Outhouse Rattler

[Resica]

Pulled this beauty out of the outhouse this morning

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Geez, i bet that was a nice surprise!

 

[Sixes]

Big joker has some color!

 

[Donal]

Looks like a northern timber rattler. Appears to be female.

 

[Silver Britches]

Dang! That ain't good! I see an empty black shotgun shell in second pic, did you feed the snake it's contents?

 

[NCHillbilly]

That could go wrong pretty quick on a midnight outhouse trip! Good-looking rattler. Do y'all have the yellow phase up there, too? Around here, you only see a black phase here and there.

 

[wvdawg]

That would make your bowels move quickly!

 

[Redbow]

Maybe the Snake was looking for an outhouse mouse. They might taste better..

 

[Nicodemus]

That is one pretty snake right there.

 

[Resica]

Dang! That ain't good! I see an empty black shotgun shell in second pic, did you feed the snake it's contents?

I saw those. No, just let her slither into the woods.

 

[Resica]

That could go wrong pretty quick on a midnight outhouse trip! Good-looking rattler. Do y'all have the yellow phase up there, too? Around here, you only see a black phase here and there.

We do have yellows.

 

[Buckman18]

Awesome snake!

Here in extreme north Georgia, in Towns, Union, upper White Counties, and in Western Rabun, we have a few dark phases. Here's one from Towns County last fall:

 

[Ruger#3]

Awesome snake!

Here in extreme north Georgia, in Towns, Union, upper White Counties, and in Western Rabun, we have a few dark phases. Here's one from Towns County last fall:

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Wow, that thing is dark.
The rattlers I saw in the mountains of eastern KY weren’t that dark.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Wow, that thing is dark.
The rattlers I saw in the mountains of eastern KY weren’t that dark.

Here in the western NC mountains, there are two main color phases, olive-yellow with a black tail, and black phase. The yellow phase is more common. Sometimes, you'll see one halfway between the two. Some of the black phase ones are lighter, and some you can't hardly see the markings on.

Here's a lightish black phase one I ran into awhile back that still has good patterns visible:





And another intergrade between the two that a friend of mine sent me a pic of a few days ago:



Here's a typical yellow-phase that I ran into a couple years ago:

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

I believe I would be suring up that outhouse. Wrap it with rat wire or something. You get bit while your squatting.....your gonna find out real quick who your friends are.

 

[Buckman18]

Here's a interesting colored one I saw a couple weeks back in White County:

 

[blood on the ground]

Never seen a yellow phase rattlesnake! That's really cool @NCHillbilly, thanks for sharing.
Interesting thread guy's. Snakes have always fascinated me.

 

[wvdawg]

I believe I would be suring up that outhouse. Wrap it with rat wire or something. You get bit while your squatting.....your gonna find out real quick who your friends are.

Sorry, but you are going to die!

 

[Resica]

I believe I would be suring up that outhouse. Wrap it with rat wire or something. You get bit while your squatting.....your gonna find out real quick who your friends are.

It has a spring that shuts it. There is a latch laying on the floor inside that hasn't been installed yet. It's only been 13 years and only 2 rattlers seen in outhouse. Probably should take the 5 minutes and install it.

 

[Resica]

This one is real dark. Right up next to the cabin.