Don’t get excited and

[victor3ranger]

View attachment 565218Here we are milking a timber rattler.

Nope I used to mess with them like that but not anymore.

 

[Bob Wright]

I think we have 15 different biters out here in Arizona. Some like my patio/garage when they're supposed to be hibernating this past year. Now I have PTSD from walking within striking distance and he was too cold to do anything but buzz. I've seen hundreds in my outdoor pursuits (no big deal cuz I'm looking for them) but at MY house in the city, at 50°, pouring rain sideways and he's outside my back door, one by the garage entry door. I wish Len would let me say really bad words right now. Demonic slithering %$*&*@#.

 

[jessej]

Cotton mouths are neither.

Yep. Cottonmouth's will come lookin for a fight. Kill every one you find!

 

[Chuckrub]

Here's one "fishing" a few feet away.
His luck ran out as well. Garden hoe works well for small beaver dams and it's patrons alike.View attachment 565216

Hey Phil. You have 2 snakes in that pic.

 

[Phil Rizzo]

Correct. Here's the one lying at the far end out of that frame, also.
Basically 4 in one spot.

 

[8x68s]

no, NO, A 1000 TIMES, NO!!! Happy to be in the NW!

 

[memtb]

Here's one "fishing" a few feet away.
His luck ran out as well. Garden hoe works well for small beaver dams and it's patrons alike.View attachment 565216

That looks a lot like my old stomping "slouching" grounds! memtb

 

[MtPockets]

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This is why I like living up North. Dam things even attack from above!!!

 

[crashlanding]

Australia or the Deep South, no place I ever want to hang out, hats off to you guys that deal with those types of critters, not for me

 

[Mark37082]

We see cotton mouths almost every time we go river fishing. I've never had one try to get in the kayak, but they definitely don't give ground when you get near them. Last weekend we encountered a small one sunning at the base of a tree on the river bank. My buddy is a big guy but squeals like a little girl any time he sees one.

 

[Rick Richard]

Those Cottonmouths have a nasty disposition.

 

[memtb]

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This is why I like living up North. Dam things even attack from above!!!

It's fun when you're jigging/grabbing frogs, they seem to be attracted to the light and will follow you to the boat. Or, if you're going under low hanging limbs to approach a frog on the bank, only to have a snake or two drop into the boat with you. Never a dull moment when frogging! memtb

 

[memtb]

When I was a kid, the Parish (county to the rest of America) dug a big drainage canal behind our home. They used some of the excavated dirt to backfill a small natural drainage.

They did it in February (as best I remember) disturbing a bunch of snakes and turtles. I found a very large, huge to a kid in the 4th or 5th grade, Cottonmouth. I shot it a couple of times with my .177 cal. Benjamin Pump. I got a shovel from home, and carried the snake back home to show my Dad that was busy tilling for our garden. It was all I could do to lift that snake.

When I got to my Dad, he pretty much freaked out, grabbed the shovel from me…..and cut off the snakes head, along with at least 6 or 8 additional inches of snake. At my insistence, my Dad measured the remaining snake…..4 ' 6", plus the part we didn't measure makes a pretty darn big Cottonmouth!

We never got a picture of the snake, which is second only to my disappointment of not getting a photo of my first deer just after turning 11 yo. memtb

 

[Phil Rizzo]

That's about as long as I've seen one in my life also.
When a cottonmouth gets that length his girth is impressive, and they do carry some weight.
And STINK