Snake I.D.

[Bro. Bill]

That's known as a TARGET!

^^^^^^^^^ yup

[BTLowry]

Water mocassin, aka stump tail, cotton mouth and some latin name I cant remember how to spell

No, they're protected on the refuge. And she wasn't very aggressive at all. I turned around to get a stick to move her out of the road and when I turned back around she was gone.

I dont even want to know how you determined it was a "she"

I would have gone the other way if I could not kill it.



I am very glad to finally see a "ID this snake" thread that is not a chicken/rat snake

[texaswoods8]

I'm having trouble i.d'n him ( or her) there is'nt a shovel in the pic and it's all in one piece.

[Hammerdown15]

I'm having trouble i.d'n him ( or her) there is'nt a shovel in the pic and it's all in one piece.

Those are the best snakes!!! Go ahead snake lovers, blast away.

[Arrow chucker]

That's a s s s snake!

[mboltm]

I am still not sure why my da opened this thread, I know better and now I feel stuff crawling on me

[texaslongshot2]

Those are bad news man i kill every one i see

[Thumper]

you were way to close for taking pics of a live moccasin and it looks like a big one at that!!!,, protected or not i would done everything to kill it i could have!

Stretched out they can't strike very far, so I felt pretty safe moving in close for pictures. Its a federal refuge and you just can't kill them. Someone killed a rattle snake on one in FL and they canceled the hunt for everyone, then closed the refuge to hunting.

The biologist on anwr at one time was counting the number of road kills during the hunt, he lobbied to close the hunt because there were so many run over. We got the word out to the hunters and road kills have dropped dramatically, so he's stuck using his old data.

[texaslongshot]

Bad snake. Stay away.

[ducks-and-bucks]

thats a huge cotton mouth. I woulda killed it anyways.

[topdog77c]

evil cotton mouth

[jpbruni]

Having been attacked in john boats more times than I can recall, along with my buddy breaking my $80 Boron rod on one (he did buy me a new one)...that is a big water moccasin!


I hate those things!

J.P.

[Zeeter]

Snake boots year round for me in Texas!!!!

[dataxman]

Wow! That is a fat sucker!

[holdem]

I'm not convinced until getting a better view of its pupils and top of the head.