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Fullbore
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LOL...I always wanted to see a live one up close, so I caught one the first chance I got! Rotflmao!
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While attending Hocking, I met a "snake enthusiast". I knew him as "idiot". This moron would catch every snake he saw. And we saw a lot of them while in the field. Northern water snakes are harmless, but it hurts when they bite. He thought the girls in the class would think he was an alpha male every time one of them would bite him, make him bleed all over the place... idiot.
He too, had an affection for copperheads. He kept a couple in his apartment. He drank a lot, and when he did he would get out the snakes to show what an alpha male he was. He went to the hospital seemingly every weekend with a swelled up hand, sick as heck... alpha male, indeed. Also known as an IDIOT.
He too, had an affection for copperheads. He kept a couple in his apartment. He drank a lot, and when he did he would get out the snakes to show what an alpha male he was. He went to the hospital seemingly every weekend with a swelled up hand, sick as heck... alpha male, indeed. Also known as an IDIOT.
Fullbore
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Hahaha... you have a humorous way of telling a story Brock! Lol
I laughed at the Alpha male comparison! Lol
No idiot here, but when Ric and I were teenagers. We caught an ass load of black snakes!
Joel
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Snakes are cool but the poisonous ones scare the heck out of me. Never seen a live one outside of the zoo.
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Some of you guys better not move south of the mason dixon if you don't like snakes. Back home in Mississippi we have over 60 species of snakes with 9 of them being poisonous. 6 being rattlers. The cane brake, diamondback, and timber being the big boys and three species of pygmy rattlers. They can all be found 12 months of the year and are more common than coons are in ohio. Everywhere you go, everything you do you better have it in the back of your mind. When we were kids one of our favorite things to do when the delta flooded through the woods and into the fields was get whompin sticks and go snake killing. We would kill 60 or so in just a couple hours of walking the edge of the floodwater. Every 5 feet you were beating snakes.
Twice a year my grandfather would bush hog the small 5 acre field. He would start on the outside and work towards the middle. Us kids would always come for the rat killing. We would carry whompin sticks and walk behind the tractor in the cut grass and kill the rats and mice as they made a run for it. Where there are mice there's snakes. We would kill a few dozen mice and a handful of snakes each in that small field.
Heres a big diamondback a fella caught back home.
Here is a list of the snake species found back home.
Eastern Wormsnake, Midwestern Wormsnake, Northern Scarletsnake, Black-masked Racer, Southern Black Racer, Mississippi Ring-necked Snake, Eastern Indigo Snake, Western Mudsnake, Common Rainbow Snake, Eastern Hog-nosed Snake, Southern Hog-nosed Snake, Prairie Kingsnake, Mole Kingsnake, Speckled Kingsnake, Eastern Black Kingsnake, Scarlet Kingsnake, Red Milksnake, Eastern Coachwhip, Gulf Saltmarsh Snake, Mississippi Green Watersnake, Yellow-bellied Watersnake, Banded Watersnake, Broad-banded Watersnake, Northern Diamond-backed Watersnake, Midland Watersnake, Northern Rough Greensnake, Eastern Cornsnake, Gray Ratsnake, Northern Pinesnake, Black Pinesnake, Pine Woods Littersnake, Graham’s Crayfish Snake, Delta Crayfish Snake, Gulf Crayfish Snake, Queen Snake, Marsh Brownsnake, Midland Brownsnake, Northern Red-bellied Snake, Florida Red-bellied snake, Southeastern Crowned Snake, Orange-striped Ribbonsnake, Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake, Common Ribbonsnake, Eastern Gartersnake, Rough Earthsnake, Eastern Smooth Earthsnake, Western Smooth Earthsnake, Southern Copperhead, Eastern Cottonmouth, Western Cottonmouth, Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Canebrake Rattlesnake, Carolina Pygmy Rattlesnake, Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake, Western Pygmy Rattlesnake, and Harlequin Coralsnake
Twice a year my grandfather would bush hog the small 5 acre field. He would start on the outside and work towards the middle. Us kids would always come for the rat killing. We would carry whompin sticks and walk behind the tractor in the cut grass and kill the rats and mice as they made a run for it. Where there are mice there's snakes. We would kill a few dozen mice and a handful of snakes each in that small field.
Heres a big diamondback a fella caught back home.
Here is a list of the snake species found back home.
Eastern Wormsnake, Midwestern Wormsnake, Northern Scarletsnake, Black-masked Racer, Southern Black Racer, Mississippi Ring-necked Snake, Eastern Indigo Snake, Western Mudsnake, Common Rainbow Snake, Eastern Hog-nosed Snake, Southern Hog-nosed Snake, Prairie Kingsnake, Mole Kingsnake, Speckled Kingsnake, Eastern Black Kingsnake, Scarlet Kingsnake, Red Milksnake, Eastern Coachwhip, Gulf Saltmarsh Snake, Mississippi Green Watersnake, Yellow-bellied Watersnake, Banded Watersnake, Broad-banded Watersnake, Northern Diamond-backed Watersnake, Midland Watersnake, Northern Rough Greensnake, Eastern Cornsnake, Gray Ratsnake, Northern Pinesnake, Black Pinesnake, Pine Woods Littersnake, Graham’s Crayfish Snake, Delta Crayfish Snake, Gulf Crayfish Snake, Queen Snake, Marsh Brownsnake, Midland Brownsnake, Northern Red-bellied Snake, Florida Red-bellied snake, Southeastern Crowned Snake, Orange-striped Ribbonsnake, Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake, Common Ribbonsnake, Eastern Gartersnake, Rough Earthsnake, Eastern Smooth Earthsnake, Western Smooth Earthsnake, Southern Copperhead, Eastern Cottonmouth, Western Cottonmouth, Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Canebrake Rattlesnake, Carolina Pygmy Rattlesnake, Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake, Western Pygmy Rattlesnake, and Harlequin Coralsnake
That's a big ass beauty of a snake. It's kinda interesting there's one pattern on its back that isn't like all the others. Looks like he just shed too.
Yup, Ohio hasn't near the amount of snakes as the states do across the Ohio river to the south!
Yup, Ohio hasn't near the amount of snakes as the states do across the Ohio river to the south!
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Well played, Cotty!
Just looking at the pic of that snake makes me want to shoot it and walk the other way, quickly.
Just looking at the pic of that snake makes me want to shoot it and walk the other way, quickly.
Damn Joe that Diamondback is huge and cool as hell.
Imagine sitting down to call turkeys and when it gets light enough to see having that fugger next to you.[emoji16]
Imagine sitting down to call turkeys and when it gets light enough to see having that fugger next to you.[emoji16]
bigten05
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my buddy is 6'5" big boy and he is scared to death of snakes, he has a broken arm during deer season so he was sitting on the ground with a cross bow got all settled in looked down and there was what i would say a garder snake between his legs he actually tossed the crossbow and ran left the bow there til the next day when we went back in there. funniest shit ive ever heard when he tells the stories
Snakes have never really bothered me, as kids we were always catching garter and black snakes and got to be second nature too us much like catching frogs and toads...