Rattlesnake! Pics.

[fat tom]

Went to sight in my rifles today (deer season opens here Tuesday). This ol' boy crawled out of the woods about the time I got set up. Didn't have the camera so I brought him home to snap these pics. He is 58" long (adding 4" for the part I left at the club) with 10 rattles and a button. FWIW,it's a Canebreak (sp)? rattler,the predominate species in my neck of the woods. A very timely reminder to those of us taking to the woods next week to be careful where you put your feet!

f.t.

 

[Spotteddog]

Wow F/T!
I thought it was gonna' be a picture of Frank, Dodd or Pelosi?
Turns out I was right, it was!
BIG bugger wasn't he!

 

[Bob R]

Are you going to eat him? Use the skin for a new hatband? Maybe put his skin on a set of grips?

What else can you do with a rattler?

bob

 

[bmcgilvray]

Do Canebrake rattlers not have heads?

Got a local rattlesnake about that size a while back. His head was curiously flat. Could'a been the rock that was dropped.

 

[Texas Star]

In answer to your spelling question, that's a Canebrake rattler, so named in reference to their presumed preferred habitat, where avaliable.


It is a regional variant of the Timber Rattlesnake.


It isn't as potent as an Eastern Diamondback, but you sure don't want to be bitten by one!

T-Star

 

[handejector]

Good thing you were wearing snakeproof flip-flops.

 

[windjammer]

I went deer hunting one morning before daylite. Got my position on my stool, sat there wating for daylite.

When it became light enough, I saw a coiled rattlesnake, not 6 feet from me.

I let him have the spot...I moved..I was nervous the rest of the morning. That taught me to look around better with my flashlight.

 

[rimfired]

Good thing you were wearing snakeproof flip-flops.

My thought exactly! I know when camp rattlers are
around, boots and shot are always in order.
I'm sure I'll have some pics in the next month

 

[animalmother]

That's not something I want any where near me. How did you take him out?

 

[ingmansinc]

Another victory for the gun guys, drop that baby in a group of anti-gun folks and watch the fun as they decide how to handle it.

 

[VAdoublegunner]

Believe it or not, those are considered an endangered species in Virginia and are protected. You'd probably get a call from the game warden if you took him here.

 

[357larry]

Hey, you know, that would make a great looking belt.

 

[Zilmo]

Wow! He looks great dead!

 

[gizamo]

Fat Tom looks more like Skinny Tom to me....!!!!

giz

 

[fat tom]

That's not something I want any where near me. How did you take him out?

Pinned his head with a stick and cut it off with a serrated-edge Spyderco Dragonfly.
f.t.

 

[fat tom]

Fat Tom looks more like Skinny Tom to me....!!!!

giz

Bless your heart.
f.t.

 

[fat tom]

Good thing you were wearing snakeproof flip-flops.

Not to worry. I had sprayed on plenty of snake repellent.
f.t.

 

[hotrodder]

I almost didn't look at this post, but glad I did now. There are three kinds of snakes I hate 1) a live one 2) a dead one 3) and a rubber one. I'm one of those that my mom told me they are all poison and I believed her.

 

[VonFatman]

Deer season? Wow, you guys don't mess around!

Our deer are still in velvet! Might I assume bow season?

During our gun season (when I hunt) the snakes are all hibernating. Turkey season, well, Spring is a different mater.

Although, I've never seen a poisonous snake in the woods while hunting...knock on wood.

Bob

 

[charlie sherrill]

I've never seen a canebrake rattler. I've killed several timber rattlers and they do indeed look similar. Louisiana Joe and I finished off an Eastern Diamondback a few weeks ago after my daughter ran over it in her driveway. I was deer hunting with my uncle back in the 60's when we saw a rattler with it's head sticking out of a gopher turtle hole. It ducked back in the hole as we approached. "I'll show ya how to get it out," he told me. He got a siphon hose, sucked some gas from the truck, and blew it into the hole while I stood ready with a shotgun. Three diamondbacks and a timber ratler abandoned the whole as I emptied the shotgun. They fried up real good.