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Last week when my Son in Law was here , we went down to the dock. At the bottom of the ramp was a Copperhead on the dock. It did not move and on checking it out, we found it was dead, It looked like it was almost cut in half near the tail end. I am not sure how it got there, I think maybe a Heron got it and did not swallow it. Maybe it could of been one of the water animals that grabbed it and decided not to eat it. I guess we will never know. It was not a very big Copperhead, only about 14" long. Arkansas Tony --- On Thu, 8/9/12, Chuck Alexander <chuckalexan...@centurylink.net> wrote: From: Chuck Alexander <chuckalexan...@centurylink.net> Subject: [flyfishingandflytyingforpanfish] HUGE Rattler To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com, "fly fishing for panfish" <flyfishingandflytyingforpanf...@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thursday, August 9, 2012, 10:57 PM Folks: It's the dog days of Summer, and that means (at least around here) that the snakes are crawling, and are meaner than ever. Yesterday, my son and grand daughter were walking to the edge of of or property to check on getting a part off an old Ford we have parked there when they saw a huge rattler gliding across the yard. They ran up and got me, and wouldn't ya know it but the firing pin on my shotgun is broken, so I get my 22 magnum pistol and go out there. I spot him, and you know how ppl are about telling you the size of snakes. It's like telling you the size of the "fish that got away". But this was one of the Eastern Diamondbacks you see on the TV shows, as in over 5ft long, and bigger than my forearm. But the weird thing is, even after I shot (and missed 3 out of 5 times, cause it's hard to hit a snake with an old revolver at 15 yards, cause that was as close as I was getting LOL). Anyway, through all that, he NEVER ratted a single time. I shot and missed. I shot again and hit him. He stopped dead in his tracks and I thought I had heart shot him, cause I knew it was a "body shot". I shot again, and hit him again. (reason I know is cause after he had gone, I saw the blood stains on the ground) He still didn't move. His tail was straight up, and he had 7 or 8 rattles, each at least 3/4" across, but like I said, they NEVER once rattled. I missed him three more times, and had one round mis fire before he FINALLY started crawling off VERY SLOWLY. My son in law had heard the shots and came down with his shotgun, and we went out into the woods and hunted the snake for 30 minutes or so, but never saw him again. Man, that really scared me knowing how close he was to my son and grand daughter. He was a BEAUTIFUL snake as he had JUST shed his skin and his colors and markings were really bright. But he'll be "dead and beautiful" if I see him again and hopefully get more shots at him LOL. Anyway, if you live anywhere that is snake country, this is a bad time of the year, so be on the lookout at all times. Chuck __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
