Saw this bad boy today

[snagged in outlet 3]

[snagged in outlet 3]

[fishinwrench]

Woah!  Head choppin' time.....if he's close to the house.

[snagged in outlet 3]

6 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Woah!  Head choppin' time.....if he's close to the house.

5 miles out on the Katy trail.  I honestly didn’t see it till the last second, swerved around it to miss it. 59 years of Missouri camping, fishing, hunting, outdoors and  that’s the first one I’ve ever seen.  Cool!  Fat one too.  

[nomolites]

Looks like a big’n too!  I’ve only seen them farther south, but lots of critters are moving north.

Mike

[ColdWaterFshr]

Nice!  Whereabouts on the trail?  

[jdmidwest]

Just a pup.  Did you have the zoom lens on or did you just walk up for the money shot??

Ya know them critters are poison??

[fishinwrench]

They must be on the move right now, several pics of Rattlers on the Mo. Fishing/Hunting facebook feeds the last couple days. 

I'll never forget the biggest one I've ever seen was in Monroe county during quail season.   There was frost on the ground, and the last thing we expected to see was a snake.....much less a RATTLE snake.

[Gavin]

Sweet...biggest one I ever saw was under the 34 Bridge near Sam Baker State Park. I here that the snake road in S. IL has a bunch of them. They close it for migration twice a year.

 

[fishinwrench]

When I lived in GA we rode the appalachian trail on dirt bikes.  I came upon a rattler and busted the throttle when I ran over it and It ripped the snake in two.  Thinking it would be cool I cut it's rattles off and hung them on the rear view mirror in my truck.   

After 2 days in the Georgia summer sun my truck started to smell like I had a roadkill possum under the seat.   My cool mirror ornament had to go!

Stupid kid crap. 🙄