Found this little fella while cleaning out the cattle guard yesterday morning. What is a Timber Rattler doing in West Texas? Yall need to keep them in the eastern 1/3 of the state where they belong; we have enough of our own over here as it is.

Nice find. I probably wouldn't have noticed it.

Never know where you're gonna find 'em.

Nice kill!

Did you kill it? I couldn't tell.

I don't think that's a timber rattler. Those are protected.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/timberrattlesnake/

http://southwesternherp.com/snakes/horridus.html

Pretty sure its not a timber rattler

I am also sure.

snake ohh snake

Pretty sure what you found is a crotalus molossus molossus, also known as a Black-tailed Rattlesnake. I know it's not a Timber/Canebrake Rattlesnake.

Pretty sure it's a Timber. I may be wrong though - it's happened once before.



I know they are protected as Threatened.

Who said I killed it?

Man, why are you even playing with that thing? Don't you know they bite

not a timber rattler, they are a dark copper color with dark markings.

Ok, wheres the after picture with its head cut off?

Definitely not a timber rattlesnake, it's a blacktail, AKA Mexican blacktail (very distinct head markings). I caught one near Kerrville years ago, very pretty snake. That's a large one as well.

pretty neat

Blacktail. But still fairly rare find.

not a timber rattler

Thanks for not killing it just becouse you can.

Maybe a rock mottled rattler. Hey Desert hunter, Do you know Kenny Fred Stafford? He owns the deer processing place in Sanderson.

That's awesome. Somehow I have only seen one rattlesnake in my entire life and it was just a baby. I go out looking for them during the summer, never have any luck.

No, I don't know him. I process all my own deer and send customers deer up to Jack Graves (J's) in San Angelo or Nicholson's in Mertzon if they want us to handle it.

Mushroom! Mushroom!

Not a Timber Rattler....Adult timber rattlesnakes reach a length of 36 to 40 inches (91 to 101 cm), and weigh 1.3 to 2 pounds (0.58 to 0.9 kg). They have a heavy, light yellow, gray or greenish-white body with a rust-colored strip along the length of their bac and a black tail is tipped with rattles. Timber rattlesnakes have yellow eyes with elliptical or cat-like pupils. Twenty to 29 dark, V-shaped crossbars with jagged edges form a distinctive pattern across their back.

Lastly, I do not think he killed him....no need to?!