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Offline lesken2011

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snake harvest - road kill
« on: May 24, 2013, 08:01:05 pm »
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?


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« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2013, 08:10:40 pm »
I've never seen one like that in Florida.
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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2013, 08:26:06 pm »
I believe that is a pine snake - a nice one. 
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Re: snake harvest - road kill
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2013, 08:29:05 pm »
That was a healthy snake.  He was eating good.  That will make a nice bow backing. 
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« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2013, 09:49:21 pm »
Great catch, man!! Way to make use of the poor unfortunates.
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Offline Lemos

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« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2013, 10:40:26 pm »
Good find. I second the pine snake
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« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2013, 02:53:57 am »
Beautiful!!

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Re: snake harvest - road kill
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2013, 08:30:42 am »
+3, pine snake and a nice one.
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« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2013, 07:10:39 pm »
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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Offline lesken2011

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« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2013, 08:00:00 pm »
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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« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2013, 10:56:36 pm »
Sometimes wives just don't understand Kenny.
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« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2013, 11:25:11 pm »
Nice find but too bad also. Pine snakes feast on ticks.
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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2013, 09:25:21 am »
Funny story and nice find. 
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Re: snake harvest - road kill
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2013, 05:42:32 pm »
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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« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2013, 03:34:21 pm »
Well..whateva it is, it wood look good on that character hedge I gave ya ;)
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