Bear Grills would've smacked it on the head and cooked it up over a camp fire - now there's a real man!
I saw a very similar snake at KVSP last week. I was flying down a single track and smack in the middle of the trail is the large black snake. I skidded past him to one side, praying that he wouldn't snipe me in the ankle. I didn't think to get a pic though... :mad2:
Ever see any timber rattlesnakes up there at ringwood?
brad, what trail were you on? i was going up the needle single track and a huge, i mean freakin' HUGE black snake was coming out of a hole in a tree. the kicker: the hole in the tree was at least four feet in the air, there was about a foot of snake on the ground and it still wasn't completely outta the tree.
needless to say i kept riding.
Yes I have, only once a few years ago. I saw it around Bear Swamp where I usually see Black Snakes. I always thought rattlesnakes didn't make it this far north, but boy I was wrong. It was probably about 3-4 ft. I have seen recently garter snakes as well.
I have also seen tons of this little fellas which I have never seen before. I've seen them at KSVP, Wayway and Blue. I think they are pretty cool!!
Timber rattlers are as far north as upstate NY....I actually saw one Minnewaska State Park a good 5 years ago...Where the heck do they go in the winter...Cold blooded and NY winters???Wierd combo if you ask me