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Offline hiramesan

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diamond back found in st augustine
« on: August 21, 2010, 10:35:30 pm »
15 ft rattle snake

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Offline NTD

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« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2010, 10:40:36 pm »
SCAM!!!! Yes, it's a big snake but it is not 15ft.  Camera angle and such are used to exaggerate the size.  These types of pics are frequently done and annoy the crap out of me.
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Offline hiramesan

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Re: diamond back found in st augustine
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2010, 10:44:23 pm »
got the news paper article for it now. was actually 7 ft 3in rattler. still a biggin

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/mostpopular/news-article.aspx?storyid=145897
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Offline Irontom

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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2010, 10:45:46 pm »
I see your rattle snake, and raise you a "55 foot" python.



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Offline NTD

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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2010, 10:46:52 pm »
Yep definitely a big un, no doubting that.  The record Rattlesnake in the U.S. was 8ft 9".
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Offline sailordad

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Re: diamond back found in st augustine
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2010, 11:03:42 pm »
you think the guy in the cage was the bait for that python  >:D
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Offline ken75

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Re: diamond back found in st augustine
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2010, 11:40:34 pm »
i dont care how big it is i refuse to build a 7' 3" longbow to put it on  . damn if im gonna drag that thing around  >:D
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Offline Parnell

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« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2010, 12:40:09 am »
You really think that python photo is real?
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2010, 12:56:24 am »
I tanned an Eastern Diamondback skin years ago that came off of Osawbaw(sp) Island off the coast of GA. I tacked the skin on a piece of plywood that was 8" long and 18" wide. Parts of the skin hung off all 4 sides. Used to be lots of big D-backs in the low country and barrier islands of SC, GA and northeastern FLA.
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: diamond back found in st augustine
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2010, 01:00:20 am »
Quote from: Parnell on August 22, 2010, 12:40:09 am
You really think that python photo is real?
I think both of the pictures are real. The one the snake was in and the one the track hoe was in.
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Offline NTD

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Re: diamond back found in st augustine
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2010, 01:06:10 am »
Quote from: Pat B on August 22, 2010, 12:56:24 am
I tanned an Eastern Diamondback skin years ago that came off of Osawbaw(sp) Island off the coast of GA. I tacked the skin on a piece of plywood that was 8" long and 18" wide. Parts of the skin hung off all 4 sides. Used to be lots of big D-backs in the low country and barrier islands of SC, GA and northeastern FLA.

Pat, Skins can be 1/3rd longer than when they were on the snake.  For instance that 10 ft 8" boa I skinned up recently was just a tad over 8ft before skinning.  EDB's can get huge and are on average the biggest rattlesnake in the U.S. although the record size belongs to a WDB.  Unfortunately there are less and less grandaddy rattlesnakes around.  I personally think that's a shame. 
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2010, 01:12:24 am »
I know they stretch. I purposely stretched this one to make it look big. The owner of the island had an artist and writer's retreat on Osawbaw Is and she wanted the gringos from the big cities to see what was out in her woods and marshes. I believe that skin still hangs over the mantle in the big house on Osawbaw. It was probably 1974 or 75 when I tanned it.
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« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2010, 01:20:57 am »
 ;D LOL that's funny Pat.  I bet it worked!
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« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2010, 12:52:00 pm »
dang pat thats when i was born
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2010, 02:02:05 pm »
Well, hang around son I'll teach you something!  ;)  ::)
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