wtnhunt Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Yesterday afternoon, had my feed buckets with feed for the dog, cows, and the horse. A barrel I used to use for feed for another horse we no longer have is in the shed next to a stall. Some leaves had blown in around it and I just happened to look down. There was this guy coiled up ready to strike. This water moccasin was not quite three feet long(not a very big one), not as big as the one I killed in the backyard the other day. Makes about a dozen I have come across since Saturday and it is March? Someone asked about pics in another post the other day. Here you go. Here is a close up of the fangs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QDMAworks4me Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: too close-pics That is why I love living in NY where it gets cold enough where things like that choose not to live!!! Glad you got him!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: too close-pics WOW! Be careful and keep the pistol close! Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_Goose Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: too close-pics i prefer a sawed off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinsonovagun Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: too close-pics 3 feet is pretty big for a cottonmouth!! Only good snake is a dead one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: too close-pics Those things are just evil!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: too close-pics [ QUOTE ] 3 feet is pretty big for a cottonmouth!! [/ QUOTE ] After 3 feet they usually start getting more stubby and fat. This one was not very fat yet. Have seen some around here nearly 5 feet long, when they get that big, they have huge heads and fat bodies. They do not hide as well when they are that size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: too close-pics Hey, I started getting stubby and fat after 3 feet, and I'm 39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMn106 Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: too close-pics Wow that is a big snake to me. i would be scared to walk by a venomous snake. the biggest snake i have ever seen in person was a 4 ft black snake in missouri while i was visiting my brother. I was down in Tennessee back in october i think, it was for a dog trial. i think i was in dyersburg, thank god i didnt see any snakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: too close-pics a dead snake is the best snake I like to see. They scare the **** out me for some reason. I once belly crawled during turkey season to sneak up on a turkey, I got the bird but on the way back we came across a Hognose Snake that I was within 2 feet of crawling over. Man that would have ended my hunt, I would have screamed like a little girl!! Just don't like them!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: too close-pics Yikes! Glad he didn't strike you. Just seeing pics of snakes like that makes me realize how lucky we are not to have any poisonous ones around here. Just little garter snakes here are about all you see. Some of them can get big, I've saw one about 4 or 5 feet long. Just not as fat as the ones you have down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: too close-pics Those things sure get heavy! I hate snakes and we have them everywhere around here too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutter Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: too close-pics Only Garder snakes here,I dont care for them let alone that thing . Yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughboy1956 Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: too close-pics WOW. Take care down there. To many snakes your seeing for me. Can,t stand them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Re: too close-pics now that is one big poisoness snake. i'd hate to be bitten by that thing! todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griz Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Re: too close-pics SNAKE!!!! Man that thing is big. Thank goodness it didn't getcha... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Re: too close-pics Close be careful keep your eyes open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lovinbowhuntin247365 Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Re: too close-pics wow am i the only person on this site that likes snakes??? id have a little fun with it ... but then again im a little crazy at times ... but i wouldnt kill it, unless it was harmful to my crops and livestock, lieke that one probably was ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODH Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Re: too close-pics Wow, man I hate those things! Last summer i killed a pretty good sized Water Moccosin with my rifle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterDWL Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Re: too close-pics you was lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exturkinator Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Re: too close-pics looks like you hacked him up pretty good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Re: too close-pics Wow...I am sooo glad we do not have those things here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMn106 Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Re: too close-pics what did you get him with? looks like a machete (sp?) if so your brave to get that close lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Re: too close-pics [ QUOTE ] Wow that is a big snake to me. i would be scared to walk by a venomous snake. the biggest snake i have ever seen in person was a 4 ft black snake in missouri while i was visiting my brother. I was down in Tennessee back in october i think, it was for a dog trial. i think i was in dyersburg, thank god i didnt see any snakes. [/ QUOTE ] You kind of get used to watching out for them around here, but it can still be startling when you get within their striking distance before seeing part of them sticking out from under leaves. Dyersburg is about 30 minutes from here, I am sure in October at least early on, snakes are still pretty active there too. [ QUOTE ] what did you get him with? looks like a machete (sp?) if so your brave to get that close lol [/ QUOTE ] Swing blade. Handle is about 4 foot long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMn106 Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Re: too close-pics I think it was middle to late october. We ran dogs in some areas where i thought it would be prime snake country soi kept my eyes open. If i seen one like the one you killed i would scream like a girl and run lol. what is the biggest one you have seen or killed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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