Osage Roost

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Title: Look under you feet
Post by: M Sharpe on March 31, 2012, 08:31:28 PM
Found this fella stretched out in the road I was walking down. He was laid up on the oak leaves. A little over 4' long with 11 rattles. Makes for a nervous day day. A load of number 6's takes care of him.

(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x424/msharpe61/downsized_0331121220.jpg)
Title: Re: Look under you feet
Post by: West Augusta on March 31, 2012, 08:35:45 PM
Nice pattern. *lol*
I'd have done the same.
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Post by: Zumer on March 31, 2012, 08:50:59 PM
  Dead or denned...... *cheers*
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Post by: B-Ready on March 31, 2012, 08:53:32 PM
Nice Shootin'....... *up*
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Post by: gbblr-killer on March 31, 2012, 09:00:22 PM
that little guy blends in pretty well, to well.....
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Post by: Mjc21706 on April 01, 2012, 08:28:37 AM
some of these snake pics lately will make me think the next time im belly crawling through the spring woods to get in tight on birds. :-\ :-\
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Post by: Shadetree Callers on April 01, 2012, 10:22:29 AM
Good shooting !! I hate poisonous snakes !!!
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Post by: GR8CALLS on April 01, 2012, 07:27:18 PM
That may be a bit late, if I have to look under my feet.............. *cry* *cry* *cry* *cry*

Bill
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Post by: VGJ5 on April 02, 2012, 07:32:34 PM
Yeah, that gave me the creepy feeling that I had about a week ago, when I ran into mine.  He was longer, but had less rattles.  We must have passed right by him on the way in to hunt turkeys!  I let my buddy shoot him.  On the way out he was talking about how he just blew one of his pricey hevi-shot loads on a snake, and I said "Why do you think I let you shoot him?"  *lol* 

Here is the current status of the snake:

(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o281/vgj5/hat.jpg)
Title: Re: Look under you feet
Post by: M Sharpe on April 03, 2012, 06:35:00 AM
VGJ5, that is tooooooooo close for me, DEAD OR ALIVE.......... *lol*

Bill, you're right, I should have titled it....Look where you're walking. I was about 10' from him when I saw him. I cut an eight foot long stick to kill him with and then realized he was a lot more agile than I was (with all that hunting gear, snake boots unlaced and all. So I threw the stick down, grabbed up the ol' Mossy and let go with those Supreme #6's.  ROTFLMBO ROTFLMBO
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Post by: ALfwlmth on April 04, 2012, 11:39:16 AM
I came across one of those guys last week.  Except he was about 16" long.  Made me more nervous than the big one that warn you.  Crawling and putting my hands down without looking have been put on hold for awhile.  Baby timber rattler....meet Rocky Snake boot heel!!
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Post by: jmck on April 04, 2012, 12:23:51 PM
only good snake...
is a DEAD one
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Post by: pogo on April 05, 2012, 09:12:25 AM
Always a good reminder!  So far this turkey season I have come across 2 cotton mouths in the Big Cypress, 1 copper head in south Alabama, and a pigmy rattler along the Withlacochee River in Central Florida.  And I was within 3 feet of each of these snakes before I saw them.