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1st Copperhead of the year!! #7832225 06/19/13 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 18,080 GA, USA ready_on_the_right OP Campfire Ranger OP ready_on_the_right Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 18,080 GA, USA Did him in with stick, boot stomp, rake and a final coup de gras with a .22LR Rat shot load Mike God, Family, and Country. NRA Endowment Member

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! ready_on_the_right #7832228 06/19/13 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 5,238 Yakima WA Kenlguy Campfire Tracker Kenlguy Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 5,238 Yakima WA Well how many more do you think you'll get this year. Good job I could wish a lot of things on my worst enemy but neuropathy ain't one of them.

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! ready_on_the_right #7832230 06/19/13 Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,972 NW Alabama R R_H_Clark Campfire Outfitter R_H_Clark Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 10,972 NW Alabama Don't look like a Copperhead.

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! Kenlguy #7832237 06/19/13 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,494 Alaska R rost495 Campfire Kahuna rost495 Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,494 Alaska thats a LONG one for here! skinnier than I'd have expected lots of ours don't get to 24 but get thicker. We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! R_H_Clark #7832241 06/19/13 Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,176 Likes: 1 Georgia Mathsr Campfire Tracker Mathsr Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,176 Likes: 1 Georgia The snake I see looks more like a rat snake than a copperhead. Harry

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! ready_on_the_right #7832244 06/19/13 Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,044 Kpt.,TN , Montgomery, Co, VA bea175 Campfire 'Bwana bea175 Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,044 Kpt.,TN , Montgomery, Co, VA should have let it bite you so you could make sure it was a real Copper Head A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! ready_on_the_right #7832252 06/19/13 Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 33,971 VA 2 SC byc Campfire 'Bwana byc Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 33,971 VA 2 SC It's a dead snake, which is a good snake. PERIOD! Proud to be a true Sandlapper!! Go Nats!!!!

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! byc #7832267 06/19/13 Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,044 Kpt.,TN , Montgomery, Co, VA bea175 Campfire 'Bwana bea175 Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 32,044 Kpt.,TN , Montgomery, Co, VA you have that right A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! byc #7832271 06/19/13 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 18,080 GA, USA ready_on_the_right OP Campfire Ranger OP ready_on_the_right Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 18,080 GA, USA Looked like a copperhead when I kilt it. Not so much in the pics:D Had a triangle shaped head like a poisonous snake though. Usually kill 2-3 a year. Had dog on leash with me when this one came out in driveway. Mike God, Family, and Country. NRA Endowment Member

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! R_H_Clark #7832272 06/19/13 Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 13,250 Greenville, AL MColeman Campfire Outfitter MColeman Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 13,250 Greenville, AL Originally Posted by R_H_Clark Don't look like a Copperhead. I was thinking the same thing. I was thinking rat snake. Last edited by MColeman; 06/19/13.

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! MColeman #7832300 06/19/13 Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,797 Likes: 1 Good Life Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,797 Likes: 1 Good Life Its very dark for a copperhead, but I wouldn't chance it. A dead snake is a good snake.

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! MColeman #7832316 06/19/13 Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 19,722 A wash in the west. 1 17ACKLEYBEE Campfire Ranger 17ACKLEYBEE Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 19,722 A wash in the west. Originally Posted by MColeman Originally Posted by R_H_Clark Don't look like a Copperhead. I was thinking the same thing. I was thinking rat snake. Kids kill about 15 + a year in their yard and that don't look like one to me. NRA Lifetime Member

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! MColeman #7832324 06/19/13 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,305 Likes: 2 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,305 Likes: 2 Southwestern Montucky Originally Posted by MColeman Originally Posted by R_H_Clark Don't look like a Copperhead. I was thinking the same thing. I was thinking rat snake. ^^^^^^^^ that "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! ready_on_the_right #7832332 06/19/13 Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 18,215 OK Deerwhacker444 Campfire Ranger Deerwhacker444 Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 18,215 OK [b][color:#3333FF]Gray Rat Snake.![/color][/b]

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! Deerwhacker444 #7832343 06/19/13 Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,797 Likes: 1 Good Life Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Esox357 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 10,797 Likes: 1 Good Life Copperheads are brown, tan, sand color, very cool looking unless they bite you!

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! ready_on_the_right #7832355 06/19/13 Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,824 Likes: 1 Alaska/Texas A APDDSN0864 Campfire Ranger APDDSN0864 Campfire Ranger A Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,824 Likes: 1 Alaska/Texas All of the Copperheads around here are very orange and don't get over 24". These are also thicker than that one. We haven't had one in the yard yet this summer, but I expect it any day. Ed "Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! APDDSN0864 #7832364 06/19/13 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,913 Likes: 10 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA 1minute Campfire Ranger 1minute Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,913 Likes: 10 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA One needs to feed his snakes a bit more. If that's a copperhead, some Korean orphans need to send him a care package. 1Minute

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! ready_on_the_right #7832386 06/19/13 Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 14,999 Billings, Mt and proud of it ... Bigbuck215 Campfire Outfitter Bigbuck215 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 14,999 Billings, Mt and proud of it ... Originally Posted by ready_on_the_right Did him in with stick, boot stomp, rake and a final coup de gras with a .22LR Rat shot load Mike Were you sure enough trying to kill it? Any dead snake is a good one. The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! Bigbuck215 #7832431 06/19/13 Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 8,923 Texas RDW Campfire Outfitter RDW Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 8,923 Texas These are Copperheads, I have only found one this year and he is stretched out in the freezer. Dave

Re: 1st Copperhead of the year!! byc #7832434 06/19/13 Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 13,065 Croatan NC 6mm250 Campfire Outfitter 6mm250 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 13,065 Croatan NC Originally Posted by byc It's a dead snake, which is a good snake. PERIOD! Why ? Mike Always talk to the old guys , they know stuff. Jerry Miculek