Saw this one dead on the road yesterday

Huge

That guy looks dangerous...........

That’s a good one! DEAD

Pretty skin tho!!!

Nope Nope Nope

We found this one a couple weeks ago on our travels. Was very recently hit. Saddened to see it dead. Beautiful snake

They are beautiful snakes .

Beautiful snakes, but glad I didn’t meet it on the way to my stand, in the dark... Never seen one around here until this year, this was the second one found in the area in the last 3 months.

All my years of dealing with Rattle Snake's and hunting all over Texas, I've yet see a Timber Rattler.

They have a cool coloration to them.

pretty snake

I have seen one in the Sabine River bottoms and that is it. The ones in the pictures above are huge compared to the little one I saw.

I've found several around Fairfield....a couple that made the first one look small...

Two good rattlesnakes on this thread!
So both are the same species yet have very different coloring and pattern.


Here is another really good one! I let my Judge sentence it straight to hell yesterday at our place. 5' & 14 buttons. 6th in the last 12 days, 18th for the year, and nearly 30 now since the spring of 19'.

Im with you on this one nope nope nope

Here's a post I made a few years ago. I currently don't have any captive snakes but still catch and release a few now and again....

Well, to each his/her own and I do respect your opinion but just don't agree with letting rattlesnakes go!

I sincerely hope that neither you or anyone else is ever bitten by one that you handled or released.....
or a dog for that matter.

Where I take them they have little to no chance of encountering anyone.....but as you say, to each his own. I can’t understand killing something that isn’t being a threat to you and is beneficial to the habitat.

Glad to hear you are releasing them where there is little to no chance of encountering any people. But honestly, if there is a .00001% chance of it biting someone or even a dog, cow, goat, etc, I'm still against it!
Are these areas you release them on private property and if so, does the owner(s) know and allow it?

Isn't a threat to me or my family? We have a small place and have killed nearly 30 rattlesnakes on it in the past 18 months or so and had several others get away before killing them. Please explain how one, much less this many are not a threat to us or our animals.

And as far as a beneficial animal to the habitat, maybe. But the risk far outweighs the reward with them! Not to mention there are plenty of snakes in Texas that can take care of rodent population so I'm not buying that one a bit.

This one was hanging out at my front gate, coiled right below the lock. When I backed off to the truck it came after me... very aggressive. No other choice than to feed it a 10mm....

I would love to go Rattlesnake hunting. Just beautiful animals, they earn all the respect in the world.

hate bugs though NO< NO< NO

Timber Rattlers are on the Texas and US threatened and endangered species list and thus are protected by state and federal law.

Please do not kill them. Killing them is a crime and could easily result in the loss of hunting and fishing rights for years at a minimum. Fines and jail time are also possible.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/timberrattlesnake/

Not if he killed it to protect himself which it sounds pretty much like he did!