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Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/29/15 11:50 PM
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i think we saw each other at the same time and he either struck at me or started moving toward me and i had a heavy iron rake in my hand at the time so i made short work of him....he was a biggun tho!
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/29/15 11:51 PM
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 12:05 AM
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 01:00 AM
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 01:12 AM
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Jeez Louise, man I hate those things. 'Glad you got him. If it was me, I'd probably carry that rake anytime I was in the yard for the rest of my life.
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 01:34 AM
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Jeez Louise, man I hate those things. 'Glad you got him. If it was me, I'd probably carry that rake anytime I was in the yard for the rest of my life. Yeah, I would too
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 01:42 AM
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 02:37 AM
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What, no thoughts about relocation???
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 02:47 AM
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Not sure if it is just the picture, but that looks like a very big one, especially for a water moccasin.
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 02:52 AM
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Looks like it was relocated just fine..
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 11:16 AM
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Not sure if it is just the picture, but that looks like a very big one, especially for a water moccasin. I didn't measure him but he was by far the biggest one ive killed around here...he was an aggressive dude lemme tell you
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 12:13 PM
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 03:40 PM
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Another good snake
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 05:23 PM
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he was a mean sonofagun lol he wasnt playing around with his head raised coming toward me
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 08:04 PM
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 08:19 PM
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It's been many years, decades even, since I took herpetology at A&M, NewGulf. But judging by the photo, that looks to me to be a nonpoisonous Nerodia sps, and the aggressive behavior almost makes it a slam dunk. I'm putting my money on a diamond-backed water snake. And they will aggressively bite.
Back in college, I was helping a graduate student collect snakes in a Robertson County flood-prone area when I saw the tail of a snake disappear into a little pile of brush. I kicked the brush and the sucker came out in a flash and bit my pants leg. It was a water snake alright, but I thought I'd been bitten by a moccasin!
Water moccasins will bite too, of course, but they are far more shy than a Nerodia. FYI, the snakes that lay up on suspended limbs over the water and then occasionally fall into your boat are often Nerodia, at least in Texas anyway.
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 10:53 PM
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Yes that's definitely a diamond backed water snake, mean suckers.
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 11:08 PM
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maybe he should look for more you know what they say imo.
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 11:41 PM
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I was thinking water snake too. A little thinner bodied than cotton mouths I've seen.
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/30/15 11:50 PM
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I was thinking water snake too. A little thinner bodied than cotton mouths I've seen. Thinner bodied & longer tail. WM's are shorter & normally fatter than the DB water snakes. It's easy to tell the difference between the two by looking at the tail, color variations change but are often similar. I normally don't kill non venomous snakes, but I do kill DB water snakes around the homestead because I don't want one of those mean bass turds latching on to one of my little ones.
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/31/15 12:29 AM
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Yes that's definitely a diamond backed water snake, mean suckers. Yep, what I thought when I posted in his other thread in the OT. They sure have a nasty disposition.
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/31/15 12:49 AM
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Yes that's definitely a diamond backed water snake, mean suckers. Yep, what I thought when I posted in his other thread in the OT. They sure have a nasty disposition. Yes they do, meaner than water moccasins. I have had a water moccasin chase me back into my truck striking at me hissing but only after I wounded him and went after him to finish him off with a 22. Last DB water snake I saw was coiled up on the road on the way to work in front of my house....I stopped/got out to get a closer look at him and as soon as I walked up to him he struck at me and charged me like a bull
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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03/31/15 01:47 PM
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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04/01/15 12:19 AM
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killed another one this evening they are definately out and about!
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Re: Big water moccasin at the barn this morning
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04/01/15 12:22 AM
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