BilletHead Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 Made a trip to one of my most favorite rivers. Fishing sucked, wind beat me up but the snake hunting was good. There are some huge rock bluffs and cottonmouths winter in the caves and cervices. They migrate out in the Spring to swampy lower ground across the river and do it in reverse in the fall. My buddy was there last week and killed one on sight. I don't agree with this but he has a phobia about snakes. Just says he hates them? These are shot with a short lens. Up close and personal. Could of been much better but trying to keep him corralled running the boat and trying to shoot him with the camera, He was a nice fat one just the kind you want to reach out and pet . NOT BilletHead Flysmallie, bfishn, marcus and 1 other 4 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
jtram Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 That's just twisted, I think that I will go cry now. tho1mas and BilletHead 2
Johnsfolly Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 One thing to note is that this snake like other venomous snakes tend to float on the water surface. Water snakes will only have their head out of the water. Gutsy photos BH! dan hufferd and SpoonDog 2
BilletHead Posted April 21, 2016 Author Posted April 21, 2016 Jtram you didn't have to look . I said in the topic snake photos. It is kind of like telling a kid not to touch something. See there you looked and are safe. Should of been there and seen his little beady cat like eyes, the forked tongue flicking in and out. If he hadn't of made it to shore and under a rock I would of messed with him longer. Should I tell you when he swam under the boat I grabbed his tail and pitched him out a ways? BilletHead Johnsfolly, Chief Grey Bear and jtram 3 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Chief Grey Bear Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 Ha! I hit the water today too. And took a snake pic. It was a bit windy, but boy were they biting! Sorry if the pics are twisted. MOPanfisher, ness, BilletHead and 3 others 6 Chief Grey Bear Living is dangerous to your health Owner Ozark Fishing Expeditions Co-Owner, Chief Executive Product Development Team Jerm Werm Executive Pro Staff Team Agnew Executive Pro Staff Paul Dallas Productions Executive Pro Staff Team Heddon, River Division Chief Primary Consultant Missouri Smallmouth Alliance Executive Vice President Ronnie Moore Outdoors
BilletHead Posted April 21, 2016 Author Posted April 21, 2016 Neat chief! Is that a heddon tadpolly you caught the goggleye with ? BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Chief Grey Bear Posted April 21, 2016 Posted April 21, 2016 It is. dan hufferd and BilletHead 2 Chief Grey Bear Living is dangerous to your health Owner Ozark Fishing Expeditions Co-Owner, Chief Executive Product Development Team Jerm Werm Executive Pro Staff Team Agnew Executive Pro Staff Paul Dallas Productions Executive Pro Staff Team Heddon, River Division Chief Primary Consultant Missouri Smallmouth Alliance Executive Vice President Ronnie Moore Outdoors
dan hufferd Posted April 22, 2016 Posted April 22, 2016 4 hours ago, Johnsfolly said: One thing to note is that this snake like other venomous snakes tend to float on the water surface. Water snakes will only have their head out of the water. Gutsy photos BH! I have known this my whole life, but you are the only other person that I have ever heard comment on it. It has proven true for me. I even saw a copperhead loose it on a bluff (somewhere on Indian Creek) and go into the water. it too floated. I would not rely solely on this, but it is a curious observation.
JestersHK Posted April 22, 2016 Posted April 22, 2016 Awesome picks BH! They really are neat to observe and are very graceful when they are not dropping down out of trees into your canoe LOL I too learned as a youngster that most venomous snakes will hold the head up out of the water, vs non-venomous snakes which just have a bit of their head poking out. Anybody know why that is or what causes it? Calling all reptile experts BilletHead 1
ness Posted April 29, 2016 Posted April 29, 2016 Alright, don't mean to hijack the thread, but this doesn't really warrant a new thread. Went out to our beautiful Kansas Flint Hills last weekend and saw this guy: Had to look it up -- that's a Collared Lizard. Flysmallie, Johnsfolly, Ham and 2 others 5 John
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