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A pretty good sized Georgia subdivision snake. A 6 foot long timber rattler with 10 rattles and a button is definitely an "underwear changer" when you run up on this bad boy in shorts and flip flops!
 
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Andy, a 10 inch non poisonous snake can kill me as I run from it right into traffic, that one would give me instant an heart attack. Snacks are not my favorite things.
 
i am not a big fan of snakes. after that picture I stopped seeing the snake and started wondering how many pen blanks is he going to get!:biggrin:
 
Dan Masshardt said:
NittanyLion said:
Thats a nice size Timber Rattler.......I ran into one today, but they put you in jail in PA if his head goes missing like yours:)
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You don't go to jail for self - defense, do you?
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Does PA have a "stand your ground" rule?? :biggrin::biggrin:

I know that most snakes won't hurt me (especially if I see them first) but likely they'll make me hurt myself.
 
Funny thing! Usually we are covered up with Southern Copperheads, but not TOO many Canebrakes.

I got into a nest of small copperheads with the tractor a couple of weeks ago, but that's ALL the live copperheads I've seen this year.

On the otherhand, the canebrakes seem to be everywhere. Must be global warming:)
 
Nice one Andy! Over here we see more of those than copperheads. I got to deal with this bad boy a while back. Called Seamus for a skinning/tanning walkthrough right before I got started.

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PenMan1 said:
NittanyLion said:
Thats a nice size Timber Rattler.......I ran into one today, but they put you in jail in PA if his head goes missing like yours:)
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Hey Steve, they AIN'T "rare" 'round here. If y'all are running short up in PA, Georgia will be GLAD to send you a few hundred thousand.....ANYTHING to help a brother out:biggrin:
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Believe me, they are not rare here either. They're not even endangered or threatened, but the folks in the capital feel they need to compensate for the extinction in the New England states....along with giving them something else to regulate and license.

You can shoot them here, but only with a permit, and: June 8 through July 31 1 annual limit** (must be at least 42 inches in length, measured lengthwise along the dorsal surface from the snout to the tail, excluding the rattle, and must possess 21 or more subcaudal scales.***):confused:

I've never tried to measure one before I shot it or count its subcaudal scales.....but I'll try harder next time:biggrin:
 
I didn't have a problem here or in GA with the ones missing their heads. Because there wasn't much left after 3 out of 6 shots with a 12 gauge. Yes it hold 6 just like my .357. Easier to count that way. :biggrin:
 
Nice one, Jonathon! I've never seen a Canebrake as long as the one we killed this afternoon. I checked the Georgia snake records and they say 6 feet is a record (other than Southern Coastal areas-which mean my area and yours).

WITHOUT a head, he was longer than the tailgate of the truck! "So much" for the record books! I'm relatively sure that BOTH my area and your area has BIGGER than 6 foot "swamp rattlers".

I've never seen so many as this year!
 
Kevin, your shotgun sounds like what is called a streetsweeper, here! That's an old Ithica model 47. That sucker holds eight rounds and it was a "defective design" that's not allowed today.

With the Ithica 47, as long as you hold the trigger and "shuck", it keeps shootin'. There's one with an 18 inch barrel under my bed loaded with 00 buckshot. Terrific weapon, but I will admit, it's HARD on sheetrock:)
 
North GA is loaded with them

My neighbor talked me out of once again taking up fly fishing for Trout.

He related a story as he was working a stream one nice day, and up ahead he caught a glimpse of movement. Upon further investigation it turned out to be an entire den of rattlers sunning themselves on the stream bed rocks.

He said that was his last day doing that.

I've lived other places that have 'em, even swam in the streams as a kid.

Both places are bear country as well.

One advantage of being a senior, a little common sense. Avoid the avoidable.

Charlie
 
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