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Post by Woody Williams on Jul 3, 2011 22:10:20 GMT -5
A friend of mine sent me this picture of one of the snakes hanging out in his pond in Southern Indiana. What kind of a snake is this?
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Post by lugnutz on Jul 3, 2011 22:19:39 GMT -5
I woulda shot it (from a distance) before i shot it with the camera!
Looks deadly to me!!!
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Post by gobblerstopper on Jul 3, 2011 23:41:12 GMT -5
I'd say its a northern watersnake. They come in different shades of browns to almost black.
Now if the "bells" on the sides were dark instead of tan and the head was wider, I'd keep my distance.
Otherwise, he's harmless unless you're a frog or fish.
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Post by scrub-buster on Jul 4, 2011 5:05:47 GMT -5
It looks very close to a copperhead, but I think Gobblerstopper is right.
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Post by Woody Williams on Jul 4, 2011 5:52:13 GMT -5
It looks very close to a copperhead, but I think Gobblerstopper is right. The skin would make of a beautifl bow, wouldn't it?
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Post by raporter on Jul 4, 2011 8:24:27 GMT -5
I'm going with Brown watersnake. They look a lot like copperheads but the head is not as wide. Still scare the crap out of me everytime I see one.
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Post by danf on Jul 4, 2011 8:52:56 GMT -5
Kind of like this one Dad and I saw a few years ago when we were fishing on the Big Walnut in Putnam County:
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Post by greyhair on Jul 4, 2011 12:36:03 GMT -5
That is a Northern Watersnake. Not poisonous of course, but notoriously bad-tempered and will strike at the drop of a hat. Best left alone. They will absolutely overrun a pond or small lake if there is a lot of vegetation and some shallow water. People sometimes swear they are mocassins. They can get pretty big
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Post by countrystyle56 on Jul 4, 2011 14:08:10 GMT -5
The way to tell the difference in the water snake and a copperhead is by their bands. Copperheads have bands that are widest at their belly, while the water snakes bands are widest at the top of their back.
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Post by scrub-buster on Jul 4, 2011 15:32:20 GMT -5
It looks very close to a copperhead, but I think Gobblerstopper is right. The skin would make of a beautifl bow, wouldn't it? It sure would. I haven't seen them around here.
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Post by indyqdog on Jul 4, 2011 17:15:58 GMT -5
I'm like Indiana jones. Shoot that thing
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Post by DUCKMASTER1 on Jul 4, 2011 17:55:52 GMT -5
looks like a big boy to me. I would have shot him! and then skinned him
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Post by sleepergsx on Jul 4, 2011 20:52:30 GMT -5
well I'm not a "snakeologist" but if I had seen that, it would be the the dead kind.
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Post by LongHunter on Jul 4, 2011 22:19:33 GMT -5
If i would have seen that Snake it would be of the EXTINCT SPECIES.....
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Jul 5, 2011 6:02:55 GMT -5
It appears to be what we call a Brown Water Snake in our neck of the woods. No obvious venom pits or triangle shaped head.
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Post by steve46511 on Jul 5, 2011 8:12:31 GMT -5
I know I dodged one like it in my friends driveway years ago. I thought it was dead laying in his dirt drive (accross from a swamp) but knew it was the biggest dang snake I HAD ever seen.
I told him about it when I got back to his house (100 yards off the road) and we went back on foot.
IT WAS GONE.........let me tell ya, no grass grew under MY feet on the way back to the house!
Harmless by busted you know what. Heart attacks KILL! lol
NO snakes for me, TYVM...........especially big ones with marks like that on its back. I dont need a skin on my old bow THAT bad, IMO.
LOL
God Bless
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Post by scrub-buster on Jul 5, 2011 10:02:48 GMT -5
Non venomous snake bites don't hurt that bad! A 4' black snake got me in the hand a couple of months ago. It wasn't a big deal at all. And, it only took 13 days for the last tooth to work its way out. That snake is going on the back of my daughters bow.
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Jul 5, 2011 10:45:48 GMT -5
That's a copperheaded Rattle Moccasin ;D
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Jul 5, 2011 11:51:19 GMT -5
Non venomous snake bites don't hurt that bad! A 4' black snake got me in the hand a couple of months ago. It wasn't a big deal at all. And, it only took 13 days for the last tooth to work its way out. That snake is going on the back of my daughters bow. Beware, wash, & disinfect! Some folks develop infected puncture wounds from the bacteria in the snakes saliva.
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Post by raporter on Jul 6, 2011 9:51:01 GMT -5
That's a copperheaded Rattle Moccasin ;D Aren't they all? ;D
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