Here is a picture taken by my son, Vincent, at the Andover Golf Course in Lexington where he is assistant professional. It is the first cottonmouth I have actually seen a picture of here. I know they have them in Western Ky., but this is a new one for me. He is a big one too. Here is a picture:
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That snake exudes a dont mess with me vibe!
Thats a good place for that snake if you ask me. Well....almost.
Lexington is just over 600 miles away from my front door, and thats about 400 miles too close. :huh:
Probably hunting for some fresh baby possums.
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Looks like a big one! It needs a 5 iron used on its head. Hell id throw the whole bag at it as i was runnin away. I hATE SNAKES!!! I shot a copper head at my pond last weekend, he was laying on a limb im not sure if i actually hit it or not as he fell into the water. But i will never go their unarmed again.
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Shotgun range is about as close as I want to get to that darned thing.
Quote from: possumal on May 25, 2014, 10:14:53 AM
Shotgun range is about as close as I want to get to that darned thing.
that would make it a good snake...
Snakes are just a way of life out here, but I must admit that is a creepy looking creature. I have only seen one and that was in N.Carolina.
I had cottonmouth once after I smoked a funny cigarette at a party!
Anybody have a pet mongoose? :biggrin:
I wonder why those religous snake handeling preachers dont use them in their services
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When I was stationed in Okinawa, every Friday night was mongoose and habu fight night. I don't believe the habu ever won, yet a lot of people would bet on them. Had an old Okinawan guy tell me that the Japanese brought them to the island during WWII in hopes that they would crawl into the foxholes of the Americans. They are strictly nocturnal and that by itself was rather frighting. He went on to tell us that after the war the Americans introduced the mongoose to rid the island of snakes. What we didn't know at the time, or did know but ignored it, was that the mongoose is strictly a day time critter while the habu is a night time critter.
I enjoyed my tour there, but I was there before we gave it back to Japan. Had an Army three star as high commissioner of the island.
When we had a tour in the Congo a lot of the people kept a mongoose as a deterrent against the cobra's.