One of my readers was kind enough to send me this picture, obviously taken many years ago, of a a giant rattlesnake he killed in Florida. Here is what he had to say about the snake.
Thought I’d post you a big snake that I took when I was younger….much younger…This old rattler was 7 ft. 1″ and would have been a record setter if I had been able to keep her alive…unfortunately, as you see, she met her demise…but just last year, I was able to catch her duplicate, a 7ft. plus a smidgen…(couldn’t stretch her out much, since she was squirming so much, and very powerful) And this time, I kept her alive and moved her to the back of my back forty acres, where she would be unmolested, and had plenty of rabbits and rats to eat…Most of all, I regret that I didn’t think to take her back for a photo, before I turned her loose…
The photo shows that the board I had wasn’t both wide enough or tall enough to properly show the size, and I wrapped the skin around the board along the sides, and at the bottom where the “vent” makes a hole..
Tom Remington
