ONE BIG SNAKE

[radar]

Judging off the scales on the upper part of the body it sure looks like he had something big in his stomach??

[briarpatch]

Jeff , and others, that is a large snake, however, you might note that he is holding the snake on a stick out in front of him, thus closer to the camera which makes it appear slightly larger relative to the man's body. I have seen a few snakes in the 5 ft. size area over the years. Probably 20 years ago I saw a snake (dead) in Fairfield, Texas, that was larger than this one. Memory sometimes plays tricks, but I definitely recall that it was in the 7-8 foot range and it's body was larger. Some guys killed it at the Texas State Coonhunt and brought it in.

briarpatch

[jkcasey]

Jeff , and others, that is a large snake, however, you might note that he is holding the snake on a stick out in front of him, thus closer to the camera which makes it appear slightly larger relative to the man's body. I have seen a few snakes in the 5 ft. size area over the years. Probably 20 years ago I saw a snake (dead) in Fairfield, Texas, that was larger than this one. Memory sometimes plays tricks, but I definitely recall that it was in the 7-8 foot range and it's body was larger. Some guys killed it at the Texas State Coonhunt and brought it in.

briarpatch

Those canebreaks from freestone county can get pretty big. I killed one that was swimming the river when I was a kid that measured 62 in. without a head.

[grouse]

Jeff now that you said that the guy holding it would have to be about 2 foot tall .

[Jeff Shaw NM]

Yea Wade, I still thought it looked longer! Plus just thot i'd give a houndogger the perfect opportunity to stretch the truth a foot without gettin called out on the B.S. clause!! Now really, How long was it! haha!

[larry]

Jeff , and others, that is a large snake, however, you might note that he is holding the snake on a stick out in front of him, thus closer to the camera which makes it appear slightly larger relative to the man's body. I have seen a few snakes in the 5 ft. size area over the years. Probably 20 years ago I saw a snake (dead) in Fairfield, Texas, that was larger than this one. Memory sometimes plays tricks, but I definitely recall that it was in the 7-8 foot range and it's body was larger. Some guys killed it at the Texas State Coonhunt and brought it in.

briarpatch

thats washington state! not texas!!!

[inchtowntracking]

If it helps out the guy in the pict is about 5'8". The snake does look way bigger then the guy i was just posted what I was told the snake measured it could be bigger or smaller. Either way it is a damn big snake, that was eating pretty well.

[briarpatch]

Inch and Jeff, that picture is very believable. I did not mean to imply that anything said was not true, just that pictures can be a little deceiving. Google says that the record measured rattlesnake in Texas is 7'-8 1/2". This according to the U of T at Arlington. I would strongly suspect that larger ones have been killed just never reported (at least believably).

briarpatch

[inchtowntracking]

i wasnt doubting if you believed it or not i was just throwing a little more info out there that i knew. The area where this snake was killed is notorious for big snake apparently or atleast according to the older generation.

[Unreal_tk]

The snakes in Washington and Oregon don't get very big. That snake is very unusual for the area if it was in a different area I could believe it.

[jbrown]

NICE SNAKE TO BAD HE MEST UP THE SKIN

[inchtowntracking]

NICE SNAKE TO BAD HE MEST UP THE SKIN

Yeah when there thatsize though i wouldnt stop hitting till i knew for sure he was dead.