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daveosok
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Here's some pics of a rattle snake on the way to our hunting lease.
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Craig Dodd
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Too bad you couldn't get a "closeup" photo! I liked the last one best. However, I would need one of them "anti-shake" lenses just to be near that critter. Good photos!
Craig Dodd
in SE Idaho
Craig Dodd
in SE Idaho
devildoc
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That's a heck of a good lookin' diamondback. Great pics!
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daveosok
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It's a canebrake or timber rattler depends on where you're from. We have diamondbacks but haven't seen one yet.
Amazing technology those digital cameras the close up was about 2 foot away. Notice it isn't coiled up so striking distance is going to be very short. Never rattled or got upset even when I tailed it to the woods.
Great specimen though good color size was a bit small can't make a real determination on how old it was rattles don't always equate to age.
Amazing technology those digital cameras the close up was about 2 foot away. Notice it isn't coiled up so striking distance is going to be very short. Never rattled or got upset even when I tailed it to the woods.
Great specimen though good color size was a bit small can't make a real determination on how old it was rattles don't always equate to age.
redbone
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Dave
What did you do with it ,Kill it ,Eat It ,or Leave it alone ?
What state is this in ?
Redbone
What did you do with it ,Kill it ,Eat It ,or Leave it alone ?
What state is this in ?
Redbone
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daveosok
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I never kill them. I removed it from the road by tail and a stick. Georgia.
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Nice shot!
You should feed that poor skinny bugger something . . . ;-)
IMHO, he's a canebrake, the timber rattlers I've seen (between 1,600 and 3,000 ASL in western MD and eastern WV) have all had yellowish to greenish pigmentation.
A few of the sources I found said they were the same species, others maintain they differ. . . I did a quick search and found this:
Canebrake Rattlesnake - American International Rattlesnake Museum
IMHO, he's a canebrake, the timber rattlers I've seen (between 1,600 and 3,000 ASL in western MD and eastern WV) have all had yellowish to greenish pigmentation.
A few of the sources I found said they were the same species, others maintain they differ. . . I did a quick search and found this:
Canebrake Rattlesnake - American International Rattlesnake Museum
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daveosok
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Scientifically they are both the same species Crotalus horridus.
The last one I caught was tan and light brown. Wife saw a diamondback they are a bit thicker in the middle section.
According to what I've read the timber/cane are less aggressive and I tend to agree both snakes I've handled have been really cooperative. Course I always keep an eye on the head at all times.
I am just fascinated by them and the various color combinations can vary within our 12,000 acre hunting lease. I can only imagine what other colors can be chosen by nature. I need to get my own digital camera as the one I used is the wifes lol.
The last one I caught was tan and light brown. Wife saw a diamondback they are a bit thicker in the middle section.
According to what I've read the timber/cane are less aggressive and I tend to agree both snakes I've handled have been really cooperative. Course I always keep an eye on the head at all times.
I am just fascinated by them and the various color combinations can vary within our 12,000 acre hunting lease. I can only imagine what other colors can be chosen by nature. I need to get my own digital camera as the one I used is the wifes lol.
HeskethPritchard
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A bit small!!!!
A bit small!!!
I'd hate to see a bigun' Thank god we don't have them here or I would be packin a 12 bore up the hills with me. I have to say I would eat it after I'd dispatched it tho' I ate snake in the far east, yummy!
A bit small!!!
I'd hate to see a bigun' Thank god we don't have them here or I would be packin a 12 bore up the hills with me. I have to say I would eat it after I'd dispatched it tho' I ate snake in the far east, yummy!
davidontheridge
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That is A awesome critter from A distance ! DavidHere's some pics of a rattle snake on the way to our hunting lease.
BigDaddy0381
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Dave what part of Georgia you from?
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daveosok
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Warner Robins but the hunting camp lease is northeast of Sandersville about 15 miles or so and thats where I took the pics of this snake.
Where r u located in Ga?
Where r u located in Ga?
BigDaddy0381
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Daveosok,
I'm in Douglasville.it's west of atlanta but i work down town atlanta and hunt in alabama,I have land i can hunt in Jefferson county and glasscock county it is close to sandersville if i'm not mistaken
I'm in Douglasville.it's west of atlanta but i work down town atlanta and hunt in alabama,I have land i can hunt in Jefferson county and glasscock county it is close to sandersville if i'm not mistaken
