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re: Canebreak Rattler - New Orleans
Posted on 6/7/17 at 1:54 pm to Will Cover
Posted on 6/7/17 at 1:54 pm to Will Cover
clearly, based on the size of the guy, that is an 8' 50# snake. 
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Posted on 6/7/17 at 1:58 pm to kywildcatfanone
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He must be really strong
Posted on 6/7/17 at 2:11 pm to choupiquesushi
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choupiquesushi
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cecil field
that's the place. it's where i learned to id them.
that damn NAS had more copperheads/sq mile than any other piece of real estate i've seen
Posted on 6/7/17 at 2:26 pm to mack the knife
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that's the place. it's where i learned to id them.
that damn NAS had more copperheads/sq mile than any other piece of real estate i've seen
Yes... yes it did... made some great great hunts there.....like a freaking shooting gallery on pigs and small deer.....
fishing on that golf course at night was like something out of mutual of omaha wild kingdom....
fishing the bunker pits at yellow water NWS more snakes than any place esle Ive been.. mocks, copper, rattle water, king.. probably cobras too.... walking along the roads back to truck after dark was fun......
yellow water had very very very few visitors or traffic.. wildlife there was incredible.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 2:40 pm to Teague
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I doubt that snake is much more than 4 feet.
69"...........
Posted on 6/7/17 at 4:52 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
Posted on 6/7/17 at 5:23 pm to choupiquesushi
I always thought "water mocassin" was a colloquial/layman's term for the poisonous Cottonmouth. Maybe some people call any water snake a mocassin?
Posted on 6/7/17 at 5:30 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
There was a pic posted this week on facebook of a guy in Raceland that killed a canebrake...at least 4 feet.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 9:39 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
That's a fairly large joey. Plenty of rattles and the stump tail make him a old snake. Big timbers have stump tails black as night like him.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 7:15 am to Sid in Lakeshore
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69"...........
Oh, I forgot how legit the measurements on these forced perspective shots always are.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 7:20 am to Sparetime
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Plenty of rattles and the stump tail make him a old snake. Big timbers have stump tails black as night like him.
Not true. Rattlesnakes get a new button on their rattle with each shed. How often they shed depends on how fast they grow, which is dependent on how much food they're getting and the weather. A rattlesnake with 10 rattles could be 2 years old or 40 years old. Likewise one with 2 rattles could be 40 years old because they break off easily. And the color of their tails has nothing to do with age.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 7:30 am to Teague
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But, I'm so tired of the forced perspective photos.
I disagree. That snake looked alive. That pole he's using to hold the snake is at least 25 feet too short, in my opinion.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 10:55 am to Will Cover
Beautiful snake. Makes some beautiful boots.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 2:52 pm to Teague
Yep. My snakes shed around every 2-3 months, and I don't overfeed.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 7:09 pm to Teague
Never killed a 2 footer with 10 rattles and never killed a 5+ footer with 2 rattles. Guess our snakes don't google.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 7:18 pm to Sparetime
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Never killed a 2 footer with 10 rattles and never killed a 5+ footer with 2 rattles. Guess our snakes don't google.
Did you check their growth rings for an accurate age?
You're equating size to age, which is inaccurate. A larger snake will have shed more, and have more rattles (assuming they haven't been broken off). But larger doesn't necessarily mean older. Like most animals, snakes grow quickly for their first couple of years. They can easily shed 5 or more times a year, under the right conditions. So, like I said, a lot of rattles doesn't necessarily mean it's an OLD snake. It probably IS a larger snake.
But, you probably don't google.
This post was edited on 6/8/17 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 6/8/17 at 7:40 pm to Teague
I would be really surprised if there were really diamondbacks naturally occurring in the Felicianas, Woodville and Crosby MS.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 10:00 pm to Teague
I said it's a large snake by the number of rattles and black stump tail, you say a large snake will shed more and have more rattles..... Don't need google, just a little common sense.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 10:26 am to Sparetime
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Plenty of rattles and the stump tail make him a old snake.
Are you quite sure you didn't say the number of rattles indicate age?
I'm not going to keep arguing with you. I simply disputed your point with facts. If the point you made wasn't the one you meant to make, then say that. But, just continuing to argue a falsehood, or shifting your argument isn't going to work.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 11:00 am to Teague
Some rattlesnakes are getting rid of their rattle. Obviously rattlers are a dead giveaway and decrease their longevity around humans. The rattlesnakes without the rattlers are increasing in proportion.
It is just like the elephants without tusks proportion is increasing. The elephants without tusks are rarely poached compared to the ivory ones so the ones without tusks are breeding more.
It is just like the elephants without tusks proportion is increasing. The elephants without tusks are rarely poached compared to the ivory ones so the ones without tusks are breeding more.
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