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Offline Spirithawk

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One Big Snake
« on: February 03, 2013, 04:55:42 PM »
I just heard about this on our local news. Seems a guy in Dallas County, Arkansas killed a 44lb Rattlesnake with 22 rattles. The Conservation Department said it looks like the real deal. Didn't say but in this general area I'm guessing a Timber Rattler though it could be a Diamondback. I see a nice hatband, belt and a couple pair of boots there.  ;) I know I wouldn't be handling it with the head still attatched though!
 
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2013, 04:57:56 PM »
Wow!
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2013, 07:20:05 PM »
If he had taken it alive I wonder what it would be worth. I know, I know only a fool.....
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2013, 07:20:28 PM »
Western diamondback, real big one!
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2013, 07:23:08 PM »
Quote from: briarpatch on February 03, 2013, 07:20:05 PM
If he had taken it alive I wonder what it would be worth. I know, I know only a fool.....
Very dangerous animal, most snake removal people wouldn't attempt to take one this big alive.
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2013, 09:12:20 PM »
That feller was a good boarder.
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2013, 10:34:14 PM »
That snake is huge. I wonder if it was photoshoped?? I can't see the picture good enough to tell.
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2013, 10:49:13 PM »
Since the picture couldn't be enlarged here, I turned on the little womans Ipad and enlarged it.
apparently it's a normal snake draped over a broken limb and the guy is holding his hands together so it looks like he's holding it.
photoshopped.....
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2013, 03:05:41 AM »
 Photo shopped, shucks! For awhile I was thinking those Florida pythons had interbred with Rattlers! Nasty devils at any size...ewwww
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2013, 04:44:26 AM »
I grew up  thinking   only  good  snake  was  a  dead  snake. Today  I  would  have  just  walked  away  and  let  the  ole  boy  live  out  his  life. Let  em  live  .
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2013, 07:21:03 AM »
Quote from: mcbammer on February 04, 2013, 04:44:26 AM
I grew up  thinking   only  good  snake  was  a  dead  snake. Today  I  would  have  just  walked  away  and  let  the  ole  boy  live  out  his  life. Let  em  live  .
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2013, 01:32:57 PM »
The SO killed one near here (7 miles) that went 7'-3" don't know what it weighed.  Fang spread was 3-31/2"
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2013, 02:15:15 PM »
I'm convinced that a snake can bite you from either end. :o
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2013, 02:27:39 PM »
http://arkansasmatters.com/fulltext?nxd_id=634262

It's on a pole.

If you look closely where his wrists are there's no way he could be holding the snake in that position
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2013, 03:21:34 PM »
I  thought  it  was  a  eastern  when  I  saw  it , But  the  pic  is  small and  I  might  believe  44 lbs.  if  it  were  a  python.
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2013, 04:54:12 PM »
Quote from: boomerralph on February 04, 2013, 01:32:57 PM
The SO killed one near here (7 miles) that went 7'-3" don't know what it weighed.  Fang spread was 3-31/2"
I have a picture of that snake, killed it in a gated community.  One huge eastern diamond back!
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2013, 05:25:30 PM »
I looked up the Florida record and after trying to wade through the fake crap I settled on a 9 foot 1inch as being the biggest. Its weight, 97 lb. An article said Ross Allen caught one the same length and it weighted 79 lbs.
Where I worked we own 3000 acres and a few of us guys used to tromp it out, both swamp and palmetto. The biggest I have seen was a little over 6 feet. It was caught and kept around  a few days for viewing and several around that size. I was told one of the guys killed one and took it home that measured a little over 8 feet. I did not see it nor a picture or hide. So dont know.
I do believe they get that big.
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2013, 05:28:49 PM »
Here is one that a guy down around Ocala Fla sent me.  Said that he caught it on a golf course at night.  I think that the snakes head is a little too close for comfort!
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #18 on: February 05, 2013, 02:49:52 AM »
Wow! I might know what happened to your Pomeranian!
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2013, 04:34:21 AM »
Quote from: Clodhopper on February 04, 2013, 05:28:49 PM
Here is one that a guy down around Ocala Fla sent me.  Said that he caught it on a golf course at night.  I think that the snakes head is a little too close for comfort!
  OMG! I bet posting this pic was intended to  keep Fornicators off the Greens after the Country club Dance, lol! My goodness, what a rattler! One that big would probably strike pretty high on the thigh or even torso/upper arm.  "Get the .410!" lol :D
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2013, 05:43:00 AM »
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"  OMG! I bet posting this pic was intended to  keep Fornicators off the Greens after the Country club Dance, lol! My goodness, what a rattler! One that big would probably strike pretty high on the thigh or even torso/upper arm.  "Get the .410!" lol"


410? I was thinking more like a double barrel 10 ga.!
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2013, 06:50:56 AM »
"Get the .410" was my Dad's favorite saying about when it's time to shoot something, lol. He started it when my twin girls were small and if they saw a monster,etc on TV, he would say "Get the .410" and make them laugh. He was using a little H&R single shot I had bought my wife when we were dating. It shot (still does) #4s like a rifle! he used it for squirrels,etc. After he died we brought it home and I had it reblued,etc.
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2013, 06:27:02 AM »
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I looked up the Florida record and after trying to wade through the fake crap I settled on a 9 foot 1inch as being the biggest. Its weight, 97 lb. An article said Ross Allen caught one the same length and it weighted 79 lbs.
Where I worked we own 3000 acres and a few of us guys used to tromp it out, both swamp and palmetto. The biggest I have seen was a little over 6 feet. It was caught and kept around  a few days for viewing and several around that size. I was told one of the guys killed one and took it home that measured a little over 8 feet. I did not see it nor a picture or hide. So dont know.
I do believe they get that big.
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Here is one that a guy down around Ocala Fla sent me.  Said that he caught it on a golf course at night.  I think that the snakes head is a little too close for comfort!
The problem with these two statements is that the snake in question is a Western diamond back.They don't exist in Florida.
 
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Re: One Big Snake
« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2013, 07:10:48 AM »
Dont know, was not there.   East or west..... a big snake.
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