Timber Rattlesnake

[FlipFlibbo]

why would you love a snake? i mean whatever you like, thats up to you, but im just sayin thats all...

[kurt942003]

@FlipFlibbo Just do man...too many reasons to post here...lol.

[TheMagicMeganium]

PLEASE SAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES!!! PEOPLE ARE DESTROYING THESE PERTICULAR RATTLESNAKES AND THEIR NUMBERS ARE DROPPING!

[MrCamelneck]

@TheMagicMeganium

Don't worry Mr. Snake Lover I have some good news for you.

There's plenty of Bermese and Rock Pythons in Florida and their numbers are growing at an astronomical rate. They will soon be migrating to other southern states and their territory is spreading like a wildfire that is out of control. They are devastating our native ecosystems and eating all our wonderful animals including rattlesnakes, dogs, cats, and children.

[AtarahDerek]

@MrCamelneck Those you can get rid of. They don't belong in America. I'm inclined to believe that the majority of them were intentionally released.

[MrCamelneck]

@AtarahDerek

I agree with you in regards to the majority of them being intentionally released.

However, how in the hell are you going to get rid of them? They are currently losing the battle. The experts believe there are hundreds of thousands of Bermese Pythons in Florida now. Their population keeps growing exponentially and they have spread from the Everglades to the "pan handle".

They may not belong here, but they are here now and they are thriving and spreading!

[AtarahDerek]

@MrCamelneck We did it with 20 million buffalo when we WEREN'T supposed to. So what's a few thousand non-native snakes? Granted, bison on a prairie are easier to bag than pythons in a swamp, but we have technology.

[Eurostar710]

Beautiful snake. Cool video. I'm in MD and my more redneckish side of the family is having a campout/family reunion in august (i live with my mom and this side of the family would NEVER go field herping lol) so my father and I are going to go looking for snakes and I hope to see a Timber Rattler! And a Copperhead, and anything in between!! Have fun field herping and stay safe!! As for the kid who said he would kill it, just feel sorry for him that he is so uneducated. Hopefully that will change.

[TheSnakeLibrary]

Very beautiful snake. I've been trying to find a diamond back to film but there getting harder to find. Cool video. Check mine out if you get a chance.

[FlipFlibbo]

@TheSnakeLibrary let me know where there are large numbers of them that can still be found

[TheSnakeLibrary]

@FlipFlibbo i usually only see timbers

[vbsurfer128]

i had a pretty lookin canebrake go across my foot when turkey hunting last year. gorgeous looking rattler 7 rattles and had not a care in the world. was neat to see one in the wild that close and not aggressive at all was only concerned about where it was going.

[unclebobpart2]

Absolutely beautiful snake. Timbers are my favorite. Such docile rattlers. Nothing like C.Atrox, which will strike at every chance they get.

[MrInsanity187]

i love snakes. have a burmese myself. ive come up on alot of snakes in the woods, and the only time i ever was worried about getting bitten was when i was not paying attention and walked right up on it. we used to have alot of problems with mice and rats at the farm getting into our hay until i finally convinced the in laws to stop killing the snakes.

[HondaRaycer]

Nice video! I have to move timber rattlesnakes and copperheads off of mountain bike trails all the time. I don't want other people with a problem to run them over and kill them.

[FlipFlibbo]

@HondaRaycer I stop when I find them and kill them. Machete works best. Golf club is my second most favorite weapon of choice.

[AtarahDerek]

A rattler and a copperhead sunning on the same rock? Makes me wonder what they were discussing before this guy showed up.

[kurt942003]

@AtarahDerek HAHAHA!!! Nice way of looking at it.

[Lgetulus56]

Great video..used to herp a lot in Kentucky, around the Natural Bridge area.

[stormmoss]

In what areas do you usually find those species and what is the best time of the year? Do you usually find them under rocks or are they more secretative?

[hippie6669]

nice video..thanks...check out my channel..snakeadventures....ti­mbers and cottonmouths

[n0c0n]

Almost got bit by one in NY!

[bmoviequeen1426]

I've yet to run into any tr's here in Arkansas. Definitely seen Copperheads and Cottonmouths. Mostly I only see common water snakes and garter snakes. I always see people trying to kill snakes at the parks I hike at. It drives me crazy. As soon as I know it's not venomous I put it back into the brush b/c I know if it's on the trail it will be killed. It's pathetic.

[reaperman1982]

You got some sack man

[MidnightJoker10]

There are many useless humans I can think of as well. Humans are the ones who bother and destroy everything on this planet to make room for themselves and yet another strip mall or Wawa store that must be built.

[NukeDarfur]

About the time when you were picking the thing up with you tongs is when I would have been fleeing in terror.

[NatureBreak]

Like your video! Venomous doesn't necessarily mean aggressive.

[kevin6390]

COOOOL

[iconovast]

awesome critter.

[BryanNC08]

I found one of these in my back yard once I was shocked because I didn't think they were native where I live (North Carolina).

[SUPERDUPERJIMBO]

thanks for not being a stupid asshole like some people on here who kill rattlers

[ripping76]

Where in eastern ky was this?

Cause i live right beside greenup.

[NatureBreak]

Thanks for showing the true non-aggressive nature of timbers. I just posted a video of a maternity den where I was surrounded by timbers and never felt threatened because I was careful where I stepped and kept a respectful distance. If everyone did that there would be no reason to kill rattlesnakes. They're a true symbol of wilderness that it would be a shame to lose.

[theMETALDOVE]

@NatureBreak

timber rattlers are the most reluctant fighters one could ever encounter. there's a few den sites i visit yearly and like your experience, they are all around--one site has over 100 members--and there is zero threat. just like dealing with most people, respect goes a long way.

[ghostboy84]

I HAD to kill one of these a few days ago, and I'll explain why...It was in my bedroom. I'm Apache, so I used all parts of it though. I ate the meat, and made a hat band from the skin. They are beautiful snakes, and very powerful. I have a deep respect for rattlesnakes...as long as they're not laying beside my bed rattling.

[thewretched18]

we are in there territory. they are not in ours. nature decides what happens to the species. we should all respect the beauty and what amazing creatures they are. all all live in peace.

its just plain handicap to take matters in your own hands in killing anything in the wild.

[destructoboy995]

Sweet... I live in KY.

[PAreptilekeeper]

kennedy3 anf jron can go suck a dick, if i would ever see any of you ppl killling any snake, i would slaughter your whole family!!!

[Snakeman418]

K3 is a fucking douchebag, big time. He would not hate cars if his bro. almost died from a car wreck, he would hate the driver. So why hate the snake, his brother should have been looking where he was going, besides almost dying first of all could be a huge exageration (probably just swole up his foot) and second of all that was just pure bad luck, it should not have been nearly that bad, probably a young snake.

[CourtyardPigeon]

you need to cut back on your sugar

[jroNC2007]

Ran across one of these today in the Nantahala in North Carloina (Joyce Kilmer National Forest to be specific). Sitting right in a little nook along the path, my dog & buddy walked right past without notice - it went crazy rattling as I came up. Scared the ^&$^ out of me! It was huge - about 4 foot and thick as hell, I counted about 12 rattles as best as I could tell. Been hiking the NC mountains for years and this was the first rattler I'd ever seen. Really spectacular!

[1mvvm1]

We don't see them but we live with them. Magic.

[ladybloodrose]

beautiful snake :) lol he looks just slightly smaller then my pair of canes

[AlwaysWishing1983]

I saw one 2 days ago [I live in VA] it was smaller than this one still growing. Coppers seem to be more aggressive and easily angered to me. Rattler if it's not being hurt or trapped and feels threatened he just wants to go away be left alone. When I was a little girl I found an awesome skin. Wish I still had it.I've seem many cool things with these snakes. I saved ones life once! The poor thing. If anyone wants to hear the story let me know.

[HardCoreWildMan12]

Great video! That was a beautifull Timber rattler, i have yet to catch one of those, maybe this year lol

[K3NN3DY101]

id kill the deadly bastard!! i see a copperhead or rattle snake its dead! we got to many of thos useless things in ky!!

[kurt942003]

Not really a surprise that I got a comment like this. I would like you to tell me just how or why these animals are useless though, as myself and most other people in the learned and general population would not agree with you. Ah, I would also like to know how deadly they are as well, as more people die each year from shark attacks, car wrecks, lightning strikes, smoking, STD's, heart attacks, etc. than they do from Timber Rattlesnake bites. So...again...how are they deadly and useless?

[K3NN3DY101]

i dont care what anyone has to say about it..my lil bro was playing in the yard and acc. step on a rattle snake and it bit him...he was playing with it or none of tht bull crap he was just in the yard...he almost died from it! so i dont care any for snakes the only snakes i dnt kill are ground snakes black snakes nothing like tht but if i see a rattler or copperhead its dead

[pezcore68]

@kurt942003

while i agree with what you saying, that nothing should be killed unless really absolutely necessary ... but i dont think those things are fair comparisons. if people were around rattlesnakes all day thered be a higher number of people impacted... u cant compare the number of people who drive a care to number of people who hike in the woods.

[drenajunkie]

@pezcore68 I've come within a foot of stepping on one before. Didn't strike, didn't take up a defensive posture and didn't rattle, even while I was trying to nudge him of the trail with a stick. They're pretty shy and are not quick to bite. The people who usually end up getting bit are the ones who try to catch or kill them, which in that case they kinda got what they deserve...

[FlipFlibbo]

@drenajunkie I tirelessly seek to find and kill these snakes, Ive never been bitten, and I have literally bludgeoned hundreds of them to death! :D

[drenajunkie]

@FlipFlibbo lol ok troll.

[FlipFlibbo]

@drenajunkie drena no im not a troll, i tell you what, I will add you as a friend and in the spring I will add actual footage, I live in the Hudson Valley, NY theres lots of them in the local area up here, I am ussually very busy from late May-4th of July!! :D :D

[drenajunkie]

@FlipFlibbo Thats great! Enjoy!

[MrCamelneck]

@kurt942003

Hi Kurt,

I use to live in Eastern KY (Pikeville to be exact). While I agree that Copperheads and Timber Rattlers are by far the 2 most common venomous snakes in Eastern Kentucky, they aren't the only venomous snakes. About 20 years ago, I found a 10 foot Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake stretched across a rural road (Harmon's Branch). I'm absolutely positive regarding the ID of that snake. I've also heard of a few reports of water moccasins although I've never seen any myself.

[snakesandfrogs]

dude every snake that is out there has a purpose for the ecosystem and it needs to be left up to nature to decide whether or not it dies. have some flippin consideration for our environment

[jroNC2007]

We are part of nature...There's no point in aimlessly killing anything, but I agree w/ Kennedy3 - I have kids and if find one in my yard it at best will be relocated, but likely shot.

[snakestrike8]

@K3NN3DY101 Looks like we got some worthless rednecks too...

[MrKilln4gold]

@K3NN3DY101 wow dude your useless

[buckeyehognose]

what time of year and what time of day did you find that snake? i just got back from big south fork (and surrounding area) and searched high low, night and day and only found two copperheads...

[frontlobo]

Nice vid! Could you add in a still pic of snake so people can see what it looks like better?

[JerkyPuck]

Wow that takes me back. We used to see Timber rattlers all the time growing up in WV. Copperheads all the time too. It's great what you do. People need that education. Our Daddy always taught us if we leave them alone and let them do their job, they won't bother us. But it was always fun to look at em!

[snake96]

I noticed alot of the pit vipers have such a bad rep but there not even that agressive most ppl are bit trying to kill or catch the snakes its great to see more ppl that respecket and care about snakes and that more states are makeing laws to protect them even rattel snakes copperheads and cotton mouths help control rodents

[moonman9j9]

Awesome man!

[Tamers111]

Good stuff man.  Timbers, or Canbrakes, are always well tempered. Beautiful Crote!

[rewealthy]

Great snake, good handler and commentary, terrible camera work.

[kurt942003]

not my fault about the camera...need a better one.

[billflowers]

That is a beautiful snake, they should be protected.

[reptilewranglers]

beatiful snake

[Tystai]

i cant wait to see them in tennesee=]

[SandmanUSMC]

Very nice video & handling. We have a good population here in Missouri. I concur these snakes are mistreated and need to be understood by everyone so they can be protected.

[carlisrickjames]

Nice video. I wish we had more of a variety of reptiles here in southern Maine.