big snake!!!
03-10-2011, 08:27 AM
#15
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: South Dakota
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quote from person living close to Coleman
Our place is about 30 miles north of Coleman. This article and pictures ran in the Abilene paper and all our local papers last fall. One silent rattler even struck a person in Abilene when he was going into a eating establishment. Vets, game wardens, etc. were warning everyone to beware. With warmer weather coming soon we'll again be in the target zone. I needed this reminder cuz I walk around totally unprotected all the time.
Our place is about 30 miles north of Coleman. This article and pictures ran in the Abilene paper and all our local papers last fall. One silent rattler even struck a person in Abilene when he was going into a eating establishment. Vets, game wardens, etc. were warning everyone to beware. With warmer weather coming soon we'll again be in the target zone. I needed this reminder cuz I walk around totally unprotected all the time.
03-14-2011, 09:18 AM
#19
Nontypical Buck
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This photo has been around a loooong time. It is of a Timber Rattler. Officially the world record is something like 6' 2". This photo and the details are featured in a recent Georgia conservation mag. If I recall correctly, this snake was unofficially measured at 6' 6". Which if it holds up, I suppose will be a new recoprd. I forget the weight, but I thin k it was something like 40# - 45# ????
To give an idea of the barf you can come across on the "net", this particular snake has been killed in at least 7 states that I "know" of. The largest "measurement" that I recall stated as fact in these BS postings was 11' 6" and weighing 94#. I have been in the southern woods for going on 5 decades now. I have come across maybe 8-10 Timber rattlers. By far, the largest Timber Rattle snake I have come across myself, I measured at just under 56". It had 14 "rattles" and the "button". Maybe weighed 15#, but that is a guess and probably high.
To give an idea of the barf you can come across on the "net", this particular snake has been killed in at least 7 states that I "know" of. The largest "measurement" that I recall stated as fact in these BS postings was 11' 6" and weighing 94#. I have been in the southern woods for going on 5 decades now. I have come across maybe 8-10 Timber rattlers. By far, the largest Timber Rattle snake I have come across myself, I measured at just under 56". It had 14 "rattles" and the "button". Maybe weighed 15#, but that is a guess and probably high.
