Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: lesken2011 on May 24, 2013, 08:01:05 pm
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I was on the way to an appointment, this morning, and straddled this snake all curled up in the middle of a back-country road. He looked alive, but I noticed he did not move when I road by him and when I stopped and walked back (with an umbrella-it's all I had), he still did not move. Then I noticed about 4 inches of skin knocked off one side and blood coming from his nose. If he was alive, it was just barely. I picked him up with the tip of the umbrella and put him in the back of my truck. It is about 5' long and pretty thick, too. It is in pretty good shape and should make a nice bow back. It is kinda green in color with yellow stripes. Do any of you recognize the type of snake it is?
(http://www.traditionalbowman.com/hwdphotos/uploads/62/2/fpmseq7viuxs0k.jpg)
(http://www.traditionalbowman.com/hwdphotos/uploads/62/2/cgcwbmns4grvgg.jpg)
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I've never seen one like that in Florida.
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I believe that is a pine snake - a nice one.
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That was a healthy snake. He was eating good. That will make a nice bow backing.
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Great catch, man!! Way to make use of the poor unfortunates.
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Good find. I second the pine snake
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Beautiful!!
Cipriano
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+3, pine snake and a nice one.
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Not even the same Pine Snake with have in Florida. Ours is a golden brown and can get up to 6' or more.
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My son was with me when I picked it up off the road. He was bitten by a copperhead when he was 11 and is deathly afraid of snakes. He really gave me a hard time about it. I dropped him off at his house on the way home and by the time I pulled up in my driveway, his momma was outside telling me no way that snake was going in her freezer. I said you're right. It is going in the fridge in the garage so I won't have to thaw it before skinning it. Put it this way, the snake wasn't the only thing that was cold after that. You know, it's funny, she doesn't seem the least bit impressed by the fact that my next bow could be backed with a snake I skinned myself. Go figure!! ::)
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Sometimes wives just don't understand Kenny.
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Nice find but too bad also. Pine snakes feast on ticks.
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Funny story and nice find.
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this snake skin here is a rat snake it was killed and i saved the skin. . your snake looks close to the same .
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Well..whateva it is, it wood look good on that character hedge I gave ya ;)
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Yeah, Blackhawk. I go in the shop and stare at it every day for a couple minutes. I'm sure over the next year or two I'll get up enough courage to tackle it...well...maybe sooner! ???
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look up gopher snake and compare the two. Looks a little off for a pine snake and pine snakes spend most of their life underground so they're seldom seen. I think they're both in the same genus though... or something like that.
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Thats two for gopher
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I finally got it skinned and dried out and put away. I used way too many staples stretching it out since it was my first time, but it turned out great and is much bigger than I thought it would be. Now...which piece of wood to put it on???
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Nice save,beautiful snake. :)
Pappy
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Looks like our chicken snake here in north Alabama. Also called rat snake by some. They get upwards of 6' long so 5' is within reason.
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Here is one from a few years ago. 95% sure that's what it is. Its probably the most common snake found around here and you aren't that far away from me.
(http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a470/marks1018/Screenshot_2013-06-12-09-56-55_zpsb63b2abc.png)
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I googled chicken snake because I knew it was a general term. It includes several breeds. The corn snake which is more orange or golden in color and definitely not it. I know them well also as corn snake. The Northern Pine looks similar to the next 3 but isn't it. Its pattern looks a little more broken up and the background color is lighter. The next 3 look extremely similar. The Black rat snake is mostly black with a slight pattern peaking thru. The Grey rat snake and the eastern rat snake are lighter in background color. Both have a grey background with a black to dark grey pattern. I think the eastern can have some slight brown highlights and shading going on but I really can't distinguish the 2 from the internet pics. The last 3 vary from animal to animal on how dark so they are hard to distinguish. Until now I never realized there was a difference. I just thought there were color phases.
Your snake is either a grey or eastern rat snake. Or called a chicken snake out here on the farm. I've always been told they keep poisonous snakes away but that's probly an old wives tale. They are fun to catch and play around with. They love chicken eggs but we never had chickens so I always let em go near our grain bins to keep the mice at bay.
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Good save Kenny! I was down in the bootheel of Missouri a while back and watched a copperhead get clipped by a car ahead of me. I got all excited, whoa'd my truck, put the four ways on and ran back to claim my treasure. I got about five feet away when that dead copperhead righted it self and exhibited some rather bad behavior! I got the hint real quick! As I was back peddling for all I was worth, I hollered at the ornery critter, "if your gonna be that way, keep your skin then!" Lol! Josh
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I can just picture that, Josh. I wish I had that on video!! ;D
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Good save Kenny! I was down in the bootheel of Missouri a while back and watched a copperhead get clipped by a car ahead of me. I got all excited, whoa'd my truck, put the four ways on and ran back to claim my treasure. I got about five feet away when that dead copperhead righted it self and exhibited some rather bad behavior! I got the hint real quick! As I was back peddling for all I was worth, I hollered at the ornery critter, "if your gonna be that way, keep your skin then!" Lol! Josh
Its amazing how hard it is to kill a snake. A guy called me the other day to tell me he it a snake. He said he ran over it several times. When I got there the snake was fine. I caught it and put it in a bag, drove it down the road and let it go in the ditch. Coincidentally it was a chicken snake and I don't kill them.