BIG Rattlesnake....

[Fletch]

Friend went to put out a trail camera and move a few others... Look what he bumped into...Took a pic and vacated the area...

 

["J"]

That’s a fat bastard!

That one in Jersey, Rich?

 

[switchhitter]

That is definitely a good one!! Great picture

 

[Fletch]

That’s a fat bastard!

That one in Jersey, Rich?

J.... Yup that's a Jersey snake... We have a few areas that are infested with them... Area Dan and Jon have hunted have quite a few... Funny as old as I am and all the time I spend in the woods I have yet to see a rattlesnake or copperhead...
I kinda like it that way... When going through rocky areas I look before I place a hand or foot anywhere... That snake is maybe 5 miles from where Dan shot his bear as the crow flys...

 

[finelyshedded]

That’s a HUGE Timber Rich! Beautiful snake and photo, IMO.
It could also be a Canebrake its distant cousin. Not sure they range that far north like the Timbers.

 

[Big_Holla]

Holy shit!! That things a monster!!

 

[Isaacorps]

Hell. No.

 

[Smawgunner2]

Friend went to put out a trail camera and move a few others... Look what he bumped into...Took a pic and vacated the area...
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Nice!

 

[Tysonhunter]

Pull the camera and abandon the area forever!

 

[MountNMan56]

He's a bigg'un for sure. Beautiful snake.

 

[bowhunter1023]

 

[Buckmaster]

I’ll be into them this weekend in PA. The local den is 1/4 mile away from Camp. The PA Biologists estimated the den population is about 40,000. They migrate too and fro between Spring and Winter. I’m always on the lookout of where I place my next step.