It was a rattlesnake

[OttoMan]

View attachment 2795893 Idk why anyone would be holding that thing.... I don’t mind holding snakes but not something that’s gonna kill me.
Killed this behind the house a couple weeks ago too. We better watch out in these parts BDR1 View attachment 2795893

This is just a Python Snake... Isn't ?
It may can swallow you later... BUT as off now, it just clean your yard!!

 

[MNRSports]

Timber and Canebrake are the same with different regional names. That is exactly what that original snake was. And, they do taste pretty good as snakes go.

 

[ckarr]

This is just a Python Snake... Isn't ?
It may can swallow you later... BUT as off now, it just clean your yard!!

Copperhead I thought

 

[OttoMan]

Copperhead I thought

Look at the color pattern... and the head... It is a Python ...
This one here is a python

 

[ckarr]

I gotta disagree. Google pictures of copperhead.

 

[lokidogg]

It is a copperhead.

 

[MRH]

Canebrake, timber, same exact thing.

You have a lot of them in your neck of the woods. Probably more than you realize.

One year we killed over 50 timbers on the main road of our hunting property. They were doing a lot of developing around us and pushed all those snakes over to us. It got to where every time we were there, we were looking for rattlesnakes. We saw them more times than not...This was in Douglas county.

Here's one an old family friend took from me to do a mount. He was a world champion snake taxidermist back in the 80's..LOL...I killed this feller in late October, while deer hunting. My brother almost stepped on him when I saw him just in time. Now he resides on my desk.

(Sorry for the lousy, half assed pic. He was only about 3 feet, with 9 rattles)

 

[MRH]

I gotta disagree. Google pictures of copperhead.

It's a timber rattler. 100% certain.

It is a copperhead.

No sir. It's a timber rattler.

 

[Adamjen15]

View attachment 2795893 Idk why anyone would be holding that thing.... I don’t mind holding snakes but not something that’s gonna kill me.
Killed this behind the house a couple weeks ago too. We better watch out in these parts BDR1 View attachment 2795893

This is a copperhead. The OPs picture is a timber, canebrake whatever you want to call them.

 

[BDR1]

The one ckarr killed with a dozer is a copperhead