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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: FlintWalker on June 09, 2011, 02:01:59 am

Title: Big 'ol snake
Post by: FlintWalker on June 09, 2011, 02:01:59 am
A friend of mine was moving a pile of cedar fence posts with his Bobcat today. When he picked them up and tilted the forks back this big booger fell out and landed half in the Bobcat and half out!!! Lucky for him the head end was out.  Besides this one, there was several Copperheads in and around that pile of posts too.  I didn't get them untill late this evening and couldn't really tell if they were all just about ready to shed or near rotten.  It was mighty hot today and the outer layer of skin and scales had started slipping off of them. I managed to save the copperheads, but couldn't do much with the rattler.
 What a shame. I hate to see an old one like that die and for sure hate to see them go to waste :'(
 He's laying next to a 64" bow and my boot is a size 9.5 wide. That's about as big as the Timbers get around here.
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Post by: El Destructo on June 09, 2011, 03:24:23 am
You are right...what a Waste....
Title: Re: Big 'ol snake
Post by: Pappy on June 09, 2011, 07:56:48 am
Man that is a nice one,Ya it don't take long this time of year for them things to go bad. Hope
they are ok.  :)
   Pappy
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Post by: cowboy on June 09, 2011, 10:28:15 am
That is a big ole fat one there. I can almost smell the rot from here..
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Post by: JustinNC on June 09, 2011, 11:20:44 am
That's a good'n for anywhere.
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Post by: criveraville on June 09, 2011, 04:46:50 pm
Those are nice snakes, especially that rattler!!  Hope you skinned em out.. I sure would have and salvaged what I could..
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Post by: Timo on June 09, 2011, 08:09:00 pm
That is a rather large Z back Walker. Course your foot can't be that big? ;D
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Post by: Outbackbob48 on June 09, 2011, 08:28:11 pm
Dang Shannon that's alot of rattler, if that thing hit you in the leg, would probably knock ya over. I bet things got real interesting inside of the that skid steer :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: Big 'ol snake
Post by: FlintWalker on June 10, 2011, 12:58:05 am
You're right Tim! I checked and it's just a 9 wide :D
 Criveraville, the coppertops are dry already but the Timber is fly food :'(
Bob, I bet they did!
Title: Re: Big 'ol snake
Post by: criveraville on June 10, 2011, 11:25:27 am
That's too bad. Hate to see that beauty go to waste, but I'm glad the others were salvaged