one growing another foot or more wouldnt be a miracle. I rest my case. Carry on lol I doubt anyone here doesn't believe there are rattlesnakes over 6 feet long. I killed one in my back yard a few years ago that was 66 inches long. What people were doubting was that snake pic you posted claiming that a Western Diamondback that two guys were holding four feet out in front of them with snake poles was 7-8 feet long and killed in North Alabama. At one time, the NY zoological society was offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who could deliver a live Eastern Diamond Back over 8' long. I heard that several years ago, have no idea if it's still true, or ever was. But I've never seen, or heard of, one anywhere near 8 feet. Outback, if that is still being offered,I will split the 10 grand with you, I will find the snake, you catch it...... No joke if it is still alive there is one over in Coosa co. that is at least 8' long, I know no one will believe me but about 5 years ago we were riding Coosa out by the underwater bridge it was a very nice September afternoon, well I look to my left and crawling down the bank to the road is this rattler that looks kinda big, so I pull up about 20' and get out and I swear may I die today that when that joker crawled across the road his rattlers were on one side of the road and his head was on the other, looked like a 8" pvc pipe crawling across the road... before ya'll start, i don't give a flip if you believe me or not, I do not have pictures, I do have 3 eye witnesses...
The end of democracy and the defeat of the American revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporation's Thomas Jefferson. 1812
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Re: Nice one
[Re: crocker]
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06/13/18 07:16 AM
06/13/18 07:16 AM
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Posts: 30,910 Clanton, AL
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Grumpy Old Man
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I don't know if it was ever true, honestly. But I don't mind catching a rattler. They are harmless until you piss them off.
My opinions and comments are my own. They do not reflect the position or political opinions of Aldeer or any of the Aldeer administration.
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Re: Nice one
[Re: crocker]
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06/13/18 11:37 AM
06/13/18 11:37 AM
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Clem
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Stories about length and size of snakes, especially the venomous ones, always make me laugh.
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Re: Nice one
[Re: hunter84]
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06/13/18 01:35 PM
06/13/18 01:35 PM
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Avengedsevenfold
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Re: Nice one
[Re: Out back]
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06/13/18 04:09 PM
06/13/18 04:09 PM
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I have come to realize that you could lay a rattle snake flat out straight with a visible tape measure beside it reading whatever length. If its over 5 or 6ft some would still call it bull crap. Im 6ft 2inches and the rattler i saw was longer than me. He had 18-22 rattlers on him. There was one recorded in louisianna that was 74.5 inches long recorded but some on here still wouldnt believe it. That was me just googling one quick time. In that same google...wikepedia states they commonly average 36 to 58 inches long. So common sense should tell you that it clearly states.....common average length up to 58 inches. Thats common. Nothing special about 58 inches. So one growing another foot or more wouldnt be a miracle. I rest my case. Carry on lol I doubt anyone here doesn't believe there are rattlesnakes over 6 feet long. I killed one in my back yard a few years ago that was 66 inches long. What people were doubting was that snake pic you posted claiming that a Western Diamondback that two guys were holding four feet out in front of them with snake poles was 7-8 feet long and killed in North Alabama. At one time, the NY zoological society was offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who could deliver a live Eastern Diamond Back over 8' long. I heard that several years ago, have no idea if it's still true, or ever was. But I've never seen, or heard of, one anywhere near 8 feet. I killed one in Baxley, Ga in 1990 that was pretty dang long. We laid her on the tailgate of a 1989 Mazda B2200 pick up. The head was touching the ground on one side and the rattles were nearly laying flat on the ground on the other side of the tailgate. The snakes back was as wide as the calf of my leg and she had 22 rattles. I was the last one out of the cemetery after my grandmothers funeral and I saw the snake crawling across the cemetery driveway right next to the little church. Nearly 100 people had been walking thru the gate where I killed the snake. One of my cousins took the snake and was going to preserve the hide. My uncles claimed that those size easterns were not all that uncommon around there.
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Re: Nice one
[Re: crocker]
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06/13/18 04:10 PM
06/13/18 04:10 PM
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Posts: 10,484 Bham
Dallas County
Booner
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Booner
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I pulled into CAD and measured the widest part of the head and assumed it was 3". Since the snake is apparently hanging plumb dead (pun intended), the calculation CAD comes up with the length is 6' 1/4". If you assume the head is 2" wide, the snake is 4'-11 1/8". So, it is probably somewhere in between. If someone can come up with a different scale, I'll run it again.
Last edited by Dallas County; 06/13/18 04:12 PM.
not sure what the best way to handle them is but they shouldnt be on tv and gettn married and raisin kids
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