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re: Coolest obscure snake you've seen in the wild
Posted on 5/22/12 at 6:22 pm to Sgt.Sausage
Posted on 5/22/12 at 6:22 pm to Sgt.Sausage
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Posted on 5/22/12 at 6:33 pm to USMCTiger03
timber rattler
Posted on 5/22/12 at 8:44 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Killed a monstrous eastern diamonback right on the La/Ark line about 6 years ago. About 5 ft. long and had 11 rattles and a button. Very thick. Was easily the one and only time I've been intimidated by a snake in the woods while I had a gun and standing 15 feet away. Rode 4-wheeler over the top of it before I noticed it was there. Shot the head off, tacked and tanned the hide on a board. Gave the meat away.
Posted on 5/22/12 at 8:52 pm to Wade Phillips
quote:Did you tell him he was not supposed to be there before you killed him?
eastern diamonback right on the La/Ark
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:08 pm to USMCTiger03
The two guys were not only obscure, but bad to the bone. The Mojave Rattlesnake and the fer de lance. Saw them in Arizona and Belize.
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Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:27 pm to AlxTgr
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Coolest obscure snake you've seen in the wild
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eastern diamonback right on the La/Ark
Did you tell him he was not supposed to be there before you killed him?
Has ther ever been a documented case of a d back outside of the Florida parishes?
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:36 pm to choupiquesushi
Guess I don't know what to tell y'all besides I was there. No real reason to lie about it. The reason I thought he was eastern and not western is because his color was much more sharp and not as "sandy" colored. And he also did not have the black and white around the tail, which I would have expected for a snake his size. He also only had two blemished scales on his entire body and a beautiful pattern. Wish I still had the skin, would post a pic.
Posted on 5/22/12 at 9:39 pm to choupiquesushi
I read about one being killed in Patterson several years back. I searched for the article but couldn't find it, but I remember seeing pictures of it in our local newspaper. It was without question an eastern diamondback.
Posted on 5/22/12 at 10:29 pm to Wade Phillips
Parts of west central Ark have Westerns. Easterns are not supposed to be west of Tangipahoa. I did not see the snake though.
Posted on 5/22/12 at 10:31 pm to AlxTgr
Wade I ain't doubting ya ...just would be super rare....
Posted on 5/22/12 at 10:35 pm to AlxTgr
Wade I ain't doubting ya ...just would be super rare....
Posted on 5/23/12 at 12:04 am to choupiquesushi
It probably isn't common, but according to the wiki page, it doesn't look all that far out of the geographic range, and the preferred habitat of "dry pine forest" was precisely right where I came upon him in the middle of the trail. Point is, it was my coolest snake experience and I am mad that 1) I didn't fry up and eat the meat, because it looked incredible, and 2) I should have taken and kept up with pictures and the skin. Posted on 5/23/12 at 12:23 am to Wade Phillips
When I was about 10, I was at Lake Travis outside of Austin and was walking when I turned to holler back at my deaf brother (LOUD) and after about 15 seconds or so, I hear a noise and it hits me. It was a rattle. I looked down and the rattle was right between my legs. I took off and the rattler took off.
*Did the same damn thing about 3 years ago with a copperhead.
Saw a dead scarlet king MANY years ago.
Had a grad student come in from a university and he had been bitten by an Asian Sharp-nosed Pit Viper. The antivenin had to be flown in from the Miami-Dade antivenin bank. They said it was the first time anyone had been bitten by one of those snakes in the Western Hemisphere.
This snake is known as the 100-step snake, because this is about how far you make it before you drop dead.
*Did the same damn thing about 3 years ago with a copperhead.
Saw a dead scarlet king MANY years ago.
Had a grad student come in from a university and he had been bitten by an Asian Sharp-nosed Pit Viper. The antivenin had to be flown in from the Miami-Dade antivenin bank. They said it was the first time anyone had been bitten by one of those snakes in the Western Hemisphere.
This snake is known as the 100-step snake, because this is about how far you make it before you drop dead.
Posted on 5/23/12 at 1:37 am to Volt
Timber Rattler - Brevard, NC
Russell's Viper - Chiang Mai, Thailand
Sea Snake - Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
Russell's Viper - Chiang Mai, Thailand
Sea Snake - Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
This post was edited on 5/23/12 at 1:38 am
Posted on 5/23/12 at 2:02 am to USMCTiger03
inb4GDCK
ETA:readsentirethread:
ETA:readsentirethread:
This post was edited on 5/23/12 at 2:06 am
Posted on 5/23/12 at 2:37 am to WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
I seen a full grown mud snake when I was very young, I'll never forget, because all I remember was that thing looked like an anaconda to me.
Posted on 5/23/12 at 3:28 pm to Carson123987
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Did you seriously register just to post that?
Why no I didnt but thanks for asking
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