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[ceramictec]

I guess those Black Tails are as aggressive as our Florida Cotton Mouths.
they will chase you down the road

Originally Posted by cx

BlackTailed rattlers (green rattlesnake)

wow that's a beautiful snake ! I just looked it up.

[az_rancher]

Originally Posted by Marge

The rattler was a young one, maybe a year old.

Marge, being bored and raisin in AZ, and having kept a lot of snakes when I was a boy, I'm just about 100% sure that is a Gopher Snake, aka Bull Snake, even young rattlers will have a bead, and 2 foot isn't a young rattler. You can tell by the pattern.

Rancher

[ceramictec]

Originally Posted by cx

Never have had any difficulty identifying the Coral Snakes hereabouts, and we got lots of'em. Caught one was most of 30" long few years back

I caught one years ago when I moved to Florida. this was after I felt bad for beating the hell out of one with a shovel.

[Levi the Tile Guy]

We have rattlers here too, but not real big ones. That I have seen anyway. I have put a shovel through a few rattler heads in my day. I have never tried to catch one alive though. I had a buddy that did camping one night, don't ask me why. It was a little guy though 24-28" prolly

[ceramictec]

John is right, doesn't look like a Rattler by the head from looking closely at the picture.

http://www.carolforpeace.com/labels/bull%20snake.html

[bbcamp]

I had a buddy that did camping one night, don't ask me why. It was a little guy though 24-28" prolly

How big was the snake?

[ceramictec]

Originally Posted by Levi

It was a little guy though 24-28" prolly

we have Pygmy Rattle snakes here. especially in the pine shrub area's of Florida. that's why I'm glad I moved near Tampa and out of the country.

the old Florida Cracker guy that built my house told me I needed to learn
2 things once I moved to Florida.

1) always kick something before I pick it up

2) you might not always know where your going , but always know where your steppin !

[Marge]

We double checked on our snake site and it sure looked like the western rattler versus gopher. I would prefer it be the gopher.

[az_rancher]

What was the snake site.

[cx]

Head looked more Gopher to moi, but it's a pretty small picher for old folks, eh?

[Bugman]

Just a few facts about poisonous snakes that we have. We have copperheads in our subdivision in Clemson. I've never seen a live one, but our neighbor killed a big one in his yard. His wife was building a stacked wall from broken concrete and the snake was under the last piece of concrete she picked up. Gave her nightmares for a few nights. It was very docile (Thank goodness). Her hubby dispatched it.

The six different poisonous snakes in South Carolina.
1. Copperhead
2. Pigmy Rattle Snake
3. Timber Rattle Snake (aka Canebrake Rattle Snake)
4. Water Moccasin (aka Cotton Mouth)
5. Coral Snake
6. Eastern Diamondback Rattle Snake
The Copperhead is the most common poisonous snake in SC, and the Eastern Diamondback Rattle Snake is the most deadly. The Water Moccassin, as it's name implies, lives mainly in or nearby water. The Coral Snake is the only representative in SC of a group of snakes called the Elapids. This group contains some of the worlds deadliest snakes including vipers, mambas, and many Australian snakes like the Taipan or the Tiger Snake. The Pigmy Rattle snake is by far the smallest of all the poisonous snakes in SC, it seldom reaches over a foot in length. Timber (or Canebrake) Rattle Snakes are fairly normal and are probably can be said to be the "average" rattlesnake.

[ceramictec]

[cx]

Y'all just lucky, Clyde.

Are y'all's Moccasins the same as the ones in east Texas? Usually found in Coors or Budwiser cans?

Guys I usta Bass fish with could easily identify any snake found in or near the water as a Moccasin. Even at a hunnert yards if they been drinkin' plenty beer.

I alla time wear gloves when handlin' those Coral Snakes, Brian. I've found most of'em to be pretty docile, but some of'em'll rare back and put a mighty chomp on you if given an opportunity. Had'em put a bite on my gloved finger and hang there so's you couldn't shake'im off. And here I was just tryin' to save'em from thems as wanted to take a shovel to'em.

But in my experience, most of the time you can just handle'em gently and they pay not much attention at all.

[Bugman]

cx: I'm sure there are thousands of beer can moccasins here in SC too. We do have the real ones in the lower parts of the state. Lots of water snakes get falsely accused of being a dreaded moccasin and suffer the fate of most snakes.

I guess I've been lucky and never have seen a live poisonous snake in my 33 years here in SC. And it isn't because I never got out in the fields and woods.

[ceramictec]

Originally Posted by Bugman

Lots of water snakes get falsely accused of being a dreaded moccasin and suffer the fate of most snakes.

here's a big Brown water snake that got ran over thinking it was a Moccasin or Rattle snake.
it had to be about 5" long when I took the picture.