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General Banter => The Circular File => Topic started by: TNRabbit on April 02, 2012, 09:54:53 PM

Title: Dug this up today.....
Post by: TNRabbit on April 02, 2012, 09:54:53 PM
.....cleaning up a bunch of old logs/leaves. 
 
 (http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg286/TNRabbit/Around%20the%20House/Wildlife/2012-04-02_17-07-59_614.jpg)
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 Scared the shit out of me because I had flipped a log over & didn't notice him right away.  I was stepping all around him.  Good thing he wasn't up to temp or he'd have nailed me.  I killed him as there were about a dozen kids playing nearby & didn't have a good spot to release him anywhere distant.  I don't usually like to kill snakes, but I didn't want to take a chance with a Copperhead.
Title: Re: Dug this up today.....
Post by: MasterBlaster on April 02, 2012, 09:57:41 PM
Holy moley! How long is that thing?
Title: Re: Dug this up today.....
Post by: TNRabbit on April 02, 2012, 10:10:39 PM
He was about 18 inches.  They don't usually get very big, maybe 28 inches. 

However, I found one about 7 years ago that was almost 5 feet!  He was a monster.
Title: Re: Dug this up today.....
Post by: Slim-Shaddy on April 02, 2012, 10:20:37 PM
It's really too bad you had to kill it, but very understandable.  How did it taste? :D
Title: Re: Dug this up today.....
Post by: Kingman on April 03, 2012, 08:15:30 AM
This is why everyone needs to carry a pistol.....
Title: Re: Dug this up today.....
Post by: TNRabbit on April 03, 2012, 09:18:10 AM
This is why everyone needs to carry a pistol.....

Seriously?  A pistol for an 18" snake?  Shovel worked just fine.....
Title: Re: Dug this up today.....
Post by: Reverend on April 03, 2012, 09:18:39 AM
Beautiful snake.  Glad you were ok, that could have been a bad situation.
Title: Re: Dug this up today.....
Post by: TNRabbit on April 03, 2012, 09:19:12 AM
It's really too bad you had to kill it, but very understandable.  How did it taste? :D

....a little "coppery"....   ;-)
Title: Re: Dug this up today.....
Post by: Kingman on April 03, 2012, 07:36:53 PM
This is why everyone needs to carry a pistol.....

Seriously?  A pistol for an 18" snake?  Shovel worked just fine.....
...it could have been the larger one you talked about. Personally I don't want to get too close to that snake even though I used to have a few as pets.  ???
Title: Re: Dug this up today.....
Post by: BB3 on April 04, 2012, 06:36:35 PM
Kingman, by chance do you happen to remember smelling cucumber before you discovered the Copperhead ? I was always told that if you smell cucumber out in the woods to watchout because there's a Copperhead around.........

Just curious Kingman to see if you recall that, or not ? I'm glad you're ok.-------Bill