Found this blue indigo by the ranch camp house. Took some pictures, then released it. These are known for killing rattle snakes. Good to have around, since this ranch has a lot of rattle snakes.
Photos South Texas Blue Indigo
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That's a beast!
Used to have Kingsnakes more around here but less so now. Bullsnakes are more common though now though!
That's a beast!
Used to have Kingsnakes more around here but less so now. Bullsnakes are more common though now though!
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Found this.
[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=onv3AMYBS_A[/video]
Found this.
[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=onv3AMYBS_A[/video]
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That black snake is one big SOB. How are the black snakes to deal with?
That black snake is one big SOB. How are the black snakes to deal with?
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Not venomous, but can give a nasty bite. Most of the ones I've come across are pretty calm. I have found one bigger than this one, though. Maybe I'll post it later...
Not venomous, but can give a nasty bite. Most of the ones I've come across are pretty calm. I have found one bigger than this one, though. Maybe I'll post it later...
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It is extremely rare to see this in person. I've seen it once. Their bodies were wrapped around eachother about 2 feet off the ground, and were head-butting each other. Made a noise like when you punch your fist in the palm of you hand. Huge snakes. The blue indigo won, and carried the rattler off just like in this video.<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ArmaHeavy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Found this.
[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=onv3AMYBS_A[/video]
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It is extremely rare to see this in person. I've seen it once. Their bodies were wrapped around eachother about 2 feet off the ground, and were head-butting each other. Made a noise like when you punch your fist in the palm of you hand. Huge snakes. The blue indigo won, and carried the rattler off just like in this video.<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ArmaHeavy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Found this.
[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=onv3AMYBS_A[/video]
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I live in the woods with thousands of acres of swamp behind us and the copper heads use to take over the place until i started going to a friends place catching black snakes and bringing them home and turning them loose. Now i haven't seen a copperhead this year. Got some king snakes also. Took care of the field mice also. MM
I live in the woods with thousands of acres of swamp behind us and the copper heads use to take over the place until i started going to a friends place catching black snakes and bringing them home and turning them loose. Now i haven't seen a copperhead this year. Got some king snakes also. Took care of the field mice also. MM
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mexican match</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I live in the woods with thousands of acres of swamp behind us and the copper heads use to take over the place</div></div>
I've come across many copperheads, and so far they've all been docile, and non-aggressive. I'm not saying they won't bite, they just haven't gone after me.
I think what I gather from the indigo vs. the rattlesnake is that nature takes care of herself.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mexican match</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I live in the woods with thousands of acres of swamp behind us and the copper heads use to take over the place</div></div>
I've come across many copperheads, and so far they've all been docile, and non-aggressive. I'm not saying they won't bite, they just haven't gone after me.
I think what I gather from the indigo vs. the rattlesnake is that nature takes care of herself.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RobertB</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What about the diamond copper headed rattle moccosian? </div></div>
I made one into a belt.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RobertB</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What about the diamond copper headed rattle moccosian? </div></div>
I made one into a belt.
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I remember when I first was walking along a trail in S. Texas and nearly stepped on a huge Blue Indigo. Hard to fight the instinctual urge to kill it.
I remember when I first was walking along a trail in S. Texas and nearly stepped on a huge Blue Indigo. Hard to fight the instinctual urge to kill it.
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Nice, gotta love the good guys. Dog decided he hated the this big mamma bull snake in the yard. She kept the rattlers away, that's all I cared about.
Nice, gotta love the good guys. Dog decided he hated the this big mamma bull snake in the yard. She kept the rattlers away, that's all I cared about.
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A buddy of mine used to bred kingsnakes for the wholesale reptile industry. He told me that the Chumash Indian Reservation was overrun with rattlesnakes and someone contacted him. He brought them 2 males and 4 females and buckets of kingsnake shite, He said they didn't see a rattlesnake for 5 years..
Ch
A buddy of mine used to bred kingsnakes for the wholesale reptile industry. He told me that the Chumash Indian Reservation was overrun with rattlesnakes and someone contacted him. He brought them 2 males and 4 females and buckets of kingsnake shite, He said they didn't see a rattlesnake for 5 years..
Ch
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Kingsnakes are awesome! Only seen a few around here...wish we had more. We have friends that have one as a pet.
Kingsnakes are awesome! Only seen a few around here...wish we had more. We have friends that have one as a pet.
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I talked to my buddy who raised snakes.. He said The Indigo is the Baddest snake in North America.
Ch
I talked to my buddy who raised snakes.. He said The Indigo is the Baddest snake in North America.
Ch
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We dont have them in CA, but they sound like they are essentially a large kingsnake...they are a member of the colubrid family and are also docile and like to eat rattlers like kingsnakes do:
(Drymarchon corais), docile, nonvenomous member of the family Colubridae found from the southeastern United States to Brazil. It is the largest snake in the United States—record length is 2.6 metres (8.5 feet)—and one of the largest of all colubrids. In the United States its colour is blue-black; southward it may have brown foreparts, and in the tropics members of the genus often are called brown snakes. It kills small vertebrate animals, including venomous snakes, by crushing with its jaws and the weight of its coils but is not a constrictor.
We dont have them in CA, but they sound like they are essentially a large kingsnake...they are a member of the colubrid family and are also docile and like to eat rattlers like kingsnakes do:
(Drymarchon corais), docile, nonvenomous member of the family Colubridae found from the southeastern United States to Brazil. It is the largest snake in the United States—record length is 2.6 metres (8.5 feet)—and one of the largest of all colubrids. In the United States its colour is blue-black; southward it may have brown foreparts, and in the tropics members of the genus often are called brown snakes. It kills small vertebrate animals, including venomous snakes, by crushing with its jaws and the weight of its coils but is not a constrictor.
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Yeah, my buddy told me they don't constrict like kingsnakes do, they bite and gulp...
Pretty amazing.. My personal favorites are the mountain kings form arizona and northern mexico.. Lampropeltis ruthveni if I remember
Yeah, my buddy told me they don't constrict like kingsnakes do, they bite and gulp...
Pretty amazing.. My personal favorites are the mountain kings form arizona and northern mexico.. Lampropeltis ruthveni if I remember
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The indigo snake is quite rare! Consider yourself lucky to have ever seen one!!!
The indigo snake is quite rare! Consider yourself lucky to have ever seen one!!!
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we have seen a few around our ranch, some as long as 6.5 feet long. but we allso have lots of rattle snakes aswell. i will post some pictures to show you guys and girls.
we have seen a few around our ranch, some as long as 6.5 feet long. but we allso have lots of rattle snakes aswell. i will post some pictures to show you guys and girls.
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My parents neighbor was in his garage one day, and this huge rattlesnake came tearing into his garage, he got up on the boat in the garage. Turns around and there chasing it was a kingsnake, which had their epic battle in the garage, kingsnake won.
The snake that came up to me when shooting prone in Kingman at the 1,000 yard range was a kingsnake... I had no idea till it was going away from me, after I had jumped about 20 feet back. When I told the guys at the range they asked if I had killed it, HELL NO! They kill rats, mice and rattlers, they're the good guys.
Awesome picture, glad you let it go to hunt down the real problem snakes!
My parents neighbor was in his garage one day, and this huge rattlesnake came tearing into his garage, he got up on the boat in the garage. Turns around and there chasing it was a kingsnake, which had their epic battle in the garage, kingsnake won.
The snake that came up to me when shooting prone in Kingman at the 1,000 yard range was a kingsnake... I had no idea till it was going away from me, after I had jumped about 20 feet back. When I told the guys at the range they asked if I had killed it, HELL NO! They kill rats, mice and rattlers, they're the good guys.
Awesome picture, glad you let it go to hunt down the real problem snakes!
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JC,
I've seen but one in 62 years. They get pretty big in the southeast. They can reach 8' or a little better. The one I saw I would estimate at just short of that. Beautiful creature.
They're pretty shy creatures.
JC,
I've seen but one in 62 years. They get pretty big in the southeast. They can reach 8' or a little better. The one I saw I would estimate at just short of that. Beautiful creature.
They're pretty shy creatures.
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A friend of mine saw this thread and said when he was in Nam his patrol got ambushed and everybody hit the deck and did not move, he saw a snake come towards the man in front of him and go up one leg of his pants. he said that it wasn't poison's and wispered it's ok just don't move. The snake made a u turn on the guy's nuts and came out the other leg. After that his buddy always taped his pants legs to his boots. Lesson learned
A friend of mine saw this thread and said when he was in Nam his patrol got ambushed and everybody hit the deck and did not move, he saw a snake come towards the man in front of him and go up one leg of his pants. he said that it wasn't poison's and wispered it's ok just don't move. The snake made a u turn on the guy's nuts and came out the other leg. After that his buddy always taped his pants legs to his boots. Lesson learned
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My dad caught one on his construction site near Kissimmee Fla when we lived in Orlando back in the 80's. He used to catch and sell snakes with his brothers in Georgia. They would get paid by the foot and prices varied depending what kind you caught and how rare they were. When he caught the Blue Indigo it was over 7 ft, he thought he'd find out what it might be worth.
"That one will run about $7,000" the guy told him... That was the fine for possessing one. Needless to say he let it go pretty quick. (can't remember exact amount of fine but I think it was 7k) From what I remember they are or were on the endangered species list down there. Its the only one he has ever seen.
My dad caught one on his construction site near Kissimmee Fla when we lived in Orlando back in the 80's. He used to catch and sell snakes with his brothers in Georgia. They would get paid by the foot and prices varied depending what kind you caught and how rare they were. When he caught the Blue Indigo it was over 7 ft, he thought he'd find out what it might be worth.
"That one will run about $7,000" the guy told him... That was the fine for possessing one. Needless to say he let it go pretty quick. (can't remember exact amount of fine but I think it was 7k) From what I remember they are or were on the endangered species list down there. Its the only one he has ever seen.
