I was deer hunting from a ground blind during California's archery season in the early 2000's. I was on a rocky hillside leaning back against my backpack watching an old apple orchard on an abandoned mountain ranch. I turned my head to the right to view one of my hunting pards about 60 yards away. As my head rotated right, I picked up movement out of the corner of my right eye. I slowly rotated my head further right and was looking eye to eye with a rattlesnake, about 12 to 14 inches away. Apparently it had crawled up to me on its way to the orchard where there was an abundance of ground squirrels. The movement I had caught from the corner of my eye was the snake arching his body in reaction to my head's movement. Its eyes were milky looking, as though it was about to shed. Recognizing that, I knew that it might strike with little or no provocation, so I very slowly moved my right hand to a position between my head and the snake's head. I laid my bow down with my left hand and moved my legs into a position from which I could best roll away from the snake. I was able to get to my feet as it began rattling and crawling toward me, head up and rattling. I pinned it to the ground with a broadhead through a thick part of its body about one foot behind its head. It continued rattling and began writhing around the arrow. I could not focus on the hunt any more, but I remained where I was until darkness began to set in. Unwilling to wait for full dark to walk back to the road through the knee high wild oats, I quietly stood up and caught the attention of my pard to my right. He started my way and signaled to his brother and they moved quietly to my location. I picked the snake up with the arrow I had shot it with and held it up as they got close. In order to get the tail of the snake off the ground, I had to raise the arrow as high as my head. I'm 6' 5" tall. With the arrow head high and a foot of snake on one side of the arrow, that would make the snake at least 7 feet long, maybe more. In the falling darkness as we walked through the wild oats toward the road, one of the guys with me stepped on a rattlesnake, which started rattling, and caused him to jump and head out for the road at a fast walk. We fell in behind him and left the orchard to the snakes.
Wow. That must have been scary. I’m scared of snakes so I don’t know what I would have done if I was in your shoes. I was literally imagining everything playing out as I read your comment.
That's a beautiful specimen, I would've given it space too. It would've been very tempting to get closer for that better shot. But unless you've been around a lot of snakes that often ends badly. Thanks for sharing...
Rattlesnakes are typically NOT aggressive. Leave them alone and they will leave you alone. That is really the truth of it. If you want to see a truly bad ass,crazy aggressive snake check out the Black Mamba
Yep, this is the best way to observe wild animals. They don't need some amateur Steve Irwin getting them all riled up, mind ya business and they'll mind theirs.
Its a relief seeing a snake doing its own thing, and not wrapped up in a strike position cause some simpleton provoked it for better video. Well done. Gorgeous snake!
Well said. So So often it is the stupid humans who just have to frack with the critter who is just going about his business. Many times the critter even see's the stupid human but still prefers to just go about his business hoping the stupid human will just do the same. Here we have a smart human who knows he will have the experience of a lifetime seeing this huge and beautiful but deadly viper just by keeping at a distance safe for both parties He drove up in that jeep yet you don't even hear a rattle out of that monster..everyone goes home healthy.
Coiling doesn't hurt the snake.. they do it everytime they sleep and eat. When they're staying out of the sun in the shade.. usually coiled. An agitated snake isn't going to dart between your legs right quick.. it's safer.. If you're close to the snake.. for him to be in a defensive posture - rather than a traveling posture. If you're not touching the snake no harm done.
You shouls watch these 2 guys in this video then check out their other video is you want to see simpletons free handing some of the most venomous snakes in the world you will know they will be bitten its not IF its WHEN. 2 of the dumbest guys Ive seen dont have a quarter of a brain between the 2 of them and they are free handing venomous snakes. Here is the link also the one guy david has his own channel that has lots of stupid snake handling his channel is "Davidsfeeds" Watch "ORACLE AND MORE KING COBRAS WITH CHRISWEEET" on CZcams czcams.com/video/adH5241Oog8/video.html
First 2 seconds my eye brows spiked as my eyes widened as far possible. Now that is what I call a real eye opener ! Thanks for the memory. Glad you stayed safe.
The very best part of this video is that no self-proclaimed herping "expert" tries to pick it up. Thanks for letting this one go do its own thing. Good choice, and a good example.
That is a big olboy. Imagine he's lived a long time. It's nice to just sit back and watch nature live without people interfering with it. I live in Florida I come across 6 foot 7 foot rattlesnakes all the time. But I've never seen one so fat.
I have 14 acres outside st augustine FL there is one that lives under an old wood shed in the back end of the property near the small pond it will come out and sun itself in the late morning when we get a cold night I bet it's seven ft I bet it could eat a medium dog I have 2 Maltese dogs and I'm sure it could handle both of them but they hardly leave the house they just go in the fenced area near the front porch ! I discovered this snake about 4 years ago and it seems to stay in that little area under that old rotten shed and I see alot of big water moccasins in that pond
I was walking a 20 acre parcel in East Texas near Palestine in timber just like this. We were trying to determine its fitness for a plant site. The owners said they'd never seen a rattler there, though the area was reputed to be home to some big Timber Rattlers. I hadn't been out of my truck 5 minutes before I heard that slowly accelerating tick, tick, tick, that lets you know you're getting close and they're about to go full buzz. It was a beauty (black tail), though no where near as big or fat as this one. A local told me he'd once found one in his 3 year old daughter's bedroom and they had no idea how it got in. In my area of California, the timber rattlers are no where near this big. Thanks for a great video...
@@garyshinn4626 Unfortunately a lot of old men like me think of the Pacific Rattler we find in the Sierras as Timber Rattlers, but you're correct in that Crotalus Horridus isn't found any California. Thanks for correcting that if I'd deceived anyone
@@mysterion4301 I understand what you are saying. I have lived in Ark. and Ky. my whole life. I have had several up close and personal times with Crotalus Horridus. I had a 4 plus footer fall out of a white oak I was cutting. I was so happy he didn't land on me I let him crawl away. I only had one that acted like he would have bitten me, he was a big black one,I backed off and he crawled into a rock pile. He was coiled and ready, 2 more steps, but I saw him.
@@garyshinn4626 Thanks for sharing your story. My Dad was born in Hartford and raised in a couple of different spots in the Ozarks. He came to California in '39. He passed along calling big rattlers, Timber Rattlers, to me and my older brother. We hunted with him here with hounds for years, and lost a couple of good ones to rattlers.
I've been to Sweetwater.. this one looked bigger than any of the demonstration 6 footers they had. Head on this snake was massive.. body as well.. length to match. This one needed to be caught and displayed.. a Big Boy.
Eastern Diamond backs are not only the largest but the most beautiful snake there is!!! Here in middle Georgia IV seen very few diamond backs in the past 2decades one of them was so long and massive he looked about as big as this one it's unreal... When I lived in North Florida tho every summer you would see at least a few a month there the pigmy Rattlers all over the place here you mainly see the timbers there so many it's crazy..
Come over to Tamms, IL. They have the biggest Rattlers I have ever seen!! They block the roads so snakes can safely pass from hibernating to woods in Spring.
I live here in Florida...and one day while leaving my driveway this eastern diamond back crossed the road. My drive is 10 foot wide, that snake was at a least 1 foot shy of the width...9 foot, very common around here.
Back around 1970 we were enroute from Ocala to Cedar Key to fish. About 5a.m. I ran over a rattler that darned near covered the lane. Felt like running over a large branch ( we were in a Mercury Grand Msrquis, a pretty soft ride) ..Backed up for a look but the rattler was gone. They size from pygmy to oh hell! down there, don't they?
My husband and I saw a rattlesnake here in Oklahoma, I'd never seen a snake so big outside of the zoo. It's length was incredible it reached across the road we were driving on. Snake's are one of my worst phobia's, I've been terrified ever since we saw the snake because it wasn't far from our home. A neighbor ran over a small rattlesnake, he thought it was dead and picked it up. Big mistake he was bit 2 time's he stopped breathing 2xs but he lived. He's still dealing with his heart since then so be wise and don't pick up any snake, it could be dangerous. God bless everyone watching and commenting.
Been a outdoorsman my entire life. I live here in FL, born and raised. I hunt, fish,hike,camp everything out here in these woods and swamps. I've two boys I've raised with a love and respect for our unique ecosystem. We've eaten various things while outdoors including snake (various types). Here's the thing though. You don't kill just to kill. Those snakes, gators and different predators are very important to maintaining a balance here. Have someone teach you how to deal and handle those creatures or just leave them the hell alone all together. Furthermore if anyone can't have a respect and understanding of how their environment works, well then you probably should just remain indoors.
What's your problem? The cameraman seems very respectful to the snake. Kept his distance, didn't antagonize it etc. And it seems quite calm and settled.
@@DrewWithington you are absolutely correct. The individual who took this was at a distance and did nothing to the snake aside from video it (which I must admit that is a pretty large rattler). My issue is with the individuals on here saying" kill it". Those people have no respect for the outdoors or the critters in it.
IM LATE TO THE PARTY...BUT THE COMMENTS ON THIS POST ARE SO HILARIOUS... THIS SHIT MADE MY WEEK TO THE PEOPLE THAT SAID DONT SHOOT IT AND TO ALL THE ONES THAT WOULD HAVE ...I SWEAR I READ COMMENTS ALL DAY IF THIS WAS A DAILY DEAL.. THXS YALL...
Yes sir she is a beauty.. my God she has been eating good I would have loved to see her in her natural habitat thank you for sharing the video I'm thinking she had at least 8 rattles
Was in the National Guard with a guy who was the two time Rattlesnake wrangler champ of Wyoming....he'd of had that big boy in a five gallon bucket in less than a minute. He had over a dozen previous bites and wasn't even required to take the anti-venom anymore. Small quite fellow named Sparks with a big set of brass kahoons!!!
eugene Morrill a snake is considered an reptile not an animal first off and second how in the hell can you call something beautiful that will try and kill your ass for no reason people like you don't even believe yourselves when you make comments like yours BOTTOM LINE I bet that so called beautiful animal lol you say wouldn't hesitate to inject poison in your just by walking by it to close that's not beautiful
56 426 225 actually your the dumb sob because if you walk by a man and he decides to split your fucking head open you think the law is going to believe him when he say I felt I was in danger because you walked by to close lol the Bottom line is your just some dumb son of a bitch that have no clue about nature people tell you they are dangerous for a reason ass wipe
One can never be too careful! I almost stepped on a rattlesnake in early March in Southern California next to a small wooded citrus orchard in a hilly grassy area. The viper was very slow coming to its senses because it must have just come out of hibernation! I did not get bit after I barely noticed it as not a stick, but a snake! I walked literally right over it!
I wonder how old an animal like that is? I know reptiles never really stop growing, but there's gotta be an upper limit. She ate a lot of mice and squirrels to get to be that big.
The typical lifespan of a adult Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake is 10 years in the wild. Some rare specimens have been reported to live up to 20 years but that is usually not the case.
You walk up onto him without noticing, and it’ll probably be the last thing you ever do. His head is easily the size of your hand. Whole lotta venom gland/stores
I lived in Florida for many years. I found an Eastern diamondback really close to this one's size. He was too close to the house. Whacked him, skinned him, displayed the skin. Killed a coral snake once. Also too close to the house. Killed a moccasin or two. I encountered many snakes that I did not feel the need to kill, but I have no regret about killing that few. A snake that size can and will kill any human that stumbles onto it.
Wow what a beautiful Snake. One in a life time even. Lucky you. I see them here in Cape Coral FL but nothing that Big. They always warn me if I get to Close. I never Kill them. Congrats.
Another humbling piece of nature that should live out his days in peace. Thanks. While I eat snakes and use their skins for various practical endeavors, this is a Grandfather who is to be respected and protected .
My sister and I saw a 14 foot rattler on my land. We never did see it's head but we could measure it because it was traveling down the side of a building. It was huge. We never saw it again.
And yet u let it get away. U do know that same snake could be the very snake that bite someone you know n love. In Mississippi we have a saying the good snake is a dead snake!!!
@@hollywood1753 how the fuck can this snake bite somebody they are usually only found in remote pineforest in the extreme southeast us. they are so rare in most of their range you have to really be looking for this snake to find one. any fool dumb enough to be out there without snake chaps, or some leather hiking boots deserve to get bit
56 426 225 Rare? Shit, apparently you don't spend much time in North Florida. They are by no means rare hear. And due to the fact that both Georgia and Texas have Rattlesnake Roundups, no where else either. Rare my ass, you must be a Yankee living in a big city.
When I was 12 or so a couple of young men, U.K. forestry students came through the area of our farm asking to look for rattlers. Most all the landowners said sure, go ahed but I"ve live here for years and never seen a rattler. Knowing what they were doing and how and where to look they caught rattlers almost every farm, sometimes 3or more. They took them alive and unharmed to supply some place that milked them for venom. Guys said that was their summer work to make money for the coming school year.
Dendroaspis Polylepis no I was joking around with my comments. That was a monster but it wasn't bothering nobody just hunting for food I guess. I would have went the other direction. Chances are he or she has brothers and sisters and their of similar size. I don't fool with snakes Lol
Josey Wales Definitely cool in a photo but, being chased by one in real life might change your mind on how...cool they are. 😂 😎 I'd sooner muck with a Cobra
Why is the first response to a snake is to kill it ? I can understand if it was in your back yard or home but this is clearly a wooded area. I’m a avid hunter and fisherman love the outdoors how about just respect it and let it be
Tyler Song Yea like we respected the killer that tried to walk n Waffle House with a gun!!! Is that the kinda let it go type we’re talking about here???? One big ass dead rattle snake won’t hurt the world
No just the faces of letting something go now when you know where it can end up at. Ima say this and be done because GOD himself can’t please everybody as this world shows us everyday. IM A MAN THAT CAN LOOK THROUGH MUDDY WATERS AND SPOT DRY LAND!! Church!!!!
Hollywood 1 you are entitled to your own opinion which is fine you aren’t really “churhing” me on anything I’ve killed snakes before including rattlers but they were on my property as in my back yard if you were going to eat the snake I would be all for it shoot the shit out of it but shooting it because it’s a rattle snake is dumb
Sooo exactly how do u know where that snake was just because u see woods. I got pine trees and woods just like that 20 yards outside of my door. Did the camera man say where he was did he show a video of the surrounding area?? If I didn’t know any better I could say that looks exactly like my backyard my grandparents backyard all my neighbors backyard for the next 60 -1000 miles. When it comes to snakes like that I’m looking out for the next person that could get hit by that snake. You had a snake that got away after u tried to shoot it but u happen to graze it’s back and three days late a husband rushes his wife to the hospital after she got bit only to see a pic of the snake after he killed it and realized that was the same one u didn’t kill days before. Mrs. Mary lost her leg behind that
I could look it up but, i wonder what the Life span of a Healthy Rattler is, this one was Not Missing any Meals, Maybe jenny Craig could give some Pointers !!!!
Stumbled across one like that at Fort Polk lousiana back in the early 80s. Damn thing had a body as thick as a full grown ground hog. No idea what that old boy was eating, but he was healthy.
56 426 225 i was just saying the fucking snake was so big you could make 4 pair of boots out of it not that anyone should . why dont you take the snake and put one end of it in your mouth and the other end up your ass and rotate every 5 seconds jackass.
I was going to say I once saw saw an Eastern Gartersnake that was every bit of 21 inches long and I saw it in some grass near a road but I doubt anyone on here would believe me.
I'm not sure where your idea of me being fat comes from. Probably your own insecurities of being a bit thick yourself. What worked well for us was kill the killer before it killed you or your animals. So, you live in your panty world bitch, and I will stay in mine. That way your happy, and I'm happy. Unless you're a bitch that's got to have the last word,
Boy howdy! Kill everyone you find. Plenty of others out there to eat the rats. Those will do us no harm if we or our toddlers happen to walk up on one.
That’s GRANDPA diamond back! He fought at the Alamo!
You mean, he ATE at the Alamo!!
Which side?
@@pipe2devnull He survived, didn't he?
I know huh 😆
I was deer hunting from a ground blind during California's archery season in the early 2000's. I was on a rocky hillside leaning back against my backpack watching an old apple orchard on an abandoned mountain ranch. I turned my head to the right to view one of my hunting pards about 60 yards away. As my head rotated right, I picked up movement out of the corner of my right eye. I slowly rotated my head further right and was looking eye to eye with a rattlesnake, about 12 to 14 inches away. Apparently it had crawled up to me on its way to the orchard where there was an abundance of ground squirrels. The movement I had caught from the corner of my eye was the snake arching his body in reaction to my head's movement. Its eyes were milky looking, as though it was about to shed. Recognizing that, I knew that it might strike with little or no provocation, so I very slowly moved my right hand to a position between my head and the snake's head. I laid my bow down with my left hand and moved my legs into a position from which I could best roll away from the snake. I was able to get to my feet as it began rattling and crawling toward me, head up and rattling. I pinned it to the ground with a broadhead through a thick part of its body about one foot behind its head. It continued rattling and began writhing around the arrow.
I could not focus on the hunt any more, but I remained where I was until darkness began to set in. Unwilling to wait for full dark to walk back to the road through the knee high wild oats, I quietly stood up and caught the attention of my pard to my right. He started my way and signaled to his brother and they moved quietly to my location. I picked the snake up with the arrow I had shot it with and held it up as they got close. In order to get the tail of the snake off the ground, I had to raise the arrow as high as my head. I'm 6' 5" tall. With the arrow head high and a foot of snake on one side of the arrow, that would make the snake at least 7 feet long, maybe more.
In the falling darkness as we walked through the wild oats toward the road, one of the guys with me stepped on a rattlesnake, which started rattling, and caused him to jump and head out for the road at a fast walk. We fell in behind him and left the orchard to the snakes.
Wow. That must have been scary. I’m scared of snakes so I don’t know what I would have done if I was in your shoes. I was literally imagining everything playing out as I read your comment.
Glad you’re alright Bro.
Sometimes it better to get away. Sounds like you were near a den.
Does the fang of a rattle snake can pass tru your hunting pants?? And if you were bitten, how much time you got to receive the vaccin ??
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That's a beautiful specimen, I would've given it space too. It would've been very tempting to get closer for that better shot. But unless you've been around a lot of snakes that often ends badly.
Thanks for sharing...
Rattlesnakes are typically NOT aggressive. Leave them alone and they will leave you alone. That is really the truth of it. If you want to see a truly bad ass,crazy aggressive snake check out the Black Mamba
Notice he said..."typically". Keep that in mind.
“That’s a big snake!” That’s what SHE said.
Finally !!! Someone smart enough to keep a distance
Pussies
Christian Harris 😂😂😂😂😂
Yep, this is the best way to observe wild animals. They don't need some amateur Steve Irwin getting them all riled up, mind ya business and they'll mind theirs.
He's not going to bite you from 30 feet away !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😂 hahahaha hahahaha couldn't see nothing !!!!!!!!! 😠
They are harmless I catch them daily
Its a relief seeing a snake doing its own thing, and not wrapped up in a strike position cause some simpleton provoked it for better video. Well done. Gorgeous snake!
Well said. So So often it is the stupid humans who just have to frack with the critter who is just going about his business. Many times the critter even see's the stupid human but still prefers to just go about his business hoping the stupid human will just do the same. Here we have a smart human who knows he will have the experience of a lifetime seeing this huge and beautiful but deadly viper just by keeping at a distance safe for both parties He drove up in that jeep yet you don't even hear a rattle out of that monster..everyone goes home healthy.
Coiling doesn't hurt the snake.. they do it everytime they sleep and eat. When they're staying out of the sun in the shade.. usually coiled. An agitated snake isn't going to dart between your legs right quick.. it's safer.. If you're close to the snake.. for him to be in a defensive posture - rather than a traveling posture. If you're not touching the snake no harm done.
You shouls watch these 2 guys in this video then check out their other video is you want to see simpletons free handing some of the most venomous snakes in the world you will know they will be bitten its not IF its WHEN. 2 of the dumbest guys Ive seen dont have a quarter of a brain between the 2 of them and they are free handing venomous snakes.
Here is the link also the one guy david has his own channel that has lots of stupid snake handling his channel is
"Davidsfeeds"
Watch "ORACLE AND MORE KING COBRAS WITH CHRISWEEET" on CZcams
czcams.com/video/adH5241Oog8/video.html
We’re gonna need a bigger boat.
First 2 seconds my eye brows spiked as my eyes widened as far possible. Now that is what I call a real eye opener ! Thanks for the memory. Glad you stayed safe.
The very best part of this video is that no self-proclaimed herping "expert" tries to pick it up. Thanks for letting this one go do its own thing. Good choice, and a good example.
You would have to be a fucking body builder to pick that thing up.
He sure is eating well, I''ll bet you don't have a rat problem.
Damn imagine the Venom yield if that big guy tags ya
I'm from South Mississippi and now live in Arizona the Eastern diamond back is a beast !
You got more sense then most people would have been trying to catch and grab the snake so you can see.
Thanks for not being that guy.
I do not like snakes, but I don't want them killed or mistreated! Thank you for not killing it.
That is a big olboy.
Imagine he's lived a long time. It's nice to just sit back and watch nature live without people interfering with it.
I live in Florida I come across 6 foot 7 foot rattlesnakes all the time. But I've never seen one so fat.
I have 14 acres outside st augustine FL there is one that lives under an old wood shed in the back end of the property near the small pond it will come out and sun itself in the late morning when we get a cold night I bet it's seven ft I bet it could eat a medium dog I have 2 Maltese dogs and I'm sure it could handle both of them but they hardly leave the house they just go in the fenced area near the front porch ! I discovered this snake about 4 years ago and it seems to stay in that little area under that old rotten shed and I see alot of big water moccasins in that pond
"The snake is long. Seven miles. Ride the snake."
Meyzen76 ... He's old. And his skin is cold.
I was walking a 20 acre parcel in East Texas near Palestine in timber just like this. We were trying to determine its fitness for a plant site. The owners said they'd never seen a rattler there, though the area was reputed to be home to some big Timber Rattlers. I hadn't been out of my truck 5 minutes before I heard that slowly accelerating tick, tick, tick, that lets you know you're getting close and they're about to go full buzz. It was a beauty (black tail), though no where near as big or fat as this one. A local told me he'd once found one in his 3 year old daughter's bedroom and they had no idea how it got in. In my area of California, the timber rattlers are no where near this big. Thanks for a great video...
There are no Timber Rattlers in California. They are an eastern half of the country snake.
@@garyshinn4626 Unfortunately a lot of old men like me think of the Pacific Rattler we find in the Sierras as Timber Rattlers, but you're correct in that Crotalus Horridus isn't found any California. Thanks for correcting that if I'd deceived anyone
@@mysterion4301 I understand what you are saying.
@@mysterion4301 I understand what you are saying. I have lived in Ark. and Ky. my whole life. I have had several up close and personal times with Crotalus Horridus. I had a 4 plus footer fall out of a white oak I was cutting. I was so happy he didn't land on me I let him crawl away. I only had one that acted like he would have bitten me, he was a big black one,I backed off and he crawled into a rock pile. He was coiled and ready, 2 more steps, but I saw him.
@@garyshinn4626 Thanks for sharing your story. My Dad was born in Hartford and raised in a couple of different spots in the Ozarks. He came to California in '39. He passed along calling big rattlers, Timber Rattlers, to me and my older brother. We hunted with him here with hounds for years, and lost a couple of good ones to rattlers.
I kept 3 rattlesnakes once that had bitten people. I had to trade them in for a wife...been regretting that decision for years.
2027850 that woman bites is the worst of all, tortures ya very slowly till ya death yrs later.
you got that right I been married longer than dirt I guess its better than being alone?
2027850 wife venom can take decades to work, at least the Rattlers are more honest they'll kill you in a few minutes
same here - but i choose the snakes.
2027850 😂😂😂😂😂
That sucka has been king of that territory for a while 😮
Man.......WE TRULY JUST DONT KNOW WHATS REALLY OUT IN THE WILD! That was INSANE!
Wow,....that can pass for a python or an anaconda, it was huge. Thanks for bringing that video to us, it was awesome footage. hers
Easily an 8 footer, ive caught a diamondback that was just short of 5 feet and that thing was massive i couldn't imagine this guy in person my god!!!
I've been to Sweetwater.. this one looked bigger than any of the demonstration 6 footers they had. Head on this snake was massive.. body as well.. length to match. This one needed to be caught and displayed.. a Big Boy.
Eastern Diamond backs are not only the largest but the most beautiful snake there is!!! Here in middle Georgia IV seen very few diamond backs in the past 2decades one of them was so long and massive he looked about as big as this one it's unreal... When I lived in North Florida tho every summer you would see at least a few a month there the pigmy Rattlers all over the place here you mainly see the timbers there so many it's crazy..
That’s a granddaddy for sure!
So much for running through the woods barefooted and fancy free .....
Hey man where did you film this?
Thanks D
Please tell me you shot that thing it lived long enough to be that big
Come over to Tamms, IL. They have the biggest Rattlers I have ever seen!! They block the roads so snakes can safely pass from hibernating to woods in Spring.
I love the south and it’s caves. Seems like a lot of snakes
I thought it would be footage of Hillary.
No that would be the biggest pile of shit.
I live here in Florida...and one day while leaving my driveway this eastern diamond back crossed the road. My drive is 10 foot wide, that snake was at a least 1 foot shy of the width...9 foot, very common around here.
Back around 1970 we were enroute from Ocala to Cedar Key to fish. About 5a.m. I ran over a rattler that darned near covered the lane. Felt like running over a large branch ( we were in a Mercury Grand Msrquis, a pretty soft ride) ..Backed up for a look but the rattler was gone. They size from pygmy to oh hell! down there, don't they?
My husband and I saw a rattlesnake here in Oklahoma, I'd never seen a snake so big outside of the zoo. It's length was incredible it reached across the road we were driving on. Snake's are one of my worst phobia's, I've been terrified ever since we saw the snake because it wasn't far from our home. A neighbor ran over a small rattlesnake, he thought it was dead and picked it up. Big mistake he was bit 2 time's he stopped breathing 2xs but he lived. He's still dealing with his heart since then so be wise and don't pick up any snake, it could be dangerous. God bless everyone watching and commenting.
😵😵 Remind me to never go in that woods!!!
damn thats a beast. what an awesome snake. too cool
Beautiful big diamondback! She is eating good! And that’s good!
Well done. No hold my beer moment.
Been a outdoorsman my entire life. I live here in FL, born and raised. I hunt, fish,hike,camp everything out here in these woods and swamps. I've two boys I've raised with a love and respect for our unique ecosystem. We've eaten various things while outdoors including snake (various types). Here's the thing though. You don't kill just to kill. Those snakes, gators and different predators are very important to maintaining a balance here. Have someone teach you how to deal and handle those creatures or just leave them the hell alone all together. Furthermore if anyone can't have a respect and understanding of how their environment works, well then you probably should just remain indoors.
What's your problem? The cameraman seems very respectful to the snake. Kept his distance, didn't antagonize it etc. And it seems quite calm and settled.
@@DrewWithington you are absolutely correct. The individual who took this was at a distance and did nothing to the snake aside from video it (which I must admit that is a pretty large rattler). My issue is with the individuals on here saying" kill it". Those people have no respect for the outdoors or the critters in it.
What if they worked in pairs and that one was merely the distraction while another one was sneaking up on your flank?
What if the second one had a camera?
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Ahh it was Lee Hinsley
HOLY GUACAMOLE! I am not sure I would have had the guts to even film it!
WOW!! Looks like a train going across the woods.
Oh look you found a large politician. Hillary. Cool!!!
Big enough to saddle up and ride.
Yes sir she is a beauty.. my God she has been eating good I would have loved to see her in her natural habitat thank you for sharing the video I'm thinking she had at least 8 rattles
Was in the National Guard with a guy who was the two time Rattlesnake wrangler champ of Wyoming....he'd of had that big boy in a five gallon bucket in less than a minute. He had over a dozen previous bites and wasn't even required to take the anti-venom anymore. Small quite fellow named Sparks with a big set of brass kahoons!!!
Boy !! What a monstrous ratltler. Thanks for posting that video so we all could get a good look without harm to the animal or the viewer.
eugene Morrill a snake is considered an reptile not an animal first off and second how in the hell can you call something beautiful that will try and kill your ass for no reason people like you don't even believe yourselves when you make comments like yours BOTTOM LINE I bet that so called beautiful animal lol you say wouldn't hesitate to inject poison in your just by walking by it to close that's not beautiful
56 426 225 actually your the dumb sob because if you walk by a man and he decides to split your fucking head open you think the law is going to believe him when he say I felt I was in danger because you walked by to close lol the Bottom line is your just some dumb son of a bitch that have no clue about nature people tell you they are dangerous for a reason ass wipe
@@raeleigh9754 Reptiles are animals genius
Dang!! where is that? Out west I hope. Glad we don't have them in Maine.
"Out west I hope" name is EASTERN diamond back rattlesnake
A rattlesnake that big has really defied the odds , probably a one in a hundred thousand snake to survive long enough to get that big
One can never be too careful!
I almost stepped on a rattlesnake in early March in Southern California next to a small wooded citrus orchard in a hilly grassy area. The viper was very slow coming to its senses because it must have just come out of hibernation!
I did not get bit after I barely noticed it as not a stick, but a snake! I walked literally right over it!
Where is that?? Need to cross that location off my camping bucket list🤣🤣🤣
Gospel !
Yep, that's a big boy!
I wonder how old an animal like that is? I know reptiles never really stop growing, but there's gotta be an upper limit.
She ate a lot of mice and squirrels to get to be that big.
The typical lifespan of a adult Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake is 10 years in the wild. Some rare specimens have been reported to live up to 20 years but that is usually not the case.
Incredible how it blends in. If you are not careful, you will walk into it
You walk up onto him without noticing, and it’ll probably be the last thing you ever do. His head is easily the size of your hand. Whole lotta venom gland/stores
to the ones that think that the snake should be killed,you're crazy!! that thing is beautiful. One of Mother Nature's works of art
I lived in Florida for many years. I found an Eastern diamondback really close to this one's size. He was too close to the house. Whacked him, skinned him, displayed the skin. Killed a coral snake once. Also too close to the house. Killed a moccasin or two. I encountered many snakes that I did not feel the need to kill, but I have no regret about killing that few. A snake that size can and will kill any human that stumbles onto it.
Big Eastern.. getting more rare all the time.
Beautiful.
Come to south Ga.
That bad boy been eatin' good !
That would make some nice boots and a belt to match
Wow what a beautiful Snake. One in a life time even. Lucky you. I see them here in Cape Coral FL but nothing that Big. They always warn me if I get to Close. I never Kill them. Congrats.
I saw a timber rattlesnake (Southwest Virginia) that went from head to tail the length of a long bed pickup. (8 feet).
Cool hat band and belt you let get away, not to mention the yummy yellow rattle rice!
What were you thinking !
Logger John.
Wow that was big
Another humbling piece of nature that should live out his days in peace. Thanks. While I eat snakes and use their skins for various practical endeavors, this is a Grandfather who is to be respected and protected .
What do ya do?
Lift up its rattles and check for an inny or an outy?
Why do you eat and use skin? That's just dumb
My sister and I saw a 14 foot rattler on my land. We never did see it's head but we could measure it because it was traveling down the side of a building. It was huge. We never saw it again.
Looks like it's very well fed and happy
Oh that's a nice one.
Snakes are accursed and must be destroyed
Guy's been eating well and has had good luck all his life!!!
Glad you spotted it!
That's a pair of boots with a belt to match.
Awesome snake!
Snakezilla movie is looking pretty good
At least you're staying at a good distance from that thing...whew !!!
And yet u let it get away. U do know that same snake could be the very snake that bite someone you know n love. In Mississippi we have a saying the good snake is a dead snake!!!
@@hollywood1753 how the fuck can this snake bite somebody they are usually only found in remote pineforest in the extreme southeast us. they are so rare in most of their range you have to really be looking for this snake to find one. any fool dumb enough to be out there without snake chaps, or some leather hiking boots deserve to get bit
You are ignorant
Rattlers are good eating. You just let a delicious (and free) meal slip away....
56 426 225 Rare? Shit, apparently you don't spend much time in North Florida. They are by no means rare hear. And due to the fact that both Georgia and Texas have Rattlesnake Roundups, no where else either. Rare my ass, you must be a Yankee living in a big city.
Supermarket.....lots of meat without the killing
Chris Gardner so the meat in super markets commits harry carry I guess????
Yes rattlers is good eating that if you know how to cook them
There is alot of rattlers. Here in pa
Yes i did eat rattlers it was good to
Chris Gardner - Just because you don't pull the trigger doesn't mean there isn't any killing.
When I was 12 or so a couple of young men, U.K. forestry students came through the area of our farm asking to look for rattlers. Most all the landowners said sure, go ahed but I"ve live here for years and never seen a rattler. Knowing what they were doing and how and where to look they caught rattlers almost every farm, sometimes 3or more. They took them alive and unharmed to supply some place that milked them for venom. Guys said that was their summer work to make money for the coming school year.
Dang, that’s a husky fella right there
Awesome snake, glad you let it live
Dendroaspis Polylepis cool black mamba in your pic. Is it yours?
I agree, killing snakes is just senseless!
Dendroaspis Polylepis who said he let it live lol
Dendroaspis Polylepis no I was joking around with my comments. That was a monster but it wasn't bothering nobody just hunting for food I guess. I would have went the other direction. Chances are he or she has brothers and sisters and their of similar size. I don't fool with snakes Lol
Josey Wales Definitely cool in a photo but, being chased by one in real life might change your mind on how...cool they are. 😂 😎 I'd sooner muck with a Cobra
Water moccasins (cotton mouths) will chase you. I had one chase me and my dad in a TRACTOR as a kid.
One word DAMN
They are usually pretty thick to begin with but it's really hard to tell how big it is from the video. Where is this?
That's the rabbit terminator! Run
Why is the first response to a snake is to kill it ? I can understand if it was in your back yard or home but this is clearly a wooded area. I’m a avid hunter and fisherman love the outdoors how about just respect it and let it be
Tyler Song Yea like we respected the killer that tried to walk n Waffle House with a gun!!! Is that the kinda let it go type we’re talking about here???? One big ass dead rattle snake won’t hurt the world
Hollywood 1 are you comparing a crazy ass man in Waffle House to a snake in the woods...
No just the faces of letting something go now when you know where it can end up at. Ima say this and be done because GOD himself can’t please everybody as this world shows us everyday. IM A MAN THAT CAN LOOK THROUGH MUDDY WATERS AND SPOT DRY LAND!! Church!!!!
Hollywood 1 you are entitled to your own opinion which is fine you aren’t really “churhing” me on anything I’ve killed snakes before including rattlers but they were on my property as in my back yard if you were going to eat the snake I would be all for it shoot the shit out of it but shooting it because it’s a rattle snake is dumb
Sooo exactly how do u know where that snake was just because u see woods. I got pine trees and woods just like that 20 yards outside of my door. Did the camera man say where he was did he show a video of the surrounding area?? If I didn’t know any better I could say that looks exactly like my backyard my grandparents backyard all my neighbors backyard for the next 60 -1000 miles. When it comes to snakes like that I’m looking out for the next person that could get hit by that snake. You had a snake that got away after u tried to shoot it but u happen to graze it’s back and three days late a husband rushes his wife to the hospital after she got bit only to see a pic of the snake after he killed it and realized that was the same one u didn’t kill days before. Mrs. Mary lost her leg behind that
I would've shot it 30 seconds after I saw it
Holly Crap Bat Man! I had walked up on that, It wouldn't had to bite me to killed me, I'd died from the load of crap in my pants!!
Shewwwwwweeeee, man! That’s a big mamma jamma! That’s as close as I’d have gotten too! Good video!
I could look it up but, i wonder what the Life span of a Healthy Rattler is, this one was Not Missing any Meals, Maybe jenny Craig could give some Pointers !!!!
Should have killed it.
You get 8 out of 10 points.Would of got full 10 if you were to pet it.☺
Is that an eastern diamondback?
Dang that's a big fella . On to keep a close eye on while making an exit
Thanks for sharing and not killing her!
Indeed these are the smart people
*him.
A good candidate for lead poisoning!
Where is this I want to see it
Stumbled across one like that at Fort Polk lousiana back in the early 80s. Damn thing had a body as thick as a full grown ground hog. No idea what that old boy was eating, but he was healthy.
you could make 4 pairs of boots out of that one
56 426 225 fuck you if you cant take a joke bitch
56 426 225 thats because your an ignorant fuck arent you sport
56 426 225 i was just saying the fucking snake was so big you could make 4 pair of boots out of it not that anyone should . why dont you take the snake and put one end of it in your mouth and the other end up your ass and rotate every 5 seconds jackass.
Ready aim shoot only good one is a dead one. Belt and boots.
Thank you kind sir.
I was going to say I once saw saw an Eastern Gartersnake that was every bit of 21 inches long and I saw it in some grass near a road but I doubt anyone on here would believe me.
That's one fine piece of belt leather right there
Save a life, kill a rattler
And that's from some fatass collard green eating bitch that's never walked through the brush. Hee Hee
I'm not sure where your idea of me being fat comes from. Probably your own insecurities of being a bit thick yourself. What worked well for us was kill the killer before it killed you or your animals. So, you live in your panty world bitch, and I will stay in mine. That way your happy, and I'm happy. Unless you're a bitch that's got to have the last word,
Boy howdy! Kill everyone you find. Plenty of others out there to eat the rats. Those will do us no harm if we or our toddlers happen to walk up on one.
Yes Ma'am. If you insist. Kill them all.
56 426 225 so you "understand" rattlesnakes? Please don't say yes.
What state is this?
NOW THAT'S A BIG ASS SNAKE!!!!
Don't kill snakes in the wild. Just don't kill snakes. 🐍
Turkey trail honey bee farm Georgia 🐍🔫
Guess the morons that want all snakes dead prefer huge rodent population with disease outbreaks .