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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: jdb on July 21, 2014, 07:01:01 PM

Title: Biggest rattlesnake
Post by: jdb on July 21, 2014, 07:01:01 PM: So what's everyone's biggest?
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Post by: bowhunterwa87 on July 21, 2014, 07:24:07 PM: Not mine but a buddy got this one the other day..all mine have been average for the year but this ones nice. He wears a size 12 for reference.
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Post by: fly4fish on July 22, 2014, 07:49:00 AM: 44 inches is about as big as I've seen. Rarely are they over 40.
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Post by: mountainman on July 22, 2014, 10:56:36 AM: Sen a few, killed a few over 50"
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Post by: BIGINNER on July 22, 2014, 11:09:31 AM: my question is this: who the hell goes after a rattler in flip flops??? :yike: :yike: :yike:
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Post by: bowhunterwa87 on July 22, 2014, 11:45:42 AM: Lol hes a nut...went snake hunting that evening and he didnt bring so much as a knife..wacked um with a stick. He got another smaller one that night too
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Post by: boneaddict on July 22, 2014, 11:48:19 AM: 55 inches has been the biggest. A couple in the 49-52 inch range. Most way smaller. All the big ones came from the Methow.
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Post by: bowhunterwa87 on July 22, 2014, 11:53:55 AM: Biggest so far is 34" minus head and tail...
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Post by: Alchase on July 22, 2014, 12:22:35 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on July 22, 2014, 11:48:19 AM
All the big ones came from the Methow.

You went and had to say that didn't you! :yike:

A couple years ago, on Friday morning before the modern opener, we were setting up camp between Bear and Pearygin creeks. This guy drives up in a blue pickup, on his tailgate was a rattle snake that was ginormous! Well I couldn't tell you really if it was "big" or not, I have only seen three in 25 years of hunting modern up there :dunno:.
Anyway he tells us that he just killed it on the road just down from our camp. :o

I swear, for the next seven days, every time I heard rattle of brush or a stupid grasshopper take off my heart would skip a beat.
Thanks Bone, now I will be wanting to shoot every stick I catch in my peripheral vision.
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Post by: jjhunter on July 22, 2014, 12:30:00 PM: 54" for me. Like Bone, a few in the 48-50" range. Most buttons is 16.

I've probably killed a few hundred snakes over the years, so I think those 48" plus are pretty rare?
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Post by: mountainman on July 22, 2014, 01:40:26 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on July 22, 2014, 11:48:19 AM
55 inches has been the biggest. A couple in the 49-52 inch range. Most way smaller. All the big ones came from the Methow.
yup, Chewack, balky, but always had the most fun cleaning dens yearly below the Gunn ranch. Backcountry horsemans ride through Pipestone has produced some baseball bat sized snakes too. Duanes appraisal almost threw him hard riding aver one if them! Good times! :tup:
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Post by: mfswallace on July 22, 2014, 02:00:13 PM: Can't find any pics right now but in college I raised one for 4 1/2yrs to 57"
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Post by: Song Dog on July 22, 2014, 03:29:54 PM: For me the biggest rattler is always the one I'm about to step on :yike:
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Post by: mountainman on July 22, 2014, 04:36:59 PM: We've taken several over the years right at 60" . Will dig up some pics.
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Post by: jdb on July 23, 2014, 05:29:28 PM: I've killed probably right around 100 and I've had a couple just over 40" all in or near Yakima. Most rattles is 13
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Post by: jtrammell on August 11, 2014, 05:37:07 PM: So I'm new at this....how do I insert a pic?
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Post by: rasbo on August 12, 2014, 03:59:27 AM: had one waiting for me under the ladder to the loader I was running this spring..He was at least 15 ft long,with fangs that made a sabor toothed tigers teeth look like tooth picks.. :chuckle: he was about 30 inches..He was as startled as I was..I jumped up to catch the top rung of the ladder,which is 5 ft,but missed,caught it on the way back down though..